Re: wmShutdown & suid

2002-08-21 Thread Sven LUTHER
hat i did with gshutdown in gnome, gnome2 does not seem to have gshutdown, so i am out of luck). That said, you still would need to have the corresponding user having sudo privilege, and i think this need to be done by hand. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wit

Re: Looking for an advocate

2002-08-22 Thread Sven LUTHER
uld have been usefull if you provide links to your packages, and/or a a short description of those.) Also, feel free to join the debian-ocaml-maint mailing list, which altough is devoted to maintainers of ocaml related packages, may be of interrest to you, especially regarding the moscow ML freene

Re: Use of the BTS for managing sponsorship

2002-08-30 Thread Sven LUTHER
have an entry point? Like -mentors? > > | It is a matter of practice. The one Raphaël is proposing would not > | be annoying at all. > > For me it would, because of the amount of noise. The BTS is quite > noisy. And -mentors is not ? Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: mldonkey needs sponsor

2002-09-05 Thread Sven LUTHER
d you may consider subscribing to debian-ocaml-maint, where issues regarding packages built with/for ocaml are discussed. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

version of package being replaced ?

2002-09-06 Thread Sven LUTHER
. Is such a thing possible, how can it be done. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: version of package being replaced ?

2002-09-06 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 10:06:37AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 11:09:38AM +0200, Sven LUTHER wrote: > > I wish to be able, in a package postinst, to be able to know the > > previously installed version of the package, so i can take different > > act

Re: Multiple Binary and man pages

2002-09-09 Thread Sven LUTHER
ing to be installed at the same time). This would create a symlink when both packages are installed. Saddly, the current way dh_installmanpages handle this is broken (well i was told it would be fixed post woody release) and it does not really work (the symlink is to the original name, not the gzipped one). I crea

Re: Multiple Binary and man pages

2002-09-10 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 07:42:15PM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote: > Sven LUTHER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Sun, Sep 08, 2002 at 08:21:09PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > > > > > > Provided your packages conflict, you can make two files, > > > debian/

Re: problem replacing package

2002-09-10 Thread Sven LUTHER
;Version numbering"). > > OK, I will try, even if it's not exactly what I meaned. Well, you could also use the ugly : Provides: package_name-1.0.0 or something such. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: substvar in Arch:

2002-09-10 Thread Sven LUTHER
ke i did for ia64 and powerpc, where the 3.04 native code compiler was broken, then there suddenly is a previous version of the ia64 and powerpc packages to contend with. But then, in the case of the bug above, the native code compiler would not have compiled from the start anyway. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: substvar in Arch:

2002-09-11 Thread Sven LUTHER
ld depend, and worry later if this don't work. Or is there another list where we could ask. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: substvar in Arch:

2002-09-12 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Wed, Sep 11, 2002 at 10:15:16AM +0200, Goswin Brederlow wrote: > Sven LUTHER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 04:42:48AM +0200, Goswin Brederlow wrote: > > > > Mmm, but what if there is a bug found in ocaml's native code compiler, &

Re: Kernel module package depending on kernel-headers.

2002-09-19 Thread Sven LUTHER
> I think policy should reccomend third-party modules to be installed > in the the directory common for all kernels with the same minor > release. How do you handle the case when the module in question only works with a subset of the kernels (let say a 2.4.x module will only work ith kernels later than 2.4.7 or something such ?). Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Kernel module package depending on kernel-headers.

2002-09-20 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 12:20:05AM +0200, Tore Anderson wrote: > Sven LUTHER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 03:31:57PM +0200, Tore Anderson wrote: > > > > > I think policy should reccomend third-party modules to be installed > >

autobuilding arch independent packages ...

2002-09-23 Thread Sven LUTHER
t. So what is the best way to build only the arch:all packages, or maybe i should hand generate the .changes file for upload ? Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: autobuilding arch independent packages ...

2002-09-23 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 11:38:02AM +0200, Remi VANICAT wrote: > Sven LUTHER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hello, ... > > > > [...] > > > > After a bit more looking, i noticed that the arch: all packages were not > > autobuilt, which seem

Re: autobuilding arch independent packages ...

