On Sat 25 Oct 1997, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Andreas Jellinghaus:
> > here is my tutorial of dsource, a 100% vaporware program.
> > [...]
>
> I would say `I like it', but then I'd lose my image as unfailingly
> critical. So instead I'll say `I have some quibbles with the command
> name / option parsi
Andreas Jellinghaus:
> here is my tutorial of dsource, a 100% vaporware program.
> [...]
I would say `I like it', but then I'd lose my image as unfailingly
critical. So instead I'll say `I have some quibbles with the command
name / option parsing implied by your transcript'.
Ian.
> You are arguing for an atomic kernel operation. Is that really fair?
No, actually, I'm simply pointing out that saying "there would be no
possibilities for errors" was, as it stood, incorrect -- and your
argument depended on it being correct. It's a minor point, but I
thought I made that clea
[ I'm replying, even though I want this thread to die! ]
Mark Eichin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > A src-orig-*.deb file is a simple wrapper for the tarballs + any extra
> > information you want to add to the description. It would be possible
> > to wrap one around a tarball with a single com
> Unfortunately, my hopes have been dashed. I now realize that dpkg has
> only ever aspired to be "throw away code", so I should look elsewhere
Tsk, tsk. Not all custom applications are throwaway, even though the
"unix philosophy" might indicate that. Sometimes, as in this case,
they actually
[ Here goes my 2nd try - 2.0.31 has froze twice on me today, arrgh. ]
Mark Eichin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I don't think I'll find any src-orig-*.deb files on prep. My point
> was that I can take the .tar.gz files that I *do* find everywhere and
> just use them, without having to go throug
Just to make it clear, not to keep pounding, but:
>Again, with the proposed system, this is easy - just install an upgraded
>src-orig-*.deb file.
I don't think I'll find any src-orig-*.deb files on prep. My point
was that I can take the .tar.gz files that I *do* find everywhere and
just use them
here is my tutorial of dsource, a 100% vaporware program.
$ mkdir ~/debian# Choose where you want stuff
$ cd ~/debian # alternative "echo root=~/dir > ~/.dsource"
$ dsource-ftp get hello
Connecting to my.ftp.server.
Changing Diretory to /debian/dist/stable/main/so
Mark Eichin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Clever -- but an amazing kludge :-) Remember that it's ok for this to
> be hackish for "installing debian packages in user space" because
> that's simply a *rare* operation -- the whole point of debian packages
> is that they fit cleanly into a debian sys
>Using dpkg this way is great for my proposed source packages, but it is
>also useful for any Debian package you might want to install in
>user space only.
Clever -- but an amazing kludge :-) Remember that it's ok for this to
be hackish for "installing debian packages in user space" because
that
Part of the opposition to my proposed source packaging format is
that it forces people to use dpkg, which must be run as root.
I have demonstrated in the previous tutorial that it is possible
to still use the packages in user space by using dpkg-deb --extract.
I have since discovered that it is
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