Naming of a package with a single binary.

of the binary too. Or is it better to stick with the conventions of the package. A good reason to do so would be to stay in sync with the upstream conventions, and also homogeneity with names on other distributions, which would presumably also follow the upstream conventions. viral -- "The

Re: Adopting packages

ants someone else to take over. Someone, correct me if I'm wrong, as I am a new maintainer myself ! viral -- For long you live and high you fly, but only if you ride the tide, And balanced on the biggest wave, you race towards an early grave.

gpg keyrings.

Hi, I want to know whether I have to import all the keys in the debian-keyring into my public keyring to be able to verify signatures, or is there a better way, such as defining other public keyrings/querying a keyserver etc. Thanks, viral -- And if your head explodes with dark forebodings

Re: [users] Re: Where's lame

s I didn't know of. > I believe rcw still maintains this, I have it commented out, since I dont > use lame anymore. This would be a more appropriate question for debian-user, but now that you mention it, what do you use ? Is vorbis usable ? viral -- Hanging on in quiet desperation

lame (again!)

don't read debian-legal. Thanks again, for allowing a rehash of an old thread. viral -- "Live for today, gone tomorrow, that's me, HaHaHaa!" pgpm4bMN7nCuB.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [users] Re: Where's lame

it replies to that one. There have been no concrete reasons given anywhere for that. I have also cc'd it to debian-legal. viral -- "Live for today, gone tomorrow, that's me, HaHaHaa!" pgpb6OETNZOyn.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: My First Package. Wheee.

up) > - the packages it depends on are also in testing Do the autobuilders build packages for all the architectures, or is the maintainer supposed to do that ? viral -- "Live for today, gone tomorrow, that's me, HaHaHaa!"

Building on arm.

t would be the right thing to do ? Thanks, viral Please cc: me replies posted to debian-devel. I do read debian-mentors however. -- You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today. pgpHHqwSvEMqS.pgp Description: PGP signature

dh_installinit and dh_installkpatches questions.

k10 It makes the debs fine, but during installation, update-rc.d grumbles of bad parameters. Am I using the wrong syntax ? I'm using debhelper 3.0.19. Thanks, viral -- You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today.

patching the kernel.

hfile ? Thanks, viral -- I'll see you on the Dark Side of the Moon.

Creating a Packages and Sources file.

Hi, If I have uploaded experimental pacakages to my homepage, how do I make the required Packages and Sources files so that the packages can be used with apt-get ? viral -- I'll see you on the Dark Side of the Moon.

Re: Creating a Packages and Sources file.

I'd like to thank everyone for responding to my question. I used dpkg-scanpackages and dpkg-scansources :) Thanks, viral On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 06:41:38AM -0400, Chris Danis wrote: > > >>>>> On Thu, 24 May 2001, "Viral" == Viral wrote: > > Viral&

Regarding architectures.

n the Architecture field, leaving out arm, or should I wait till it builds on arm. Otherwise, the package doesn't make its way into testing. viral -- There's someone in my head but its not me.

Multiple sections in the control file.

es to extra. The funny thing is that the changes are not reflected in the first package listed in the control file, though they are reflected in the next 2 entries. I am attaching my control file hereby. Thanks, viral -- And if your head explodes with dark forebodings too, I'll see you o

Re: Multiple sections in the control file.

On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 11:38:49AM +0200, Gergely Nagy wrote: > Thus spoke Viral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 2001-05-31 15:01:25: > > > > Now, the devel files should have Section: devel and the rest should have > > Section: net > > > > How do I specify this in

dh_makeshlibs

Hi, dh_makeshlibs puts ldconfig in postinst and postrm. However, lintian complains about ldconfig being run from postrm, and refers to ch. 9 of the policy. What am I missing here, or is it only applicable to a specific case ? Thanks, viral -- Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find

Re: Multiple sections in the control file.

On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 03:52:36PM +0200, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote: > Viral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I tried that, but it doesn't seem to work. > > It seems to be ignored, because after installing them, and using > > apt-cache show, I don't get

Adding device file to /dev.

