Two Q: upstream & xforms

1998-05-24 Thread Darren Benham
1: I just took over xabacus as a package to maintain. It seems like a simple/easy package to cut my teeth on. However, when I went looking for the latest version of the program, the only thing I found was at ftp.x.org/contrib.. and the author on the copyright is different than the one in the deb

wnpp

1998-07-03 Thread Darren Benham
How does one "read wnpp" ?? -- http://benham.net/index.html -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS d+(-) s:+ a29 C++$ UL++> P+++$ L++> E? W+++$ N+(-) o? K- w+++$(--) O M-- V- PS-- PE++ Y++ PGP++ t+ 5 X R+ !tv b DI+++ D++ G++>G+++ e h+ r* y+

REJECT

1998-07-22 Thread Darren Benham
Ok, had a package rejected and was asked to delete the packages from REJECT but I couldn't find this "REJECT" directory.. where is is? -- http://benham.net/index.html -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS d+(-) s:+ a29 C++$ UL++> P+++$ L++> E? W++

Re: REJECT

1998-07-22 Thread Darren Benham
In that case.. the files were not there On 22-Jul-98 Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > On Tue, Jul 21, 1998 at 07:40:10PM -0700, Darren Benham wrote: >> Ok, had a package rejected and was asked to delete the packages from REJECT >> but >> I couldn't find this "

./configure

1998-08-03 Thread Darren Benham
Where is a good source to learn what's behind the ./configure scripts? Is it a package or is there any documentation or convention? -- http://benham.net/index.html -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS d+(-) s:+ a29 C++$ UL++> P+++$ L++> E? W+++$

lintian

1998-08-07 Thread Darren Benham
Wow! I had no idea http://www.debian.org/lintian/...[etc].../mDarren_Benham.html even existed!! What's the lag time between upload and the page updating? -- http://benham.net/index.html -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS d+(-) s:+ a29 C++$ UL++>

debhelper

1998-08-18 Thread Darren Benham
To date, I've been using the deb-make packages to handle my packages... After following a recent conversation, I figured I'd give debhelper a try but I'm having trouble finding a suitable "Starting place" to aquaint myself with it. Anybody point me in the right direction for learning debhelper? -

Unidentified subject!

1998-08-31 Thread Darren Benham
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lintian

1998-09-12 Thread Darren Benham
Where is Lintian packaged .. or is it? I can't seem to find it via dselect on my Hamm CDs Same with qmail. -- http://benham.net/index.html -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS d+(-) s:+ a29 C++$ UL++> P+++$ L++> E? W+++$ N+(-) o? K- w+++$(--) O

server/client programs

1998-10-12 Thread Darren Benham
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RE: server/client programs

1998-10-12 Thread Darren Benham
) I've already uploaded it :) >On 12-Oct-98 Darren Benham wrote: >> If a game has a server program and client programs... and if the server >> program >> is installed, should it set itself up in the init scripts or should it wait >> for explicit execution? I think I

RE: server/client programs

1998-10-12 Thread Darren Benham
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RE: server/client programs

1998-10-12 Thread Darren Benham
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RE: server/client programs

1998-10-12 Thread Darren Benham
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RE: Some new largish packages: please comment

1999-01-14 Thread Darren Benham
t; cd's that comprise Debian and it's extra offerings. Just my $.02 -Darren -- = * http://benham.net/index.html <>< * * * -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- ---*

Re: question about the BTS

1999-03-30 Thread Darren Benham
On Tue, Mar 30, 1999 at 10:03:51AM -0700, Ivan E. Moore II wrote: > my question is this...what happens to these bug reports??? If they are > /dev/null'd then nevermind...but if they are sitting around somewhere I'd like > to track that specific one down and take care of it...(as it's been since be

Re: program without version

1999-09-20 Thread Darren Benham
Date...990920-1 or something like that On Mon, Sep 20, 1999 at 07:52:36PM +0200, Radovan Garabik wrote: > I am trying to package a program, which does not have version number > (author says in README: Warning - this is an unnumbered early beta) > Apart from the warning, it works fine and wit

RE: Lintian report that man pages are not compressed with --best

2000-05-02 Thread Darren Benham
Is --best the same as -9? On 01-May-2000 Pedro Guerreiro wrote: > ght now it seems that there is an error somewhere. Let me explain: when > packaging greed, lintian reported that the man page was not compressed with > the --best option. Ok, I've decompressed it and compressed again with this > swi