Re: Debian-Perl-Policy and .packlist?

2002-12-04 Thread Michael Lamertz
Oh dammit, do we really have to enter these dark lands... On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 09:49:17PM -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > > > Josip Rodin suggested on debian-policy that I should file a bug report > > against the package that contains ExtUtils::Installed (perl-modules), > > but I t

Re: Debian-Perl-Policy and .packlist?

2002-12-04 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Wed, 04 Dec 2002, Michael Lamertz wrote: > Except for core packages, that shouldn't happen, since packages install Then any proposed solution should take that into account... > Josip Rodin suggested on debian-policy that I should file a bug report > against the package that contains ExtUtils::

Re: Debian-Perl-Policy and .packlist?

2002-12-04 Thread Michael Lamertz
Whoops, debian-policy is list @-) K, I just subscribed to debian-perl and debian-policy, but I cannot decide to move the thread into either one, since both fit IMO. On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 01:11:56PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Michael Lamertz wrote: > > I was wandering for a while now why the ExtU

Re: Debian-Perl-Policy and .packlist?

2002-12-04 Thread Britton
I second or third this or whatever. There is a bit of duplication of information but both dpkg -L and .packlist are generated automaticly so who cares. Probably somebody who knows how to make official policy proposals should propose this. Britton Kerin __ GNU GPL: "The Source will be with you..

Re: Debian-Perl-Policy and .packlist?

2002-12-04 Thread Ian Zimmerman
Josip> IIRC, the .packlist files contained a list of files shipped Josip> with each module. dpkg -L already provides such information for Josip> packages. Michael> Actually, the packlist keeps track of what has been installed Michael> by Perl's build system - and ExtUtils::Installed is the Michae

Re: Debian-Perl-Policy and .packlist?

2002-12-04 Thread Joey Hess
Michael Lamertz wrote: > I was wandering for a while now why the ExtUtils::Installed module that > comes with perl-modules doesn't work. Some days ago I noticed the > Debian-Perl-Policy which says: > > ".packlist files should not be installed." > > There's no reason given why this is policy,

Re: Debian-Perl-Policy and .packlist?

2002-12-04 Thread Josip Rodin
On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 05:20:13PM +0100, Michael Lamertz wrote: > > IIRC, the .packlist files contained a list of files shipped with each > > module. dpkg -L already provides such information for packages. > > Actually, the packlist keeps track of what has been installed by Perl's > build system

Re: Debian-Perl-Policy and .packlist?

2002-12-04 Thread Michael Lamertz
Woah! That was a fast reply :-) On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 05:34:51PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > > IIRC, the .packlist files contained a list of files shipped with each > module. dpkg -L already provides such information for packages. Actually, the packlist keeps track of what has been installed

Re: Debian-Perl-Policy and .packlist?

2002-12-04 Thread Josip Rodin
On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 05:06:17PM +0100, Michael Lamertz wrote: > I was wandering for a while now why the ExtUtils::Installed module that > comes with perl-modules doesn't work. Some days ago I noticed the > Debian-Perl-Policy which says: > > ".packlist files should not be installed." > > T

Debian-Perl-Policy and .packlist?

2002-12-04 Thread Michael Lamertz
Hi, I hope that's the correct contact address for that kind of question and it's not too much of a FAQ, since the site search on debian.org is defunct quite a while now. I was wandering for a while now why the ExtUtils::Installed module that comes with perl-modules doesn't work. Some days ago I