Re: debmake and dh-make

2003-02-10 Thread Arnaud Vandyck
___ / Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | Hi Arnaud | | On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 12:42:34PM +0100, Arnaud Vandyck wrote: | > / Gergely Nagy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > | > > If debmake is out-of-date, what are the best tools used toda

Re: debmake and dh-make

2003-02-10 Thread Arnaud Vandyck
___ / Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | Hi Arnaud | | On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 12:42:34PM +0100, Arnaud Vandyck wrote: | > / Gergely Nagy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > | > > If debmake is out-of-date, what are the best tools used toda

Re: debmake and dh-make

2003-02-03 Thread Craig Small
On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 12:20:18PM +0100, Gergely Nagy wrote: > > > If debmake is out-of-date, what are the best tools used today to make > > > a package? > > > > dh_make. > > I'd suggest $EDITOR, as dh_make does not handle all cases well, and it > is way too easy to leave silly buglets in. > >

Re: debmake and dh-make

2003-02-03 Thread Craig Small
On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 10:39:47AM +0100, Arnaud Vandyck wrote: > If debmake is out-of-date, what are the best tools used today to make > a package? dh-make, not that I'm biased or anything - Craig (dh-make maintainer) -- Craig Small VK2XLZ GnuPG:1C1B D893 1418 2AF4 45EE 95CB C76C E5AC 12

Re: debmake and dh-make

2003-02-03 Thread Craig Small
On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 12:20:18PM +0100, Gergely Nagy wrote: > > > If debmake is out-of-date, what are the best tools used today to make > > > a package? > > > > dh_make. > > I'd suggest $EDITOR, as dh_make does not handle all cases well, and it > is way too easy to leave silly buglets in. > >

Re: debmake and dh-make

2003-02-03 Thread Craig Small
On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 10:39:47AM +0100, Arnaud Vandyck wrote: > If debmake is out-of-date, what are the best tools used today to make > a package? dh-make, not that I'm biased or anything - Craig (dh-make maintainer) -- Craig Small VK2XLZ GnuPG:1C1B D893 1418 2AF4 45EE 95CB C76C E5AC 12

Re: debmake and dh-make

2003-02-03 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi Arnaud On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 12:42:34PM +0100, Arnaud Vandyck wrote: > / Gergely Nagy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | > > If debmake is out-of-date, what are the best tools used today to > | > > make a package? > | > dh_make. > | > | I'd suggest $EDITOR, as dh_make does not handle all cases

Re: debmake and dh-make

2003-02-03 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi Arnaud On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 12:42:34PM +0100, Arnaud Vandyck wrote: > / Gergely Nagy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | > > If debmake is out-of-date, what are the best tools used today to > | > > make a package? > | > dh_make. > | > | I'd suggest $EDITOR, as dh_make does not handle all cases

Re: debmake and dh-make

2003-02-03 Thread Bastian Kleineidam
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 01:15:57PM +0100, Gergely Nagy wrote: > lintian will not catch everything. In case you want to run lintian *and* linda on debuild, see my patch at http://bugs.debian.org/178456 There are some things in linda which lintian is not

Re: debmake and dh-make

2003-02-03 Thread Gergely Nagy
> | I'd suggest $EDITOR, as dh_make does not handle all cases well, and > | it is way too easy to leave silly buglets in. > | > | (Of course, a combination of dh_make and $EDITOR is a viable > | compromise :) > > In every case, I'll have to run lintian (debuild do it automatically, > isn't it?) t

Re: debmake and dh-make

2003-02-03 Thread Bastian Kleineidam
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 01:15:57PM +0100, Gergely Nagy wrote: > lintian will not catch everything. In case you want to run lintian *and* linda on debuild, see my patch at http://bugs.debian.org/178456 There are some things in linda which lintian is not

Re: debmake and dh-make

2003-02-03 Thread Arnaud Vandyck
___ / Gergely Nagy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > > If debmake is out-of-date, what are the best tools used today to | > > make a package? | > | > dh_make. | | I'd suggest $EDITOR, as dh_make does not handle all cases well, and | it is way

Re: debmake and dh-make

2003-02-03 Thread Arnaud Vandyck
___ / Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 10:39:47AM +0100, Arnaud Vandyck wrote: | > If debmake is out-of-date, what are the best tools used today to | > make a package? | | dh_make. Thank you for your (quick)

Re: debmake and dh-make

2003-02-03 Thread Gergely Nagy
> > If debmake is out-of-date, what are the best tools used today to make > > a package? > > dh_make. I'd suggest $EDITOR, as dh_make does not handle all cases well, and it is way too easy to leave silly buglets in. (Of course, a combination of dh_make and $EDITOR is a viable compromise :) pgp

Re: debmake and dh-make

2003-02-03 Thread Sven Luther
Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | Daniel Ruoso wrote: > | > As debmake and dh-make are the two mostly used helper scripts, I > | > propose the creation of a document to be available at > | > http://www.debian.org/devel explaining about this two scripts. > | > >

Re: debmake and dh-make

2003-02-03 Thread Gergely Nagy
> | I'd suggest $EDITOR, as dh_make does not handle all cases well, and > | it is way too easy to leave silly buglets in. > | > | (Of course, a combination of dh_make and $EDITOR is a viable > | compromise :) > > In every case, I'll have to run lintian (debuild do it automatically, > isn't it?) t

