Re: RFS: videogen 0.32-1

2003-07-16 Thread Matthias Urlichs
odes.sh and updated the package. If somebody can check that the tool in fact spits out sensible mode parameters, I'd be grateful. (Nothing material was changed, but I'd better be safe than sorry. I can't test modelines on my laptop LCD screen. ;-) -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Desi

Re: RFS: videogen 0.32-1

2003-07-17 Thread Matthias Urlichs
rk isn't my style. ;-) The script does run (I said so), and it produces mode lines which at first glance _look_ reasonably meaningful; I'd just like for somebody (with a decent monitor) to verify that these values in fact _are_ meaningful. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design

Re: ADOPT THE ORPHAN PACKAGE ZED

2003-07-17 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Aníbal Monsalve Salazar wrote: > Read the developer's reference, repackage zed and you will be ready to ask > for a sponsor. ... but, next time, please don't all-caps-ify the subject. Thanks. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RFS: kforth

2003-07-19 Thread Matthias Urlichs
.2/3.3 problems. (Closes: #190803) * Trivial readline usage problem fixed. (Closes: #103445) -- Matthias Urlichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sat, 19 Jul 2003 22:20:51 +0200 -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: wavnorm: looking for sponsor

2003-07-24 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Antony Gelberg wrote: > I'll create an unstable chroot, which should be an experience in itself, To be even better, get the buildd sources from CVS and setup your own build daemon. It's fun. ;-) -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Di

Re: lintian W: sharedobject-in-library-directory-not-actually-a-shlib

2003-07-25 Thread Matthias Urlichs
l preference is to add a Lintian override, and leave it at that. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http://smurf.noris.de -- Everything east of the San Andreas fault will eventually plunge into the Atlantic Ocean.

Re: lintian W: sharedobject-in-library-directory-not-actually-a-shlib

2003-07-25 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Colin Watson wrote: > On Fri, Jul 25, 2003 at 07:07:01PM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote: >> My personal preference is to add a Lintian override, and leave it at >> that. > > But the error says that it isn't a shared library at all, which is > equally applicable t

Re: lintian W: sharedobject-in-library-directory-not-actually-a-shlib

2003-07-26 Thread Matthias Urlichs
intian warning is about. > "Usually". Sometimes you have to link against it anyway. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http://smurf.noris.de -- One of the virtues of the bow is that you

Re: locale files

2003-07-31 Thread Matthias Urlichs
files which you depend on in the library packages. (The former should of course conflict with older versions of the latter.) -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http://smurf.noris.de -- 667: The neighbor of the beast.

Re: locale files

2003-07-31 Thread Matthias Urlichs
ary "acquiring" changed translations from the new one -- the old library will be obsolete anyway, as soon as all packages which depend on it are recompiled. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really.

Re: RFS: kforth

2003-08-03 Thread Matthias Urlichs
(Closes: > #198151) > * New upstream version. (Closes: > #165842) > + Fixes GCC 3.2/3.3 problems. (Closes: > #190803) > * Trivial readline usage problem fixed. (Clo

Re: UTF-8 and changelog

2003-08-04 Thread Matthias Urlichs
mpty, for all practical purposes.) This preserves the file's original encoding. Changing the encoding to utf-8 is as simple as typing :set fileencoding=utf-8 before saving. (note the singular.) -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The

Re: RFS: kforth

2003-08-04 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > Somebody please step up and sponsor me. Christian Kurz did. Thank you! -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http://smurf.noris.de -- Why don't you fix you

Re: RFS: HMMER

2003-08-13 Thread Matthias Urlichs
long in /usr/lib/PACKAGE, not /usr/bin. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http://smurf.noris.de -- LOAD "LINUX",8,1 -- Topic on #LinuxGER

Re: locale files

2003-08-01 Thread Matthias Urlichs
the message catalog would contain the union of strings from both libraries, not its intersection. I'd think that'd be obvious... -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http://smurf.noris.de --

