Re: Empty package

t; No. > > Er, YES. Er, NO. My package sgb-src contains 0 (zero) non-control files. It's data.tar.gz is empty (except for ./). Similarly many, many other transition packages. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- J

Re: Empty package

t-does-not-set-usr-doc-link > > Will the Lintian error prevent it from being installed? Shouldn't do; there is no content there to need a copyright. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths

Re: one package, many libraries. dependency break!

e dh_shlibdeps call correct. (I've sent you a private email on how to do this; basically use the -l option.) Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Li

Re: Bug#101325: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't n

ages. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg Donate free food to the world's hungry: see http://www.thehungersite.com/

Re: control file question

r details. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg Donate free food to the world's hungry: see http://www.th

Re: control file question

on the various different architectures? I'm not sure I understand what the problem is. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg Donate free food to the world's h

Re: removing old conffiles on upgrade

, dpkg will warn that the old directory is not empty, but don't worry about it. But be careful to check the value of $1 and only to do them when the value is sensible (eg not when it's abort-*). Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Re: Bug#101325: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't n

On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 08:16:59PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > On 19-Jun-2001 Julian Gilbey wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 06:24:52PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > >> And how am I to tell a package that is empty on purpose from one cr

Re: Bug#101325: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't n

ck (lines 1127--1221). There may be some other things which should be blocked out, but this does not seem intrinsically difficult. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London

Re: Bug#101325: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't n

On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 10:53:07AM +0300, Richard Braakman wrote: > On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 05:10:36PM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote: > > That's what the "next PACKAGE;" achieves. > > Alternatively, in such a case, set a variable $empty_package = 1 and > > then te

Re: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't need a copyright file

their metadata. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg Donate free food to the world's hungry: see http://w

Re: binary-all packaging

l. Scrap it, copy /usr/share/doc/debhelper/examples/rules.indep to debian/rules and modify it as necessary to build your package. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London

Re: 1st try at packaging perl program

ctory) Have you done an apt-get update or dselect update? Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg Don

Re: proud maintainer that do no want NUM :-)

has been closed with no rationale. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg Donate free food to the world's hungry: see http://www.thehungersite.com/ -- To UNSUBS

Re: dpkg can't purge init script

s a small point. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of &quo

Re: dpkg can't purge init script

:/# > > > If you have any idea ... As somebody pointed out in this thread, the call to start-stop-daemon should use the --oknodo option. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, U

Re: dpkg can't purge init script

did the trick. Thanks. > > I don't see the point why this option isn't shipped in the default file. Bug filed against dh-make package. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ

Re: Native packages

e, which > also is what I distribute elsewhere. You can't, AFAIK. If you distribute it elsewhere (presumably beyond Debian), you may want to consider treating it as a non-native package instead. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Re: Native packages

d to resign everything using debsign. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg NEW: Visit http://www.helpthehungry.org/ to do just that -- T

Re: trouble with HTML changelogs and SGML catalogs

Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg NEW: Visit http://www.helpthehungry.org/ to do just that -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: GPG Key Signing in UK

ailman/listinfo/debian-uk Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg NEW: Visit http://www.helpthehungry.o

Re: to conffile or not to conffile

s notified of > > future options. > > - I really do want to ask the user what serial port to use when the > > thing is installed. > > > > How do I best resolve this paradox? -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Re: to conffile or not to conffile

On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 01:36:53PM -0600, Matt Armstrong wrote: > Julian Gilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 02:10:02PM -0500, Warren Turkal wrote: > >> Why not just create a symlink to a device node /dev/flipit and just > >> li

Re: to conffile or not to conffile

ide > unstable (and its maintainer needs a carefully applied cluebat for maximum > skull damage). s/unstable/experimental/ Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian G

Re: [BTS] Bug number $bug not found.

> > Thank you for any ideas. Send a note to 117116 referring to the old bug page if it's the same bug. If it's different and not yet fixed, then resubmit it. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey,

Re: closes: in changelog and closing bug reports...

g-buildpackage. > I guess I should just close them "by hand" then, but am wondering why > this happens, is "Closes:" case sensitive? No. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Ma

Re: dpkg-statoverride question

ing anything more than dpkg-statoverride --list in a maintainer script. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Debian GNU/Linux Developer Queen Mary, Univ. of London see http://peopl

Re: Bugs not closed by installer

0.2.0-1 there. Andreas, you probably want to investigate this. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Debian GNU/Linux Developer Queen Mary, Univ. of London see http://people.debian.org/~jdg/ http://www.maths.qmul.ac.uk/~jdg/

Re: PDF versions of policy documents?

e sgml file found in the package itself. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Debian GNU/Linux Developer Queen Mary, Univ. of London see http://people.debian.org/~jdg/ http://www.maths.

