Re: Question about building a deb package

2022-02-25 Thread Marc Haber
th of the system that doesnt have that version packaged, totally missing the fact that automated building exists. Greetings Marc -- ----- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Le

Re: Debuild question

2022-04-20 Thread Marc Haber
20 years as Debian Developer, I have never seen this. Greetings Marc -- ----- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany| lose things."Winona Ryder |

Re: adduser claims existing diretory in postinst when running piuparts for shiny-server

2022-06-07 Thread Marc Haber
pt their maintainer scripts. In addition, as one of the adduser maintainers, I am open to questions and suggestions. Greetings Marc -- ----- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Hea

tests failing without specific locales

2022-06-08 Thread Marc Haber
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Re: tests failing without specific locales

2022-06-08 Thread Marc Haber
Hi Paul, thanks for your quick answer. On Thu, Jun 09, 2022 at 02:28:48PM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > On Thu, 2022-06-09 at 07:28 +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > > I am working on a package written in python that thankfully has a > > test suite. Unfortunately, one of the tests fails if

Re: tests failing without specific locales

2022-06-09 Thread Marc Haber
-dependent. I have opened am upstream issue and hope that Upstream will comment. The package itself is not yet on salsa and not yet in Debian, not even an ITP filed. Greetings Marc -- ----- Marc Haber | "I don

autopkgtest testing postinst

2022-07-14 Thread Marc Haber
estion while an autopkgtest is running? I would like to hear about your experiences. Pointers to packages that are already doing this would be greatly appreciated as well. Thank you very much. Greetings Marc -- ----- Marc Hab

Re: autopkgtest testing postinst

2022-07-15 Thread Marc Haber
On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 11:33:50PM +0200, Lorenzo wrote: > On Thu, 14 Jul 2022 09:52:51 +0200 > Marc Haber wrote: > > I would like to hear about your experiences. Pointers to packages that > > are already doing this would be greatly appreciated as well. Thank you > > very

Re: autopkgtest testing postinst

2022-07-21 Thread Marc Haber
from stable, testing, unstable to automatically test updates? Greetings Marc -- ----- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany| lose things."Winona Ryder

Re: autopkgtest testing postinst

2022-07-22 Thread Marc Haber
On Fri, Jul 22, 2022 at 09:52:37AM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > On Thu, 2022-07-21 at 10:30 +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > > Is there also a documented way to install the packages from stable, > > testing, unstable to automatically test updates? > > That sounds like what piupar

symbols-File for Library

2022-08-11 Thread Marc Haber
looks like an awful lot of work that has to be repeated for every upstream update? Or am I missing something here? Greetings Marc -- - Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header

Re: symbols-File for Library

2022-08-12 Thread Marc Haber
ople on IRC tell me that's only important for big libs with a huge number of reverse dependencies. Greetings Marc -- ----- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Ger

Re: symbols-File for Library

2022-08-13 Thread Marc Haber
On Sat, Aug 13, 2022 at 11:19:24AM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > On Fri, 2022-08-12 at 12:06 +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > > > what's the benefit in having a symbols file? > > It means that packages depending on a library can relax their version > dependencies on that library

Re: symbols-File for Library

2022-08-13 Thread Marc Haber
char const*, __va_list_tag*)@Base" 2.5.1 dpkg-gensymbols does not seem to be willing to grok the second line ("gensio_log_levels, not a valid version"). Also, the arch extension does not seem to be in deb-symbols(5). What am I missing here? Greetings Marc -- ---

Re: symbols-File for Library

2022-08-14 Thread Marc Haber
On Sun, Aug 14, 2022 at 09:53:49AM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > On Sat, 2022-08-13 at 22:19 +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > > dpkg-gensymbols does not seem to be willing to grok the second line > > ("gensio_log_levels, not a valid version"). > > > > Also, the arch

Re: help with python3 depends < 3.11

2023-01-15 Thread Marc Haber
/control uses ${python3:Depends} and does not mention > version 3.11 anywhere, so I cannot understand where it's getting this > "< 3.11" constraint from. What python version did you have installed when the package was built? Greetings Marc -- ---

Re: Seeking Sponsors for my package - roadfighter

2016-04-22 Thread Marc Haber
he game files, which gave error "Segmentation > fault". What is actually installed to usr/games/roadfighter? Lintian says it's something that the system cannot run in the first place. And, a segmentation fault is always a bug that should be fixed, preferably upstream. Greetin

Re: PSA: low quality ITP/RFS submissions from @northeastern.edu people

2024-11-19 Thread Marc Haber
; > for > > this stance representing the feelings of the Debian community. > > > Agreed. I will also fully support it > (sune@do) +1. zugschlus@do. Greetings Marc -- ----- Marc Haber | "I d

Re: PSA: low quality ITP/RFS submissions from @northeastern.edu people

2024-11-19 Thread Marc Haber
Greetings Marc -- ----- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany| lose things."Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 6224 1600402 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 6224 1600421

Re: Is Salsa CI easy to use for anyone learning Debian packaging?

2024-12-22 Thread Marc Haber
On Sun, Dec 22, 2024 at 11:27:07AM -0800, Otto Kekäläinen wrote: > I also wrote a new wiki page https://wiki.debian.org/SalsaCI. Thank you. That will be helpful to find the information. Greetings Marc -- ----- Marc Ha

Re: Is Salsa CI easy to use for anyone learning Debian packaging?