2002-09-23 Thread Sven LUTHER
ecret key there, > > and this may be unwanted. > > See debsign in the devscripts package ;-) Mmm, i didn't know about this one, i did the signing by hand. But this doesn't sole my arch:all only upload, i guess i will have to do a new version of the package just for that :(

Re: autobuilding arch independent packages ...

2002-09-24 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 02:56:34PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Die, 2002-09-24 at 08:17, Sven LUTHER wrote: > > > > Anyway, i tried to build only the arch:all package on voltaire also, but > > without sucess. If you can rebuild only ocaml-source for ocaml 3.06-6 > &

Re: autobuilding arch independent packages ...

2002-09-25 Thread Sven LUTHER
om a remote machine and signing locally. It'd be nice if it > could operate the other way round. I imagine that it would also work nicely if you copy the .changes and .dsc files to your local box and sign them there locally ? Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Control File

2002-10-03 Thread Sven LUTHER
kage manager that apache-ssl-ywesee has the same > functionality as the named packages, so that any dependency that relies > on one can depend on apache-ssl-ywesee instead. Mmm, is Provides a superset of Replaces, or do you have to specify both ? Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

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

2002-10-03 Thread Sven LUTHER
most probably run with problems on versioned dependencies, do someone know what is the problem with that, if there is a fundamental flaw with doing them, or if it is only the manpower to implement them which is at fault. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a su

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

2002-10-04 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 09:12:52AM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > Hi, > > Sven LUTHER: > > Is there a way to handle this so that apt will get the native code > > package if it is available, and resort to the bytecode one on arches not > > supporting the native c

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

2002-10-04 Thread Sven Luther
, or select randomly ? Alternatively, we could also have the both a foo_1.0-1_all.deb and a foo_1.0-1_i386.deb (for example) in the archive, and have the per arch PAckages file point to the native code one (foo_1.0-1_i386.deb) when it is available, and to the byte code one (foo_1.0-1_all.de

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

2002-10-04 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 01:20:34PM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > Hi, > > Sven Luther: > > In case i submit a patch or something such, should i discuss things > > first, or just go ahead and implement it ? > > > Probably talk about it first... though frankly I

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

2002-10-04 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 01:44:50PM +0200, Michel D?nzer wrote: > On Fre, 2002-10-04 at 10:09, Sven LUTHER wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 09:12:52AM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > > > > > > Sven LUTHER: > > > > Is there a way to handle th

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

2002-10-04 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 11:25:55AM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Sven LUTHER wrote: > > Since the bytecode executables are arch independent, i think it would be > > nice to build them arch: all, since this would mean, apart from smaller > > sized packages, also that we don'

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

2002-10-04 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 07:38:05PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Sven LUTHER wrote: > > Well, what about the coq for example, which is 7 MB package (on i386, so > > maybe it is bigger for other arches) and 20MB installed. > > I guess it's on the line. I thought so, But

Re: Replacing cron

2002-10-07 Thread Sven LUTHER
gt; > Provides can not provide a version (currently, may change some day). You can > ask for people to depend on cron | dcron. Although the question is now, why > a new cron?? Or fix versioned provides. But then i was told it is a dpkg issue. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to force porters to rebuild a package

2002-10-18 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 08:21:05AM +0100, Jonathan McDowell wrote: > On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 09:23:19AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > > Also notice that the s390 is not a released port, so it will not stop > > your package from entering testing, so i would not worry too much ab

Re: How to force porters to rebuild a package

2002-10-18 Thread Sven Luther
have to wait for are : alpha, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, m68k, powerpc and sparc Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: build-deps non non-US does not implies archiving in non-US?

2002-10-19 Thread Sven Luther
the current release. And this does not include non-us if you happen to be in the us. BTW, something similar exist also with the testing script. Does the testing script verify only the dependencies of a package for it to enter testing, or also the build-deps ? Friendly, Sven Luther --

Re: Sponsorship request: cupsys-pt

2002-10-19 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Oct 20, 2002 at 02:49:37AM +1000, Andrew Lau wrote: > Hey everyone, > > Package: cupsys-pt > Version: 1.0.2-1 Ok, i will look at the package and upload it. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". T

Re: Sponsorship request: cupsys-pt

2002-10-19 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Oct 19, 2002 at 07:09:04PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Sun, Oct 20, 2002 at 02:49:37AM +1000, Andrew Lau wrote: > > Hey everyone, > > > > Package: cupsys-pt > > Version: 1.0.2-1 > > Ok, i will look at the package and upload it. Ok, package uploaded.

