Good evening to Dublin! also sprach Conall O'Brien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.08.31.2214 +0200]: > > debian/control: any reason why Homepage: is indented? > > I see this has already sparked a thread. I merely followed an example I > was previously pointed to.
It's okay as it is; my bad. > > debian/copyright: you don't claim any copyright over the packaging > > Hmm, I just filled in the appropriate details from the dh_make generated > debian/copyright - I've adjusted it now Maybe consider updating the dh-make package? > > debian/cron.d: the cron job does not do anything, it only checks > > whether count.sh is executable but never runs it. The shell > > redirections are also incorrect. > > Ack! I was trying to verify that the execurable is there, and if so, run > it shooting any output to /dev/null (I've found the script occasionally > complains when a message leaves the mail queue before the count.sh > script finishes executing) what you want is >/dev/null 2>&1 > > debian/install: any particular reason why you install shell > > scripts it /usr/lib and not /usr/share? > > I guess I was just following the example from the apache2 package > - it drops executables that should be in a user's $PATH in > /usr/lib/$package/ eg /usr/lib/apache2/suexec suexec is an architecture-dependent file, so by the FHS it *must* be in /usr/lib. Your shell scripts are architecture-independent, so they *could* be in /usr/share. I just wanted to make sure you put them into /usr/lib consciously. Do see Micah's reasoning in #371859. In this case, I don't really see why the script should be in /usr/lib because it's not a binary nor a library. > > debian/postrm: the else clause makes no sense. > > also, why do you escape the $ in the warning: > > echo "postinst called with unknown argument \$1'" >&2 > > there's also a spare ' > > same thing applies to postinst > > That would be because I yoinked them from bindgraph and adapted them to > my needs. If there is a better example in http://svn.debian.org , I'd > appreciate being pointed in it's direction well, "postinst called with unknown argument \$1'" will print postinst called with unknown argument $1' regardless of what $1 is. You don't want that. Just remove the \ and the ' in postrm and postinst. About the else... well, it does not hurt, but it's a sign that you "yoinked" code without really understanding what it does. Don't get me wrong, I am not here to expose you or anything, but I understand Debian to be about package development, not cut-n-paste until it works. It *does* work in this case, and presumably you've tested it. But when you don't know what your code is doing 100%, you are much more likely to encounter problems that you didn't foresee. > Once I've fixed the cron.d, postrm and postinst scripts, I'll > upload to mentors.debian.net again Great. Thanks for your work! Ping me privately if needed, I'll sponsor the package. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : proud Debian developer, author, administrator, and user `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck http://debiansystem.info `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems ... with a plastic cup filled with a liquid that was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea. -- douglas adams, "the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy"
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