Re: apt-get build-deps or -b switch

2002-03-07 Thread Harry Putnam
Harry Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > How can I capture the output of ./configure and make during a source > build with apt-get -b source > > I think there might be a small bug in the building of emacs21 that > way. The info flew by so quick but I noticed a `no' d

Re: apt-get build-deps or -b switch

2002-03-07 Thread Harry Putnam
"Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 07-Mar-2002 Harry Putnam wrote: >> How can I capture the output of ./configure and make during a source >> build with apt-get -b source >> >> I think there might be a small bug in the

Re: apt-get build-deps or -b switch

2002-03-07 Thread Harry Putnam
Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ISTR that currently, configure is passed a --without-ungif (or > whatever the exact syntax is) as the current libungif in woody or sid > crashes when linked against emacs. Look in the debian/rules file > under the emacs source dir for the explanation. Ah

Re: apt-get build-deps or -b switch

2002-03-07 Thread Harry Putnam
"Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > do you have build-essential installed? Do you have dpkg-dev installed? How > about debhelper? Those 3 should clear most things up. Thanks. I hope that was the problem. And now I know what to look for. Lastnights install had a really horrible

Re: The quest for rodent power

2002-03-07 Thread Harry Putnam
Carel Fellinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm loosing track of what has been tried and what not, so I ask:) Yes, me too. Bad news on that front. I've reinstalled completely twice since this report. I decided to reinstall when after all the tinkering with mouse, I tired to return to square

Re: apt-get build-deps or -b switch

2002-03-07 Thread Harry Putnam
"Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > do you have build-essential installed? Do you have dpkg-dev installed? How > about debhelper? Those 3 should clear most things up. Looks like it didn't help. This is a fresh install now. I selected all the devel stuff in taskel dpkg -l

Re: apt-get build-deps or -b switch

2002-03-07 Thread Harry Putnam
Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 7 Mar 2002, Harry Putnam wrote: > >> How can I capture the output of ./configure and make during a source >> build with apt-get -b source >> >> I think there might be a small bug in the building of emacs21 that >

Re: apt-get build-deps or -b switch

2002-03-07 Thread Harry Putnam
"Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> Still apt-get -b source vim >> Fails with the same message as reported. >> > > The message you posted earlier did not actually have a useful error message > (basically, it failed). Sorry Sean.. I was experimenting with the apt-get build

Re: apt-get build-deps or -b switch

2002-03-08 Thread Harry Putnam
Sean writesL [...] > The point of this is not "Debian is your saviour, repent". My point is > sometimes you come in at the wrong time. Out time, your time, it doesn't > matter. Just don't give up. Quite a story Sean.. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: apt-get build-deps or -b switch

2002-03-08 Thread Harry Putnam
"Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> Still apt-get -b source vim >> Fails with the same message as reported. >> > > The message you posted earlier did not actually have a useful error message > (basically, it failed). This got my attention.. Maybe these don't indicate what i

Re: apt-get build-deps or -b switch

2002-03-08 Thread Harry Putnam
"Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> dpkg-buildpackage: Build dependencies/conflicts unsatisfied; aborting. >> >> Should that happen after running apt-get build-dep package? >> > > they should not but it is possible for a few reasons: > > *) the apt database is out of date.

Mail server for local lan

2002-03-15 Thread Harry Putnam
Setup: Woody/testing noX Several home machines on a home network Behind a hardware firewall (netgear FR314) Running exim/procmail Back in action.. Being the oldest perl student at ucsb was kind of fun. Final now over. Time to play. I wanted to see a general outline of how

Re: Mail server for local lan

2002-03-15 Thread Harry Putnam
Many thanks to all posters! Everyone suggests imap, and I am aware of its advantages. Probably will use imap at some point. All users are accustomed to POP3 at this point (Wife Daughter me). And since this is just a first run at getting it working, I'm going to try to setup popa3d as server.

exim getting the from addresses right

2002-03-16 Thread Harry Putnam
After getting a little experience with exim, I think I've done my last painful config hairpulling session with sendmail. And have moved other machines not running debian to exim too. I think I may be botching my config with old hold-over sendmailisms. First let me set down the basic details of t

Re: exim getting the from addresses right

2002-03-17 Thread Harry Putnam
.7] helo=SATELLITE) by expi.local.lan with smtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16mgFB-wN-00 for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sun, 17 Mar 2002 11:23:01 -0800 From: Harry Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: AGENT_KEYS test.4 Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 11:22:46 -0800 Organization

Re: exim getting the from addresses right

2002-03-17 Thread Harry Putnam
Harry Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Taking your clue and adding to this existing entry: > ># This rewriting rule is particularly useful for dialup users who ># don't have their own domain, but could be useful for anyone. ># It looks up the real addre

Re: Mail server for local lan

2002-03-17 Thread Harry Putnam
Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > /usr/share/doc/fetchmail-common/examples/fetchmailrc.example Thanks... > Seems to be what you didn't look for. Maybe because it wasn't the address referenced in the dialog that pops up, nor is it part of the source distribution, near as I can tell.

Re: exim getting the from addresses right

2002-03-18 Thread Harry Putnam
Matijs van Zuijlen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > One thing you might look into is not writing [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the > rwriting rule, but instead [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your mail program > will put that in the From: header, whereas fetchmail will put > [EMAIL PROTECTED], avoiding the rewrite (

debianized vim

2002-03-18 Thread Harry Putnam
Setup: Woody/testing After installing vim with apt-get, I find that the debianizations that have been done cause sections of my .vimrc, built up over time on several different platforms to be unusable. I don't really know exactly what these do, some are borrowed from .vimrcs of others more knowle

Re: debianized vim

2002-03-19 Thread Harry Putnam
Thanks posters, removing the gzip stuff solved the problem

install-info directions confusing

2002-04-03 Thread Harry Putnam
I've been trying to decipher the necessary syntax for intall-info. `man install-info' and `info install-info' have different opinions about how it works. `info install-info' says point blank that: `install-info some.info dir' will install some.info entry in dir and even create dir if nece

Per user info directory

2002-04-06 Thread Harry Putnam
What is the general technique to allow users to have their own info directory or at least an `dir' file that concatenates per user info files into a place that allows `info whatever_software' to work. An example might be, if I were to install the emacs related package `tramp' in ~/emacs/tramp It

Re: Per user info directory

2002-04-07 Thread Harry Putnam
Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 7 Apr 2002, Harry Putnam wrote: > >> What is the general technique to allow users to have their own info >> directory or at least an `dir' file that concatenates per user info >> files into a place that allo

debian install-info - A recipe please.

2002-04-08 Thread Harry Putnam
Can someone tell me the standard way to do this using debian install-info? Create my own (as a user) small directory of info files, even just one, that will be seen by the stand alone info reader. So that if I say info My_package it will be displayed. In the instant case the package is cvs vers

Re: Procmail Rules for Debian lists

2002-04-09 Thread Harry Putnam
Paul Sargent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi People, > > I'm getting quite a lot of messages dropping through my procmail rules for > debian lists. I was wondering if anyone here had a good setup. > > The problem seems to be that not all mails from this list get tagged with > X-Mailing-List which

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