Re: How to force porters to rebuild a package

2002-10-17 Thread Sven Luther
eekly and other will retry when they have time for it. You could wait a week or so, and if the situation doesn't improve, contact the autobuilder maintainer. Alternatively, you could login on a debian paroject machine, and build the program yourself. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUB

Re: How to force porters to rebuild a package

2002-10-17 Thread Sven Luther
said, but in general i don't think being impatient with the autobuilders warrants the upload of a new version. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Incorrect .changes for cupsys-pt on auric

2002-10-25 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Oct 26, 2002 at 03:13:48PM +1000, Andrew Lau wrote: > On Sun, Oct 20, 2002 at 06:50:50PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > > Yes, i uploaded it to ftp-master, but as it is a new package, it > > needs a new entry in the override file, and thus human > > intervention

Re: Incorrect .changes for cupsys-pt on auric

2002-10-25 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Oct 26, 2002 at 03:13:48PM +1000, Andrew Lau wrote: > On Sun, Oct 20, 2002 at 06:50:50PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > > Yes, i uploaded it to ftp-master, but as it is a new package, it > > needs a new entry in the override file, and thus human > > intervention

Re: Incorrect .changes for cupsys-pt on auric

2002-10-26 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Oct 26, 2002 at 11:44:11AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sat, Oct 26, 2002 at 03:13:48PM +1000, Andrew Lau wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 20, 2002 at 06:50:50PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > > Yes, i uploaded it to ftp-master, but as it is a new package, it > > &g

debconf template not included in package ???

2002-10-28 Thread Sven Luther
should add the debconf template in the distributed package ? Note that it is a multi-binary package. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: debconf template not included in package ???

2002-10-28 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 10:39:03AM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Sven Luther wrote: > > I created a templates file, put it in the debian directory, created a > > config file and a postinst file, like was adviced. > > > > Now, the package builds fine, i tried running the p

Re: debconf template not included in package ???

2002-10-28 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 11:05:59AM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Sven Luther wrote: > > Maybe this should be more proeminently said in > > /usr/share/doc/debconf-doc/tutorial.txt.gz, no, there is only a quick > > mention about installing in debian/tmp/DEBIAN/, which i missed, and

Re: orig.tar.gz

2002-10-28 Thread Sven Luther
> it lets you unpack the file as is without having to worry about > > overwriting the debianized version. > > Use a temporary directory. You should get into the habit of doing this > when unpacking random tarballs anyway. Especially since some random tarballs don't install in a

Re: orig.tar.gz

2002-10-29 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 09:15:47AM +, Colin Watson wrote: > On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 08:24:16AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 12:54:28AM +, Colin Watson wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 11:46:51PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > > >

kernel module package and --revision ???

2002-11-06 Thread Sven Luther
does not work with unicorn-source, which needs to be root (with sudo). I tried looking into the alsa-source code, but it is a huge and complex stuff, and i am a bit lost. Thanks for your help, Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: kernel module package and --revision ???

2002-11-06 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 02:47:43PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > Hello, ... > > I have packaged the unicorn driver for the Bewan ADSL PCI st and USB > modems. There are still some licencing issues which will be solved in > the next upstream release, but basically the package is rea

Re: looking for sponsor

2002-11-07 Thread Sven Luther
and the packaging changes go into the .diff.gz. You are free to send the changes also upstream, so when the next release happens, the .diff.gz would be empty. There is no problem in sending the debian directory also upstream in this way. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: mipsel, buildd, 'given-back'

2002-11-07 Thread Sven Luther
uccess. I also had the problem, but then after a time the package built correctly. You could simply look at it today to see if it is already solved. That said, the PTS seems to have frozen on november 2/3 or something such, so you would need to look at the build logs directly. Friendly, Sven

Re: mipsel, buildd, 'given-back'

2002-11-08 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 07:15:06PM +0100, Oliver Kurth wrote: > On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 06:51:01PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 06:08:04PM +0100, Fabio Massimo Di Nitto wrote: > > > > > > Hi Oliver, > > > I got same the problem wit

Re: mipsel, buildd, 'given-back'

2002-11-08 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 10:46:52AM +0100, Oliver Kurth wrote: > On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 10:35:09AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 07:15:06PM +0100, Oliver Kurth wrote: > > > On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 06:51:01PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > > >

Re: mipsel, buildd, 'given-back'

2002-11-08 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 10:56:29AM +0100, Michael Koch wrote: > Am Freitag, 8. November 2002 10:35 schrieb Sven Luther: > > > > > That said, the PTS seems to have frozen on november 2/3 or > > > > something such, so you would need to look at the build logs > >

ndbm.h and libc ...

