Re: New scsiadd packages - advice sought.

2000-12-01 Thread Ian Eure
On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Dave Baker wrote: > > Just out of the NM queue, I've put together some scsiadd packages and > wondered if someone could take a quick look over them before I upload > to make sure they're up to par. > > I've gone through the maint-guide process to build the packages, so > the

Re: statoverride

2000-12-01 Thread Joey Hess
Ben Collins wrote: > Wichert says he will have a postinst script that converts suid.conf over > to statoverride format. It seems to me that the best way to convert is to > simply remove the calls to suidmanager in your install scripts. If you > user debhelper and currently depend on it to add in th

libtool -rpath: i'm at the start line again

2000-12-01 Thread Domenico Andreoli
ok, maybe it is better to ask here because i'm still pretty confused by this story about libtool and his damned parameter -rpath. any help appreciated. follows a little explanation, extracted from ld manpage, of what this parameter tells the linker to do: "Add a directory to the runtime library se

Re: statoverride

2000-12-01 Thread Domenico Andreoli
On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 04:54:33PM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: > > Wichert says he will have a postinst script that converts suid.conf over > to statoverride format. It seems to me that the best way to convert is to > simply remove the calls to suidmanager in your install scripts. If you > user debh

Re: About changelog.Debian entries that's not quite Debian

2000-12-01 Thread Junichi Uekawa
In Thu, 30 Nov 2000 13:47:05 -0800 Pete Lypkie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cum veritate scripsit : > > Looking at other packages, people seem to have a debian changelog that > > starts with > > "initial upload", and I am not sure what I should do with my changelog > > entry, > > that has entries before

lintian error: E: fvwm: bad-test-in-menu-item /usr/lib/menu/fvwm:148

2000-12-01 Thread Alexander Kotelnikov
Hello. I am building fvwm and get E: fvwm: bad-test-in-menu-item /usr/lib/menu/fvwm:148 E: fvwm: bad-test-in-menu-item /usr/lib/menu/fvwm:149 E: fvwm: bad-test-in-menu-item /usr/lib/menu/fvwm:150 these lines are just comments: ... # From here on are the modules which are known as "extras" in FVWM

Re: lintian error: E: fvwm: bad-test-in-menu-item /usr/lib/menu/fvwm:148

2000-12-01 Thread Josip Rodin
On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 09:02:21PM +0300, Alexander Kotelnikov wrote: > E: fvwm: bad-test-in-menu-item /usr/lib/menu/fvwm:148 > E: fvwm: bad-test-in-menu-item /usr/lib/menu/fvwm:149 > E: fvwm: bad-test-in-menu-item /usr/lib/menu/fvwm:150 > > these lines are just comments: > ... > # From here on ar

Re: lintian error: E: fvwm: bad-test-in-menu-item /usr/lib/menu/fvwm:148

2000-12-01 Thread Alexander Kotelnikov
On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 07:07:55PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 09:02:21PM +0300, Alexander Kotelnikov wrote: > > E: fvwm: bad-test-in-menu-item /usr/lib/menu/fvwm:148 > > E: fvwm: bad-test-in-menu-item /usr/lib/menu/fvwm:149 > > E: fvwm: bad-test-in-menu-item /usr/lib/menu/f

Re: lintian error: E: fvwm: bad-test-in-menu-item /usr/lib/menu/fvwm:148

2000-12-01 Thread Josip Rodin
On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 11:59:37PM +0300, Alexander Kotelnikov wrote: > > Does the menu file perhaps have any opened quotes that aren't closed? > > It seems to be ok. But if I delete everything the foregoing to these three > lines I get > > E: fvwm: old-format-menu-file /usr/lib/menu/fvwm > > fr

Re: lintian error: E: fvwm: bad-test-in-menu-item /usr/lib/menu/fvwm:148

2000-12-01 Thread Matt Kraai
On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 11:59:37PM +0300, Alexander Kotelnikov wrote: > On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 07:07:55PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 09:02:21PM +0300, Alexander Kotelnikov wrote: > > > E: fvwm: bad-test-in-menu-item /usr/lib/menu/fvwm:148 > > > E: fvwm: bad-test-in-menu-

Re: lintian error: E: fvwm: bad-test-in-menu-item /usr/lib/menu/fvwm:148

2000-12-01 Thread Alexander Kotelnikov
On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 01:40:30PM -0800, Matt Kraai wrote: > > dpkg-deb: building package `fvwm' in `../fvwm_2.2.4-3_i386.deb'. > > dpkg-deb: building package `fvwm-common' in > > `../fvwm-common_2.2.4-3_i386.deb'. > > dpkg-genchanges > > dpkg-genchanges: not including original source code in up

E: scsiadd: unknown-control-file templates

2000-12-01 Thread Dave Baker
I'm using debconf to postinst the scsiadd package and lintian complains about the unknown templates file. I've noticed that several other packages also have this same lintian error if they use debconf. Is this a known issue with lintian or is there a setting I need to flip somewhere to tell it th

authorization

2000-12-01 Thread Some Linux User
am i correct in saying that to be able to mantian a package or really anything useful for debian that i need to at least be in the process of appling to become a part of the community (become an appliciant)? thank you. -holland

Re: About changelog.Debian entries that's not quite Debian

2000-12-01 Thread Colin Watson
Junichi Uekawa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I have been trying to package ecasound, and during that process, I have >experienced one upgrade, and another upstream version, and my changelog >is not quite like > > * Initial package for Debian (#) > >but about 20 lines long. > >Looking at other

Re: New scsiadd packages - advice sought.

