Re: Bug#101325: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't n

2001-06-21 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 10:53:07AM +0300, Richard Braakman wrote: > On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 05:10:36PM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote: > > That's what the "next PACKAGE;" achieves. > > Alternatively, in such a case, set a variable $empty_package = 1 and > > then test the value of this variable around t

Re: Bug#101325: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't n

2001-06-21 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 10:53:07AM +0300, Richard Braakman wrote: > On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 05:10:36PM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote: > > That's what the "next PACKAGE;" achieves. > > Alternatively, in such a case, set a variable $empty_package = 1 and > > then test the value of this variable around

Re: Bug#101325: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't n

2001-06-21 Thread Richard Braakman
On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 05:10:36PM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote: > That's what the "next PACKAGE;" achieves. > Alternatively, in such a case, set a variable $empty_package = 1 and > then test the value of this variable around the checks block (lines > 1127--1221). There may be some other things whic

Re: Bug#101325: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't n

2001-06-21 Thread Richard Braakman
On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 05:10:36PM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote: > That's what the "next PACKAGE;" achieves. > Alternatively, in such a case, set a variable $empty_package = 1 and > then test the value of this variable around the checks block (lines > 1127--1221). There may be some other things whi

Re: Bug#101325: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't n

2001-06-20 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 08:17:03AM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > Somewhere around line 1100 of /usr/bin/lintian (not sure exactly > > where), you could essentially have the following code: > > > > { > > local $/; > > open FILELIST, "$base/index"; > > my $filelist = ; > >

RE: Bug#101325: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't n

2001-06-20 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> Somewhere around line 1100 of /usr/bin/lintian (not sure exactly > where), you could essentially have the following code: > > { > local $/; > open FILELIST, "$base/index"; > my $filelist = ; > if ($filelist eq "./\n") { > print "W: no files in binary package $pkg\n"

Re: Bug#101325: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't n

2001-06-20 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 08:17:03AM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > Somewhere around line 1100 of /usr/bin/lintian (not sure exactly > > where), you could essentially have the following code: > > > > { > > local $/; > > open FILELIST, "$base/index"; > > my $filelist = ; > >

RE: Bug#101325: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't n

2001-06-20 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> Somewhere around line 1100 of /usr/bin/lintian (not sure exactly > where), you could essentially have the following code: > > { > local $/; > open FILELIST, "$base/index"; > my $filelist = ; > if ($filelist eq "./\n") { > print "W: no files in binary package $pkg\n

Re: Bug#101325: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't n

2001-06-20 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 08:16:59PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > On 19-Jun-2001 Julian Gilbey wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 06:24:52PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > >> And how am I to tell a package that is empty on purpose from one created by > >> accident? What constitutes em

Re: Bug#101325: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't n

2001-06-20 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 08:16:59PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > On 19-Jun-2001 Julian Gilbey wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 06:24:52PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > >> And how am I to tell a package that is empty on purpose from one created by > >> accident? What constitutes e

RE: Bug#101325: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't n

2001-06-19 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 19-Jun-2001 Julian Gilbey wrote: > On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 06:24:52PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: >> And how am I to tell a package that is empty on purpose from one created by >> accident? What constitutes empty? > > Maybe have a lintian warning about an empty package, but no error > m

RE: Bug#101325: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't n

2001-06-19 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 19-Jun-2001 Julian Gilbey wrote: > On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 06:24:52PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: >> And how am I to tell a package that is empty on purpose from one created by >> accident? What constitutes empty? > > Maybe have a lintian warning about an empty package, but no error >

Re: Bug#101325: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't n

2001-06-19 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 06:24:52PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > And how am I to tell a package that is empty on purpose from one created by > accident? What constitutes empty? Maybe have a lintian warning about an empty package, but no error messages. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Re: Bug#101325: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't n

2001-06-19 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 06:24:52PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > And how am I to tell a package that is empty on purpose from one created by > accident? What constitutes empty? Maybe have a lintian warning about an empty package, but no error messages. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

RE: Bug#101325: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't n

2001-06-18 Thread Simon Richter
On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > lintian complains about empty packages not having a copyright file. I > > think it should silently accept empty packages (Severity set to normal > > because it might actually stop packages from being installed). > And how am I to tell a package

RE: Bug#101325: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't n

2001-06-18 Thread Simon Richter
On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > lintian complains about empty packages not having a copyright file. I > > think it should silently accept empty packages (Severity set to normal > > because it might actually stop packages from being installed). > And how am I to tell a package

RE: Bug#101325: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't n

2001-06-18 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 18-Jun-2001 Simon Richter wrote: > Package: lintian > Severity: normal > > Hi, > > lintian complains about empty packages not having a copyright file. I > think it should silently accept empty packages (Severity set to normal > because it might actually stop packages from being installed). >

RE: Bug#101325: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't n

2001-06-18 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 18-Jun-2001 Simon Richter wrote: > Package: lintian > Severity: normal > > Hi, > > lintian complains about empty packages not having a copyright file. I > think it should silently accept empty packages (Severity set to normal > because it might actually stop packages from being installed). >