Re: Depends: syntax

2003-01-10 Thread Frank Gevaerts
On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 06:32:40PM -0600, Graham Wilson wrote: > On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 09:21:36PM +0100, Frank Gevaerts wrote: > > > Depends: ttf-freefonts | ttf-larabie-straight, ttf-freefonts | ttf-larabie-deco > > > > That is indeed the same thing. This means my original requirement is not

Getting back in the game?

2003-01-10 Thread Larry Gilbert
Hi all, I hope this is the most appropriate list for this question. It seems to be the least inappropriate, anyway. :-) Once upon a time, I applied to the Debian Project and became a maintainer. My account ("larryg") appears to still be in the system. However, it appears that my password ha

Incomplete packages for OSG uploaded

2003-01-10 Thread Hugo van der Merwe
I've got "pre-alpha" packages of OpenSceneGraph packages up at http://people.debian.org/~hvdm/, if anyone wishes to check it out. I'm not planning to upload to Debian soon - I am waiting for the next release of OSG, and also would prefer waiting until I can update my system to the latest unstable,

Re: Missing files in /etc

2003-01-10 Thread Bob Hilliard
Karolina Lindqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > onsdagen den 8 januari 2003 18.57 skrev Raphael Hertzog: >> apt-get -o dpkg::options::="--force-confmiss" >> You can put it once for all in a file in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/. >> Check man apt.conf for details. > That is the individual solution when

Re: Missing files in /etc

2003-01-10 Thread Karolina Lindqvist
fredagen den 10 januari 2003 16.49 skrev Bob Hilliard: > Policy prohibits overriding conffiles that have been changed by > the admin. Deleting a file is considered changing it. One must > assume that the admin deleted the file for a reason. Debian does not > prevent users from shooting the

Re: Missing files in /etc

2003-01-10 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Karolina Lindqvist said: > The problem is that those files sometimes tend to disappear by themselves in > some instances when upgrading. I don't know what circumstances. Maybe due to > bugs in the packages? Maybe aborted upgrades? It is a reoccuring thing on the > de

Re: How to become a Debian developer?

2003-01-10 Thread Robert Bihlmeyer
Ivo Marino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If anyone on this list is searching for a maintainer for a package > related to Perl or PHP I'm available as contributor to the Debian > project. You know about wnpp? Take a look at http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/work_needing> ... a quick scan showed a f

Re: Missing files in /etc

2003-01-10 Thread Robert Bihlmeyer
Karolina Lindqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > That is the individual solution when the trouble is there. But is > there no way to make the package so that the trouble does not occur, > or at least is warned for? If random files go missing on your system you have bigger problems. I.e. if /etc/f

Re: foobillard package

2003-01-10 Thread Robert Bihlmeyer
Frank Gevaerts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm trying to package foobillard (http://foobillard.sunsite.dk/) for > debian. Looks nice. > a foobillard goes to non-free, which would be a pity. And people who have ttf-larabie-* installed will have some fonts double, which is also bad. > b Th

Re: Missing files in /etc

2003-01-10 Thread Karolina Lindqvist
fredagen den 10 januari 2003 20.06 skrev Stephen Gran: > I've seen this behavior occasionally on some of my boxes, and I wonder > if the problem is that the newer version of a pckage has a conffile that > the older version doesn't have. Hmmm . . not very clear. Like this: > > package-foo_1.2 con

Re: foobillard package

2003-01-10 Thread Frank Gevaerts
On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 08:12:20PM +0100, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote: > Frank Gevaerts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'm trying to package foobillard (http://foobillard.sunsite.dk/) for > > debian. > > Looks nice. > > > a foobillard goes to non-free, which would be a pity. > > And people who

sponsor requested for foobillard

2003-01-10 Thread Frank Gevaerts
Hi, My foobillard package should now be ready for public consumption, so I would be grateful if someone would want to sponsor them. The packages (source,i386 and powerpc) are available at: deb http://www.xs4all.be/~gevaerts/debian/bin/powerpc ./ deb http://www.xs4all.be/~gevaerts/debian/bin/i386

Re: gkrellmitime - Internet time plugin for gkrellm

2003-01-10 Thread Robert Bihlmeyer
Juan Manuel García Molina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [...] , so 12 o'clock noon would be equivalent to @500 Swatch beats. [...] > A day in the internet time begins at midnight BMT (@000) in Central Europe > wintertime. These sentences contradict each other; you may want to rewrite the fi

Re: Depends: syntax

2003-01-10 Thread Robert Bihlmeyer
Ah, seems you've implemented your option (d) already. Good. Frank Gevaerts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Depends: ttf-freefonts | ttf-larabie-straight, ttf-freefonts | ttf-larabie-deco > > That is indeed the same thing. This means my original requirement is not > entirely what I want either.