Re: Request sponsor to upload esmtp

2003-09-16 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, José Fonseca wrote: > I need a sponsor to upload a package: > I'd be interested in using this package, and I can sponsor it. > The package is available from http://jrfonseca.dyndns.org/debian/ . > Not reachable at the moment. Please store your Debian files on sourcefor

Re: [RFS]: digitaldj

2003-09-16 Thread Matthias Urlichs
e be added to the developer reference? > Post a bug. ;-) IMHO, that entry should also include a warning for sponsors to please NOT forget the -v option when they recreate the changes file after rebuilding from source... -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Request sponsor to upload esmtp

2003-09-18 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Geert Stappers wrote: > On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 05:57:02PM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > Not reachable at the moment. Please store your Debian files on >> sourceforge. > > Or on a more open site such as savannah.gnu.org or alioth.debian.org In general, you are correct; i

Re: RFS: python-pyxattr, python-pylibacl

2003-09-18 Thread Matthias Urlichs
;ll take a look at them. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http://smurf.noris.de - - Chicken Soup: An ancient miracle drug containing equal parts of aureomycin, cocaine, interferon, and TLC. The on

Re: Beyond sponsoring

2003-09-18 Thread Matthias Urlichs
(and I probably will do that, next time), but if for the problem at hand the solution A+ is just as helpful as B and significantly less work for the maintainer, then advocating B _instead_of_ A+ is a disservice, IMHO. Just explaining -- again, no hard feelings taken or intended. -- Matthias Ur

Re: RFS: LDAP Account Manager - 2nd try :)

2003-09-19 Thread Matthias Urlichs
ting the object in question. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http://smurf.noris.de - - Confront a child, a puppy, and a kitten with a sudden danger; the child will turn instinctively for more assista

Re: backing up/replacing files from another package

2003-09-19 Thread Matthias Urlichs
at worst it'll have inconsistent configuration and do some random things which aren't expected. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http://smurf.noris.de - - And why should night and

Re: Is it better with fewer packages than a minimum of dependencies?

2003-09-22 Thread Matthias Urlichs
have a Kerberos server; libldap.so might be another example) I'd either create a separate package, or I'd put the library in Recommends: and dynamically decide at runtime whether Kerberos/LDAP is monitorable. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RFS for an update of mkultra, third try

2003-10-11 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Mike Hommey wrote: > I am the current maintainer of mkultra, a window decorations theme for KDE, > and would need sponsorship for an update of mkultra, solving an RC bug. I'll take it. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: Th

Re: Upgrade wmakerconf package to GTK+ 2.x?

2003-10-19 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Kevin B. McCarty wrote: > But I don't know if I want to take over as upstream and make a whole new > release. The way you describe it, you already _are_ upstream. So, IMHO, go for it. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: Th

Re: [RFS] libphysfs - filesystem abstraction library for game programmers

2003-10-19 Thread Matthias Urlichs
roduce your work. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http://smurf.noris.de - - Silence is the only virtue he has left.

Re: RFS: passepartout - GNOME Desktop Publishing Application

2003-10-28 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: > I'm looking for a sponsor for passepartout. You can download the source > package at > > http://www.soziologie.ch/~steinlin/passepartout/ > I'll have a look at it. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: sponsorship for streamripper

2003-10-01 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Michael Ablassmeier wrote: > someone? > Me. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http://smurf.noris.de - - "I count religion but a childish toy, And hold there is no sin bu

Re: fw: jackd/ audio apps mini policy

2003-11-07 Thread Matthias Urlichs
you're not VERY careful. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http://smurf.noris.de - - FIVE DAYS IS NOT TOO LONG TO WAIT FOR A GUN -- Bart Simpson on chalkboard in episode 1F20

Re: RFS: avrdude - Programmer for Atmel AVR microcontrollers

2003-11-07 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, michael-mayer wrote: > Should I choose the unmodified official > sources with this known limitation (as I did for now) or is it acceptable to > include my patch? If you can use the unmodified official sources, then you should do so. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @

Re: Request sponsor to upload esmtp

2003-12-22 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, José Fonseca wrote: > I need a sponsor to upload a new version of esmtp. Matthias Urlichs was > my sponsor and did the initial upload, but I guess he must be too busy > ATM as I didn't receive any reply from my email (sent over a week ago). > Sorry, I seem to have ski

Re: init, pivot_root, chroot, etc ...

