Re: Question about build dependencies.

2002-01-04 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 06:42:37PM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote: > In Mon, 17 Dec 2001 22:43:31 +0100 Ola cum veritate scripsit : > > > I think the policy have to be clearified on this matter. Maybe add a new > > paragraph that says something like (at the bottom of chapter 2.4.2. > > > > "Dependen

Re: Question about build dependencies.

2001-12-21 Thread Junichi Uekawa
In Mon, 17 Dec 2001 22:43:31 +0100 Ola cum veritate scripsit : > I think the policy have to be clearified on this matter. Maybe add a new > paragraph that says something like (at the bottom of chapter 2.4.2. > > "Dependencies other than binary packages can not be assumed, including > network conn

Re: Question about build dependencies.

2001-12-20 Thread Brian May
> "Marcus" == Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Marcus> On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 05:19:07PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: >> Anyway, one can put a cvs checkout in the build rule w/o >> breaking any autobuilders, if you're really >> careful. base-config has had this for ages

Re: Question about build dependencies.

2001-12-20 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 05:19:07PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Anyway, one can put a cvs checkout in the build rule w/o breaking any > autobuilders, if you're really careful. base-config has had this for > ages, without causing any problems: Sure. But it does open a security risk. If people manage

Re: Question about build dependencies.

2001-12-20 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> > No, you shouldn't check. > > It is not a bug if any kind of cvs command is in any kind of file. It is a > bug if that command is called during an automated build of a package. > > Blind scanning for cvs is wrong. > absolutely. grepping for a word almost never gives me the right results.

Re: Question about build dependencies.

2001-12-19 Thread Adam Heath
On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Joey Hess wrote: > CVSGET=cvs -d":pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvs/webwml" \ > co -p webwml/english/mirror/Mirrors.masterlist > > build: > # Freshen Mirrors.masterlist file, but allow failure. > if $(CVSGET) > Mirrors.masterlist.0 \ >&& [ -s "

Re: Question about build dependencies.

2001-12-19 Thread Adam Heath
On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > > > Ok. Should this be a lintian check? Test for cvs -d :pserver:... > > in the rules file? > > > > I can add it if I must. However I would like to trust our developers to not > be > that silly (-: No, you shouldn't check. It is not a bug if

Re: Question about build dependencies.

2001-12-18 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 10:43:31PM +0100, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > I think the policy have to be clearified on this matter. Maybe add a new > paragraph that says something like (at the bottom of chapter 2.4.2. > > "Dependencies other than binary packages can not be assumed, including > network conne

Re: Question about build dependencies.

2001-12-18 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 10:20:32PM +0100, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > Hmm I took the idéa from the previous java-common maintainer so that is > why I thought it was valid... And I have got quite a lot of suggestions > in bug-reports (do not remember if it is from other maintainers) so maybe > such a che

Re: Question about build dependencies.

2001-12-18 Thread Bas Zoetekouw
Hi Sean! You wrote: > lync could theoretically be used to dump an html file as plain text during the > build. Silly, but possible. Not silly at all. sgmltools for example depends on w3m or lynx to create text version of sgml documents. -- Kind regards, +--

Re: Question about build dependencies.

2001-12-18 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 05:19:07PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > CVSGET=cvs -d":pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvs/webwml" \ > co -p webwml/english/mirror/Mirrors.masterlist > > build: > # Freshen Mirrors.masterlist file, but allow failure. > if $(CVSGET) > Mirrors.masterlist.0 \ >

Re: Question about build dependencies.

2001-12-17 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 01:27:04PM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > > > > Other checks can be build-dependencies of lynx, omt, ftp and other similar > > packages. Build dependencies of cvs is maybe a good check too. I've seen > > it before with other packages. > > > > lync could theoretica

Re: Question about build dependencies.

2001-12-17 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 17-Dec-2001 Gerhard Muntingh wrote: > On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 10:38:35AM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: >> slurps in Debian sources and builds off the network? Assuming constant >> network >> connectivity is absolute, pure evil. >> > > I remember I couldn't build a package a while ago (can

Re: Question about build dependencies.

2001-12-17 Thread Gerhard Muntingh
On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 10:38:35AM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > slurps in Debian sources and builds off the network? Assuming constant > network > connectivity is absolute, pure evil. > I remember I couldn't build a package a while ago (can't remember which) because it had a sgml document

Re: Question about build dependencies.

2001-12-17 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 17-Dec-2001 Joey Hess wrote: > Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: >> > Ok. Should this be a lintian check? Test for cvs -d :pserver:... >> > in the rules file? >> >> I can add it if I must. However I would like to trust our developers to not >> be >> that silly (-: >> >> Besides, it COULD be valid t

Re: Question about build dependencies.

2001-12-17 Thread Joey Hess
Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > Ok. Should this be a lintian check? Test for cvs -d :pserver:... > > in the rules file? > > I can add it if I must. However I would like to trust our developers to not > be > that silly (-: > > Besides, it COULD be valid to do a cvs co via another make rule in the

Re: Question about build dependencies.

2001-12-17 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 01:27:04PM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > > > > Other checks can be build-dependencies of lynx, omt, ftp and other similar > > packages. Build dependencies of cvs is maybe a good check too. I've seen > > it before with other packages. > > > > lync could theoretica

Re: Question about build dependencies.

2001-12-17 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 10:28:18PM +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 10:20:32PM +0100, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > > Other checks can be build-dependencies of lynx, omt, ftp and other similar > > packages. Build dependencies of cvs is maybe a good check too. I've seen > > it befor

Re: Question about build dependencies.

2001-12-17 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 10:20:32PM +0100, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > Other checks can be build-dependencies of lynx, omt, ftp and other similar > packages. Build dependencies of cvs is maybe a good check too. I've seen > it before with other packages. lynx can be used in -dump mode to convert html to

Re: Question about build dependencies.

2001-12-17 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> > Other checks can be build-dependencies of lynx, omt, ftp and other similar > packages. Build dependencies of cvs is maybe a good check too. I've seen > it before with other packages. > lync could theoretically be used to dump an html file as plain text during the build. Silly, but possible

Re: Question about build dependencies.

2001-12-17 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 11:48:15AM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > > > Ok. Should this be a lintian check? Test for cvs -d :pserver:... > > in the rules file? > > > > I can add it if I must. However I would like to trust our developers to not > be that silly (-: Hmm I took the idéa from

Re: Question about build dependencies.

2001-12-17 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> > Ok. Should this be a lintian check? Test for cvs -d :pserver:... > in the rules file? > I can add it if I must. However I would like to trust our developers to not be that silly (-: Besides, it COULD be valid to do a cvs co via another make rule in the rules file, as long as it is not call

Re: Question about build dependencies.

2001-12-17 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 10:38:35AM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > On 17-Dec-2001 Ola Lundqvist wrote: > > Hi > > > > I have a question about build time dependencies for > > a package. The question was rized because I have now included > > (same way as java-common) imports from cvs.debian.o

Re: Question about build dependencies.

2001-12-17 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 17-Dec-2001 Ola Lundqvist wrote: > Hi > > I have a question about build time dependencies for > a package. The question was rized because I have now included > (same way as java-common) imports from cvs.debian.org in > the rules file. This means that to build the binary packages > you have to

Question about build dependencies.

2001-12-17 Thread Ola Lundqvist
Hi I have a question about build time dependencies for a package. The question was rized because I have now included (same way as java-common) imports from cvs.debian.org in the rules file. This means that to build the binary packages you have to have anonymous cvs access to cvs.debian.org. Is thi