Re: Splitting a package

On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 03:54:12PM +0100, Ol?? Streicher wrote: > Arno Töll writes: > > Please use Replaces in conjunction with Breaks (not Conflicts). See > > Policy §7.6.1 which explains your use case: > > http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#s-replaces > > Thank you.

Re: Splitting a package

Arno Töll writes: > Hi Ole, > On 12.01.2014 13:30, Olе Streicher wrote: >> However, now I get a bug report that the >> new "-doc" package has files that would overwrite parts of the old base >> package. > Please use Replaces in conjunction with Breaks (not Conflict

Re: Splitting a package

Hi Ole, On 12.01.2014 13:30, Olе Streicher wrote: > However, now I get a bug report that the > new "-doc" package has files that would overwrite parts of the old base > package. > > How should I solve this problem? Should I set "Conflicts" and > "Replaces:" to "cpl

Re: splitting a package?

On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 03:26:40AM +0200, Magosányi Árpád wrote: > I have split up the zorp package to zorp, libzorp2 and zorp-pylib. > Also renamed zorp-dev to libzorp2-dev. > > Not uploaded it yet. > > Please advice me on this. I have some questions, but there may be > some issues that I did no

Re: splitting a package?

On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 03:26:40AM +0200, Magosányi Árpád wrote: > I have split up the zorp package to zorp, libzorp2 and zorp-pylib. > Also renamed zorp-dev to libzorp2-dev. > > Not uploaded it yet. > > Please advice me on this. I have some questions, but there may be > some issues that I did no

Re: Splitting a package

On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 04:51:12PM +0200, Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta wrote: > I'd like to know if this justifies splitting a package. AFAIK the > size or the existence of shared libs justify splitting a package, but > not this. > > I've got a package that contains a command line program and a coupl

Re: Splitting a package

On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 04:51:12PM +0200, Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta wrote: > I'd like to know if this justifies splitting a package. AFAIK the > size or the existence of shared libs justify splitting a package, but > not this. > > I've got a package that contains a command line program and a coupl

Re: Splitting a package

* Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [031013 17:24]: > I've got a package that contains a command line program and a couple of > front-ends (motif and KDE) for it. This makes neccessary to install > lots of KDE libs even if you're only using the command line program. > > Would all this

Re: Splitting a package

* Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [031013 17:24]: > I've got a package that contains a command line program and a couple of > front-ends (motif and KDE) for it. This makes neccessary to install > lots of KDE libs even if you're only using the command line program. > > Would all this

Re: Splitting a package

On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 04:51:12PM +0200, Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta wrote: > I'd like to know if this justifies splitting a package. AFAIK the > size or the existence of shared libs justify splitting a package, but > not this. > > I've got a package that contains a command line program and a couple

Re: Splitting a package

On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 04:51:12PM +0200, Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta wrote: > I'd like to know if this justifies splitting a package. AFAIK the > size or the existence of shared libs justify splitting a package, but > not this. > > I've got a package that contains a command line program and a couple

Re: splitting a package into several debs

On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 05:20:13PM +0100, Cesar Talon wrote: > I've been packaging it with the help of deb-make into one package, but now I > want to split it into several packages (maybe binary, libraries, devel and > docs+examples, or at least binary, devel and data) and would like to know what >

Re: splitting a package into several debs

On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 05:20:13PM +0100, Cesar Talon wrote: > I've been packaging it with the help of deb-make into one package, but now I > want to split it into several packages (maybe binary, libraries, devel and > docs+examples, or at least binary, devel and data) and would like to know what

Re: splitting a package into several debs

On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 06:17:50PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 05:59:20PM +0100, Cesar Talon wrote: > > I will do it with a smaller package, because guppi takes about 40 minutes > > tu build :( too much for testing purposes. > > While making the package, you don't have to u

Re: splitting a package into several debs

On 03-Nov-2000 Josip Rodin wrote: > On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 05:59:20PM +0100, Cesar Talon wrote: >> I will do it with a smaller package, because guppi takes about 40 minutes >> tu build :( too much for testing purposes. > > While making the package, you don't have to use dpkg-buildpackage all the

Re: splitting a package into several debs

On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 05:59:20PM +0100, Cesar Talon wrote: > I will do it with a smaller package, because guppi takes about 40 minutes > tu build :( too much for testing purposes. While making the package, you don't have to use dpkg-buildpackage all the time -- you can simulate most of it with `

Re: splitting a package into several debs

On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 06:17:50PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 05:59:20PM +0100, Cesar Talon wrote: > > I will do it with a smaller package, because guppi takes about 40 minutes > > tu build :( too much for testing purposes. > > While making the package, you don't have to

Re: splitting a package into several debs

On 03-Nov-2000 Christian T. Steigies wrote: >> I've been packaging it with the help of deb-make into one package, but now I >> want to split it into several packages (maybe binary, libraries, devel and >> docs+examples, or at least binary, devel and data) and would like to know >> what >> is the be

Re: splitting a package into several debs

Moin, On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 05:20:13PM +0100, Cesar Talon wrote: > Hi, > > First at all, this is my first mail here, so sorry if this isn't the best > place > to ask. This is absolutely the best and only place to ask questions like this! > The question is: > > I've been packaging it with the

Re: splitting a package into several debs

On 03-Nov-2000 Josip Rodin wrote: > On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 05:59:20PM +0100, Cesar Talon wrote: >> I will do it with a smaller package, because guppi takes about 40 minutes >> tu build :( too much for testing purposes. > > While making the package, you don't have to use dpkg-buildpackage all the

Re: splitting a package into several debs

On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 05:59:20PM +0100, Cesar Talon wrote: > I will do it with a smaller package, because guppi takes about 40 minutes > tu build :( too much for testing purposes. While making the package, you don't have to use dpkg-buildpackage all the time -- you can simulate most of it with

Re: splitting a package into several debs

On 03-Nov-2000 Christian T. Steigies wrote: >> I've been packaging it with the help of deb-make into one package, but now I >> want to split it into several packages (maybe binary, libraries, devel and >> docs+examples, or at least binary, devel and data) and would like to know >> what >> is the b

Re: splitting a package into several debs

Moin, On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 05:20:13PM +0100, Cesar Talon wrote: > Hi, > > First at all, this is my first mail here, so sorry if this isn't the best place > to ask. This is absolutely the best and only place to ask questions like this! > The question is: > > I've been packaging it with the h

Re: Splitting a package between doc and binary

> > The gri package for i386 is 2MB in size. About 3/4 of that are > docs suitable for all archs. > > Should I split the package to save space on servers (sharing the > doc) and keep it as is to reduce name space and number of > packages? > > I do think most gri users will want the docs (especi