>
> If we also went back to the old days of the kernel-source packages
> unpacking into /usr/src/linux/, I would be pretty darned happy.
>
You have my vote here. kernel-source- -> linux was nice. This going in
and untarring is not a pretty as debian could be.
> Add the following section 5.4 as the next to last paragraph (i.e. before
> the one beginning "Since the Debian base system...").
>
> A program may also use the VISUAL environment variable determine
s/variable determine/variable to determine/
> the user's choice of editor. If it exists,
On 12-Jul-99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Note that having the current kernel header files installed in
> /usr/include/linux is critical to be able to compile source distribution
> of stand-alone modules --- i.e., for the Comtrol Rocketport, the PCMCIA
> drivers, the stand-alone serial driver, et
Note that having the current kernel header files installed in
/usr/include/linux is critical to be able to compile source distribution
of stand-alone modules --- i.e., for the Comtrol Rocketport, the PCMCIA
drivers, the stand-alone serial driver, etc.
It is a really bad practice for certain de
On Sun, Jul 11, 1999 at 08:07:59PM -0500, Steve Greenland wrote:
>Add the following section 5.4 as the next to last paragraph (i.e. before
>the one beginning "Since the Debian base system...").
>
> A program may also use the VISUAL environment variable determine
> the user's choice of edito
Thomas Sippel - Dau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If a user wants to build a program for the current system, then the
> include files should be found in /usr/include
Um.. no.
You're essentially saying that when someone boots off of a floppy the
floppy must contain the kernel include files for that
Daniel Quinlan wrote:
> Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Personally, I think that aspect of the FHS is broken, and that we
> > should talk to them about the issue they raise in the rationale:
> >
> > It is important that the kernel include files be located in
> > /usr/src/linux a
On Sun, Jul 11, 1999 at 08:39:18PM -0500, Steve Greenland wrote:
> On 11-Jul-99, 19:58 (CDT), Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > 4.7.4. Sharing configuration files
> > --
> >
> > Only packages that are tagged _conflicting_ with each other may
>
On 11-Jul-99, 19:58 (CDT), Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> 4.7.4. Sharing configuration files
> --
>
> Only packages that are tagged _conflicting_ with each other may
> specify the same file as `conffile'.
>
> A package may not modify
Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.0.0.0
Severity: wishlist
Add the following section 5.4 as the next to last paragraph (i.e. before
the one beginning "Since the Debian base system...").
A program may also use the VISUAL environment variable determine
the user's choice of editor. If
4.7.4. Sharing configuration files
--
Only packages that are tagged _conflicting_ with each other may
specify the same file as `conffile'.
A package may not modify a conffile of another package.
Perhaps this last line should be changed to indicat
11 matches
Mail list logo