2003-12-22 Thread Matthias Urlichs
e controlling TTY, but the linuxrc context is set up by the kernel. Giving kernel processes a controlling TTY is usually a bad idea (press ^c and kill a few kernel processes...). There'a s the TIOCSCTTY ioctl call which a process can use to fix that, but nothing in the linuxrc context does. --

Re: Gutenbrowser mentor

2003-12-22 Thread Matthias Urlichs
- changelog entries - lintian+linda cleanliness - whatever else a sponsor should know (example: are you ack-ing a NMU?) -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http://smurf.noris.de - - What sin has not be

Re: lintian vs. linda error

2003-12-22 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Colin Watson wrote: > Does your package contain any architecture-dependent code, i.e. XS modules > (look for .so, .bs)? If so, you probably want to put the modules in > /usr/lib/perl5 and ignore lintian. ... or, better IMHO, install a lintian override. -- Matthias Urlichs |

Re: lintian vs. linda error

2004-01-08 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Colin Watson wrote: >> ... or, better IMHO, install a lintian override. > > I generally dislike installing lintian overrides for things I consider > to be bugs in lintian. It only serves to hide the problem. OK, OK. ... or, WAY better, teach Lintian to recognize this case

Re: Perl postinst script running external commands

2002-10-01 Thread Matthias Urlichs
e STOP command (see "man 7 debconf-devel"), and (b) use fork+execve to restart apache instead of backticks. > -- > People said I was dumb, but I proved them! > I once had a random signature grabber which was very good at magically find- ing the right signarure for the ema

Re: Perl postinst script running external commands

2002-10-01 Thread Matthias Urlichs
still need to use STOP, but at the end of your script it can't hurt any). It'll run Apache with a half-closed file descriptor or two (the bidirectional pipe to debconf), but that's not a problem in practice. Anyway, that Close-On-Exec flag would prevent the problem from occurring in th

Re: Perl postinst script running external commands

2002-10-01 Thread Matthias Urlichs
t with a pair of FIFOs in the file system, though. I'll have to think about that. -- Matthias Urlichs | noris network AG | http://smurf.noris.de/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Perl postinst script running external commands

2002-10-01 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Joey Hess: > Matthias Urlichs wrote: > > IMHO it's a good reason for not mixing configuration with execution, > > and it's an even better reason for fixing a bug in DebConf. Specifically, > > setting the Close-On-Exec flag on the file descriptor(s) which rep

Re: debuild error please advise

2002-10-01 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Paul Cupis: > apt-get install libtool > And don't forget "add 'libtool' to the Build-Depends: line(s) in debian/control". -- Matthias Urlichs | noris network AG | http://smurf.noris.de/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Control File

2002-10-03 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Sven LUTHER: > Mmm, is Provides a superset of Replaces, or do you have to specify both They simply have different semantics. It's better not to conflate them. -- Matthias Urlichs | noris network AG | http://smurf.noris.de/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL P

Re: packages which can be arch: all and arch: any ...

2002-10-03 Thread Matthias Urlichs
f i go with virtual packages, i will most probably run with > problems on versioned dependencies You don't need them here. -bytecode and -native can even be versioned independently; if a program has a problem with an old -native it can register a conflict with lower versions of

Re: packages which can be arch: all and arch: any ...

2002-10-04 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Stefano Zacchiroli: > On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 09:12:52AM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > > I'd split the packages in three: > > - ocaml (arch-independent, common stuff) > > - ocaml-bytecode (ditto, bytecode interpreter) > > - ocaml-native (arch-dependent, c

Re: packages which can be arch: all and arch: any ...