Re: Depends: syntax

2003-01-10 Thread Frank Gevaerts
On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 08:25:19PM +0100, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote: > Ah, seems you've implemented your option (d) already. Good. > > Frank Gevaerts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Depends: ttf-freefonts | ttf-larabie-straight, ttf-freefonts | ttf-larabie-deco > > > > That is indeed the same

apt and /tmp (noexec)

2003-01-10 Thread Marcin Orlowski
Hi, Which list you suggest I shall subscribe to discuss this: ~# apt-get install package ... Can't exec "/tmp/config.19501": Permission denied at /usr/share/perl/5.8.0/IPC/Open3.pm line 159. open2: exec of /tmp/config.19501 configure failed at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/ConfModule.pm line 44

Re: apt and /tmp (noexec)

2003-01-10 Thread Gergely Nagy
> Can't exec "/tmp/config.19501": Permission denied at > /usr/share/perl/5.8.0/IPC/Open3.pm line 159. > open2: exec of /tmp/config.19501 configure failed at > /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/ConfModule.pm line 44 > iptables failed to preconfigure, with exit status 255 Try setting TMPDIR. These files a

Re: apt and /tmp (noexec)

2003-01-10 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Jan 11, 2003 at 04:17:28AM +0100, Marcin Orlowski wrote: > Which list you suggest I shall subscribe to discuss this: [...] > Can't exec "/tmp/config.19501": Permission denied at > /usr/share/perl/5.8.0/IPC/Open3.pm line 159. > open2: exec of /tmp/config.19501 configure failed at > /usr/s

Re: Missing files in /etc

2003-01-10 Thread Karolina Lindqvist
onsdagen den 8 januari 2003 18.57 skrev Raphael Hertzog: > apt-get -o dpkg::options::="--force-confmiss" > > You can put it once for all in a file in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/. > Check man apt.conf for details. That is the individual solution when the trouble is there. But is there no way to make the

Re: Depends: syntax

2003-01-10 Thread Frank Gevaerts
On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 06:32:40PM -0600, Graham Wilson wrote: > On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 09:21:36PM +0100, Frank Gevaerts wrote: > > > Depends: ttf-freefonts | ttf-larabie-straight, ttf-freefonts | > > > ttf-larabie-deco > > > > That is indeed the same thing. This means my original requirement

Getting back in the game?

2003-01-10 Thread Larry Gilbert
Hi all, I hope this is the most appropriate list for this question. It seems to be the least inappropriate, anyway. :-) Once upon a time, I applied to the Debian Project and became a maintainer. My account ("larryg") appears to still be in the system. However, it appears that my password

Incomplete packages for OSG uploaded

2003-01-10 Thread Hugo van der Merwe
I've got "pre-alpha" packages of OpenSceneGraph packages up at http://people.debian.org/~hvdm/, if anyone wishes to check it out. I'm not planning to upload to Debian soon - I am waiting for the next release of OSG, and also would prefer waiting until I can update my system to the latest unstable,

Re: Missing files in /etc

2003-01-10 Thread Bob Hilliard
Karolina Lindqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > onsdagen den 8 januari 2003 18.57 skrev Raphael Hertzog: >> apt-get -o dpkg::options::="--force-confmiss" >> You can put it once for all in a file in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/. >> Check man apt.conf for details. > That is the individual solution when

Re: Missing files in /etc

2003-01-10 Thread Karolina Lindqvist
fredagen den 10 januari 2003 16.49 skrev Bob Hilliard: > Policy prohibits overriding conffiles that have been changed by > the admin. Deleting a file is considered changing it. One must > assume that the admin deleted the file for a reason. Debian does not > prevent users from shooting the

Re: Missing files in /etc

2003-01-10 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Karolina Lindqvist said: > The problem is that those files sometimes tend to disappear by themselves in > some instances when upgrading. I don't know what circumstances. Maybe due to > bugs in the packages? Maybe aborted upgrades? It is a reoccuring thing on the > de

Re: How to become a Debian developer?

