Re: gpg keyrings.

2001-04-30 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 01:37:52AM +0100, James Troup wrote: > Julian Gilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > (1) It could be documented on http://keyring.debian.org/ > > I'm sure it could...[0] And I would do it if I had the faintest clue what I was talking about. But as I don't, please could

Questions about library names

2001-04-30 Thread Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo
Hello! I'm trying to package a library, but I have some questions regarding the name the package should have. First of all, the policy says that the library package must something like libpackagesoname, so if the library that the package has looks like: lrwxrwxrwx1 jose jose

Re: gpg keyrings.

2001-04-30 Thread Santiago Vila
James Troup wrote: > The canonical source for the debian keyring _is_[2] kerying.debian.org > (via anon-rsync); period. The package is a convenience, nothing > more[3]. A package which is horribly outdated is everything but a "convenience".

Re: Questions about library names

2001-04-30 Thread sharkey
> OK, let's say now that the current is increased, and the new name of the > library is libgpgme.so.1.0.0. This means that I should change in the > debian/control file the name of the package and it will become libgpgme1 > but, what happens with the old package (libgpgme0) and with the programs > c

Re: Questions about library names

2001-04-30 Thread Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo
El 30 Apr 2001 09:37:23 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: [...] > Nothing happens to the old package. > > When a new shared library comes out that is incompatible with an old > shared library, both libraries should be installed, this is why the > soname is in the package name. It allows simult

Re: gpg keyrings.

2001-04-30 Thread Henrique M Holschuh
On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Santiago Vila wrote: > James Troup wrote: > > The canonical source for the debian keyring _is_[2] kerying.debian.org > > (via anon-rsync); period. The package is a convenience, nothing > > more[3]. > > A package which is horribly outdated is everything but a "convenience". T

dh_testroot ?

2001-04-30 Thread Drew Parsons
I just noticed the debian/rules file for mirrormagic which I inherited from Joey Hess uses dh_testroot to check that the build is run as root (or fakeroot). I'm wondering what the justification for doing this is. It prevents, for instance, a home user compiling his own deb before installing unle

Re: Questions about library names

2001-04-30 Thread David Z. Maze
Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: JCGS> I'm trying to package a library, but I have some questions regarding JCGS> the name the package should have. JCGS> JCGS> First of all, the policy says that the library package must something JCGS> like libpackagesoname, so if the library

Re: Questions about library names

2001-04-30 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 01:22:03PM +0200, Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo wrote: > OK, let's say now that the current is increased, and the new name of the > library is libgpgme.so.1.0.0. This means that I should change in the > debian/control file the name of the package and it will become libgpgme1 > but

Re: dh_testroot ?

2001-04-30 Thread Christian T. Steigies
On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 11:50:37PM +1000, Drew Parsons wrote: > I just noticed the debian/rules file for mirrormagic which I inherited from > Joey Hess uses dh_testroot to check that the build is run as root (or > fakeroot). > > I'm wondering what the justification for doing this is. It prevents

Re: Questions about library names

2001-04-30 Thread sharkey
> Yes, but now I have another question. The library itself has a > different version numbering. That's ok. Version number and SO name are not the same and need not have any correlation. Many different versions can have the same soname and that's ok. > In this way, current version is 0.2.1, but

Re: Questions about library names

2001-04-30 Thread Steve Langasek
On 30 Apr 2001, Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo wrote: > El 30 Apr 2001 09:37:23 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: > [...] > > Nothing happens to the old package. > > When a new shared library comes out that is incompatible with an old > > shared library, both libraries should be installed, this is why

Re: gpg keyrings.

2001-04-30 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Henrique M Holschuh wrote: > On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Santiago Vila wrote: > > James Troup wrote: > > > The canonical source for the debian keyring _is_[2] kerying.debian.org > > > (via anon-rsync); period. The package is a convenience, nothing > > > more[3]. > > A package which

Re: dh_testroot ?

2001-04-30 Thread Mark Brown
On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 11:50:37PM +1000, Drew Parsons wrote: > I'm wondering what the justification for doing this is. It prevents, for > instance, a home user compiling his own deb before installing unless he > specifically compiles it under root or fakeroot. The build process needs to produce

Re: Questions about library names

2001-04-30 Thread mdanish
You might want to refer to the libtool-doc package: 'info libtool' and go to the Menu node on Versioning. That is the source of the message you quoted and it contains more information as well. On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 10:35:12AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Yes, but now I have another ques

Re: gpg keyrings.