2002-11-11 Thread Sven Luther
previous one ? Using it requires patching all over the source to change the ndbm.h includes into gdbm-ndbm.h ones. Is using /usr/include/gdbm-ndbm.h the right solution, or does a copy of /usr/include/db1/ndbm.h still be included in a non obvious place ? Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: What does dpkg-source mean with this?

2002-11-13 Thread Sven Luther
are removed by clean though. I have such a case in one of my packages, and i move them around during the build and restore them when cleaning. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: FHS ambiguity: /usr/lib or /usr/share?

2002-11-14 Thread Sven Luther
remote mount it on multiple system, which may not all be using the same arch, while /usr/lib is arch dependant. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: j2sdk build-depends cannot be satisfied?

2002-11-15 Thread Sven Luther
non-free or maybe even non-debian packages, but i don't really know how the testing scripts could handle this. That said, you could try using one of the free java suites, but maybe nbio does not build with them. kaffe, jikes and gcj come to mind, but i have no particular experience with any of

Re: j2sdk build-depends cannot be satisfied?

2002-11-15 Thread Sven Luther
#x27;t build nbio build with those suites, so I'm > stuck with Blackdown for now. :((( > Thanks for the information... No problem, Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: j2sdk build-depends cannot be satisfied?

2002-11-16 Thread Sven Luther
very package that provides java-common will work with my package? You should list the working package first : working-java | java-common This way, the autobuilders will pick the first option first. > Thanks, all of you, for the help. Sorry if I'm rambling. It's 3:00am > and I should stop hacking and go to bed. :-) good night then, but i think nights are the best hack times. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: library packages missing libraries

2002-11-16 Thread Sven Luther
install PREFIX=$(CURDIR)/debian/package_name or something such. Then, check the upstream makefile, if it supports the PREFIX thingy or not, and modify it so it works as you want. This would be a first step, if this don't work, we can search further. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: FHS ambiguity: /usr/lib or /usr/share?

2002-11-18 Thread Sven Luther
ml compiler/runtime suite does not easily know how to handle more than one directory. That said, it could well go into /usr/share/ocaml. Finally, i don't know, but are they all that much people really using /usr/share shared between different arches ? Does dpkg/apt even allow this to work

Re: FHS ambiguity: /usr/lib or /usr/share?

2002-11-18 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 12:18:14PM +0200, Dmitry Borodaenko wrote: > On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 10:14:26AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > AS>>> "Ruby sucks". Ignore it. Arch-indep to share, arch-dep to lib, > AS>>> screw everything else. > DB>> That di

Re: j2sdk build-depends cannot be satisfied?

2002-11-20 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 01:43:10PM +0100, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 10:21:55AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > > In the original version of my package, I just listed a Depends on > > > java-common. Is this still appropriate, even though I know that not >

Re: j2sdk build-depends cannot be satisfied?

2002-11-20 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 07:49:10AM -0800, Stephen Zander wrote: > >>>>> "Sven" == Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Sven> BTW, i have tried to install the J2sdk1.4 packages, but they > Sven> complain about a missing j2se-common. Is th

Re: Looking for testers/sponsor for new package IRE

2002-11-21 Thread Sven Luther
box would be fine, it needs nasm added to the build-depends (is nasm available on all arches, its description says it generate i386, so maybe the package for other arches are cross-assemblers ?). Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsub

Re: j2sdk build-depends cannot be satisfied?