2024-12-22 Thread Marc Haber
bly is not. Greetings Marc -- ----- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany| lose things."Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 6224 1600402 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 6224 1600421

Re: How to inform users package is ready to use systemd

2025-04-02 Thread Marc Haber
description. Greetings Marc P.S.: Maybe I should mention in atop's description that the package arranges for an atop daemon running in the background. Thanks for bringing this up. -- ----- Marc Haber | "

unapply-patches in d/source/(local)-options?

2025-05-26 Thread Marc Haber
explain what is going on here and what is the recommended package (sub)format when one uses gbp? Greetings Marc -- ----- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany|

Re: My personal recommendation on how to create Debian packages from upstream Git

2025-05-28 Thread Marc Haber
n. Thank you very much, and I hope that you can make good use of my feedback. Greetings Marc -- ----- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany| lose things."

Re: git pq after an upstream upgrade when patches no longer apply

2025-06-01 Thread Marc Haber
On Sat, May 31, 2025 at 01:56:34PM -0400, Nicholas D Steeves wrote: Marc Haber writes: Is it expected that gbp push would not push the current branch, debian/latest? It sounds like the git repository's gbp.conf is absent, or misconfigured. Another possibility is that defaults have

Re: My personal recommendation on how to create Debian packages from upstream Git

2025-05-29 Thread Marc Haber
Hi, On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 05:26:31AM +0200, Joost van Baal-Ilić wrote: On Wed, May 28, 2025 at 10:04:01PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: My personal pet peeve is the difference between the source package and the packaging git repository contents. Those two especially differ in the state of

Re: My personal recommendation on how to create Debian packages from upstream Git

2025-05-29 Thread Marc Haber
On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 10:27:09AM +0100, Sean Whitton wrote: On Wed 28 May 2025 at 10:04pm +02, Marc Haber wrote: My personal pet peeve is the difference between the source package and the packaging git repository contents. Those two especially differ in the state of patches: They're ap

Re: patches-applied and patches-unapplied, dgit and source packages (was: Re: My personal recommendation on how to create Debian packages from upstream Git)

2025-05-29 Thread Marc Haber
might be unnecessary to know in five years, in 2025 it is still a must-know and must-not-be-confused. Greetings Marc -- - Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Ger

Re: git pq after an upstream upgrade when patches no longer apply

2025-06-01 Thread Marc Haber
On Sun, Jun 01, 2025 at 07:38:48PM +0500, Andrey Rakhmatullin wrote: On Sat, May 31, 2025 at 02:05:48PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: Is it expected that gbp push would not push the current branch, debian/latest? AFAIK yes, assuming you haven't tagged the upload yet. That would be ba

converting conffile to dpkg-conffile and keeping piuparts happy

2025-06-01 Thread Marc Haber
le to ucf, right? -- - Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany| lose things."Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 6224 1600402 Nordisch by Nature | How to ma

Re: git pq after an upstream upgrade when patches no longer apply

2025-05-31 Thread Marc Haber
export --drop followed by git add debian/patches/* git commit Is it expected that gbp push would not push the current branch, debian/latest? Greetings Marc -- - Marc Haber | "I don't trust Compu

git pq after an upstream upgrade when patches no longer apply

2025-05-31 Thread Marc Haber
to, just please dont touch the existing ones. Thanks! Greetings Marc -- ----- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany| lose things."Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 6224 1600402 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 6224 1600421

need help for my first python package

2025-06-23 Thread Marc Haber
Displays Logs on Virtual Consoles" authors = [ { name = "Marc Haber", email = "mh+debian-packa...@zugschlus.de" } ] license = "GPL-2.0" requires-python = ">=3.7" dependencies = [ ] [tool.setuptools.packages.find] where = ["src"] [208/662

Re: need help for my first python package

2025-06-24 Thread Marc Haber
unlikely that I will package python modules in the forseeable future. I just happen to use the language. On Monday, June 23, 2025 12:38:08 PM Mountain Standard Time Marc Haber wrote: dh $@ --with python3 --buildsystem=pybuild “--with python3” is considered deprecated syntax, although it

Re: converting conffile to dpkg-conffile and keeping piuparts happy

2025-06-04 Thread Marc Haber
Hi, On Sun, Jun 01, 2025 at 10:20:31PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: How can I change my new dpkg-conffile and keep piuparts happy at the same time? Here is the solution I found myself: $ head -n-0 debian/ferm.p* ==> debian/ferm.postrm <== #!/bin/sh set -e action=$1 if [ "${action

Converting dnstop to track upstream git

2025-05-30 Thread Marc Haber
t touch the existing ones. Thanks! Greetings Marc -- ----- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany| lose things."Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 6224 160040

Re: Converting dnstop to track upstream git

2025-05-30 Thread Marc Haber
On Fri, May 30, 2025 at 07:37:09PM +0100, Ahmad Khalifa wrote: On 30/05/2025 19:10, Marc Haber wrote: Now, how do I tell gbp from which commit on upstream/latest I want to base my next Debian version? How can I tell gbp to take HEAD of upstream/latest as the base of my current debian work AND

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