2002-10-04 Thread Matthias Urlichs
in the package list (I haven't checked the source -- no time :-/ ), that may well be a virtual package. You should probably ask the maintainer(s). -- Matthias Urlichs | noris network AG | http://smurf.noris.de/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Seeking a sponsor

2003-03-26 Thread Matthias Urlichs
0) Thanks! -- Matthias Urlichs pgp0.pgp Description: signature

Re: debhelper upgrade makes lintian complain?

2003-03-27 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 14:26:30 +, Frank K|ster wrote: > So if I intend to prepare official packages, what should I do? Probably > I first should install debian-policy & Co. from unstable and make sure > that I always have the current version at hand. But what about software > involved in pa

Re: problems with debconf

2003-03-28 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, > I am experiencing strange things with debconf and the package I'm > working on, netenv. > debconf maintains an answer database distinct from the package's "real" configuration. Answers pertaining to your package don't get cleaned out by --purge. They probably should be -- file a bug against

Re: pgp 2.6.3i vs pgp5i vs gnupgp

2003-03-31 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, On Fri, 21 Mar 2003 08:31:37 +, Roland Mas wrote: > Kevin Rosenberg (2003-03-20 12:40:17 -0700) : >> I do the same. Additionally, I use the Debian cryptoapi and cryptoloop >> kernel modules to encrypt the USB drive. I think the chance of losing >> such a portable, small device is significa

Re: a lib* file within a package

2003-04-02 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, On Wed, 02 Apr 2003 14:49:41 +, Thomas Viehmann wrote: > > Is it advisable for such .so's that are not intended to be linked against to go > into /usr/lib, or is it preferable to have them in /usr/lib/package? > (Just curious.) > IMHO, if there's more that would go into /usr/lib/package,

Re: RFS: pyx -- Python module for generating PostScript graphics [was: Re: RFS: colordiff -- tool to colorize diff output]

2003-06-29 Thread Matthias Urlichs
gs, like I tend to do :-/ , jump at something else instead. ;-) Anyway, I'd love to sponsor the package, but I'm still waiting for DAM Approval. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. |

Re: RFS: pyx -- Python module for generating PostScript graphics [was: Re: RFS: colordiff -- tool to colorize diff output]

2003-06-26 Thread Matthias Urlichs
you get for not paying attention. ;-) Anyway, "pyx" isn't a good name for a Python module. Try "python-pyx" instead. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http://smurf.noris.de

Re: Excessive wait for DAM - something needs to be done

2003-07-14 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Joe Wreschnig wrote: > So, it might take people 3 years, but YMMV. [ continued in debian-newmaint ] -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http://smurf.noris.de -- Mix a little foolishness w

Re: Excessive wait for DAM - something needs to be done

2003-07-14 Thread Matthias Urlichs
e (with justification please...) relegates them to the DAM. If people think this is a good idea, I am willing, and actually have the time, to extend the NM pages to implement this. [1] http://www.debian.org/devel/join/newmaint#DAM -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTE

Re: Excessive wait for DAM - something needs to be done

2003-07-14 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Kalle Kivimaa wrote: > It would still require DAM action to actually create the account. > [ Also continued in -newmaint. Sorry about the confusion. ] -- Matthias Urlichs -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

continued in -newmaint (Re: Excessive wait for DAM - something needs to be done)

2003-07-14 Thread Matthias Urlichs
I wrote: > [ stuff that should have gone to -newmaint ] Lack of sufficient sleep tends to do that to people. Sorry. -- Matthias Urlichs -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Sponsor wanted

2003-07-14 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, D.Hansmann wrote: > However, before trying to register as a DD If all you want to do is to submit the package to Debian, then registering as DD is overkill; your time would be better spent in finding a DD who is willing to check+submit+(co-)maintain it for you. -- Matthias Urli

Re: signals, handeling the Control-D signal

2003-07-15 Thread Matthias Urlichs
r pressed ^D is a matter of (for the user) keybinding and (for the programmer) manual-reading. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http://smurf.noris.de -- 'What can I do? I'm only human,

Re: signals, handeling the Control-D signal

2003-07-15 Thread Matthias Urlichs
> if (line_read && *line_read) > add_history (line_read); else if (line_read) { /* process empty line */ } else { /* process ^D, i.e. end-of-input */ } -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really.

