Re: Bug#191036: create /run for programs that run before /var is mounted

2003-04-30 Thread Bill Allombert
On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 12:56:16PM +0200, Thomas Hood wrote: > The resolv.conf handling proposal is separate; I have Yes is it. We should focus on /run for now. Afterward we could discuss the resolv.conf issue. For my part, I find the whole resolv.conf concept flawed since changing it does not a

Re: Dropping/splitting (proper) i386 support

2003-04-30 Thread Matthias Klose
Neil Roeth writes: > Nice summary. > > * Drop i386 support mostly. 'i386' architecture becomes 'i486'. > > Start a 'Debian-real-i386' subproject, with a 'real-i386' architecture, > > but don't require that any packages build on it in order to go into > > testing or to release Debian; it would be

Re: Bug#191369: [PROPOSAL] encourage packagers to systematically prevent mis-linked libraries

2003-04-30 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 09:34:40AM +0300, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > On ke, 2003-04-30 at 06:20, Steve Langasek wrote: > > It happens with unfortunate frequency that a shared library in the > > archive will be built without linking against all the other libraries it > > uses symbols from. > Please al

Re: Bug#191369: [PROPOSAL] encourage packagers to systematically prevent mis-linked libraries

2003-04-30 Thread Steve Langasek
Hi Lars, On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 09:34:40AM +0300, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > On ke, 2003-04-30 at 06:20, Steve Langasek wrote: > > It happens with unfortunate frequency that a shared library in the > > archive will be built without linking against all the other libraries it > > uses symbols from. >

Bug#191369: [PROPOSAL] encourage packagers to systematically prevent mis-linked libraries

2003-04-30 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 04:28:13PM +0100, James Troup wrote: > Seconded, but: > + with dlopen(). Packagers may wish to use the gcc > ^^^ > + option -Wl,-z,defs when building a shared library. > Couldn't this be a 'should'? If the

Bug#191369: [PROPOSAL] encourage packagers to systematically prevent mis-linked libraries

2003-04-30 Thread James Troup
Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Seconded, but: + with dlopen(). Packagers may wish to use the gcc ^^^ + option -Wl,-z,defs when building a shared library. Couldn't this be a 'should'? -- James

Bug#191411: [proposal] build-depends-indep should not be satisfied during clean target

2003-04-30 Thread Wouter Verhelst
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.5.9.0 Severity: wishlist Policy, section 7.6, currently says that for the debian/rules clean target, build-depends-indep have to be satisfied. This was added as a result of #164035, since before that time, the clean target was overlooked. However, since dpkg-buil

Re: installing files under apache DocumentRoot

2003-04-30 Thread Lars Wirzenius
On ke, 2003-04-30 at 13:33, Pedro Salgueiro wrote: > I want to make a deb package that install files under > DocumentRoot of apache, but the DocumentRoot of apahe > can be anything. Policy section 12.5 would seem to cover you question: http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-customized-program

Re: Bug#191036: create /run for programs that run before /var is mounted

2003-04-30 Thread Thomas Hood
Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>... which in turn >>allows us to decrease the complexity of /etc/. > > By what metric? Does elegance have a metric? > You are adding a bunch of symlinks and weird > things like the proposed resolv.conf handling. The resolv.conf handling proposal is separ

installing files under apache DocumentRoot

2003-04-30 Thread Pedro Salgueiro
Hi. I want to make a deb package that install files under DocumentRoot of apache, but the DocumentRoot of apahe can be anything. For now I'm copying the files to /usr/bin/abc , then in the postinst I as where is the DocumtRoot of apache and move the files from /usr/bin/abc to DocumentRoot of apache

Bug#191369: [PROPOSAL] encourage packagers to systematically prevent mis-linked libraries

2003-04-30 Thread Matthew Palmer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, Steve Langasek wrote: > Not linking shared libraries against the other libraries they use also > subverts the effectiveness of the shlibs system. Therefore, I believe > Policy should both be explicit about the need for such linki

Re: Bug#191369: [PROPOSAL] encourage packagers to systematically prevent mis-linked libraries

2003-04-30 Thread Lars Wirzenius
On ke, 2003-04-30 at 06:20, Steve Langasek wrote: > It happens with unfortunate frequency that a shared library in the > archive will be built without linking against all the other libraries it > uses symbols from. Please allow me a stupid question early in the morning. This linking issue seems to

Bug#191369: [PROPOSAL] encourage packagers to systematically prevent mis-linked libraries

2003-04-30 Thread Steve Langasek
Package: debian-policy Severity: wishlist It happens with unfortunate frequency that a shared library in the archive will be built without linking against all the other libraries it uses symbols from. Although the glibc runtime linker is fairly robust and can usually cope with this lack so long a