Re: Bug#94827: tktable; Build-Depends: debhelper

2001-04-29 Thread Joey Hess
Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote: > That's not the real reason. Take the definition of build-essential > packages from policy. It specifies that the list will not cantain any > packages that are optional in building a package that contains a C or > C++ program. It should be clear to everybody that d

Processed: Fixed in NMU of debian-policy 3.5.4.0

2001-04-29 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > tag 42052 + fixed Bug#42052: [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail Tags added: fixed > tag 83977 + fixed Bug#83977: [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy Tags added: fixed > tag 85503 + fixed Bug#85503: section 3.1 of policy is confused

debian-policy_3.5.4.0_i386.changes INSTALLED

2001-04-29 Thread Debian Installer
Installing: debian-policy_3.5.4.0.tar.gz to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.5.4.0.tar.gz fhs.txt byhand fhs-2.1.html.tar.gz byhand policy.txt.gz byhand perl-policy.txt.gz byhand debian-policy_3.5.4.0.dsc to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.5.4.0.dsc menu-policy.txt.gz byhand

Fixed in NMU of debian-policy 3.5.4.0

2001-04-29 Thread Manoj Srivastava
tag 42052 + fixed tag 83977 + fixed tag 85503 + fixed tag 86436 + fixed tag 87233 + fixed quit This message was generated automatically in response to a non-maintainer upload. The .changes file follows. -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Format: 1.7 Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500 Source

CVS jdg: * Improvements to section 7.1

2001-04-29 Thread debian-policy
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-policy Module name:debian-policy Changes by: jdg Sun Apr 29 17:13:43 PDT 2001 Modified files: . : policy.sgml Log message: * Improvements to section 7.1

Re: Are build-dependancies mandatory?

2001-04-29 Thread Daniel Schepler
Marcin Owsiany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 06:00:07AM -0500, BugScan reporter wrote: > > > > Package: cvs (debian/main) > > Maintainer: Eric Gillespie, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 95263 missing build dependency > > The policy says: > > A source package may dec

CVS jdg: * Couple of minor changes reported

2001-04-29 Thread debian-policy
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-policy Module name:debian-policy Changes by: jdg Sun Apr 29 15:49:24 PDT 2001 Modified files: . : policy.sgml Log message: * Couple of minor changes reported by philippe batailler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [Typos] Debian policy

2001-04-29 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 07:05:40PM +0200, philippe batailler wrote: > Debian policy : cvs version 1.46 Thanks, about to change in CVS. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London

Re: [Typos] Debian policy

2001-04-29 Thread Chris Waters
On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 07:05:40PM +0200, philippe batailler wrote: > quote--- > This is what will install by default if the user doesn't select anything >^^ >what will be installed ? That one's not exactly wrong, but it is a bit colloquial. And anthropomorphic. (The

[Typos] Debian policy

2001-04-29 Thread philippe batailler
Debian policy : cvs version 1.46 chap 1 sect 1.1 quote--- definitions. (Control file and and changelog file formats are examples.) ^^^ quote--- this policy document. Packages that do not conform the the guidelines denoted

Bug#66023: PROPOSAL] Re: Shared libs vs. plugins.

2001-04-29 Thread Colin Watson
Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> +Shared object files (i.e. libsoname.so) that are > >Seth Arnold noticed (in a private mail to me) how this stuff in parenthesis >shouldn't be there (my mistake), because the plugins can be named >differently -- the file name makes no practical diff

Bug#66023: PROPOSAL] Re: Shared libs vs. plugins.

2001-04-29 Thread Josip Rodin
On Sat, Apr 28, 2001 at 11:36:41PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >> +to by third party executables (binaries of other packages), > >> +should be installed in the subdirectories of the > Richard> ^^^ > > Richard> I would drop that "the", to make clea

Re: Bug#94827: tktable; Build-Depends: debhelper

2001-04-29 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On 20010423T091432-0500, Steve Greenland wrote: > It's been discussed before. The problem is that most > debhelper Build-Depends actually need to be versioned[1], which won't > work with build-essential. That's not the real reason. Take the definition of build-essential packages from policy. It