Re: SML/NJ Packaging Difficulties

2003-07-15 Thread Matthias Urlichs
lnj package isn't cluttered with unpatchable binaries and that you only need to update the unpatchable -image package when absolutely necessary. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http://smurf.n

RFS: videogen 0.32-1

2003-07-15 Thread Matthias Urlichs
al changes). * Updated standards version to 3.6.0 (no changes). * New debian/NEWS file. -- Matthias Urlichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wed, 16 Jul 2003 05:47:25 +0200 -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http:

Re: RFS: videogen 0.32-1

2003-07-16 Thread Matthias Urlichs
odes.sh and updated the package. If somebody can check that the tool in fact spits out sensible mode parameters, I'd be grateful. (Nothing material was changed, but I'd better be safe than sorry. I can't test modelines on my laptop LCD screen. ;-) -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Desi

Re: RFS: videogen 0.32-1

2003-07-16 Thread Matthias Urlichs
rk isn't my style. ;-) The script does run (I said so), and it produces mode lines which at first glance _look_ reasonably meaningful; I'd just like for somebody (with a decent monitor) to verify that these values in fact _are_ meaningful. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design

Re: ADOPT THE ORPHAN PACKAGE ZED

2003-07-17 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Aníbal Monsalve Salazar wrote: > Read the developer's reference, repackage zed and you will be ready to ask > for a sponsor. ... but, next time, please don't all-caps-ify the subject. Thanks. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RFS: kforth

2003-07-19 Thread Matthias Urlichs
.2/3.3 problems. (Closes: #190803) * Trivial readline usage problem fixed. (Closes: #103445) -- Matthias Urlichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sat, 19 Jul 2003 22:20:51 +0200 -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: wavnorm: looking for sponsor

2003-07-24 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Antony Gelberg wrote: > I'll create an unstable chroot, which should be an experience in itself, To be even better, get the buildd sources from CVS and setup your own build daemon. It's fun. ;-) -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Di

Re: lintian W: sharedobject-in-library-directory-not-actually-a-shlib

2003-07-25 Thread Matthias Urlichs
l preference is to add a Lintian override, and leave it at that. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http://smurf.noris.de -- Everything east of the San Andreas fault will eventually plunge into the At

Re: lintian W: sharedobject-in-library-directory-not-actually-a-shlib

2003-07-25 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Colin Watson wrote: > On Fri, Jul 25, 2003 at 07:07:01PM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote: >> My personal preference is to add a Lintian override, and leave it at >> that. > > But the error says that it isn't a shared library at all, which is > equally applicable t

Re: lintian W: sharedobject-in-library-directory-not-actually-a-shlib

2003-07-26 Thread Matthias Urlichs
intian warning is about. > "Usually". Sometimes you have to link against it anyway. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http://smurf.noris.de -- One of the virtues of the bow is that you

Re: locale files

2003-07-31 Thread Matthias Urlichs
files which you depend on in the library packages. (The former should of course conflict with older versions of the latter.) -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http://smurf.noris.de -- 667: Th

Re: locale files

2003-07-31 Thread Matthias Urlichs
ary "acquiring" changed translations from the new one -- the old library will be obsolete anyway, as soon as all packages which depend on it are recompiled. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really.

