There are probably 2 packaging interfaces you could check out ..
kpackage (not part of debian i dont think but available from
kde.tdyc.com)
gnome-apt
nate
Anthony Towns wrote:
>
> On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 07:17:32PM -0400, Daniel Barclay wrote:
> > > > Debian packages don't provide that orientat
From: Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > ... Current policy
> > requires that /usr/doc/ exist (possibly as a symlink to
> > /usr/share/doc/).
On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 07:17:32PM -0400, Daniel Barclay wrote:
> Then why don't more package implement that policy?
Please give some examples of pac
On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 07:17:32PM -0400, Daniel Barclay wrote:
>
>
> So? I didn't say it was. I didn't say that Debian maintainers
> should clean up upstream documentation.
>
> I just argued that in doc directory, which typically contains
> a mess of upstream files, there should be a file tha
>>"Santiago" == Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Santiago> 930 packages when looking for usr/doc and
Santiago> 3565/(3565+930) = 79% of packages already use /usr/share/doc.
Santiago> This is exactly where I think there is a major flaw in the
Santiago> original plan: Waiting for al
On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 07:17:32PM -0400, Daniel Barclay wrote:
> > > Debian packages don't provide that orientation reliably at all.
> > ls -l /usr/doc/foo
> > dpkg -L foo |grep bin
> > dpkg -L foo |grep man
> > dpkg -L foo |grep info
> > works for *every* package. (Yes, I know it would be more e
> From: Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> On 22-Aug-00, 23:12 (CDT), Daniel Barclay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > ...
>
> ... Current policy
> requires that /usr/doc/ exist (possibly as a symlink to
> /usr/share/doc/).
Then why don't more package implement that policy?
> > Some othe
Hi,
>>"Nicolás" == Nicolás Lichtmaier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> At present, it's pretty random. I would like a consistent answer to make
>> its way into policy, but there are lots of different cases, and I don't
>> think a simple "foo-doc installs stuff into /usr/share/doc/foo" is the
>>
>>"Daniel" == Daniel Barclay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Daniel> Some packages don't have a documentation directory at all.
Umm. Packages are _required_ to have a /usr/doc/
symlink/directory. Can you please point to the packages that do not,
so we can file important bugs against them?
On 23-Aug-00, 16:26 (CDT), Franklin Belew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 02:59:39PM -0500, Steve Greenland wrote:
> >
> > While I agree with the philosophy, this code snippet is wrong, as
> > it will add the "-s" iff DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS includes "debug" but not
> > "nostrip".
On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 02:59:39PM -0500, Steve Greenland wrote:
> On 20-Aug-00, 15:24 (CDT), Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The nostrip check needs to be inside the debug check. Because of you are
> > not compiling with debugging turned on, there's no reason to not strip the
> > binar
On 20-Aug-00, 15:24 (CDT), Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The nostrip check needs to be inside the debug check. Because of you are
> not compiling with debugging turned on, there's no reason to not strip the
> binaries. So (note, the blank should go first):
>
> ifneq "" "$(findstring de
On 22-Aug-00, 23:53 (CDT), Nicol?s Lichtmaier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > What about the /usr/doc/foo
> > symlink -- is foo-doc going to take care of that? What if I later
> > install foo? Who gets to remove the link?
>
> I don't know, but this kludge is a secondary thing, and should not be
>
Nicolás, my one concern: lets assume a user installs both mutt and
mutt-doc, and mutt-doc installs its docs into /usr/share/doc/mutt.
User says to userself, "why is my /usr/share/doc so big?" A `du' later,
and the mutt docs are the culprit. User thinks to userself, "bummer, I
like mutt, but the on
On 22 Aug 2000, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> I see woody release and making not having docs in
> /usr/share/doc/ as an RC bug as being the stick that shall
> ensuer compliance (I currently have 170 packages on *my* machine that
> are not compliant).
> __> zgrep ^usr/doc Contents-i386.gz |
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