Michael, Unfortunately, I'm also rather busy at the moment. If you can't find a volunteer, I might be able to help out come May or June.
Cheers, --Ian On Thursday 10 January 2008 11:18:31 Michael Biebl wrote: > Ian Turner wrote: > > Package: libnl1-pre6 > > Version: 1.0~pre6-2 > > Severity: normal > > Tags: patch > > > > The source distribution includes a handy tool nl-monitor, which prints > > out the multicasts received over the netlink socket for things like > > interface state or route changes. This is useful both for scripting and > > for debugging, so it's a shame it's not included in the Debian package. > > > > This simple patch includes all the tools from the src/ directory: > > > > --- libnl-1.0~pre6.orig/src/Makefile > > +++ libnl-1.0~pre6/src/Makefile > > @@ -30,4 +30,6 @@ > > distclean: clean > > > > install: > > - @true > > + mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/$(prefix)/bin/ > > + cp $(TOOLS) $(DESTDIR)/$(prefix)/bin/ > > + > > --- libnl-1.0~pre6.orig/debian/libnl1-pre6.install > > +++ libnl-1.0~pre6/debian/libnl1-pre6.install > > @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ > > +debian/tmp/usr/lib/libnl.so.* > > +debian/tmp/usr/bin/nl-* > > Thanks for the patch and for the idea. > Unfortunately I can't put these utilies into the libnl1 package directly > (coinstallability issues of libs), so we need a new binary package. I'd > say libnl-bin would be a proper name to place these binaries. > > Debian policy says, that each binary (especially console programs) > should have a man page. I'm currently a bit short of time. > Would you volunteer to write man pages for these utilities? > > Cheers, > Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
