Bug#72849: policy: advises to use -s flag to install in wrong place

2000-10-01 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Yann Dirson wrote: > On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 12:58:53AM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > INSTALL = /usr/bin/install -c > INSTALL_PROGRAM = ${INSTALL} $(AM_INSTALL_PROGRAM_FLAGS) > INSTALL_DATA = ${INSTALL} -m 644 > INSTALL_SCRIPT = ${INSTALL_PROGRAM} So modify AM_INSTALL_PROGRAM_FLAGS i

Bug#72849: policy: advises to use -s flag to install in wrong place

2000-10-01 Thread Yann Dirson
On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 12:58:53AM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > Previously Yann Dirson wrote: > > This is usually wrong, as automake Makefiles also use INSTALL for > > non-binary files. > > Afaik it uses INSTALL_DATA for non-binary files. You're right. However: INSTALL = /usr/bin/install -c

Bug#72849: policy: advises to use -s flag to install in wrong place

2000-10-01 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Yann Dirson wrote: > This is usually wrong, as automake Makefiles also use INSTALL for > non-binary files. Afaik it uses INSTALL_DATA for non-binary files. Wichert. -- _ / Nothing is fool-proof to a sufficiently

Bug#72787: marked as done (minimum Standards-Version for woody)

2000-10-01 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Your message dated 01 Oct 2000 15:50:56 -0500 with message-id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and subject line Bug#72787: minimum Standards-Version for woody has caused the attached Bug report to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case it is n

Re: Bug#72787: minimum Standards-Version for woody

2000-10-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Goswin" == Goswin Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Goswin> Could we please raise the minimum Standards-Version required Goswin> for woody to include Build-Depends. This is not a policy issue, this is something decided upon by the release manager. Talk to the release manager,

Bug#72849: policy: advises to use -s flag to install in wrong place

2000-10-01 Thread Yann Dirson
On Sun, Oct 01, 2000 at 05:28:01PM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On Sep 30, Yann Dirson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Also, packages using debhelper may just call dh_strip and don't need > >to care about adding -s flag to install. > Actually, dh_strip does more than install -s: > > foreach

Bug#72849: policy: advises to use -s flag to install in wrong place

2000-10-01 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Sep 30, Yann Dirson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Also, packages using debhelper may just call dh_strip and don't need >to care about adding -s flag to install. Actually, dh_strip does more than install -s: foreach (@executables) { doit("strip","--remove-section=.comment","--remove

Re: New packaging manual draft

2000-10-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Jason" == Jason Gunthorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jason> No, you are confusing dpkg's goals with APT's high level goals, they are Jason> seperate. dpkg has no notion of a target state, it is just a dumb install Jason> tool, so it is making the best judgements it can, assuming something