Re: debmake and dh-make

2003-02-03 Thread Arnaud Vandyck
Hi all, I'm new to the list and I'd like to make Debian packages. I read this mail and the question follows... ___ / Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | Daniel Ruoso wrote: | > As debmake and dh-make are the two

Re: debmake and dh-make

2003-02-03 Thread Arnaud Vandyck
___ / Gergely Nagy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > > If debmake is out-of-date, what are the best tools used today to | > > make a package? | > | > dh_make. | | I'd suggest $EDITOR, as dh_make does not handle all cases well, and | it is way

Re: debmake and dh-make

2003-02-03 Thread Arnaud Vandyck
___ / Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 10:39:47AM +0100, Arnaud Vandyck wrote: | > If debmake is out-of-date, what are the best tools used today to | > make a package? | | dh_make. Thank you for your (quick)

Re: debmake and dh-make

2003-02-03 Thread Gergely Nagy
> > If debmake is out-of-date, what are the best tools used today to make > > a package? > > dh_make. I'd suggest $EDITOR, as dh_make does not handle all cases well, and it is way too easy to leave silly buglets in. (Of course, a combination of dh_make and $EDITOR is a viable compromise :) ms

Re: debmake and dh-make

2003-02-03 Thread Sven Luther
Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | Daniel Ruoso wrote: > | > As debmake and dh-make are the two mostly used helper scripts, I > | > propose the creation of a document to be available at > | > http://www.debian.org/devel explaining about this two scripts. > | > >

Re: debmake and dh-make

2003-02-03 Thread Arnaud Vandyck
Hi all, I'm new to the list and I'd like to make Debian packages. I read this mail and the question follows... ___ / Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | Daniel Ruoso wrote: | > As debmake and dh-make are the two

Re: debmake and dh-make

2003-02-02 Thread Joey Hess
Daniel Ruoso wrote: > as I can see, this is a recurrent question (I've made the same question > a year ago). I have a proposal: > > As debmake and dh-make are the two mostly used helper scripts, I propose > the creation of a document to be available at > http://www.debi

Re: debmake and dh-make

2003-02-02 Thread Joey Hess
Daniel Ruoso wrote: > as I can see, this is a recurrent question (I've made the same question > a year ago). I have a proposal: > > As debmake and dh-make are the two mostly used helper scripts, I propose > the creation of a document to be available at > http://www.debi

Re: debmake and dh-make

2003-01-20 Thread Daniel Ruoso
Hi, as I can see, this is a recurrent question (I've made the same question a year ago). I have a proposal: As debmake and dh-make are the two mostly used helper scripts, I propose the creation of a document to be available at http://www.debian.org/devel explaining about this two scripts

Re: debmake and dh-make

2003-01-20 Thread Daniel Ruoso
Hi, as I can see, this is a recurrent question (I've made the same question a year ago). I have a proposal: As debmake and dh-make are the two mostly used helper scripts, I propose the creation of a document to be available at http://www.debian.org/devel explaining about this two scripts

Re: debmake and dh-make

2003-01-20 Thread Craig Small
On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 12:08:30PM -0800, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > What is the story behind these 2 packages? Which one was first, what > was the rationale for creating the other, and why do we still have > both? debmake was definitely first, then came dh-make. dh-make was created because maintain

Re: debmake and dh-make

2003-01-20 Thread Craig Small
On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 12:08:30PM -0800, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > What is the story behind these 2 packages? Which one was first, what > was the rationale for creating the other, and why do we still have > both? debmake was definitely first, then came dh-make. dh-make was created because maintain

Re: debmake and dh-make

2003-01-16 Thread Santiago Vila
Ian Zimmerman wrote: > What is the story behind these 2 packages? It is really more debmake and debhelper than debmake and dh-make. [ dh-make is just a tool to ease the creation of debhelper-based debian/* files, but you can also use debhelper without dh-make ]. > Which one was

Re: debmake and dh-make

2003-01-16 Thread Christian Surchi
On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 12:08:30PM -0800, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > What is the story behind these 2 packages? Which one was first, what > was the rationale for creating the other, and why do we still have > both? different things? :) debmake is a (old?) tool to make debian packages, alternative to

Re: debmake and dh-make

2003-01-16 Thread Santiago Vila
Ian Zimmerman wrote: > What is the story behind these 2 packages? It is really more debmake and debhelper than debmake and dh-make. [ dh-make is just a tool to ease the creation of debhelper-based debian/* files, but you can also use debhelper without dh-make ]. > Which one was

Re: debmake and dh-make

2003-01-16 Thread Christian Surchi
On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 12:08:30PM -0800, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > What is the story behind these 2 packages? Which one was first, what > was the rationale for creating the other, and why do we still have > both? different things? :) debmake is a (old?) tool to make debian packages, alternative to

debmake and dh-make

2003-01-16 Thread Ian Zimmerman
Hi, I am not sure this is appropriate for -mentors, but I couldn't find a -history list :) What is the story behind these 2 packages? Which one was first, what was the rationale for creating the other, and why do we still have both? Just curious, -- Ian Zimmerman, Oakland, California, U.S.A.

debmake and dh-make

2003-01-16 Thread Ian Zimmerman
Hi, I am not sure this is appropriate for -mentors, but I couldn't find a -history list :) What is the story behind these 2 packages? Which one was first, what was the rationale for creating the other, and why do we still have both? Just curious, -- Ian Zimmerman, Oakland, California, U.S.A.