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2011-11-14 Thread Paul Elliott
"Details about package" page there is a delete option, but no way to delete earlier versions of the package, (which may be obsolete), without deleting the whole thing! -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 M

RFS for "libswe"

2011-11-14 Thread Paul Elliott
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "libswe". * Package name: libswe Version : 1.77.00.0003-1 Upstream Author (code): Dieter Koch , Alois Treindl Upstream Author (autotools package): Paul Elliott * URL

RFS for "swe-standard-data"

2011-11-14 Thread Paul Elliott
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "swe-standard-data". * Package name: swe-standard-data Version : 3-1 Upstream Author (data): Dieter Koch ,Alois Treindl Upstream Author (tarball): Paul Elliott * URL

reentrantcy?

2011-11-19 Thread Paul Elliott
correct? I ask these questions, because I have encountered someone who believes differently. -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http://www.free.blackpatchpanel.com/pme/ Austin TX 78758-3117

Re: reentrantcy?

2011-11-19 Thread Paul Elliott
On Saturday, November 19, 2011 07:27:14 PM you wrote: > On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 07:03:19PM -0600, Paul Elliott wrote: > > Is there any requirement that a shared library be reentrant, if the > > upstream wrote it that way? > > > > Am I correct in my assumption, t

Re: reentrantcy?

2011-11-20 Thread Paul Elliott
On Sunday, November 20, 2011 03:01:57 AM Peter Samuelson wrote: > [Paul Elliott] > > > B > > > > > If all linkings are shared, it is my understanding that the global > > > state of the multiple-linked library would be shared by all > > > referen

Re: RFS for "libswe"

2011-11-29 Thread Paul Elliott
On Monday, November 14, 2011 11:41:40 PM Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote: > Paul Elliott blackpatchpanel.com> writes: > > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "libswe". > > I'll do it. There has been a longstanding request for the Swiss Ephemeris > from users. I

Re: RFS for libswe

2011-11-30 Thread Paul Elliott
On Wednesday, November 30, 2011 12:18:24 AM Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote: > Paul Elliott blackpatchpanel.com> writes: > > Thank You for looking at it. > > Sorry, only got a chance to look at over the weekend. Both packages are > looking good but I do have some questions. Why

multi arch shared libarary with non multi arch -dev package?

2013-08-08 Thread Paul Elliott
Is it OK to have a shared library multi arch with the corresponding -dev package not multi arch? The the -dev package contains some utilitiy arch dep executables and thus can not be made multi arch? Thank you. -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli

add additional -D from the debian/rules file?

2013-08-15 Thread Paul Elliott
What is the official way to add additional -D definitions to the gcc command line from the debian/rules file? Is it DEB_CFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND ? Thank You. -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J

proper value for --version-info

2013-08-15 Thread Paul Elliott
ount 2) as true! What do the Debian experts think? I always update the debian/libsweX.symbols file for a new release. In this case it shows no new symbols. Thank You. -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blv

Should .pc filenames depend on the version number?

2013-10-03 Thread Paul Elliott
unter arguments against removing the version number from the .pc filename? Thank you for considering this question. -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http://www.free.blackpatchpanel.com/pme/ A

how to allocate a TCP port?

2013-10-20 Thread Paul Elliott
and reciever need to share a privledged port. What is the official way of getting one of these allocated in /etc/services? Thank you. -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http

Re: how to allocate a TCP port?

2013-10-20 Thread Paul Elliott
how scarce such ports are.) > The reason to make it privileged would be to prevent spoofing by non-privileged users. perhaps one of the crpto based authentication strategies, (ssh, ssl) would be better for the general case. But these are expensive of cpu cycles. -- Paul Elliott

How to upgrade my gpg key to debian standards?

2016-07-10 Thread Paul Elliott
I am looking at upgrading my gpg key. What parameters should I use? Is there a standard way to get all the people that signed the old key to sign the new key? Thank You. -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com 3300 Plaza Drive

How do you delete a sbuild an sbuild chroot and start over?

2016-08-02 Thread Paul Elliott
. The users want to put sbuild back to the way it was just after sbuild was installed. What is the proper way to do that? Thank You for your answers. -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com 3300 Plaza Drive, apt 1 http

Re: How do you delete a sbuild an sbuild chroot and start over?

2016-08-05 Thread Paul Elliott
I was getting a different error complaining that debfoster does not exist under "testing". BTW why does debfoster fail to exist under testing? Any ideas what the problem is with the above error? As far as I can figure out sbuild-build-depends-core-dummy does not eve

Re: How do you delete a sbuild an sbuild chroot and start over?

2016-08-05 Thread Paul Elliott
Is there any way to figure out what directory does not exist? (control member) Thank You On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 2:42 AM, Paul Elliott wrote: > Ok, I deleted my old sbuild chroot for debian testing. > > I then created two sbuild chroot according to the wiki instructions. > > For

What do you do when your sid development system stops working?

2014-05-11 Thread Paul Elliott
of work around that will let you keep working somehow? -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http://www.free.blackpatchpanel.com/pme/ Austin TX 78758-3117 --- "Encryption works. Pro

Re: What do you do when your sid development system stops working?