2002-11-21 Thread Sven Luther
Can everyone agree that this is correct? If not, can someone suggest a > line that will satisfy everyone? Seems fine to me. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: the developer in me

2002-11-23 Thread Sven Luther
re is an open bug about pppoatm support in the ppp debian package, but i think it is mostly ignored). Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: the developer in me

2002-11-23 Thread Sven Luther
he official ppp package, i may be willing to provide a ppp+pppoatm package or something such. That said, ideally this would be included in the CVS version in ppp upstream, and hopefully when it is released (any ETA for it ?) then we would have pppoatm without needing to patch ppp. Friendly, Sven

Re: the developer in me

2002-11-24 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 10:29:27AM +0100, Russell Coker wrote: > On Sat, 23 Nov 2002 14:25, Sven Luther wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 07:57:15PM +0800, Matthew Bell wrote: > > > Once again, I rear my head from the deep, and bring news that I have a > > > version of

Re: the developer in me

2002-11-24 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 10:51:46AM +0100, Russell Coker wrote: > On Sat, 23 Nov 2002 11:40, Sven Luther wrote: > > Mmm, can i ask you a ppp related question ? > > > > I have packaged unicorn, a kernel driver for the Bewan ADSL PCI st > > modem, and it needs pppoatm supp

Re: the developer in me

2002-11-24 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 11:07:46AM +0100, Russell Coker wrote: > On Sun, 24 Nov 2002 10:37, Sven Luther wrote: > > > I am very interested in having this in the CVS! However I have little > > > time for testing at the moment. It's probably best if Sven tests it and >

Re: the developer in me

2002-11-24 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 11:47:30AM +0100, Russell Coker wrote: > On Sun, 24 Nov 2002 11:08, Sven Luther wrote: > > > cycle of these drivers is not in sync, so a common driver will not be a > > good idea. Also, i don't think it gains the user much, since he will at >

Re: new package name for gtk-engines-mgicchikn

2002-11-26 Thread Sven Luther
ing list some time ago, maybe you should look into that (if you did not already). Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: new package name for gtk-engines-mgicchikn

2002-11-27 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 01:55:47PM +0100, Sebastian Henschel wrote: > hello sven.. > > Received at 2002-11-27 / 09:01 by Sven Luther: > > On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 04:17:54PM +0100, Sebastian Henschel wrote: > > > > > > i am currently adopting the package "gtk

Re: help with kernel module source

2002-12-21 Thread Sven Luther
ince i did not (yet) move some test binaries in their own package. It is currently sitting in incoming waiting for approval, as it is a new package. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: foobillard package

2003-01-09 Thread Sven Luther
possibility to fallback to the original (non-free) fonts would maybe be the best solution, but as Frank said, it is more work. Friendly, Sven Luther > > -- > gram -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to be a great Debian Developer

2003-01-27 Thread Sven Luther
ler, i was told that unless we spare 20Mo or something such per arch, it is not worth it (on this list no less) so i have doubts about a little package being too much for the ftp archive. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OpenEXR beta packages.

2003-01-29 Thread Sven Luther
dependencies in package a build-dependency depends on ? Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: debmake and dh-make

2003-02-03 Thread Sven Luther
rs. > > If debmake is out-of-date, what are the best tools used today to make > a package? dh_make. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Getting non-free packages built on all arches

2003-02-07 Thread Sven Luther
log in one of the numerous debian machines, and build it yourself. Provided the dependencies are there, and even if not, you only need to ask debian-admin about it. BTW, what package are you speaking about ? Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "

Re: virtual-package-depends-without-real-package-depends rsh-client

2003-02-10 Thread Sven Luther
e correct way to handle this, would be to associate a priority or something such to each provide ? having the real package be priority 50 for example, and other package able to provide virtual packages with other priorities, be them higher or lower. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

undefined symbol: _ZTVN10__cxxabiv120__si_class_type_infoE and the autobuilders ...

2003-02-12 Thread Sven Luther
led on the autobuilders at the time of the build, and the buildd logs didn't give me much more info. Any help would be welcome. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: undefined symbol: _ZTVN10__cxxabiv120__si_class_type_infoE and the autobuilders ...

2003-02-13 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 12:30:23AM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Mit, 2003-02-12 at 09:44, Sven Luther wrote: > > > > I just uploaded a new version of my lablgl package yesterday, and all > > autobuilder failed with : > > > > ocamlmktop -I . -I +lablt

duplicate-conffile error ???

