skaller wrote:
> The problem is that you CAN install a package B which declares a
> conflict with A, and then install A, which does not declare the
> conflict. The conflict exists, nevertheless.
This isn't true. If B is installed and B declares "Conflicts: A" then
dpkg will refuse to install pac
Package: wnpp
The Debian "audacity" package needs some more attention than I have been
able to give it recently. I am looking for a co-maintainer or team to help
maintain this package, and possibly to adopt it from me.
Audacity is a cross-platform audio editor and recording program:
http://auda
Ben Hill wrote:
> I've packaged Tomboy (http://beatniksoftware.com/tomboy) and wondered
> if anyone can take a quick look at the package:
>
> http://www.seigan.org/debian
You should make sure to file a WNPP bug.
I am the maintainer the "audacity" sound editor package:
http://packages.debian.org/unstable/sound/audacity
My regular sponsor Josh Haberman is having network problems, and may not
be able to upload for a while. If you have an interest in Audacity and
can help sponsor this package, please cont
Martin Dickopp wrote:
> Both pmount and my package try to solve the same problem -- letting
> users access removable media. The difference is that pmount allows
> users to mount and unmount these devices manually, while my script
> mounts and unmounts them automatically. Another difference is that
Sven Mueller wrote:
> http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=debian%40incase.de
>
> currently shows an "sh" in the uninstallable/Unstable column however,
> I'm not sure what this means.
"sh" is the SuperH architecture. You don't need to worry about your
package status on sh. The SuperH port i
I am one of the upstream authors of Audacity (a free cross-platform
sound editor). Another upstream author, Josh Haberman, is the current
Debian maintainer of audacity.
Josh is no longer as active in Debian as he used to be, and is planning
to sponsor me as a new maintainer for audacity. I have
Matt Brubeck wrote:
> I have prepared Debian packages for the new upstream version 1.2.0:
>
> http://www.cs.hmc.edu/~mbrubeck/debian/
Note: These are also available now from <http://mentors.debian.net/>
(package "audacity").
Number Six wrote:
> Where would be the most useful place to upload the Public Key I use to
> sign the .dsc and .changes files with?
One useful place is the public keyserver network. You can upload your
key by using a command like:
gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --send-key [EMAIL PROTECTED]
See
elijah wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb:
> alternatively, can someone suggest a solution to the screen
> corruption? i think what might be happening is that the letter in
> question is taking two cells on the screen instead of the ONE that
> it should take up...
It sounds like Pine is sending
Stephen Frost wrote:
> We shouldn't be shipping or using static libraries.
Why not? I know we shouldn't be linking to static libraries in our
packaged software, but having the static libraries available is
important for some end-users and local administrators.
Debian Policy section 8.3 says,
Michael Wiedmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> What is the best way to handle the following situation:
>
> package A (unofficial "beamer" in my case) contains some support
> files for an official package B ("lyx-common"). These support files
> have to be copied into the directory tree of package B
Gianluca Ciarcelluti wrote:
> I tried to install my package with apt-get install mypackage; when I
> run apt-get update && apt-get upgrade it download and install it
> againg instead of display the "Already installed package" message.
As Matt Zimmerman suggested, it sounds like your Packages file
I am adding a menu icon to my "audacity" package, built with CDBS. Can
anyone suggest the best way to install the icons (which are not part of
the original source)? Currently I am using the following lines in
debian/rules:
ICONS = debian/audacity.xpm debian/audacity16.xpm
binary-install/aud
Carlos Enrique Carleos Artime wrote:
> Bernard (upstream author) expressed his intention of including the
> "debian" subdirectory in the upstream tree. In fact, he maintains deb
> packages of Giac for Quantian (a mathematical-oriented Knoppix
> derivate) but didn't have the time for a careful obs
Stefan Fritsch wrote:
> I am still looking for a sponsor for mp3gain, a program to
> automatically adjust the volume of MP3s without reencoding.
I am not a Debian Developer, so I can't sponsor the package, but I would
like to note that mp3gain is a very useful program that I use regularly.
It wou
Martin Braure de Calignon wrote:
> I'm Martin, from france. I really want to help debian project. I've
> just finish ce debian developper guide.
> Does somebody want to support me ?
> Do you need some more specifical informations about me ?