2003-01-10 Thread Robert Bihlmeyer
Ivo Marino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If anyone on this list is searching for a maintainer for a package > related to Perl or PHP I'm available as contributor to the Debian > project. You know about wnpp? Take a look at http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/work_needing> ... a quick scan showed a f

Re: Missing files in /etc

2003-01-10 Thread Robert Bihlmeyer
Karolina Lindqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > That is the individual solution when the trouble is there. But is > there no way to make the package so that the trouble does not occur, > or at least is warned for? If random files go missing on your system you have bigger problems. I.e. if /etc/f

Re: foobillard package

2003-01-10 Thread Robert Bihlmeyer
Frank Gevaerts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm trying to package foobillard (http://foobillard.sunsite.dk/) for > debian. Looks nice. > a foobillard goes to non-free, which would be a pity. And people who have ttf-larabie-* installed will have some fonts double, which is also bad. > b Th

Re: Missing files in /etc

2003-01-10 Thread Karolina Lindqvist
fredagen den 10 januari 2003 20.06 skrev Stephen Gran: > I've seen this behavior occasionally on some of my boxes, and I wonder > if the problem is that the newer version of a pckage has a conffile that > the older version doesn't have. Hmmm . . not very clear. Like this: > > package-foo_1.2 con

Re: foobillard package

2003-01-10 Thread Frank Gevaerts
On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 08:12:20PM +0100, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote: > Frank Gevaerts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'm trying to package foobillard (http://foobillard.sunsite.dk/) for > > debian. > > Looks nice. > > > a foobillard goes to non-free, which would be a pity. > > And people who

sponsor requested for foobillard

2003-01-10 Thread Frank Gevaerts
Hi, My foobillard package should now be ready for public consumption, so I would be grateful if someone would want to sponsor them. The packages (source,i386 and powerpc) are available at: deb http://www.xs4all.be/~gevaerts/debian/bin/powerpc ./ deb http://www.xs4all.be/~gevaerts/debian/bin/i386

Re: gkrellmitime - Internet time plugin for gkrellm

2003-01-10 Thread Robert Bihlmeyer
Juan Manuel García Molina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [...] , so 12 o'clock noon would be equivalent to @500 Swatch beats. [...] > A day in the internet time begins at midnight BMT (@000) in Central Europe > wintertime. These sentences contradict each other; you may want to rewrite the fi

Re: Depends: syntax

2003-01-10 Thread Robert Bihlmeyer
Ah, seems you've implemented your option (d) already. Good. Frank Gevaerts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Depends: ttf-freefonts | ttf-larabie-straight, ttf-freefonts | > > ttf-larabie-deco > > That is indeed the same thing. This means my original requirement is not > entirely what I want ei

Re: Depends: syntax

2003-01-10 Thread Frank Gevaerts
On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 08:25:19PM +0100, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote: > Ah, seems you've implemented your option (d) already. Good. > > Frank Gevaerts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Depends: ttf-freefonts | ttf-larabie-straight, ttf-freefonts | > > > ttf-larabie-deco > > > > That is indeed t

apt and /tmp (noexec)

2003-01-10 Thread Marcin Orlowski
Hi, Which list you suggest I shall subscribe to discuss this: ~# apt-get install package ... Can't exec "/tmp/config.19501": Permission denied at /usr/share/perl/5.8.0/IPC/Open3.pm line 159. open2: exec of /tmp/config.19501 configure failed at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/ConfModule.pm line 44

Re: apt and /tmp (noexec)

2003-01-10 Thread Gergely Nagy
> Can't exec "/tmp/config.19501": Permission denied at > /usr/share/perl/5.8.0/IPC/Open3.pm line 159. > open2: exec of /tmp/config.19501 configure failed at > /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/ConfModule.pm line 44 > iptables failed to preconfigure, with exit status 255 Try setting TMPDIR. These files a

Re: apt and /tmp (noexec)

2003-01-10 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Jan 11, 2003 at 04:17:28AM +0100, Marcin Orlowski wrote: > Which list you suggest I shall subscribe to discuss this: [...] > Can't exec "/tmp/config.19501": Permission denied at > /usr/share/perl/5.8.0/IPC/Open3.pm line 159. > open2: exec of /tmp/config.19501 configure failed at > /usr/s