> I just received my first bug report, and I would appreciate it if someone
> could list the steps I need to take (doesn't seem to be documented anywhere).
> Obviously the first step is to reply to the bug-report with "-done", but then
Erm, no -- see below.
> what? I fix the bug (which was due to
Thanks for the help...But just out of curiousity, is all this described all in
one place somewhere? I don't like to think I was being completely blind...I
was going to mail the bloke who is writing the new version of the deb new
maintainers guide about it, as it is something that virtually every de
I'm a new maintainer too... Instead of steps 3 and 4 below, can't
you simply do:
$ dpkg-source -x foobar_1.1-3.dsc
?
Julian Gilbey wrote:
> (1) Create the directory /usr/local/src/Packages/foobar. (You may
> well need to be root to do this, but then you can chown the
> Packages direct
I think there is a special distribution that does this, try to
'grep' linux-journal ;)
BTW, Debian cannot be installed in this setup since the package
system is quite "hungry" on memory, however this is only needed for
installation. Afterwards many services (mail server, route/forw
> One problem I have found is the overlap of commands, which causes at least me
> some confusion as to what program I am supposed to be using (ie deb-make and
> dh_make).
Forgot this bit. Both deb-make and dh_make are used to turn an
upstream source into a Debian package, so are used only when th
> I'm a new maintainer too... Instead of steps 3 and 4 below, can't
> you simply do:
>
> $ dpkg-source -x foobar_1.1-3.dsc
>
> ?
Yes, forgot that!! ;-) (I'm also relatively new to this game!)
Julian
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Oscar Levi wrote:
>
> On Thu, Dec 10, 1998 at 11:22:41PM +0900, Ionutz Borcoman wrote:
> > I have already read the "Debian New Maintainers Guide" and, as stated
> > there, I have packed first a simple program. It is my own program and it
> > uses VDK, therefore it is packed with libvdk.a staticall
Hi,
I have sent 2 e-mails to the [EMAIL PROTECTED] requiring to be
assigned as the packager of
libvdk
langdrill
I've got no answer till now (already 2 days since wrote about libvdk to
new-maintainer).
What is the usual amount of time between the request and the approval
Ben Gertzfield wrote:
>
> Make packages for libfli2 and libfli-dev (assuming the soname of
> libfli is 2, for example) and you'll be set. Do you have experience
> building Debian packages of libraries? There are a few gotchas that
> you'll hit if you don't have experience in it already.
>
Can yo
Ionutz Borcoman wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have sent 2 e-mails to the [EMAIL PROTECTED] requiring to be
> assigned as the packager of
>
> libvdk
> langdrill
>
> I've got no answer till now (already 2 days since wrote about libvdk to
> new-maintainer).
>
> What is the usual amount of
> "Ionutz" == Ionutz Borcoman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Ionutz> Can you please give some examples about these 'gotchas' ?
Ionutz> I also want to pack some shared libs.
Learning how to make shlibs files properly, how to decide what the
dependancies between the -dev and library packa
On Fri, Dec 11, 1998 at 11:50:35AM +0900, Ionutz Borcoman wrote:
> Actually I'm still seeking for a mentor for helping me in packing
> libvdk. I have to admit that I am seeking people to install and test my
> program :-). I already discovered a useless thing I have done: as I am
> the author also,
Ionutz Borcoman wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have sent 2 e-mails to the [EMAIL PROTECTED] requiring to be
> assigned as the packager of
>
> libvdk
> langdrill
It can take a while. Please remember that there are several tasks
to do wrt. Debian.
Regards,
Joey
--
Linux - the c
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Julian Gilbey) writes:
> (4) cd .. and then run: lintian foobar_1.1-4.changes. If there are
> any errors (shown with E: and non-zero exit code; don't worry
> about E: newer-standards-version if it comes up), go back to step
> (1) again.
Eh, you forgot something rat
Is it allowed to use /usr/doc/, if no binary packages
with the exists? I don't see anything in the policy,
which explicitely forbids this.
I received a bug report on xwatch which I can fix easily.
Here's a change to fix the wrong upload section at the same time
(or change contrib/utils to contrib/x11 and just live with it).
BTW, I wanted the package to be in utils because that's where
related or similar packages are (system monitorin
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