Re: DH_COMPAT 2 or 3 ?

2001-04-04 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 09:40:43PM +0200, Ivo Timmermans wrote: > Sven LUTHER wrote: > > > or build dependencies on debhelper (>>3.0) > > > > Yes, but since i want ot build the package on both potato and unstable, this > > will not help. > > Why exactly? It's not a crime to create two separate p

directory in .deb

2001-04-04 Thread M G Berberich
Hello, I'm not sure if I'm welcome her, because I'm not maintaining a official debian-package but trying to make .deb's out of my tools. I have a tool that needs a directory /var/log/ppplog. It is contained in data.tar.gz, but tar does not set the required right on the directory (right?). So I se

Re: directory in .deb

2001-04-04 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
* M G Berberich | I'm not sure if I'm welcome her, because I'm not maintaining a | official debian-package but trying to make .deb's out of my tools. No problem. We are including here. :) | I have a tool that needs a directory /var/log/ppplog. It is contained | in data.tar.gz, but tar does not

Re: DH_COMPAT 2 or 3 ?

2001-04-04 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 07:44:34AM +0200, Sven LUTHER wrote: > > Why exactly? It's not a crime to create two separate packages; one > > for stable and one for unstable. You can change the build > > dependencies to match the distribution. > > Well, the idea is to have only one package for both, t

Re: directory in .deb

2001-04-04 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 11:50:25AM +0200, M G Berberich wrote: > Hello, > > I'm not sure if I'm welcome her, because I'm not maintaining a > official debian-package but trying to make .deb's out of my tools. > > I have a tool that needs a directory /var/log/ppplog. It is contained > in data.tar.g

Re: DH_COMPAT 2 or 3 ?

2001-04-04 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 01:17:06PM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote: > On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 07:44:34AM +0200, Sven LUTHER wrote: > > > Why exactly? It's not a crime to create two separate packages; one > > > for stable and one for unstable. You can change the build > > > dependencies to match the di

Re: DH_COMPAT 2 or 3 ?

2001-04-04 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 02:31:23PM +0200, Sven LUTHER wrote: > > So it'll potentially create different binaries with the same version > > number on the different platforms. Hmm. Why not just go with the > > potato version? It should work fine on unstable. > > I don't package for potato, only fo

Re: directory in .deb

2001-04-04 Thread M G Berberich
Hello, Am Mittwoch, den 04. April 2001 13:19:09 schrieb Julian Gilbey: > On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 11:50:25AM +0200, M G Berberich wrote: > > I have a tool that needs a directory /var/log/ppplog. It is contained > > in data.tar.gz, but tar does not set the required right on the > > directory (right

Re: directory in .deb

2001-04-04 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 04:28:47PM +0200, M G Berberich wrote: > fakeroot. And I have read various documentation. Great. > > > The package also puts a executable in /etc/ppp/ip-down.d. Building the > > > binary leads to a complain about an executable in unusual place (or > > > so). Can I prevent

Compiled pyton files for all arch?

2001-04-04 Thread Mikael Hedin
Hi, I'm the maintainer of plucker, a python module for web scooping for the PalmOS. The package contains pyton files, .py, .pyc and .pyo, but no other executables, but for the moment I have a setup that produces one deb for each arch. The python tutorial says .pyc are arch independent, but when

Python script

2001-04-04 Thread Michael Wiedmann
Questions which arise for me in creating an unofficial Debian package for a Python based script: - the upstream Python script is called 'script.py'. Should I keep the .py extension or drop it? - should this script be installed in /usr/bin like any other regular program? - the upstream tarba

RE: Python script

2001-04-04 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 04-Apr-2001 Michael Wiedmann wrote: > Questions which arise for me in creating an unofficial Debian > package for a Python based script: > > - the upstream Python script is called 'script.py'. Should I keep > the .py extension or drop it? > Either is fine. > - should this script be instal

Re: Compiled pyton files for all arch?

2001-04-04 Thread Bastian Kleineidam
Mikael, > I think I ought to produce an architecture:any package instead, am I > right? Anyone want to confirm, or test it? Use 'all' if you - have only .py files - use only platform independent Python modules - have no C extension modules Use 'any' if you - use only platform independent Python

Re: Compiled pyton files for all arch?

2001-04-04 Thread Rob Tillotson
Mikael Hedin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The python tutorial says .pyc are arch independent, but when I > compared the .pyc from the i386 and powerpc debs, there were some > small differences. E.g. there is a string with the arch, and then a > few differing bits in the end and beginning. Are the

uupdate and .rej files

2001-04-04 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
As some of you told me, I try to use uupdate with new upstream release. I know that uupdate try to apply the diff.gz patches to the new upstream versione and when I can't do it cleanly creates a .rej file. I can't understand what the .rej files really are. It seems to me that the corrisponding fil

Re: Compiled pyton files for all arch?