Hi, intel-rng-tools requires /dev/intel_rng, which is not installed by makedev. I believe its not a good idea to use mknod in the postinst scripts. How would I go about doing this then ? Currently, its just an instruction in README.Debian. Thanks, viral -- "Live for today, gone tom

License question for truncate.sty (got from CTAN)

DFSG. There is no implicit license, just this statement which says that the file is released to the public domain. Would the file be still copyrighted by the author ? viral -- There's someone in my head but its not me. pgp7i5ZC5Jx82.pgp Description: PGP signature

chroot testing/unstable environment.

, since all of them run potato ? viral -- I'll see you on the Dark Side of the Moon. pgpx5K2yC2iYm.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: chroot testing/unstable environment.

On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 02:43:08PM +0100, James Troup wrote: > Viral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I need to package kernel-patch-folk. However, the files are too big for > > me to download. > > Hang on if you can't download it, how are you going to

Host system type detected by autoconf

Hi, How do I get my packages to build for the host type 'i386-pc-linux-gnu' rather than 'i686-pc-linux-gnu' ? Is it possible to do this via some environment variable ? viral -- I'll see you on the Dark Side of the Moon.

arch specific details and autobuilder.

Hi, Is there a page that tells about the arches that a package was successfully compiled for ? Problems etc ? Thanks, viral -- "Live for today, gone tomorrow, that's me, HaHaHaa!" pgpzZoaj7yVeF.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Procedural clarification

e, or adopt the package. I would believe that you need a sponsor to recommend you for the new maintainer process, for which packaging something new might be more helpful. Basically, you should start both processses simultaneously. :) viral -- And if your head explodes with dark forebodings too,

gnupg and web of trust.

Hi, Is there any way I can find out who all are within my web of trust, given a particular max-cert-depth ? Thanks in Advance, viral -- Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time. Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines. pgp2dK0eZN2di.pgp

debconf question.

a good idea too. Please let me know if there's a good way to do this. Thanks, viral -- http://www.infofin.com/~gandalf For long you live and high you fly, but only if you ride the tide, And balanced on the biggest wave, you race towards an early grave. pgpVNWc85KumR.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Host system type detected by autoconf

On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 12:54:13AM -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 10:12:34AM +0530, Viral wrote: > > > How do I get my packages to build for the host type 'i386-pc-linux-gnu' > > rather than 'i686-pc-linux-gnu' ? > > Use the --

Re: Shared libraries and sections

ul in practice, then it may fit well under 'net'. If its a tool for study, I guess 'science' would be fine. However, your question reminded me of a fortune along the lines of: Any field which has science in its name is everything but science. For example, military scien

Moving packages to non-US.

, and upload the packages non-US ? Is there anything else I'm supposed to do ? Thanks, viral -- http://www.infofin.com/~gandalf "There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact it's all dark."

Making multiple packages from source.

Hi, I need to build an i386 version of a package, and also an i686 optimised version for the same package. Is it possible to build both packages from one source, instead of doing it twice in two different directories ? viral -- http://www.infofin.com/~gandalf "Live for today, gone tom

Re: Making multiple packages from source.

On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 01:38:35PM +0200, Philipp Frauenfelder wrote: > Hi Eduard > I guess he wants to build a > foo > package and a > foo-i686 > package as it was done with libc6 some time ago. Yes, you're right. > Viral, you need to build the whole package twice bu

Re: making debconf configuring a package after installation

hat to do? You need to call at least one db_ command in your postinst. If you have none, db_version or some such thing should do just fine. viral -- http://www.infofin.com/~gandalf "Live for today, gone tomorrow, that's me, HaHaHaa!"

gcc-3

Hi, If I am building a new package, which uses c++, is it a better idea to use gcc 3 rather than the current one ? viral -- http://www.infofin.com/~gandalf "There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact it's all dark."

Naming of a package with a single binary.

of the binary too. Or is it better to stick with the conventions of the package. A good reason to do so would be to stay in sync with the upstream conventions, and also homogeneity with names on other distributions, which would presumably also follow the upstream conventions. viral -- "The

Re: Adopting packages

ants someone else to take over. Someone, correct me if I'm wrong, as I am a new maintainer myself ! viral -- For long you live and high you fly, but only if you ride the tide, And balanced on the biggest wave, you race towards an early grave. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTE

gpg keyrings.

