Re: save us from well-meaning upstream authors.. :(

1999-07-14 Thread Bart Schuller
On Wed, Jul 14, 1999 at 02:45:10PM +0200, Leon Breedt wrote: > In the latest upstream release of a package, the authors put a debian/ > directory into the source that is totally stuffed :(. How will the > diff between upstream and my changes handle this if I remove their > debian/ directory, and

Re: how orig should orig.tar.gz be?

2000-01-03 Thread Bart Schuller
On Mon, Jan 03, 2000 at 12:11:59PM +0100, Christian T. Steigies wrote: > relative to this source. Now for reference I looked into other packages for > reference and noted that some people repackage the upstream source, where it > is not necessary. Easily notable when you look at the owner and group

Re: Mp3 encoders

2000-01-08 Thread Bart Schuller
On Sat, Jan 08, 2000 at 01:23:15PM +0100, Martin Schulze wrote: > Jordi Mallach wrote: > > The other day I was wondering why there aren't any Mp3 encoders in the > > distribution. Is there any law that prevents us from including them? > > There are patent issues that prevent their inclusion, iirc.

Re: Find the display

2000-08-10 Thread Bart Schuller
On Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 11:20:02AM -0400, Decklin Foster wrote: > Christian Marillat writes: > > > I need to restart sawfish. > > Where does policy say that? Is policy the one and only reason for wanting stuff? If this fixes what I hope it does, the the "need" has an "or else you may need to har

Re: Find the display

2000-08-13 Thread Bart Schuller
On Sun, Aug 13, 2000 at 05:42:40PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Christian Marillat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > if [ `pidof sawfish` ]; then > > Consider a bug being opened against it. > > Installation MUST be non-interactive. Strong words. I don't think you'll find similar words

Re: Find the display

2000-08-10 Thread Bart Schuller
On Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 11:20:02AM -0400, Decklin Foster wrote: > Christian Marillat writes: > > > I need to restart sawfish. > > Where does policy say that? Is policy the one and only reason for wanting stuff? If this fixes what I hope it does, the the "need" has an "or else you may need to ha

Re: Find the display

2000-08-13 Thread Bart Schuller
On Sun, Aug 13, 2000 at 05:42:40PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Christian Marillat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > if [ `pidof sawfish` ]; then > > Consider a bug being opened against it. > > Installation MUST be non-interactive. Strong words. I don't think you'll find similar word

Re: creating debs

2002-01-07 Thread Bart Schuller
On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 05:27:12PM -0200, Gustavo Noronha Silva wrote: > anyway, your problem is simple to solve... the default installation > command put on by dh_make is: > > $(MAKE) install prefix=$(CURDIR)/debian/packagename > > and it should be: > > $(MAKE) install prefix=$(CURDIR)/debian

Re: creating debs

2002-01-07 Thread Bart Schuller
On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 05:27:12PM -0200, Gustavo Noronha Silva wrote: > anyway, your problem is simple to solve... the default installation > command put on by dh_make is: > > $(MAKE) install prefix=$(CURDIR)/debian/packagename > > and it should be: > > $(MAKE) install prefix=$(CURDIR)/debian/