Re: Source package policy problem.

2001-01-30 Thread Raul Miller
On Sun, Jan 28, 2001 at 12:14:58AM -0500, Russell Nelson wrote: > Doesn't work because of debian's Filesystem Hierarchy Standard. On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 09:02:21AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What a pity not having sensible packages of djb software in debian (e.g. > see bind's youngest secu

Re: Source package policy problem.

2001-01-30 Thread pape
On Sun, Jan 28, 2001 at 12:14:58AM -0500, Russell Nelson wrote: > Manoj Srivastava writes: > > >>"pape" == pape <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > pape> Is it policy conform to have a package (or packages depending on > each > > pape> other) installing binaries in /usr/bin/ _and_ providin

Re: Source package policy problem.

2001-01-27 Thread Russell Nelson
Manoj Srivastava writes: > >>"pape" == pape <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > pape> Is it policy conform to have a package (or packages depending on each > pape> other) installing binaries in /usr/bin/ _and_ providing syslinks to > pape> /usr/local/bin/ ? > > No. How about provi

Re: Source package policy problem.

2001-01-25 Thread Adam McKenna
On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 03:15:14AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Oh, for heavens sake. Start a fresh directory, called > foo-installer. Create a ./debian directory. create a script that > called create-foo-pkg-now (or something you like better); Also create > ./debis-dir-for-foo/debia

Re: Source package policy problem.

2001-01-25 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"pape" == pape <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: pape> Is it policy conform to have a package (or packages depending on each pape> other) installing binaries in /usr/bin/ _and_ providing syslinks to pape> /usr/local/bin/ ? No. manoj -- When told he was making more per year than

Re: Source package policy problem.

2001-01-25 Thread Adam McKenna
On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 10:15:28AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is it policy conform to have a package (or packages depending on each > other) installing binaries in /usr/bin/ _and_ providing syslinks to > /usr/local/bin/ ? I believe Dan has indicated that much in e-mails, but I don't know if

Re: Source package policy problem.

2001-01-25 Thread pape
On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 04:46:37PM -0500, Adam McKenna wrote: > I am trying to make a source package of daemontools by Dan Bernstein. Since > there is no license for distributing the source, I have made my source > package an installer package. The only problem I have is the Debian .diff Hello A

Re: Source package policy problem.

2001-01-25 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Adam" == Adam McKenna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Uhh, why are there no redistribution terms on your package? >> (and since you do not in any way, shape, or form include Dan's >> code, your code is all that is in the package) Adam> There aren't any. The problem is that the "source pac

Re: Source package policy problem.

2001-01-25 Thread Adam McKenna
On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 10:56:27PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >>"Adam" == Adam McKenna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Adam> I am trying to make a source package of daemontools by Dan > Adam> Bernstein. Since there is no license for distributing the > Adam> source, I have made my source

Re: Source package policy problem.

2001-01-24 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Adam" == Adam McKenna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Adam> I am trying to make a source package of daemontools by Dan Adam> Bernstein. Since there is no license for distributing the Adam> source, I have made my source package an installer package. Cool. That means your package does not

Source package policy problem.

2001-01-24 Thread Adam McKenna
I am trying to make a source package of daemontools by Dan Bernstein. Since there is no license for distributing the source, I have made my source package an installer package. The only problem I have is the Debian .diff file. Currently, I am generating the .diff file, the source .deb, and a bin