Re: Proposal: Splitting cgi-bin

2000-11-02 Thread Brian White
> On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 09:16:02AM -0500, Brian White wrote: > > - > > Most people setting up a web site expect /cgi-bin/ to be available for > > scripts on their site. Unfortunately, Debian uses this for those scripts > > packages that get installed. These two need to be independant. > > >

Re: RFC: initscript policy proposal

2000-11-02 Thread Henrique M Holschuh
On Thu, 02 Nov 2000, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 10:43:34AM -0500, Mark Rahner wrote: > > I'm just a lurker (at this point) and I'm not out to make work for anyone so > > take my comments for what they're worth. In answer to your question, I'm a > > big > > fan of extreme cl

Re: RFC: initscript policy proposal

2000-11-02 Thread Henrique M Holschuh
On Thu, 02 Nov 2000, T.Pospisek's MailLists wrote: > I absolutely don't understand why you want to introduce a "maybe" restart > instead of sanely defining the semantics of the "existing" restart and > correctly implementing it. Because redefining restart is not possible in practice. It is as simp

Re: Proposal: Splitting cgi-bin

2000-11-02 Thread Anthony Towns
On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 09:16:02AM -0500, Brian White wrote: > - > Most people setting up a web site expect /cgi-bin/ to be available for > scripts on their site. Unfortunately, Debian uses this for those scripts > packages that get installed. These two need to be independant. > > As such, D

Bug#66912: PROPOSAL] init script configuration variables

2000-11-02 Thread Joey Hess
Julian Gilbey wrote: > Wrong: -f dereferences symlinks and says whether the final destination > is a normal file. That's what you want: Ok, change accepted. -- see shy jo

Re: RFC: initscript policy proposal

2000-11-02 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 10:43:34AM -0500, Mark Rahner wrote: > I'm just a lurker (at this point) and I'm not out to make work for anyone so > take my comments for what they're worth. In answer to your question, I'm a > big > fan of extreme clarity. I think the three extra characters are well wor

Re: RFC: initscript policy proposal

2000-11-02 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Henrique M Holschuh wrote: > On Thu, 02 Nov 2000, Mark Rahner wrote: > > Henrique M Holschuh wrote: > > > maybe-restart means exectly that: restart only if currently running. > > > > I had been wondering about this. It's a shame this isn't called > > restart-if-running. I ab

Re: RFC: initscript policy proposal

2000-11-02 Thread Mark Rahner
Henrique M Holschuh wrote: > [-policy added to CC: list] > > On Thu, 02 Nov 2000, Mark Rahner wrote: > > Henrique M Holschuh wrote: > > > maybe-restart means exectly that: restart only if currently running. > > > > I had been wondering about this. It's a shame this isn't called > > restart-if-run

Bug#75955: Section 4.2.14 has obsolete information

2000-11-02 Thread Josip Rodin
On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 08:29:05AM +, Julian Gilbey wrote: > > > Package: packaging-manual > > > > > > Packaging Manual 4.2.14 treats stable, unstable, contrib and non-free > > > as "Distributions", which is no longer true for contrib and non-free. > > > > > > sources.list(5) calls main, cont

Proposal: Splitting cgi-bin

2000-11-02 Thread Brian White
Now that there is some time to make changes before the next release, can we look at this idea again. It's really a pretty simple idea that would save some headaches for professional webmaster. Most people have said they thought it was a good idea. It just needs to go through the final steps of b

Re: RFC: initscript policy proposal

2000-11-02 Thread Henrique M Holschuh
[-policy added to CC: list] On Thu, 02 Nov 2000, Mark Rahner wrote: > Henrique M Holschuh wrote: > > maybe-restart means exectly that: restart only if currently running. > > I had been wondering about this. It's a shame this isn't called > restart-if-running. Well, I am not the author of 'maybe

Bug#75955: Section 4.2.14 has obsolete information

2000-11-02 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 04:04:32PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 11:59:02AM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > > Package: packaging-manual > > Version: 3.1.1.1 > > Severity: normal > > > > Packaging Manual 4.2.14 treats stable, unstable, contrib and non-free > > as "Distributions", w

Bug#66912: PROPOSAL] init script configuration variables

2000-11-02 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 09:14:05AM -0800, Joey Hess wrote: > Julian Gilbey wrote: > > I (very belatedly) second this proposal. > > Thanks. I think I have enough seconds now, don't really remember. > > > There's one small change I would make though; see below. > > > > + if [ -e /etc/default

Re: Status of open topics -- comments?

2000-11-02 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 02:07:00PM -0200, Henrique M Holschuh wrote: > I've better defined the restart issue, and added maybe-restart to the policy > text. I also wrote the 'start-rc.d' script (although I called it > invoke-rc.d). All this stuff was sent to this list two days ago for > comments, be

Re: RFC: initscript policy proposal

2000-11-02 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 10:10:13AM -0600, Steve Greenland wrote: > Generally very nice (haven't read the actual scripts yet...). I definitely > approve. > > I've one question/concern/objection, though. In your diff of 3.3.3.2, you > have: > > > > + By default, `invoke-rc.d' will pass any act

Re: RFC: draft sub-policy for kernel patches

2000-11-02 Thread Masato Taruishi
At Thu, 02 Nov 2000 17:05:42 +0900, Masato Taruishi wrote: > > though - and support for patches agausnt multiple versions of a kernel (as > > demonstrated by kernel-patches-kdb. > > dh_installkernelpatch -m "2.2.14 2.2.15 2.2.16" installs the patch

Re: RFC: draft sub-policy for kernel patches

2000-11-02 Thread Masato Taruishi
At Thu, 2 Nov 2000 08:52:32 +0100, Yann Dirson wrote: > > I've already wirtten a dh_installkernelpatch debhelper program, > > and now uses it in kernel-patch-pc9800 as a test. > > Got a look at the kernel-patch-pc9800 source. You didn't include the > dh_installkernelpatch script, and there is no

Re: RFC: draft sub-policy for kernel patches

2000-11-02 Thread Yann Dirson
On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 10:52:31AM +0900, Masato Taruishi wrote: > At Wed, 1 Nov 2000 23:17:07 +0100, > Yann Dirson wrote: > > > As of now, I don't think a single patch package (including mines) > > behaves correctly in all these areas. I have started a > > `debhelper'-like script to help in this

Re: RFC: draft sub-policy for kernel patches

2000-11-02 Thread Yann Dirson
On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 10:52:31AM +0900, Masato Taruishi wrote: > At Wed, 1 Nov 2000 23:17:07 +0100, > Yann Dirson wrote: > > > As of now, I don't think a single patch package (including mines) > > behaves correctly in all these areas. I have started a > > `debhelper'-like script to help in this