2014-05-12 Thread Paul Elliott
F4, F5...)? Did you > try a previous kernel from the grub boot menu? I logged in using ctrl-alt-f1. Tried restarting gdm3, then stopping gdm3, using kdm instead. Did not work. Stopping the dm, and login as user, and startx did not work. The previous kernel did not help. > > Best, >

Re: What do you do when your sid development system stops working?

2014-05-12 Thread Paul Elliott
On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 11:56:49AM +0200, Jérémy Lal wrote: > Le dimanche 11 mai 2014 à 21:33 -0500, Paul Elliott a écrit : > > It happened to me this sunday (got caught by the llvm-3.4 upgrade). > I carefully downgrade each package recently updated, as logged > in /var/log/apt/hi

how to convert a .doc file in the context of a package build?

2014-05-13 Thread Paul Elliott
files, which does to leave unclear subprocess, which is well documented and whose build-depends dependencies are clear and documented. What are others experience? -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd

wxsqlite3 is replaced? how do I find the new functionality?

2014-05-30 Thread Paul Elliott
nd the new functionality, how do I find its include files and how do I link to it? In my opinion they should not be removing old functionality without saying exactly where the new functionality is in the same message! -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-

Re: wxsqlite3 is replaced? how do I find the new functionality?

2014-05-30 Thread Paul Elliott
t;autorm" from testing may sound a bit scary, but it's really just > a way to make transitions less painful. If a package does get > removed by this, once a fixed upload is made to unstable, it'll > migrate back to testing in the usual way. But it's 4 weeks off, so >

video card for packager who must sometimes run unstable?

2014-05-31 Thread Paul Elliott
list, probably also have to use unstable. So I ask what is a inexpensive video card for a PCI express 16 slot, that works well under unstable with free drivers? Thank You. -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric

I inform a developer about some of the problems with packaging.

2014-06-06 Thread Paul Elliott
update the changelog and the version number with "dch -i" and import that into git. Then I will check that I have not broken anything, and that maitreya still builds and works. I will then notify my DD about the new package release and the need for an upload. I have slowly learned this

I would like to renew my request to delay the removal of maitreya from testing.

2014-06-24 Thread Paul Elliott
On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 12:04:28PM +0100, Olly Betts wrote: > On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 12:45:19AM -0500, Paul Elliott wrote: > > Is there any way the removal of maitreya from testing > > can be delayed until after the new version of sqlite3 > > becomes available in unstable? &

How to do a test sbuild with additional package, not in the repositories?

2014-06-28 Thread Paul Elliott
et the one package that is not in unstable (libwxsqlite3-3.0-dev) into sbuild's list of packages for a test build? Thank you for considering this question. -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Bl

How to do a test sbuild with additional package, not in the repositories?

2014-06-29 Thread Paul Elliott
is for an idea? Use /etc/schroot/sbuild/copyfiles to copy the .dep files into the sbuild chroot then use --pre-build-commands "dpkg -i my.dep" on the command line to install the additional packages. Do you think it would work? What would go wrong? What should I lookout for? Thank Y

best way to fork data only package on Alioth?

2015-01-10 Thread Paul Elliott
Because of hard links and other software smoke and mirrors? What are the pitfalls? Thank You. -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http://www.free.blackpatchpanel.com/pme/ Austin TX

Re: best way to fork data only package on Alioth?

2015-01-12 Thread Paul Elliott
On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 08:25:41AM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 11:32 AM, Paul Elliott wrote: > > ... > > Your mail doesn't include which package/data you are talking. It is > very hard to give you correct advice when we aren't being given the &

Re: best way to fork data only package on Alioth?

2015-01-12 Thread Paul Elliott
On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 12:55:29PM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 6:28 PM, Paul Elliott wrote: > > > The new package contains data most people won't want. It is big. 69M > > But those who need this data, need it. By creating a different package, >

Re: best way to fork data only package on Alioth?

2015-01-14 Thread Paul Elliott
On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 01:22:46PM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 1:17 PM, Paul Elliott wrote: > > > The two sets of data are disjoint. > > Your initial mail made it sound like two packages have data in common. > Since they actually have no data in com

Please criticize the package I have been working on, https://github.com/pelliott80/simplescreenrecorder-dpm.git

2015-03-12 Thread Paul Elliott
shape for debian. Package now has no lintian errors, except for lack of PGP signatures, and that is an upstream problem. Best wishes to all, and thank you. -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http

Re: Should VCS fields refer to the packaging source or upstream source?

2015-03-13 Thread Paul Elliott
On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 02:39:21PM +1100, Riley Baird wrote: your other points appear to be correct, I will work on it. > On Thu, 12 Mar 2015 16:42:36 -0500 > Paul Elliott wrote: > > Please criticize the package I have been working on > > https://github.com/pelliott80/si

Re: Please criticize the package I have been working on, https://github.com/pelliott80/simplescreenrecorder-dpm.git

2015-03-14 Thread Paul Elliott
ght: > *DEP-5 convention is to use GPL-3+ instead of GPL-3.0+ > *Remove the "<" and ">" signs from the "Source:" field. > *Include the licensing information for the build files like aclocal.m4, > configure, m4/* and build-aux/* > *There are some file

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