The first step is to decide how you want to help Debian,
Simon MARTIN wrote:
> GNotify is a little daemon written in C using GTK. It provides
> (like the KDE KNotify-system) a notification-service for
> Gnome/XFce/FVWM/Fluxbox/Enlightenment and other
> Desktop-Environments/WindowManagers.
Can you change this to explain what this means for a user (w
Matthijs Mohlmann wrote:
> I think this packages can be uploaded to ftp-master.debian.org but
> i've nothing send to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (not closed a bug or
> request for package or something) I don't know if i could close this
> bug or something and when i need to close this bug.
Check the WNPP b
Simon MARTIN wrote:
> Matt Brubeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Can you change this to explain what this means for a user (what does
> > a "notification-service" actually do)? I suggest something like:
> > [...]
>
> I felt free to overtake yo
Nico Golde wrote:
> how have i to deal with bugs in the files in the debian directory of
> the package? for expample i found a spelling mistake in the
> debian/changelog file of kernel-package.
> should i write a personla message to the maintainer of this package so
> he can change this in his nex
Robert Lemmen wrote:
> On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 07:29:27PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> > No, don't change the submitter; change the owner instead. See
> > http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ for instructions.
>
> owner makes way more sense. but i think we should definitely write
> down these things
Halim Boukaram wrote:
> I've implemented 10 different solving schemes. The 2 most promising
> are seen below vs Octave executed 100 times the equation dy/dx =
> y*tan(x) [y = sec(x)] ...
This is really off-topic for debian-mentors. Could this discussion
(except for any questions about Debian pac
Asho Yeh wrote:
> I read the steps of Applicant's Checklist. Something confused me about
> the first two.
>
> In the Initial Contact step two:The applicant's identity needs to be
> verified. The applicant needs to prepare the GPG key to be signed by a
> Developer or sponsor? And then, the Identifi
Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote:
> > - A new minor upstream version is available for the package, my sponsor
> > told me it is better to wait the package enters in unstable before
> > send the new version, because every upload before this happens "reset
> > the timer" and I have to wait more tim
wils wrote:
> Greetings, my name is Mark Wilson (Wils if you like), i am in the
> early days of my quest to be a "package maintainer".
Welcome! Please see this page for some useful information:
http://people.debian.org/~mpalmer/debian-mentors_FAQ.html
The people.debian.org server may not be
Brett Cundal wrote:
> This may be a full-on d-devel question, but I'll start out here.
> I'm maintaining GNU Smalltalk, which is having problems building on
> most 64-bit platforms.
This should probably go to the appropriate arch-specific mailing lists
(e.g. debian-ia64).
Remco Seesink wrote:
> I am preparing an updated package with an unsolved security bug. I
> would like to upload it to mentors.debian.net, but when it gets
> uploaded to main it will have the same version number as the one on
> mentors. I would to know if there is a way to upload to mentors and b
Geert Stappers wrote:
> > The proper way is to simply not upload to mentors.d.n with
> > 'official' debian revision numbers. Assuming the offical version
> > will be 1.0-1, use for example 1.0-1~mentors1 (if mentors.d.n
> > accepts ~ in version numbers), or alternatively 1.0-0mentors1
> > (decreas
Geert Stappers wrote:
> Matt Brubeck wrote:
> > Geert Stappers wrote:
> >
> > > Gee, I real need to find back that document that wrote to use
> > >
> > > 1.0-0.1, 1.0-0.2, 1.0-0.3 etc for non official debian packages.
> >
> > I don'
Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> > If the current version in the archive is 1.1, and you upload an NMU
> > of 1.2, that NMU should be 1.2-0.1 (so that a maintainer upload of
> > 1.2-1 supersedes it).
>
> It should be 1.1-0.1 so a maintainer upload of 1.2 superseeds it.
But if the NMU is a new upstre
Mattias Nordstrom wrote:
> The process of becoming a new maintainer seems kind of complex, but
> what I need now apparently is an Advocate. Where could I find one?
See this page for information on finding advocates or sponsors:
http://people.debian.org/~mpalmer/debian-mentors_FAQ.html
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Is it legal to show a purchased DVD to a group of library patrons, in
> the library, without charge?
This is a software development mailing list. This message is off-topic
for this list.
An appropriate place to ask this question would be on a library-related
web site
William Ballard wrote:
> My program will be called "tufiler", and will have the supporting
> scripts demo.pl and tufiler.pl. Demo.pl will just throw up a fake
> file list and not actually move or rename any files, so people can get
> the idea of what the program does. tufiler.pl will be *my* ide
I have recently reworked some of the packaging scripts for "audacity".
