Re: debconf dilemma

2001-09-03 Thread Scott M. Dier
On 04 Sep 2001 12:38:32 +1000, Brian May wrote: > Scott> critical or grave issues. Put other information in either > Scott> the README.Debian or other documentation, such as the > Scott> release notes. > Strongly disagree for a number of reasons. Remember, that > README.Debian isn't av

Re: debconf dilemma

2001-09-03 Thread Brian May
> "Scott" == Scott Dier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Scott> Elements A possibly common user error could be Scott> helped by inserting information into a debconf information Scott> dialog before a long list of choices or it could be I have not yet read the rest of the repli

Hits Against Hunger now Help the Hungry

2001-09-03 Thread HelptheHungry
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Bug#111137: minor semantic confusion in 13.6/13.8 pertaining to symlinked doc dirs

2001-09-03 Thread Robert McQueen
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.5.6.0 Severity: minor I have just had a bug filed on a package I recently adopted (#27), my new version of which replaces the /usr/share/doc/foo directory with a symlink to /usr/share/doc/bar, where foo depends on bar. This is because both foo and bar build fr

Re: debconf dilemma

2001-09-03 Thread Joey Hess
Scott Dier wrote: > One Possible Solution > - > Remove most informational displays from debconf that aren't relating to > critical or grave issues. Put other information in either the README.Debian > or other documentation, such as the release notes. FWIW, the note data type i

Re: debconf dilemma

2001-09-03 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 01:01:29PM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > As for b), if the system determined my card was S3V based and used that > information to filter down the choices just to > xserver-{svga,s3,xfree86} I would be happy. But I don't know if this > is presently possible with debconf - i.

Bug#111025: debian-policy: typo in chapter 9: ldconfig and pre/post scripts

2001-09-03 Thread Herbert Xu
Steve M. Robbins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- policy.sgml.origSun Sep 2 22:50:21 2001 > +++ policy.sgml Sun Sep 2 22:52:26 2001 > @@ -3718,7 +3718,7 @@ > > > > - However, postrm and preinst scripts > + However, postrm and postinst scripts >must not call