On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 04:49:40PM +0100, P?draig Brady wrote:
> Chris Lamb wrote:
> > Mike Hommey wrote:
> >
> >> Very frankly, this should go into coreutils.
> >
> > Or bsdmaintutils/bsdutils?
>
> Yes that's the obvious place for it.
> Note one can achieve the same functionality with dd
> See:
Chris Lamb wrote:
> Mike Hommey wrote:
>
>> Very frankly, this should go into coreutils.
>
> Or bsdmaintutils/bsdutils?
Yes that's the obvious place for it.
Note one can achieve the same functionality with dd
See: http://www.pixelbeat.org/scripts/truncate
cheers,
Pádraig.
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On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 11:55:16AM +0300, Peter Pentchev wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 10:35:17AM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 10:34:24AM +0300, Damyan Ivanov wrote:
> > > -=| Peter Pentchev, 19.04.2007 00:54 |=-
> > >
> > > > Or should I file a wishlist bug against bsd
On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 10:35:17AM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 10:34:24AM +0300, Damyan Ivanov wrote:
> > -=| Peter Pentchev, 19.04.2007 00:54 |=-
> >
> > > Or should I file a wishlist bug against bsdmainutils to get
> > > truncate(1) included there?
> >
> > I'd say bsdmai
On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 10:34:24AM +0300, Damyan Ivanov wrote:
> -=| Peter Pentchev, 19.04.2007 00:54 |=-
>
> > Or should I file a wishlist bug against bsdmainutils to get
> > truncate(1) included there?
>
> I'd say bsdmainutils fits perfect. Its description says:
>
> lots of small programs ma
-=| Peter Pentchev, 19.04.2007 00:54 |=-
> Or should I file a wishlist bug against bsdmainutils to get
> truncate(1) included there?
I'd say bsdmainutils fits perfect. Its description says:
lots of small programs many people expect to find when they use a
BSD-style Unix system
So please fil
On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 03:27:09PM +0100, Neil Williams wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:53:38 +0300
> Peter Pentchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > truncate - FreeBSD utility to truncate or extend the size of files
> >
> > The truncate utility adjusts the length of each regular file given
> >
Mike Hommey wrote:
> Very frankly, this should go into coreutils.
Or bsdmaintutils/bsdutils?
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On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 04:53:38PM +0300, Peter Pentchev wrote:
> Dear mentors,
>
> I am looking for a sponsor for my package "truncate".
>
> * Package name: truncate
> Version : 2007.03.13-1
> Upstream Author : Peter Pentchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (myself)
> * URL : htt
On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:53:38 +0300
Peter Pentchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> truncate - FreeBSD utility to truncate or extend the size of files
>
> The truncate utility adjusts the length of each regular file given
> on the command-line. This package is simply a redistribution of the
> utili
On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 04:53:38PM +0300, Peter Pentchev wrote:
> Dear mentors,
>
> I am looking for a sponsor for my package "truncate".
>
> * Package name: truncate
> Version : 2007.03.13-1
> Upstream Author : Peter Pentchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (myself)
> * URL : htt
Dear mentors,
I am looking for a sponsor for my package "truncate".
* Package name: truncate
Version : 2007.03.13-1
Upstream Author : Peter Pentchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (myself)
* URL : http://devel.ringlet.net/sysutils/truncate/
* License : Two-clause BSD
Se
On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 05:21:05PM +0100, Thomas Viehmann wrote:
> Maybe you could try reimplementing (some) of that as a shell script
> using dd. That way, you'd cut down on the packaging overhead. Also,
> if
> there's more stuff like that, it might eventually be worth
> considering
> having a pac
On 2004-03-09 Luca Pasquali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[...]
> and now a strange, dumb-sounding request:
> if you mentors have better/more useful "packaging exercises" to
> suggest me, I'll welcome the advices, it may be a strange request but
> I'm not a programmer, I mainly use console to do netwo
Luca Pasquali wrote:
[... about truncate...]
Maybe you could try reimplementing (some) of that as a shell script
using dd. That way, you'd cut down on the packaging overhead. Also, if
there's more stuff like that, it might eventually be worth considering
having a package for the whole bunch.
> I'
On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 10:46:21PM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> Is something so trivial worth packaging? It sounds like it doesn't
> do
> anything that dd doesn't.
I've packaged it with newbies in mind, and on the fly resizing,
situation in which redudnancy of dd features could be excused.