Re: locale files

2003-07-31 Thread Matthias Urlichs
the message catalog would contain the union of strings from both libraries, not its intersection. I'd think that'd be obvious... -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http://smurf.noris.de --

Re: RFS: kforth

2003-08-03 Thread Matthias Urlichs
(Closes: #198151) > * New upstream version. (Closes: #165842) > + Fixes GCC 3.2/3.3 problems. (Closes: #190803) > * Trivial readline usage problem fixed. (Closes: #103445) > >

Re: UTF-8 and changelog

2003-08-04 Thread Matthias Urlichs
mpty, for all practical purposes.) This preserves the file's original encoding. Changing the encoding to utf-8 is as simple as typing :set fileencoding=utf-8 before saving. (note the singular.) -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The

Re: RFS: kforth

2003-08-04 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > Somebody please step up and sponsor me. Christian Kurz did. Thank you! -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http://smurf.noris.de -- Why don't you fix you

Re: RFS: HMMER

2003-08-14 Thread Matthias Urlichs
long in /usr/lib/PACKAGE, not /usr/bin. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http://smurf.noris.de -- LOAD "LINUX",8,1 -- Topic on #LinuxGER -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [

Re: Request sponsor to upload esmtp

2003-09-16 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, José Fonseca wrote: > I need a sponsor to upload a package: > I'd be interested in using this package, and I can sponsor it. > The package is available from http://jrfonseca.dyndns.org/debian/ . > Not reachable at the moment. Please store your Debian files on sourcefor

Re: [RFS]: digitaldj

2003-09-16 Thread Matthias Urlichs
e be added to the developer reference? > Post a bug. ;-) IMHO, that entry should also include a warning for sponsors to please NOT forget the -v option when they recreate the changes file after rebuilding from source... -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Request sponsor to upload esmtp

2003-09-18 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Geert Stappers wrote: > On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 05:57:02PM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > Not reachable at the moment. Please store your Debian files on >> sourceforge. > > Or on a more open site such as savannah.gnu.org or alioth.debian.org In general, you are correct; i

Re: RFS: python-pyxattr, python-pylibacl

2003-09-18 Thread Matthias Urlichs
;ll take a look at them. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http://smurf.noris.de - - Chicken Soup: An ancient miracle drug containing equal parts of aureomycin, cocaine, interferon, and TLC. The on

Re: Beyond sponsoring

2003-09-18 Thread Matthias Urlichs
(and I probably will do that, next time), but if for the problem at hand the solution A+ is just as helpful as B and significantly less work for the maintainer, then advocating B _instead_of_ A+ is a disservice, IMHO. Just explaining -- again, no hard feelings taken or intended. -- Matthias Ur

Re: RFS: LDAP Account Manager - 2nd try :)

2003-09-18 Thread Matthias Urlichs
ting the object in question. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http://smurf.noris.de - - Confront a child, a puppy, and a kitten with a sudden danger; the child will turn instinctively for more assista

Re: backing up/replacing files from another package

2003-09-19 Thread Matthias Urlichs
at worst it'll have inconsistent configuration and do some random things which aren't expected. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http://smurf.noris.de - - And why should night and

Re: Is it better with fewer packages than a minimum of dependencies?

2003-09-22 Thread Matthias Urlichs
have a Kerberos server; libldap.so might be another example) I'd either create a separate package, or I'd put the library in Recommends: and dynamically decide at runtime whether Kerberos/LDAP is monitorable. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: sponsorship for streamripper

2003-10-01 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Michael Ablassmeier wrote: > someone? > Me. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http://smurf.noris.de - - "I count religion but a childish toy, And hold there is no sin bu

Re: RFS for an update of mkultra, third try

2003-10-11 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Mike Hommey wrote: > I am the current maintainer of mkultra, a window decorations theme for KDE, > and would need sponsorship for an update of mkultra, solving an RC bug. I'll take it. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: Th

Re: Upgrade wmakerconf package to GTK+ 2.x?