2001-04-04 Thread Rob Tillotson
Rob Tillotson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If your package contains only Python code, you can then safely make it > Architecture: any. Er, I meant "all". Sorry. :) --Rob -- Rob Tillotson N9MTB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Undocumented binary

2001-04-04 Thread Manfred Wassmann
On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, peter karlsson wrote: > Steve M. Robbins: > > > The undocumented page provides no more information than "No manual > > entry for foo" (but the former is much longer to read). What is the > > point? > > Personally, I reason that if I get "No manual entry", it is a program > th

directory in .deb

2001-04-04 Thread M G Berberich
Hello, I'm not sure if I'm welcome her, because I'm not maintaining a official debian-package but trying to make .deb's out of my tools. I have a tool that needs a directory /var/log/ppplog. It is contained in data.tar.gz, but tar does not set the required right on the directory (right?). So I s

Re: directory in .deb

2001-04-04 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
* M G Berberich | I'm not sure if I'm welcome her, because I'm not maintaining a | official debian-package but trying to make .deb's out of my tools. No problem. We are including here. :) | I have a tool that needs a directory /var/log/ppplog. It is contained | in data.tar.gz, but tar does no

Re: DH_COMPAT 2 or 3 ?

2001-04-04 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 07:44:34AM +0200, Sven LUTHER wrote: > > Why exactly? It's not a crime to create two separate packages; one > > for stable and one for unstable. You can change the build > > dependencies to match the distribution. > > Well, the idea is to have only one package for both,

Re: directory in .deb

2001-04-04 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 11:50:25AM +0200, M G Berberich wrote: > Hello, > > I'm not sure if I'm welcome her, because I'm not maintaining a > official debian-package but trying to make .deb's out of my tools. > > I have a tool that needs a directory /var/log/ppplog. It is contained > in data.tar.

Re: DH_COMPAT 2 or 3 ?

2001-04-04 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 01:17:06PM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote: > On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 07:44:34AM +0200, Sven LUTHER wrote: > > > Why exactly? It's not a crime to create two separate packages; one > > > for stable and one for unstable. You can change the build > > > dependencies to match the d

Re: DH_COMPAT 2 or 3 ?

2001-04-04 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 02:31:23PM +0200, Sven LUTHER wrote: > > So it'll potentially create different binaries with the same version > > number on the different platforms. Hmm. Why not just go with the > > potato version? It should work fine on unstable. > > I don't package for potato, only f

Re: directory in .deb

2001-04-04 Thread M G Berberich
Hello, Am Mittwoch, den 04. April 2001 13:19:09 schrieb Julian Gilbey: > On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 11:50:25AM +0200, M G Berberich wrote: > > I have a tool that needs a directory /var/log/ppplog. It is contained > > in data.tar.gz, but tar does not set the required right on the > > directory (righ

Re: directory in .deb

2001-04-04 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 04:28:47PM +0200, M G Berberich wrote: > fakeroot. And I have read various documentation. Great. > > > The package also puts a executable in /etc/ppp/ip-down.d. Building the > > > binary leads to a complain about an executable in unusual place (or > > > so). Can I prevent

Compiled pyton files for all arch?

2001-04-04 Thread Mikael Hedin
Hi, I'm the maintainer of plucker, a python module for web scooping for the PalmOS. The package contains pyton files, .py, .pyc and .pyo, but no other executables, but for the moment I have a setup that produces one deb for each arch. The python tutorial says .pyc are arch independent, but when

Python script

2001-04-04 Thread Michael Wiedmann
Questions which arise for me in creating an unofficial Debian package for a Python based script: - the upstream Python script is called 'script.py'. Should I keep the .py extension or drop it? - should this script be installed in /usr/bin like any other regular program? - the upstream tarb

RE: Python script

2001-04-04 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 04-Apr-2001 Michael Wiedmann wrote: > Questions which arise for me in creating an unofficial Debian > package for a Python based script: > > - the upstream Python script is called 'script.py'. Should I keep > the .py extension or drop it? > Either is fine. > - should this script be insta

Re: Compiled pyton files for all arch?

2001-04-04 Thread Bastian Kleineidam
Mikael, > I think I ought to produce an architecture:any package instead, am I > right? Anyone want to confirm, or test it? Use 'all' if you - have only .py files - use only platform independent Python modules - have no C extension modules Use 'any' if you - use only platform independent Python

Re: Compiled pyton files for all arch?

2001-04-04 Thread Rob Tillotson
Mikael Hedin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The python tutorial says .pyc are arch independent, but when I > compared the .pyc from the i386 and powerpc debs, there were some > small differences. E.g. there is a string with the arch, and then a > few differing bits in the end and beginning. Are th

uupdate and .rej files

2001-04-04 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
As some of you told me, I try to use uupdate with new upstream release. I know that uupdate try to apply the diff.gz patches to the new upstream versione and when I can't do it cleanly creates a .rej file. I can't understand what the .rej files really are. It seems to me that the corrisponding fi

Re: Compiled pyton files for all arch?

2001-04-04 Thread Rob Tillotson
Rob Tillotson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If your package contains only Python code, you can then safely make it > Architecture: any. Er, I meant "all". Sorry. :) --Rob -- Rob Tillotson N9MTB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscr

Re: Undocumented binary

2001-04-04 Thread Manfred Wassmann
On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, peter karlsson wrote: > Steve M. Robbins: > > > The undocumented page provides no more information than "No manual > > entry for foo" (but the former is much longer to read). What is the > > point? > > Personally, I reason that if I get "No manual entry", it is a program > t