> I
On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 05:21:05PM +0100, Thomas Viehmann wrote:
> Maybe you could try reimplementing (some) of that as a shell script
> using dd. That way, you'd cut down on the packaging overhead. Also,
> if
> there's more stuff like that, it might eventually be worth
> considering
> having a pac
On 2004-03-09 Luca Pasquali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[...]
> and now a strange, dumb-sounding request:
> if you mentors have better/more useful "packaging exercises" to
> suggest me, I'll welcome the advices, it may be a strange request but
> I'm not a programmer, I mainly use console to do netwo
Luca Pasquali wrote:
[... about truncate...]
Maybe you could try reimplementing (some) of that as a shell script
using dd. That way, you'd cut down on the packaging overhead. Also, if
there's more stuff like that, it might eventually be worth considering
having a package for the whole bunch.
> I'
On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 10:46:21PM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> Is something so trivial worth packaging? It sounds like it doesn't
> do
> anything that dd doesn't.
I've packaged it with newbies in mind, and on the fly resizing,
situation in which redudnancy of dd features could be excused.
> I
On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 09:09:05 +, Thomas Viehmann wrote:
> Not if you read the man page:
> dd if=/dev/null of=totruncate bs=1 seek=positiontotruncate
Oh! You are right, this works. But unfortunatly this behavior is not
explained clearly in my manpage :-( Only a flag "notrunc" is mentioned:
Michael Mayer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
>On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 22:46:21 -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
>> Is something so trivial worth packaging? It sounds like it doesn't do
>> anything that dd doesn't.
>
>Oh, yes, it is worth it! In fact, some month ago I wrote a tool like this
>for my perso
On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 22:46:21 -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> Is something so trivial worth packaging? It sounds like it doesn't do
> anything that dd doesn't.
Oh, yes, it is worth it! In fact, some month ago I wrote a tool like this
for my personal use to cut movie files which are slightly to
On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 09:09:05 +, Thomas Viehmann wrote:
> Not if you read the man page:
> dd if=/dev/null of=totruncate bs=1 seek=positiontotruncate
Oh! You are right, this works. But unfortunatly this behavior is not
explained clearly in my manpage :-( Only a flag "notrunc" is mentioned:
Michael Mayer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
>On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 22:46:21 -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
>> Is something so trivial worth packaging? It sounds like it doesn't do
>> anything that dd doesn't.
>
>Oh, yes, it is worth it! In fact, some month ago I wrote a tool like this
>for my perso
On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 08:15:54AM +0100, Luca Pasquali wrote:
> author put it under GPL, new debs are here:
>
> http://ketavet.dyndns.org/truncate
Is something so trivial worth packaging? It sounds like it doesn't do
anything that dd doesn't.
If I've misunderstood and this does more, could yo
On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 22:46:21 -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> Is something so trivial worth packaging? It sounds like it doesn't do
> anything that dd doesn't.
Oh, yes, it is worth it! In fact, some month ago I wrote a tool like this
for my personal use to cut movie files which are slightly to
On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 08:15:54AM +0100, Luca Pasquali wrote:
> author put it under GPL, new debs are here:
>
> http://ketavet.dyndns.org/truncate
Is something so trivial worth packaging? It sounds like it doesn't do
anything that dd doesn't.
If I've misunderstood and this does more, could yo
author put it under GPL, new debs are here:
http://ketavet.dyndns.org/truncate
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I've uploaded version 0.5. The only change is the complete GPL license.
On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, Luca Pasquali wrote:
> Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 14:21:07 +0100
> From: Luca Pasquali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Folkert van Heusden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: Debian Mentors
>
I've uploaded version 0.5. The only change is the complete GPL license.
On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, Luca Pasquali wrote:
> Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 14:21:07 +0100
> From: Luca Pasquali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Folkert van Heusden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: Debian Mentors <[
Excuse me again, I would't want to be marked as pedant, please have
pity of my inability to write in english these days.
I'm experiencing some problems with my work and my life, and I send
emails without thinking on what I'm going to post.
The point is, I'm an asshole and i managed the request of p
Excuse me again, I would't want to be marked as pedant, please have
pity of my inability to write in english these days.
I'm experiencing some problems with my work and my life, and I send
emails without thinking on what I'm going to post.
The point is, I'm an asshole and i managed the request of p
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