2003-10-19 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Kevin B. McCarty wrote: > But I don't know if I want to take over as upstream and make a whole new > release. The way you describe it, you already _are_ upstream. So, IMHO, go for it. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: Th

Re: [RFS] libphysfs - filesystem abstraction library for game programmers

2003-10-19 Thread Matthias Urlichs
roduce your work. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http://smurf.noris.de - - Silence is the only virtue he has left. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscrib

Re: RFS: passepartout - GNOME Desktop Publishing Application

2003-10-28 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: > I'm looking for a sponsor for passepartout. You can download the source > package at > > http://www.soziologie.ch/~steinlin/passepartout/ > I'll have a look at it. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: fw: jackd/ audio apps mini policy

2003-11-07 Thread Matthias Urlichs
you're not VERY careful. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http://smurf.noris.de - - FIVE DAYS IS NOT TOO LONG TO WAIT FOR A GUN -- Bart Simpson on chalkboard in episode 1F20 --

Re: RFS: avrdude - Programmer for Atmel AVR microcontrollers

2003-11-07 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, michael-mayer wrote: > Should I choose the unmodified official > sources with this known limitation (as I did for now) or is it acceptable to > include my patch? If you can use the unmodified official sources, then you should do so. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @

Re: Request sponsor to upload esmtp

2003-12-22 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Josà Fonseca wrote: > I need a sponsor to upload a new version of esmtp. Matthias Urlichs was > my sponsor and did the initial upload, but I guess he must be too busy > ATM as I didn't receive any reply from my email (sent over a week ago). > Sorry, I seem to have ski

Re: init, pivot_root, chroot, etc ...

2003-12-22 Thread Matthias Urlichs
e controlling TTY, but the linuxrc context is set up by the kernel. Giving kernel processes a controlling TTY is usually a bad idea (press ^c and kill a few kernel processes...). There'a s the TIOCSCTTY ioctl call which a process can use to fix that, but nothing in the linuxrc context does. --

Re: Gutenbrowser mentor

2003-12-22 Thread Matthias Urlichs
- changelog entries - lintian+linda cleanliness - whatever else a sponsor should know (example: are you ack-ing a NMU?) -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http://smurf.noris.de - - What sin has not be

Re: lintian vs. linda error

2003-12-22 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Colin Watson wrote: > Does your package contain any architecture-dependent code, i.e. XS modules > (look for .so, .bs)? If so, you probably want to put the modules in > /usr/lib/perl5 and ignore lintian. ... or, better IMHO, install a lintian override. -- Matthias Urlichs |

Re: lintian vs. linda error

2004-01-08 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Colin Watson wrote: >> ... or, better IMHO, install a lintian override. > > I generally dislike installing lintian overrides for things I consider > to be bugs in lintian. It only serves to hide the problem. OK, OK. ... or, WAY better, teach Lintian to recognize this case

Re: Perl postinst script running external commands

2002-10-01 Thread Matthias Urlichs
e STOP command (see "man 7 debconf-devel"), and (b) use fork+execve to restart apache instead of backticks. > -- > People said I was dumb, but I proved them! > I once had a random signature grabber which was very good at magically find- ing the right signarure for the ema

Re: Perl postinst script running external commands

2002-10-01 Thread Matthias Urlichs
still need to use STOP, but at the end of your script it can't hurt any). It'll run Apache with a half-closed file descriptor or two (the bidirectional pipe to debconf), but that's not a problem in practice. Anyway, that Close-On-Exec flag would prevent the problem from occurring in the first place. -- Matthias Urlichs | noris network AG | http://smurf.noris.de/

Re: Perl postinst script running external commands

2002-10-01 Thread Matthias Urlichs
pair of FIFOs in the file system, though. I'll have to think about that. -- Matthias Urlichs | noris network AG | http://smurf.noris.de/

Re: Perl postinst script running external commands

2002-10-01 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Joey Hess: > Matthias Urlichs wrote: > > IMHO it's a good reason for not mixing configuration with execution, > > and it's an even better reason for fixing a bug in DebConf. Specifically, > > setting the Close-On-Exec flag on the file descriptor(s) which rep

Re: debuild error please advise

2002-10-01 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Paul Cupis: > apt-get install libtool > And don't forget "add 'libtool' to the Build-Depends: line(s) in debian/control". -- Matthias Urlichs | noris network AG | http://smurf.noris.de/

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