Hi, I want to know whether I have to import all the keys in the debian-keyring into my public keyring to be able to verify signatures, or is there a better way, such as defining other public keyrings/querying a keyserver etc. Thanks, viral -- And if your head explodes with dark forebodings

Re: [users] Re: Where's lame

./ This I didn't know of. > I believe rcw still maintains this, I have it commented out, since I dont > use lame anymore. This would be a more appropriate question for debian-user, but now that you mention it, what do you use ? Is vorbis usable ? viral -- Hanging on in quiet desperation

Re: [users] Re: Where's lame

it replies to that one. There have been no concrete reasons given anywhere for that. I have also cc'd it to debian-legal. viral -- "Live for today, gone tomorrow, that's me, HaHaHaa!" PGP signature

Re: My First Package. Wheee.

up) > - the packages it depends on are also in testing Do the autobuilders build packages for all the architectures, or is the maintainer supposed to do that ? viral -- "Live for today, gone tomorrow, that's me, HaHaHaa!" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PRO

lame (again!)

don't read debian-legal. Thanks again, for allowing a rehash of an old thread. viral -- "Live for today, gone tomorrow, that's me, HaHaHaa!" PGP signature

Building on arm.

t would be the right thing to do ? Thanks, viral Please cc: me replies posted to debian-devel. I do read debian-mentors however. -- You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today. PGP signature

dh_installinit and dh_installkpatches questions.

k10 It makes the debs fine, but during installation, update-rc.d grumbles of bad parameters. Am I using the wrong syntax ? I'm using debhelper 3.0.19. Thanks, viral -- You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a su

patching the kernel.

hfile ? Thanks, viral -- I'll see you on the Dark Side of the Moon. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Creating a Packages and Sources file.

I'd like to thank everyone for responding to my question. I used dpkg-scanpackages and dpkg-scansources :) Thanks, viral On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 06:41:38AM -0400, Chris Danis wrote: > > >>>>> On Thu, 24 May 2001, "Viral" == Viral wrote: > > Viral&

Creating a Packages and Sources file.

Hi, If I have uploaded experimental pacakages to my homepage, how do I make the required Packages and Sources files so that the packages can be used with apt-get ? viral -- I'll see you on the Dark Side of the Moon. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subje

Regarding architectures.

n the Architecture field, leaving out arm, or should I wait till it builds on arm. Otherwise, the package doesn't make its way into testing. viral -- There's someone in my head but its not me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Multiple sections in the control file.

es to extra. The funny thing is that the changes are not reflected in the first package listed in the control file, though they are reflected in the next 2 entries. I am attaching my control file hereby. Thanks, viral -- And if your head explodes with dark forebodings too, I'll see you o

Re: Multiple sections in the control file.

On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 11:38:49AM +0200, Gergely Nagy wrote: > Thus spoke Viral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 2001-05-31 15:01:25: > > > > Now, the devel files should have Section: devel and the rest should have > > Section: net > > > > How do I specify this in

dh_makeshlibs

Hi, dh_makeshlibs puts ldconfig in postinst and postrm. However, lintian complains about ldconfig being run from postrm, and refers to ch. 9 of the policy. What am I missing here, or is it only applicable to a specific case ? Thanks, viral -- Every year is getting shorter, never seem to

Re: Multiple sections in the control file.

On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 03:52:36PM +0200, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote: > Viral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I tried that, but it doesn't seem to work. > > It seems to be ignored, because after installing them, and using > > apt-cache show, I don't get

arch specific details and autobuilder.

Hi, Is there a page that tells about the arches that a package was successfully compiled for ? Problems etc ? Thanks, viral -- "Live for today, gone tomorrow, that's me, HaHaHaa!" PGP signature

Adding device file to /dev.