Re: Semi-contrib packages

wasn't such a good idea after all. I'll just leave it > as-is, with instructions for building the faster version with ccc/cfal. Sounds good. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths,

Re: Package naming vs. versioning

mes, perhaps in different > distributions like woody vs. potato. It just seems wrong to me in a > general case for a standard package to use a version in the package > name. What is the "right" way to handle this? See above for my thoughts. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Re: dpkg-deb vs. perl

a good way. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg NEW: Visit http://www.helpthehungry.org/ to do just that ALSO http://www.thehungersite.c

Re: hosed build-arch and build-indep

m incoming and upload a version -2. (You should use the -sa option to dpkg-buildpackage.) Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see

Re: to conffile or not to conffile

only ask them for new information really needed via debconf. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/

Re: How to change manual's section ?

ht want to store them in a variable, and do a for loop or > something. Note that you should also change the .TH line at the start of the man pages to refer to the new section. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept

Re: dh_movefiles

move files from debian/tmp to debian/tmp when you handle the primary package. Easiest solution: don't let dh_movefiles act on your primary package, so use dh_movefiles -Xpackage. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilb

Re: watch file syntax

as probably my longest ever changelog ;-) Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Debian GNU/Linux Developer Queen Mary, Univ. of London see http://people.debian.org/~jdg/ http://www.maths

Re: watch file syntax

on > mirrors.kernel.org/debian and http.us.debian.org. > > Where do new uploads go to, and how often do the mirrors update? If 2.6.90 was there when you looked, by the same time tomorrow you should see 2.6.91. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Re: lintian: executable-not-elf-or-script

of dpkg-deb -c on your .deb file to ensure that the mode really is what you think it is? Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Debian GNU/Linux Developer Queen Mary, Univ. of L

Re: pre-depending

I read, before > including somehting as pre-depends, I should check this with debian-devel. Only needs to be a pre-depends if you need them correctly installed and configured before you run your PREinst. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Re: Package that can work with something in non-free - to build with it or not?

the user > wants scilab support, he can rebuild the package himself" ? Tell the user to remove the Build-Conflicts line and rebuild. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen

Re: Bug#149486: FTBFS: bad build depends

control file: > Build-Depends: debhelper (>> 3.0.0) No you don't. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London website: http://www.maths.qmul.ac.uk/~jdg/ Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see: http://peopl

Re: problem with gnupg 1.0.7 and debsign

fosse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" Note that <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> != <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> You need to add your @debian.org address to your key (and then upload it to keyring.debian.org) or use your @laposte.net address in your packages. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Re: What to do on accidential upload

ry to clean this mess up? It's a new package, right? So I'd just email a bug report against ftp.debian.org asking for this package not to be installed in unstable, and upload it again to experimental. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Re: autobuilding arch independent packages ...

;-) Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London website: http://www.maths.qmul.ac.uk/~jdg/ Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see: http://people.debian.org/~jdg/ Visit http://www.thehungersite.com/ to help feed the hungry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: autobuilding arch independent packages ...

a remote machine and signing locally. It'd be nice if it > could operate the other way round. debsign can do this. I should add a comment to the debrsign manpage Now done in my local tree. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Re: pure python and postinst

omeone comment on > this? Is it a requirement -- is it a bug to include the compiled > python files in the .deb? Are compiled python files architecture-independent? Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, website:

Re: latex build problem

here where it can be downloaded for checking. Also, please let us know which version of the SGML tools packages you are using. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, website: http://www.polya.uklinux.net/ Debian GNU/Linu

Re: Native packages

e, which > also is what I distribute elsewhere. You can't, AFAIK. If you distribute it elsewhere (presumably beyond Debian), you may want to consider treating it as a non-native package instead. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Re: Native packages

d to resign everything using debsign. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg NEW: Visit http://www.helpthehungry.org/ to do just that

Re: trouble with HTML changelogs and SGML catalogs

Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg NEW: Visit http://www.helpthehungry.org/ to do just that

Re: GPG Key Signing in UK

stinfo/debian-uk Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg NEW: Visit http://www.helpthehungry.org/

Re: dpkg-deb vs. perl

a good way. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg NEW: Visit http://www.helpthehungry.org/ to do just that ALSO http://www.thehungersite.com/ is back!

Re: hosed build-arch and build-indep

m incoming and upload a version -2. (You should use the -sa option to dpkg-buildpackage.) Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see

Re: to conffile or not to conffile

only ask them for new information really needed via debconf. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg NEW:

Re: to conffile or not to conffile

s notified of > > future options. > > - I really do want to ask the user what serial port to use when the > > thing is installed. > > > > How do I best resolve this paradox? -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Re: to conffile or not to conffile

On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 01:36:53PM -0600, Matt Armstrong wrote: > Julian Gilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 02:10:02PM -0500, Warren Turkal wrote: > >> Why not just create a symlink to a device node /dev/flipit and just > >> li

Re: to conffile or not to conffile

ide > unstable (and its maintainer needs a carefully applied cluebat for maximum > skull damage). s/unstable/experimental/ Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian G

Re: [BTS] Bug number $bug not found.