2001-04-30 Thread Britton
On 30 Apr 2001, James Troup wrote: > Julian Gilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > (1) It could be documented on http://keyring.debian.org/ > > I'm sure it could...[0] Is the procedure for useing anon-rsync documented somewhere else? > The canonical source for the debian keyring _is_[2] keryi

Re: first questions

2001-04-30 Thread Robert Bihlmeyer
"Steve M. Robbins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 04:07:38PM -0400, Wolfgang Sourdeau wrote: > > > The dh_installchangelogs doesn't accept a ChangeLog parameter when the > > package is a native debian package. However, the GNU HaliFAX project > > is (as its name implies) an

Re: dh_testroot ?

2001-04-30 Thread Robert Bihlmeyer
Drew Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I just noticed the debian/rules file for mirrormagic which I inherited from > Joey Hess uses dh_testroot to check that the build is run as root (or > fakeroot). There are two parts to building a Debian package: (a) compiling/linking/etc. the application

Re: first questions

2001-04-30 Thread Steve M. Robbins
On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 10:39:13PM +0200, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote: > "Steve M. Robbins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 04:07:38PM -0400, Wolfgang Sourdeau wrote: > > > > > The dh_installchangelogs doesn't accept a ChangeLog parameter when the > > > package is a native de

Re: gpg keyrings.

2001-04-30 Thread Paul Martin
On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 01:37:16PM -0800, Britton wrote: > > On 30 Apr 2001, James Troup wrote: > > > Julian Gilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > (1) It could be documented on http://keyring.debian.org/ > > > > I'm sure it could...[0] It didn't take me too long (just now) to work out tha

Re: gpg keyrings.

2001-04-30 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
* Britton | On 30 Apr 2001, James Troup wrote: | | > Julian Gilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | > | > > (1) It could be documented on http://keyring.debian.org/ | > | > I'm sure it could...[0] | | Is the procedure for useing anon-rsync documented somewhere else? rsync keyring.debian.org::keyr

Re: first questions

2001-04-30 Thread sharkey
> > I think the answer is simply that you shouldn't be treating this > > as a "debian native" package. > > Why not? If no changes take place from upstream version to debian > source, tagging on "-1", and creating an empty Debianization diff is > unsound. There's nothing wrong with an empty diff.

Re: gpg keyrings.

2001-04-30 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 01:37:52AM +0100, James Troup wrote: > Julian Gilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > (1) It could be documented on http://keyring.debian.org/ > > I'm sure it could...[0] And I would do it if I had the faintest clue what I was talking about. But as I don't, please coul

Questions about library names

2001-04-30 Thread Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo
Hello! I'm trying to package a library, but I have some questions regarding the name the package should have. First of all, the policy says that the library package must something like libpackagesoname, so if the library that the package has looks like: lrwxrwxrwx1 jose jose

Re: gpg keyrings.

2001-04-30 Thread Santiago Vila
James Troup wrote: > The canonical source for the debian keyring _is_[2] kerying.debian.org > (via anon-rsync); period. The package is a convenience, nothing > more[3]. A package which is horribly outdated is everything but a "convenience". -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: Questions about library names

2001-04-30 Thread sharkey
> OK, let's say now that the current is increased, and the new name of the > library is libgpgme.so.1.0.0. This means that I should change in the > debian/control file the name of the package and it will become libgpgme1 > but, what happens with the old package (libgpgme0) and with the programs >

Re: Questions about library names

2001-04-30 Thread Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo
El 30 Apr 2001 09:37:23 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: [...] > Nothing happens to the old package. > > When a new shared library comes out that is incompatible with an old > shared library, both libraries should be installed, this is why the > soname is in the package name. It allows simul

Re: gpg keyrings.

2001-04-30 Thread Henrique M Holschuh
On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Santiago Vila wrote: > James Troup wrote: > > The canonical source for the debian keyring _is_[2] kerying.debian.org > > (via anon-rsync); period. The package is a convenience, nothing > > more[3]. > > A package which is horribly outdated is everything but a "convenience".

dh_testroot ?

2001-04-30 Thread Drew Parsons
I just noticed the debian/rules file for mirrormagic which I inherited from Joey Hess uses dh_testroot to check that the build is run as root (or fakeroot). I'm wondering what the justification for doing this is. It prevents, for instance, a home user compiling his own deb before installing unl

Re: Questions about library names

2001-04-30 Thread David Z. Maze
Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: JCGS> I'm trying to package a library, but I have some questions regarding JCGS> the name the package should have. JCGS> JCGS> First of all, the policy says that the library package must something JCGS> like libpackagesoname, so if the library

Re: Questions about library names

2001-04-30 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 01:22:03PM +0200, Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo wrote: > OK, let's say now that the current is increased, and the new name of the > library is libgpgme.so.1.0.0. This means that I should change in the > debian/control file the name of the package and it will become libgpgme1 > bu

Re: dh_testroot ?