Hi, intel-rng-tools requires /dev/intel_rng, which is not installed by makedev. I believe its not a good idea to use mknod in the postinst scripts. How would I go about doing this then ? Currently, its just an instruction in README.Debian. Thanks, viral -- "Live for today, gone tom

License question for truncate.sty (got from CTAN)

DFSG. There is no implicit license, just this statement which says that the file is released to the public domain. Would the file be still copyrighted by the author ? viral -- There's someone in my head but its not me. PGP signature

chroot testing/unstable environment.

, since all of them run potato ? viral -- I'll see you on the Dark Side of the Moon. PGP signature

Re: chroot testing/unstable environment.

On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 02:43:08PM +0100, James Troup wrote: > Viral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I need to package kernel-patch-folk. However, the files are too big for > > me to download. > > Hang on if you can't download it, how are you going to

Host system type detected by autoconf

Hi, How do I get my packages to build for the host type 'i386-pc-linux-gnu' rather than 'i686-pc-linux-gnu' ? Is it possible to do this via some environment variable ? viral -- I'll see you on the Dark Side of the Moon. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PRO

Re: Host system type detected by autoconf

On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 12:54:13AM -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 10:12:34AM +0530, Viral wrote: > > > How do I get my packages to build for the host type 'i386-pc-linux-gnu' > > rather than 'i686-pc-linux-gnu' ? > > Use the --

Re: Procedural clarification

e, or adopt the package. I would believe that you need a sponsor to recommend you for the new maintainer process, for which packaging something new might be more helpful. Basically, you should start both processses simultaneously. :) viral -- And if your head explodes with dark forebodings too,

gnupg and web of trust.

Hi, Is there any way I can find out who all are within my web of trust, given a particular max-cert-depth ? Thanks in Advance, viral -- Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time. Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines. PGP signature

debconf question.

a good idea too. Please let me know if there's a good way to do this. Thanks, viral -- http://www.infofin.com/~gandalf For long you live and high you fly, but only if you ride the tide, And balanced on the biggest wave, you race towards an early grave. PGP signature

Re: debconf question.

On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 08:24:41PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Viral wrote: > > My problem is that, there will be a variable number of nodes for which > > information is required. This will be only known at runtime. > > No problem. A single debconf template can instanti

Re: Shared libraries and sections

useful in practice, then it may fit well under 'net'. If its a tool for study, I guess 'science' would be fine. However, your question reminded me of a fortune along the lines of: Any field which has science in its name is everything but science. For example, military scien

Moving packages to non-US.

, and upload the packages non-US ? Is there anything else I'm supposed to do ? Thanks, viral -- http://www.infofin.com/~gandalf "There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact it's all dark." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "

Making multiple packages from source.

Hi, I need to build an i386 version of a package, and also an i686 optimised version for the same package. Is it possible to build both packages from one source, instead of doing it twice in two different directories ? viral -- http://www.infofin.com/~gandalf "Live for today, gone tom

Re: Making multiple packages from source.

On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 01:38:35PM +0200, Philipp Frauenfelder wrote: > Hi Eduard > I guess he wants to build a > foo > package and a > foo-i686 > package as it was done with libc6 some time ago. Yes, you're right. > Viral, you need to build the whole package tw

Re: making debconf configuring a package after installation

ion. What to do? You need to call at least one db_ command in your postinst. If you have none, db_version or some such thing should do just fine. viral -- http://www.infofin.com/~gandalf "Live for today, gone tomorrow, that's me, HaHaHaa!" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAI

gcc-3

Hi, If I am building a new package, which uses c++, is it a better idea to use gcc 3 rather than the current one ? viral -- http://www.infofin.com/~gandalf "There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact it's all dark." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PR

Re: debconf question.

On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 08:24:41PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Viral wrote: > > My problem is that, there will be a variable number of nodes for which > > information is required. This will be only known at runtime. > > No problem. A single debconf template can instanti

Question about packaging of mosixview.

architectures, even though its probably not useful at all on the other architectures ? Are there any guidelines or policies regarding this ? viral -- http://www.mayin.org/~gandalf I'll see you on the Dark Side of the Moon. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subje

Question about packaging of mosixview.

architectures, even though its probably not useful at all on the other architectures ? Are there any guidelines or policies regarding this ? viral -- http://www.mayin.org/~gandalf I'll see you on the Dark Side of the Moon.