The package now uses CDBS and debhelper more extensively. I would
appreciate it if anyone can take a look at the package and provide
suggestions or feedback.
Package: audacity
License: GPL
Description: A fast, cross-plat
Thorsten Gunkel wrote:
> I can't build this version (and the version in testing) on my woody
> machine. It seems that the problems start with:
>
> obj/AColor.o(.text+0x386): In function `AColor::Init()':
> /usr/include/wx/settings.h:199: undefined reference to
> `wxSystemSettingsNative::GetColour(
Michelle Konzack wrote:
> I have gotten with
>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Body: index packages
>
> the index of Bugs in a package. Now I like to get a specified
> Bugreport-Number to a .
Use "send " to get the transcript of a bug, which will
tell you which package the bug is assigned to. See
<
Michelle Konzack wrote:
> Am 2004-07-22 11:09:18, schrieb Matt Brubeck:
>
>> If the bug report is no longer valid, it should be closed. You
>> should send a message to the bug number, explaining why the bug
>> should be closed (if this information is not already in the
Justin Pryzby wrote:
> I have a package (x11iraf) which conflicts with gcc-3.3. For the whole
> story see below..
>
> gcc includes /usr/bin/gcc which is pretty much a necessity, I think.
> I need xmkmf to work too. For now I have Build-Depends: gcc-3.2, but
> what can I do to force it to actuall
It seems that this list is now a top search result for phrases such as
"request sponsor," and this is causing inexperienced web searchers to
mail us with requests like this one. I'm not sure if there's any good
solution to this...
linda chao wrote:
> I am a Ugandan in East Africa. I am writing r
Jay Berkenbilt wrote:
> > > Yes, it seems the most recent arm build failed, but yet the
> > > current icu28 (2.8-3) is in testing.
> >
> > In testing but not in unstable for arm? Or in testing without arm
> > support?
>
> Hmm. In testing and unstable without arm support. How does this
> happen?
liz wrote:
> Where do I start? I have the source is there a faw or howto?
The FAQ here is a good place to start, and has links to other resources:
http://people.debian.org/~mpalmer/debian-mentors_FAQ.html
Luk Claes wrote:
> xpat2 is installed for m68k a couple of days ago, though it isn't
> entering testing because it has "not yet built on m68k"??
>
> It has been built 2 times according buildd.d.o, it is installed
> according to buildd.net, but waiting for a build according to
> bjorn.haxx.se/debia
Frank K?ster wrote:
> By the way, why are only alphanumerics, . and + allowed in version
> numbers? If this were less resctrictive, one could do
>
> dpkg --compare-versions 1-3_sarge.1 gt 1-3.1; echo $?
In part so that filenames can be parsed easily. If package names and
version numbers could co
Stephen Frost wrote:
> I agree with this. Really, debian-native packages are debian-specific
> packages. I would strongly encourage you to *not* make this a
> debian-native package.
I also agree. I am both upstream and Debian maintainer for my package,
and I find that a non-native package has
Mikael Magnusson wrote:
> I'm looking for someone to sponsor portaudio.
>
> You can download the source package from http://mentors.debian.net/
> using apt-get with "deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable
> main contrib non-free" in /etc/apt/sources.list, or directly from
> http://mento
Frank K?ster wrote:
> mkdir: cannot create directory `': No such file or directory
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/tetex-extra_2.96.5.20040711-4_all.deb
> (--install):
> subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
It looks like mkdir is getting called with
Frank K?ster wrote:
> Matt Brubeck wrote:
>>> subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
>>
>> It looks like mkdir is getting called with an empty filename (in
>> your preinst?).
>
> Yes, thank you. I found it out myself meanwhile. I
Zach Garner wrote:
> What bugs me is that as far as I can tell from the documentation,
> dh_make is the recommended proper way of doing things.
dh_make automates a lot of the packaging process for most typical
packages, but it's certainly not required -- especially if it doesn't
suit your package
Zach Garner wrote:
> It generally works, but there is a lot of magic that happens in the
> dh_ scripts. For instance, I don't know how it knows that
> debian/ is where my application data is supposed to be.
> Is this hardcoded in dpkg-deb?
dpkg-deb can take any directory and turn it into a binary
I need help uploading the latest version of the Audacity sound editor.