2000-12-01 Thread Ian Eure
On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Dave Baker wrote: > > Just out of the NM queue, I've put together some scsiadd packages and > wondered if someone could take a quick look over them before I upload > to make sure they're up to par. > > I've gone through the maint-guide process to build the packages, so > th

Re: statoverride

2000-12-01 Thread Joey Hess
Ben Collins wrote: > Wichert says he will have a postinst script that converts suid.conf over > to statoverride format. It seems to me that the best way to convert is to > simply remove the calls to suidmanager in your install scripts. If you > user debhelper and currently depend on it to add in t

libtool -rpath: i'm at the start line again

2000-12-01 Thread Domenico Andreoli
ok, maybe it is better to ask here because i'm still pretty confused by this story about libtool and his damned parameter -rpath. any help appreciated. follows a little explanation, extracted from ld manpage, of what this parameter tells the linker to do: "Add a directory to the runtime library s

Re: statoverride

2000-12-01 Thread Domenico Andreoli
On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 04:54:33PM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: > > Wichert says he will have a postinst script that converts suid.conf over > to statoverride format. It seems to me that the best way to convert is to > simply remove the calls to suidmanager in your install scripts. If you > user deb

Re: About changelog.Debian entries that's not quite Debian

2000-12-01 Thread Junichi Uekawa
In Thu, 30 Nov 2000 13:47:05 -0800 Pete Lypkie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cum veritate scripsit : > > Looking at other packages, people seem to have a debian changelog that starts with > > "initial upload", and I am not sure what I should do with my changelog entry, > > that has entries before being up

lintian error: E: fvwm: bad-test-in-menu-item /usr/lib/menu/fvwm:148

2000-12-01 Thread Alexander Kotelnikov
Hello. I am building fvwm and get E: fvwm: bad-test-in-menu-item /usr/lib/menu/fvwm:148 E: fvwm: bad-test-in-menu-item /usr/lib/menu/fvwm:149 E: fvwm: bad-test-in-menu-item /usr/lib/menu/fvwm:150 these lines are just comments: ... # From here on are the modules which are known as "extras" in FVW

Re: lintian error: E: fvwm: bad-test-in-menu-item /usr/lib/menu/fvwm:148

2000-12-01 Thread Josip Rodin
On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 09:02:21PM +0300, Alexander Kotelnikov wrote: > E: fvwm: bad-test-in-menu-item /usr/lib/menu/fvwm:148 > E: fvwm: bad-test-in-menu-item /usr/lib/menu/fvwm:149 > E: fvwm: bad-test-in-menu-item /usr/lib/menu/fvwm:150 > > these lines are just comments: > ... > # From here on a

Re: lintian error: E: fvwm: bad-test-in-menu-item /usr/lib/menu/fvwm:148

2000-12-01 Thread Alexander Kotelnikov
On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 07:07:55PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 09:02:21PM +0300, Alexander Kotelnikov wrote: > > E: fvwm: bad-test-in-menu-item /usr/lib/menu/fvwm:148 > > E: fvwm: bad-test-in-menu-item /usr/lib/menu/fvwm:149 > > E: fvwm: bad-test-in-menu-item /usr/lib/menu/

Re: lintian error: E: fvwm: bad-test-in-menu-item /usr/lib/menu/fvwm:148

2000-12-01 Thread Josip Rodin
On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 11:59:37PM +0300, Alexander Kotelnikov wrote: > > Does the menu file perhaps have any opened quotes that aren't closed? > > It seems to be ok. But if I delete everything the foregoing to these three > lines I get > > E: fvwm: old-format-menu-file /usr/lib/menu/fvwm > > f

Re: lintian error: E: fvwm: bad-test-in-menu-item /usr/lib/menu/fvwm:148

2000-12-01 Thread Matt Kraai
On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 11:59:37PM +0300, Alexander Kotelnikov wrote: > On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 07:07:55PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 09:02:21PM +0300, Alexander Kotelnikov wrote: > > > E: fvwm: bad-test-in-menu-item /usr/lib/menu/fvwm:148 > > > E: fvwm: bad-test-in-menu

Re: lintian error: E: fvwm: bad-test-in-menu-item /usr/lib/menu/fvwm:148

2000-12-01 Thread Alexander Kotelnikov
On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 01:40:30PM -0800, Matt Kraai wrote: > > dpkg-deb: building package `fvwm' in `../fvwm_2.2.4-3_i386.deb'. > > dpkg-deb: building package `fvwm-common' in `../fvwm-common_2.2.4-3_i386.deb'. > > dpkg-genchanges > > dpkg-genchanges: not including original source code in upload

E: scsiadd: unknown-control-file templates

2000-12-01 Thread Dave Baker
I'm using debconf to postinst the scsiadd package and lintian complains about the unknown templates file. I've noticed that several other packages also have this same lintian error if they use debconf. Is this a known issue with lintian or is there a setting I need to flip somewhere to tell it t

authorization

2000-12-01 Thread Some Linux User
am i correct in saying that to be able to mantian a package or really anything useful for debian that i need to at least be in the process of appling to become a part of the community (become an appliciant)? thank you. -holland -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: authorization

2000-12-01 Thread Pete Lypkie
On Sat, Dec 02, 2000 at 12:34:36AM -0500, Some Linux User wrote: > am i correct in saying that to be able to mantian a package or really anything >useful for debian that i need to at least be in the process of appling to become a >part of the community (become an appliciant)? thank you. > -holla