Bug#105753: debian-policy: missing reference to dh-make-perl in perl-policy

2001-07-18 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Loic Dachary wrote: > I propose that the perl policy includes at least a chapter or > section titled dh-make-perl so that the existence of this tool is > obvious just by reading the table of content. I disagree, policy and tools are seperate things and should not be mixed. You are

Bug#105753: debian-policy: missing reference to dh-make-perl in perl-policy

2001-07-18 Thread Loic Dachary
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.5.5.0 Severity: normal Hi, I propose that the perl policy includes at least a chapter or section titled dh-make-perl so that the existence of this tool is obvious just by reading the table of content. I spent some amount of time fighting

Re: calling MAKEDEV from postinst

2001-07-18 Thread Brendan O'Dea
On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 09:28:32AM -0400, Raul Miller wrote: >On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 09:02:07PM +0200, Paul Slootman wrote: >> It concerns the fact that MAKEDEV is called from the postinst to >> create the required ISDN devices, without first asking the user for >> permission. >> >> Apparently thi

Re: calling MAKEDEV from postinst

2001-07-18 Thread Raul Miller
On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 09:02:07PM +0200, Paul Slootman wrote: > It concerns the fact that MAKEDEV is called from the postinst to > create the required ISDN devices, without first asking the user for > permission. > > Apparently this is policy, although no one seems to know > why it exists (a searc

Re: calling MAKEDEV from postinst

2001-07-18 Thread Mike A. Harris
On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Wichert Akkerman wrote: >> Does dpkg et al. have something similar, and if not, would it be >> considered something useful? I can try to get/provide details if >> it would be helpful. > >No we don't, and I consider it bloat in the package manager. I havent decided wether I l

Re: calling MAKEDEV from postinst

2001-07-18 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Mike A. Harris wrote: > We currently AFAIR have all device nodes in a single RPM package > in RHL, however this may change.. You indeed do. > Does dpkg et al. have something similar, and if not, would it be > considered something useful? I can try to get/provide details if > it would

RE: calling MAKEDEV from postinst

2001-07-18 Thread Mike A. Harris
On Tue, 17 Jul 2001, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: >Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 20:07:05 -0700 (PDT) >From: Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Paul Slootman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: debian-policy@lists.debian.org >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Subject: RE: calling MAKEDEV from post