My sponsor does not have a working network connection for his Debian
system, and will not be able to upload for a while.
If you can upload the latest version of Audacity, please let me know.
This version has a bunch of minor im
Scott Ritchie wrote:
> The second is that, although apt is removing libwine-dev, it is not
> replacing it with wine-dev.
As other posters pointed out, wine-dev will not be installed
automatically (even though it Replaces: libwine-dev). You can ask to
install it manually.
If you want wine-dev to
Justin Pryzby wrote:
> Obviously, compilations will fail on broken systems (like without
> /usr/bin/cc or with a broken cc with missing files or whatever).
Your package can assume that build-essential packages (like gcc) are
installed. If it needs any non-build-essential packages, it must
Build-
Michael Wiedmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> What is the best way to handle the following situation:
>
> package A (unofficial "beamer" in my case) contains some support
> files for an official package B ("lyx-common"). These support files
> have to be copied into the directory tree of package B
Gianluca Ciarcelluti wrote:
> I tried to install my package with apt-get install mypackage; when I
> run apt-get update && apt-get upgrade it download and install it
> againg instead of display the "Already installed package" message.
As Matt Zimmerman suggested, it sounds like your Packages file
I am adding a menu icon to my "audacity" package, built with CDBS. Can
anyone suggest the best way to install the icons (which are not part of
the original source)? Currently I am using the following lines in
debian/rules:
ICONS = debian/audacity.xpm debian/audacity16.xpm
binary-install/aud
Carlos Enrique Carleos Artime wrote:
> Bernard (upstream author) expressed his intention of including the
> "debian" subdirectory in the upstream tree. In fact, he maintains deb
> packages of Giac for Quantian (a mathematical-oriented Knoppix
> derivate) but didn't have the time for a careful obs
Stefan Fritsch wrote:
> I am still looking for a sponsor for mp3gain, a program to
> automatically adjust the volume of MP3s without reencoding.
I am not a Debian Developer, so I can't sponsor the package, but I would
like to note that mp3gain is a very useful program that I use regularly.
It wou
Martin Braure de Calignon wrote:
> I'm Martin, from france. I really want to help debian project. I've
> just finish ce debian developper guide.
> Does somebody want to support me ?
> Do you need some more specifical informations about me ?
The first step is to decide how you want to help Debian,
Asho Yeh wrote:
> I read the steps of Applicant's Checklist. Something confused me about
> the first two.
>
> In the Initial Contact step two:The applicant's identity needs to be
> verified. The applicant needs to prepare the GPG key to be signed by a
> Developer or sponsor? And then, the Identifi
Halim Boukaram wrote:
> I've implemented 10 different solving schemes. The 2 most promising
> are seen below vs Octave executed 100 times the equation dy/dx =
> y*tan(x) [y = sec(x)] ...
This is really off-topic for debian-mentors. Could this discussion
(except for any questions about Debian pac
Simon MARTIN wrote:
> GNotify is a little daemon written in C using GTK. It provides
> (like the KDE KNotify-system) a notification-service for
> Gnome/XFce/FVWM/Fluxbox/Enlightenment and other
> Desktop-Environments/WindowManagers.
Can you change this to explain what this means for a user (w
Matthijs Mohlmann wrote:
> I think this packages can be uploaded to ftp-master.debian.org but
> i've nothing send to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (not closed a bug or
> request for package or something) I don't know if i could close this
> bug or something and when i need to close this bug.
Check the WNPP b
Simon MARTIN wrote:
> Matt Brubeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Can you change this to explain what this means for a user (what does
> > a "notification-service" actually do)? I suggest something like:
> > [...]
>
> I felt free to overtake yo
Nico Golde wrote:
> how have i to deal with bugs in the files in the debian directory of
> the package? for expample i found a spelling mistake in the
> debian/changelog file of kernel-package.
> should i write a personla message to the maintainer of this package so
> he can change this in his nex
Robert Lemmen wrote:
> On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 07:29:27PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> > No, don't change the submitter; change the owner instead. See
> > http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ for instructions.
>
> owner makes way more sense. but i think we should definitely write
> down these things
Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote:
> > - A new minor upstream version is available for the package, my sponsor
> > told me it is better to wait the package enters in unstable before
> > send the new version, because every upload before this happens "reset
> > the timer" and I have to wait more tim
wils wrote:
> Greetings, my name is Mark Wilson (Wils if you like), i am in the
> early days of my quest to be a "package maintainer".
