Re: Bug#87159: explanation of Build-Depends et. al. is unclear

2001-02-22 Thread Ben Collins
On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 06:15:19PM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > > Specifically, [!i386 m68k] seems like it could be valid, but seems to not > > be. > > The archs are also whitespace separated, some people are using commas. > > Perhaps >

Re: Bug#87159: explanation of Build-Depends et. al. is unclear

2001-02-22 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > Specifically, [!i386 m68k] seems like it could be valid, but seems to not be. > The archs are also whitespace separated, some people are using commas. > Perhaps > an exmple with multiple arches would be good. It is supported by APT.. Python 1.

Bug#87159: explanation of Build-Depends et. al. is unclear

2001-02-22 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.5.2.0 Severity: normal please refer to lintian bug 86710, it asks for lintian to check the syntax of the Build-Depends field. Specifically, [!i386 m68k] seems like it could be valid, but seems to not be. The archs are also whitespace separated, some people are us

Bug#87007: policy : ch 9 sect 2.2

2001-02-22 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 02:33:59PM +0100, philippe batailler wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 3.5.2.0 > Severity: minor > > -- quote > It used to do this by calling ldd, but it > now calls objdump to to this. This > -- end quote > > to to = to do ? Yes, I've noticed it too, and will

Re: packages with really old standards version

2001-02-22 Thread John Galt
On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: >when I rewrite lintian (started yesterday) the lintian messages will match >policy: > >Error (E:) -- violate a MUST >Warning (W:) -- violate a SHOULD >XXX (?:) -- a MAY is not followed Advisory (A:)? >not sure what I am naming the MAY messag

Bug#87007: policy : ch 9 sect 2.2

2001-02-22 Thread philippe batailler
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.5.2.0 Severity: minor -- quote It used to do this by calling ldd, but it now calls objdump to to this. This -- end quote to to = to do ?