2003-02-25 Thread Sven Luther
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Re: duplicate-conffile error ???

2003-02-25 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 09:58:11PM +0100, Jérôme Marant wrote: > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hello, ... > > > > I am preparing a new version of one of my packages, and lintian claims > > that : > > > > $ lintian ocaml-base-

no debian/ocaml-native-compilers-3.06-1/DEBIAN/control ???

2003-02-25 Thread Sven Luther
other binary packages provided by the source package get build fine. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Build-Depends on source of a different package?

2003-02-26 Thread Sven Luther
ll, why don't you simply do a package with a copy of the exim sources, and add the patch in the .diff.gz. This way you upload the source just once, and upload new .diff.gz each time there is a new version of the patches ? Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Build-Depends on source of a different package?

2003-02-26 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 02:15:11PM +0100, Andreas Metzler wrote: > On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 01:42:21PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 01:17:13PM +0100, Andreas Metzler wrote: > >> Is there a right way for using the source of a different > >> debian

Re: Question to -doc packages

2003-02-26 Thread Sven Luther
or a sgml one) in the source package, and generate the docs yourself. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to obtain current package version number?

2003-03-04 Thread Sven Luther
ally the recommended way to do this? Can I call > dpkg --list from a postinst script without having it explode? No, it is not. You just need to use the $1 argument to postinst, as Jerome told you. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "

Re: How to fix package-has-a-duplicate-relation?

2003-03-10 Thread Sven Luther
gt; When reassigning the bug to dpkg-dev, Branden has said that he would eventually > split up the xlibs package [0], so this would go away when rebuilding against > some future xlibs. Or you could try a shlibs override. look at dpkg-shlibsdep manpage for more details. Friendly, Sven Luther

Re: [OT] A question for programmers - Inspiration

2003-03-21 Thread Sven Luther
:))) (but then, this is biased advice, i am the ocaml maintainer after all). Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Registro

2003-04-03 Thread Sven Luther
the right place for this ? I don't think debian-mentors is indicated. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Registro

2003-04-03 Thread Sven Luther
gnol tambien. Amigablemente, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Machine access for NM Applicants.

2003-05-27 Thread Sven Luther
or how someone who is "all" can > > get access. > > all = all debian developers and perhaps special cases (don't know). > > Take a look at http://www.testdrive.compaq.com/ But i guess at least a signed key is needed. I suppose that you would need to contact

libgtop2 NMU and advice asked.

2003-06-08 Thread Sven Luther
ading the Policy document, but it doesn't say much about this, is there another reference document speaking about shared lib soname ?) Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: libgtop2 NMU and advice asked.

2003-06-08 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 10:10:33AM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: > On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 08:53:47AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > I am currently preparing a NMU for libgtop2, which is broken and whose > > maintainer told me has no time to fix right now. > > > Now,

Re: libgtop2 NMU and advice asked.

2003-06-08 Thread Sven Luther
guide/ > http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/column/libpkg-guide/libpkg-guide.html Ok, thanks. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: libgtop2 NMU and advice asked.

2003-06-08 Thread Sven Luther
oblematix packages ? Would a apt-cache rdepends be > > enough for this : > > I think that would be enough. > It would be obvious after the new package is installed, because they > will be uninstallable in unstable. Ok. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: SML/NJ Packaging Difficulties

2003-07-16 Thread Sven Luther
compiler suite, which is then used to rebuild everything. I believe that maybe smlnj has some similar mechanism, maybe you should ask upstream about this. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

xemacs specific .el

2003-08-29 Thread Sven Luther
Hello, I have a package that installs a xemacs specific .el file, which naturally don't build with the emacs20 package i have installed. Is there a way of specifying that only xemacs installs should build a given .el or something such ? Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: xemacs specific .el

2003-08-30 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 08:30:38PM -0400, Neil Roeth wrote: > On Aug 29, Sven Luther ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I have a package that installs a xemacs specific .el file, which > > naturally don't build with the emacs20 package i have installed. > > > > I

Re: xemacs specific .el

2003-08-30 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Aug 30, 2003 at 08:57:36AM -0400, Neil Roeth wrote: > On Aug 30, Sven Luther ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 08:30:38PM -0400, Neil Roeth wrote: > > > On Aug 29, Sven Luther ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > I have a package that

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