Welcome! Please see this page for some useful information:
http://people.debian.org/~mpalmer/debian-mentors_FAQ.html
The people.debian.org server may not be
Brett Cundal wrote:
> This may be a full-on d-devel question, but I'll start out here.
> I'm maintaining GNU Smalltalk, which is having problems building on
> most 64-bit platforms.
This should probably go to the appropriate arch-specific mailing lists
(e.g. debian-ia64).
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, em
Remco Seesink wrote:
> I am preparing an updated package with an unsolved security bug. I
> would like to upload it to mentors.debian.net, but when it gets
> uploaded to main it will have the same version number as the one on
> mentors. I would to know if there is a way to upload to mentors and b
Geert Stappers wrote:
> > The proper way is to simply not upload to mentors.d.n with
> > 'official' debian revision numbers. Assuming the offical version
> > will be 1.0-1, use for example 1.0-1~mentors1 (if mentors.d.n
> > accepts ~ in version numbers), or alternatively 1.0-0mentors1
> > (decreas
Geert Stappers wrote:
> Matt Brubeck wrote:
> > Geert Stappers wrote:
> >
> > > Gee, I real need to find back that document that wrote to use
> > >
> > > 1.0-0.1, 1.0-0.2, 1.0-0.3 etc for non official debian packages.
> >
> > I don'
Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> > If the current version in the archive is 1.1, and you upload an NMU
> > of 1.2, that NMU should be 1.2-0.1 (so that a maintainer upload of
> > 1.2-1 supersedes it).
>
> It should be 1.1-0.1 so a maintainer upload of 1.2 superseeds it.
But if the NMU is a new upstre
Mattias Nordstrom wrote:
> The process of becoming a new maintainer seems kind of complex, but
> what I need now apparently is an Advocate. Where could I find one?
See this page for information on finding advocates or sponsors:
http://people.debian.org/~mpalmer/debian-mentors_FAQ.html
--
To
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Is it legal to show a purchased DVD to a group of library patrons, in
> the library, without charge?
This is a software development mailing list. This message is off-topic
for this list.
An appropriate place to ask this question would be on a library-related
web site
William Ballard wrote:
> My program will be called "tufiler", and will have the supporting
> scripts demo.pl and tufiler.pl. Demo.pl will just throw up a fake
> file list and not actually move or rename any files, so people can get
> the idea of what the program does. tufiler.pl will be *my* ide
I have recently reworked some of the packaging scripts for "audacity".
The package now uses CDBS and debhelper more extensively. I would
appreciate it if anyone can take a look at the package and provide
suggestions or feedback.
Package: audacity
License: GPL
Description: A fast, cross-plat
Thorsten Gunkel wrote:
> I can't build this version (and the version in testing) on my woody
> machine. It seems that the problems start with:
>
> obj/AColor.o(.text+0x386): In function `AColor::Init()':
> /usr/include/wx/settings.h:199: undefined reference to
> `wxSystemSettingsNative::GetColour(
Michelle Konzack wrote:
> I have gotten with
>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Body: index packages
>
> the index of Bugs in a package. Now I like to get a specified
> Bugreport-Number to a .
Use "send " to get the transcript of a bug, which will
tell you which package the bug is assigned to. See
<
Michelle Konzack wrote:
> Am 2004-07-22 11:09:18, schrieb Matt Brubeck:
>
>> If the bug report is no longer valid, it should be closed. You
>> should send a message to the bug number, explaining why the bug
>> should be closed (if this information is not already in the
Justin Pryzby wrote:
> I have a package (x11iraf) which conflicts with gcc-3.3. For the whole
> story see below..
>
> gcc includes /usr/bin/gcc which is pretty much a necessity, I think.
> I need xmkmf to work too. For now I have Build-Depends: gcc-3.2, but
> what can I do to force it to actuall
It seems that this list is now a top search result for phrases such as
"request sponsor," and this is causing inexperienced web searchers to
mail us with requests like this one. I'm not sure if there's any good
solution to this...
linda chao wrote:
> I am a Ugandan in East Africa. I am writing r
Jay Berkenbilt wrote:
> > > Yes, it seems the most recent arm build failed, but yet the
> > > current icu28 (2.8-3) is in testing.
> >
> > In testing but not in unstable for arm? Or in testing without arm
> > support?
