Re: Plea for mentor help

2003-12-11 Thread Jaldhar H. Vyas
On Wed, 10 Dec 2003, Millis Miller wrote: > my curent mentor > seems to be a bit busy and hasn't replied to my emails for a good few > weeks. > That's because your current mentor has a memory like a sieve. :-) I took a look at the package. First problem is you need a build dependency on libpca

Re: Plea for mentor help

2003-12-11 Thread Jaldhar H. Vyas
On Wed, 10 Dec 2003, Millis Miller wrote: > my curent mentor > seems to be a bit busy and hasn't replied to my emails for a good few > weeks. > That's because your current mentor has a memory like a sieve. :-) I took a look at the package. First problem is you need a build dependency on libpca

Re: Plea for mentor help

2003-12-11 Thread Neil Roeth
On Dec 11, Steve Kemp ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 12:38:23PM -0700, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > > > What do you mean by "autoconfiscate"? > > Presumably to make it compile and build with autoconf/automake. > > For that the "GNU Autoconf, Automake and Libtool" bo

Re: Plea for mentor help

2003-12-11 Thread Neil Roeth
On Dec 11, Steve Kemp ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 12:38:23PM -0700, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > > > What do you mean by "autoconfiscate"? > > Presumably to make it compile and build with autoconf/automake. > > For that the "GNU Autoconf, Automake and Libtool" bo

Re: Plea for mentor help

2003-12-11 Thread Millis Miller
Sorry, yes, I mean automake/autoconf. I do already have that book and followed it to get what I have now working. I only have a small problem in that in that some scripts are not being marked as executable. The main problem is trying to get the deb correctly generated by fixing the lintian errors

Re: Plea for mentor help

2003-12-11 Thread Millis Miller
Sorry, yes, I mean automake/autoconf. I do already have that book and followed it to get what I have now working. I only have a small problem in that in that some scripts are not being marked as executable. The main problem is trying to get the deb correctly generated by fixing the lintian errors

Re: Plea for mentor help

2003-12-11 Thread Steve Kemp
On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 12:38:23PM -0700, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > What do you mean by "autoconfiscate"? Presumably to make it compile and build with autoconf/automake. For that the "GNU Autoconf, Automake and Libtool" book is very useful. It's available online and in print: http

Re: Plea for mentor help

2003-12-11 Thread Steve Kemp
On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 12:38:23PM -0700, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > What do you mean by "autoconfiscate"? Presumably to make it compile and build with autoconf/automake. For that the "GNU Autoconf, Automake and Libtool" book is very useful. It's available online and in print: http

Re: Plea for mentor help

2003-12-10 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 06:56:12PM +, Millis Miller wrote: > > I am trying to package a network statistic package for Debian, as part > of the process of becoming a Debian maintainer, but have hit a few > snags with the generation of the .deb (partly because I am also having > to autoconfiscat

Plea for mentor help

2003-12-10 Thread Millis Miller
Hi, I am trying to package a network statistic package for Debian, as part of the process of becoming a Debian maintainer, but have hit a few snags with the generation of the .deb (partly because I am also having to autoconfiscate the original code, and partly because I just haven't that much

Re: Plea for mentor help

2003-12-10 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 06:56:12PM +, Millis Miller wrote: > > I am trying to package a network statistic package for Debian, as part > of the process of becoming a Debian maintainer, but have hit a few > snags with the generation of the .deb (partly because I am also having > to autoconfiscat

Plea for mentor help

2003-12-10 Thread Millis Miller
Hi, I am trying to package a network statistic package for Debian, as part of the process of becoming a Debian maintainer, but have hit a few snags with the generation of the .deb (partly because I am also having to autoconfiscate the original code, and partly because I just haven't that much