> > Thank you for any ideas. Send a note to 117116 referring to the old bug page if it's the same bug. If it's different and not yet fixed, then resubmit it. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey,

Re: closes: in changelog and closing bug reports...

g-buildpackage. > I guess I should just close them "by hand" then, but am wondering why > this happens, is "Closes:" case sensitive? No. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Ma

Re: dpkg-statoverride question

ing anything more than dpkg-statoverride --list in a maintainer script. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Debian GNU/Linux Developer Queen Mary, Univ. of London see http://peopl

Re: Bugs not closed by installer

0.2.0-1 there. Andreas, you probably want to investigate this. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Debian GNU/Linux Developer Queen Mary, Univ. of London see http://people.debian.org/~jdg/ http://www.maths.qmul.ac.uk/~jdg/

Re: PDF versions of policy documents?

the sgml file found in the package itself. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Debian GNU/Linux Developer Queen Mary, Univ. of London see http://people.debian.org/~jdg/ http://www.mat

Re: Semi-contrib packages

wasn't such a good idea after all. I'll just leave it > as-is, with instructions for building the faster version with ccc/cfal. Sounds good. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths,

Re: Package naming vs. versioning

mes, perhaps in different > distributions like woody vs. potato. It just seems wrong to me in a > general case for a standard package to use a version in the package > name. What is the "right" way to handle this? See above for my thoughts. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Re: How to change manual's section ?

ht want to store them in a variable, and do a for loop or > something. Note that you should also change the .TH line at the start of the man pages to refer to the new section. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept

Re: dh_movefiles

move files from debian/tmp to debian/tmp when you handle the primary package. Easiest solution: don't let dh_movefiles act on your primary package, so use dh_movefiles -Xpackage. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilb

Re: watch file syntax

as probably my longest ever changelog ;-) Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Debian GNU/Linux Developer Queen Mary, Univ. of London see http://people.debian.org/~jdg/ http://www.maths

Re: watch file syntax

on > mirrors.kernel.org/debian and http.us.debian.org. > > Where do new uploads go to, and how often do the mirrors update? If 2.6.90 was there when you looked, by the same time tomorrow you should see 2.6.91. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Re: lintian: executable-not-elf-or-script

of dpkg-deb -c on your .deb file to ensure that the mode really is what you think it is? Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Debian GNU/Linux Developer Queen Mary, Univ. of L

Re: pre-depending

I read, before > including somehting as pre-depends, I should check this with debian-devel. Only needs to be a pre-depends if you need them correctly installed and configured before you run your PREinst. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Re: Bug#149486: FTBFS: bad build depends

control file: > Build-Depends: debhelper (>> 3.0.0) No you don't. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London website: http://www.maths.qmul.ac.uk/~jdg/ Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see: http://peopl

Re: debuild, dupload and then?

-scanpackages maybe? Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London website: http://www.maths.qmul.ac.uk/~jdg/ Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see: http://people.d

Re: problem with gnupg 1.0.7 and debsign

fosse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" Note that <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> != <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> You need to add your @debian.org address to your key (and then upload it to keyring.debian.org) or use your @laposte.net address in your packages. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Re: What to do on accidential upload

ry to clean this mess up? It's a new package, right? So I'd just email a bug report against ftp.debian.org asking for this package not to be installed in unstable, and upload it again to experimental. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Re: autobuilding arch independent packages ...

;-) Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London website: http://www.maths.qmul.ac.uk/~jdg/ Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see: http://people.debian.org/~jdg/ Visit http://www.thehungersite.com/ to help feed the hungry

Re: autobuilding arch independent packages ...

remote machine and signing locally. It'd be nice if it > could operate the other way round. debsign can do this. I should add a comment to the debrsign manpage Now done in my local tree. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Re: pure python and postinst

omeone comment on > this? Is it a requirement -- is it a bug to include the compiled > python files in the .deb? Are compiled python files architecture-independent? Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, website:

Re: latex build problem

file somewhere where it can be downloaded for checking. Also, please let us know which version of the SGML tools packages you are using. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, website: http://www.polya.uklinux.net/

Re: Bug#194678: devscripts: making -uc -us the default signing options

heir config file, gaining very little. I'm not sure which way to go on this one. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, website: http://www.polya.uklinux.net/ Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see: http://people.debian.org/~jdg/ Visit http://www.thehungersite.com/ to help feed the hungry

Re: [j...@debian.org: Your Debian package(s) will not migrate to testing]

h; the system will not accept a package with the same version number. Best wishes, Julian > - Forwarded message from Julian Gilbey - > > Subject: Your Debian package(s) will not migrate to testing > From: Julian Gilbey > To: Andre Noll > Message-Id: > Dat

Re: How to create multi-source tarball with different submodules for scipy

On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 05:05:39PM +0100, Andreas Tille wrote: > Hi, > > I tried to create a multi-source tarball for scipy in its experimental > branch[1]. Upstream includes a set of git submodules in its build > process. I intended to merge all these submodules in a single > scipy_1.10.0.orig-

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