>
> Hmm. In testing and unstable without arm support. How does this
> happen?
liz wrote:
> Where do I start? I have the source is there a faw or howto?
The FAQ here is a good place to start, and has links to other resources:
http://people.debian.org/~mpalmer/debian-mentors_FAQ.html
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To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble
Luk Claes wrote:
> xpat2 is installed for m68k a couple of days ago, though it isn't
> entering testing because it has "not yet built on m68k"??
>
> It has been built 2 times according buildd.d.o, it is installed
> according to buildd.net, but waiting for a build according to
> bjorn.haxx.se/debia
Frank Küster wrote:
> By the way, why are only alphanumerics, . and + allowed in version
> numbers? If this were less resctrictive, one could do
>
> dpkg --compare-versions 1-3_sarge.1 gt 1-3.1; echo $?
In part so that filenames can be parsed easily. If package names and
version numbers could co
Stephen Frost wrote:
> I agree with this. Really, debian-native packages are debian-specific
> packages. I would strongly encourage you to *not* make this a
> debian-native package.
I also agree. I am both upstream and Debian maintainer for my package,
and I find that a non-native package has
Mikael Magnusson wrote:
> I'm looking for someone to sponsor portaudio.
>
> You can download the source package from http://mentors.debian.net/
> using apt-get with "deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable
> main contrib non-free" in /etc/apt/sources.list, or directly from
> http://mento
Ben Hill wrote:
> I've packaged Tomboy (http://beatniksoftware.com/tomboy) and wondered
> if anyone can take a quick look at the package:
>
> http://www.seigan.org/debian
You should make sure to file a WNPP bug.
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I am the maintainer the "audacity" sound editor package:
http://packages.debian.org/unstable/sound/audacity
My regular sponsor Josh Haberman is having network problems, and may not
be able to upload for a while. If you have an interest in Audacity and
can help sponsor this package, please cont
Martin Dickopp wrote:
> Both pmount and my package try to solve the same problem -- letting
> users access removable media. The difference is that pmount allows
> users to mount and unmount these devices manually, while my script
> mounts and unmounts them automatically. Another difference is that
Sven Mueller wrote:
> http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=debian%40incase.de
>
> currently shows an "sh" in the uninstallable/Unstable column however,
> I'm not sure what this means.
"sh" is the SuperH architecture. You don't need to worry about your
package status on sh. The SuperH port i
Frank Küster wrote:
> mkdir: cannot create directory `': No such file or directory
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/tetex-extra_2.96.5.20040711-4_all.deb
> (--install):
> subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
It looks like mkdir is getting called with
Frank Küster wrote:
> Matt Brubeck wrote:
>>> subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
>>
>> It looks like mkdir is getting called with an empty filename (in
>> your preinst?).
>
> Yes, thank you. I found it out myself meanwhile. I
Zach Garner wrote:
> What bugs me is that as far as I can tell from the documentation,
> dh_make is the recommended proper way of doing things.
dh_make automates a lot of the packaging process for most typical
packages, but it's certainly not required -- especially if it doesn't
suit your package
Zach Garner wrote:
> It generally works, but there is a lot of magic that happens in the
> dh_ scripts. For instance, I don't know how it knows that
> debian/ is where my application data is supposed to be.
> Is this hardcoded in dpkg-deb?
dpkg-deb can take any directory and turn it into a binary
I need help uploading the latest version of the Audacity sound editor.
My sponsor does not have a working network connection for his Debian
system, and will not be able to upload for a while.
If you can upload the latest version of Audacity, please let me know.
This version has a bunch of minor im
Scott Ritchie wrote:
> The second is that, although apt is removing libwine-dev, it is not
> replacing it with wine-dev.
As other posters pointed out, wine-dev will not be installed
automatically (even though it Replaces: libwine-dev). You can ask to
install it manually.
If you want wine-dev to
Justin Pryzby wrote:
> Obviously, compilations will fail on broken systems (like without
> /usr/bin/cc or with a broken cc with missing files or whatever).
Your package can assume that build-essential packages (like gcc) are
installed. If it needs any non-build-essential packages, it must
Build-
Justin Pryzby wrote:
> Instead, install what is presently /usr/games/yadex to
> /usr/lib/yadex/... and install a one-line wrapper script to
> /usr/games/yadex:
>
> #!/bin/sh -e
> exec x-terminal-emulator -e /usr/lib/yadex/...
One small downside to this idea is that it is not the expec
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