2001-04-30 Thread Christian T. Steigies
On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 11:50:37PM +1000, Drew Parsons wrote: > I just noticed the debian/rules file for mirrormagic which I inherited from > Joey Hess uses dh_testroot to check that the build is run as root (or > fakeroot). > > I'm wondering what the justification for doing this is. It prevent

Re: Questions about library names

2001-04-30 Thread sharkey
> Yes, but now I have another question. The library itself has a > different version numbering. That's ok. Version number and SO name are not the same and need not have any correlation. Many different versions can have the same soname and that's ok. > In this way, current version is 0.2.1, bu

Re: Questions about library names

2001-04-30 Thread Steve Langasek
On 30 Apr 2001, Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo wrote: > El 30 Apr 2001 09:37:23 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: > [...] > > Nothing happens to the old package. > > When a new shared library comes out that is incompatible with an old > > shared library, both libraries should be installed, this is why

Re: gpg keyrings.

2001-04-30 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Henrique M Holschuh wrote: > On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Santiago Vila wrote: > > James Troup wrote: > > > The canonical source for the debian keyring _is_[2] kerying.debian.org > > > (via anon-rsync); period. The package is a convenience, nothing > > > more[3]. > > A package whic

Re: dh_testroot ?

2001-04-30 Thread Mark Brown
On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 11:50:37PM +1000, Drew Parsons wrote: > I'm wondering what the justification for doing this is. It prevents, for > instance, a home user compiling his own deb before installing unless he > specifically compiles it under root or fakeroot. The build process needs to produc

Re: Questions about library names

2001-04-30 Thread mdanish
You might want to refer to the libtool-doc package: 'info libtool' and go to the Menu node on Versioning. That is the source of the message you quoted and it contains more information as well. On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 10:35:12AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Yes, but now I have another que

Re: gpg keyrings.

2001-04-30 Thread Britton
On 30 Apr 2001, James Troup wrote: > Julian Gilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > (1) It could be documented on http://keyring.debian.org/ > > I'm sure it could...[0] Is the procedure for useing anon-rsync documented somewhere else? > The canonical source for the debian keyring _is_[2] kery

Re: first questions

2001-04-30 Thread Robert Bihlmeyer
"Steve M. Robbins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 04:07:38PM -0400, Wolfgang Sourdeau wrote: > > > The dh_installchangelogs doesn't accept a ChangeLog parameter when the > > package is a native debian package. However, the GNU HaliFAX project > > is (as its name implies) a

Re: dh_testroot ?

2001-04-30 Thread Robert Bihlmeyer
Drew Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I just noticed the debian/rules file for mirrormagic which I inherited from > Joey Hess uses dh_testroot to check that the build is run as root (or > fakeroot). There are two parts to building a Debian package: (a) compiling/linking/etc. the applicatio

Re: first questions

2001-04-30 Thread Steve M. Robbins
On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 10:39:13PM +0200, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote: > "Steve M. Robbins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 04:07:38PM -0400, Wolfgang Sourdeau wrote: > > > > > The dh_installchangelogs doesn't accept a ChangeLog parameter when the > > > package is a native d

Re: gpg keyrings.

2001-04-30 Thread Paul Martin
On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 01:37:16PM -0800, Britton wrote: > > On 30 Apr 2001, James Troup wrote: > > > Julian Gilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > (1) It could be documented on http://keyring.debian.org/ > > > > I'm sure it could...[0] It didn't take me too long (just now) to work out th

Re: gpg keyrings.

2001-04-30 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
* Britton | On 30 Apr 2001, James Troup wrote: | | > Julian Gilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | > | > > (1) It could be documented on http://keyring.debian.org/ | > | > I'm sure it could...[0] | | Is the procedure for useing anon-rsync documented somewhere else? rsync keyring.debian.org::key

Re: first questions

2001-04-30 Thread sharkey
> > I think the answer is simply that you shouldn't be treating this > > as a "debian native" package. > > Why not? If no changes take place from upstream version to debian > source, tagging on "-1", and creating an empty Debianization diff is > unsound. There's nothing wrong with an empty diff.