ignoring updates to a conffile?

2003-12-28 Thread Andreas Barth
Hi, I want to do the following to a configuration file: Ignore all updates of the conffile inside the .deb (in other words: just keep what's installed on the system). At the moment this file is marked as conffile. The idea is: - Install the file somewhere else as template (e.g. /usr/share//conf

RFS: ike-scan

2003-12-28 Thread Benoit Mortier
Hello, i just uploaded ike-scan 1.5.1 to mentors.debian.net and i'am looking for a sponsor. deb http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main The package is lintian and linda clean, here is the control file Thank you Source: ike-scan Section: net Priority: optional Maintainer: Benoit Mortier

Re: ignoring updates to a conffile?

2003-12-28 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Sun, Dec 28, 2003 at 05:04:54PM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote: > I want to do the following to a configuration file: Ignore all updates > of the conffile inside the .deb (in other words: just keep what's > installed on the system). At the moment this file is marked as > conffile. If the file stop

Re: ignoring updates to a conffile?

2003-12-28 Thread Andreas Barth
* Matt Zimmerman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [031228 22:25]: > On Sun, Dec 28, 2003 at 05:04:54PM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote: > > A rather problematic issue is on upgrades from a previous package > > where the previous one had it as a conffile. I think about the > > following: Just removing this file in th

Re: ignoring updates to a conffile?

2003-12-28 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Sun, Dec 28, 2003 at 11:02:23PM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote: > * Matt Zimmerman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [031228 22:25]: > > I think you mean "-f" for most of those "-a". > > I don't mean "-f", because a symlink is also ok. (But I do perhaps > mean a "-f file -o -h file" or "-r file".) Yes, you do

packaging problems with openMSX

2003-12-28 Thread Yves Teixeira
Hi, Sorry if my english is rough - I'll try to make this text as clear as possible. Please send any answer copied to me as I am not a subscriber of this list. TIA. I've read the maint-guide and most of the debian policy regarding packaging software. After that, a few doubts remain concerning the

RFS: libghttp and libhttp-ghttp-perl (orphaned)

2003-12-28 Thread Michael K. Edwards
On Friday 26 December 2003 09:14 pm, Michael K. Edwards wrote: > On Friday 26 December 2003 08:00 am, Ardo van Rangelrooij wrote: > [snip] > > > And libhttp-ghttp-perl is used by axkit which is ITA'ed. So maybe the > > person that ITA'ed axkit should also take these two packages. > > I am that per

ignoring updates to a conffile?

2003-12-28 Thread Andreas Barth
Hi, I want to do the following to a configuration file: Ignore all updates of the conffile inside the .deb (in other words: just keep what's installed on the system). At the moment this file is marked as conffile. The idea is: - Install the file somewhere else as template (e.g. /usr/share//conf

RFS: ike-scan

2003-12-28 Thread Benoit Mortier
Hello, i just uploaded ike-scan 1.5.1 to mentors.debian.net and i'am looking for a sponsor. deb http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main The package is lintian and linda clean, here is the control file Thank you Source: ike-scan Section: net Priority: optional Maintainer: Benoit Mortier

Re: ignoring updates to a conffile?

2003-12-28 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Sun, Dec 28, 2003 at 05:04:54PM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote: > I want to do the following to a configuration file: Ignore all updates > of the conffile inside the .deb (in other words: just keep what's > installed on the system). At the moment this file is marked as > conffile. If the file stop

Re: ignoring updates to a conffile?

2003-12-28 Thread Andreas Barth
* Matt Zimmerman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [031228 22:25]: > On Sun, Dec 28, 2003 at 05:04:54PM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote: > > A rather problematic issue is on upgrades from a previous package > > where the previous one had it as a conffile. I think about the > > following: Just removing this file in th

Re: ignoring updates to a conffile?

2003-12-28 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Sun, Dec 28, 2003 at 11:02:23PM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote: > * Matt Zimmerman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [031228 22:25]: > > I think you mean "-f" for most of those "-a". > > I don't mean "-f", because a symlink is also ok. (But I do perhaps > mean a "-f file -o -h file" or "-r file".) Yes, you do

packaging problems with openMSX

2003-12-28 Thread Yves Teixeira
Hi, Sorry if my english is rough - I'll try to make this text as clear as possible. Please send any answer copied to me as I am not a subscriber of this list. TIA. I've read the maint-guide and most of the debian policy regarding packaging software. After that, a few doubts remain concerning the

RFS: libghttp and libhttp-ghttp-perl (orphaned)

2003-12-28 Thread Michael K. Edwards
On Friday 26 December 2003 09:14 pm, Michael K. Edwards wrote: > On Friday 26 December 2003 08:00 am, Ardo van Rangelrooij wrote: > [snip] > > > And libhttp-ghttp-perl is used by axkit which is ITA'ed. So maybe the > > person that ITA'ed axkit should also take these two packages. > > I am that per