This is good to know! Thanks! monipol wrote: > On 17/07/2009, at 09:37, Martin Costabel wrote: >> Chupacerveza wrote: >>> I have a best practices question: if all I'm doing is updating the name >>> of the maintainer and some usage notes, should I bump the revision >>> number? >>> thanks, >> >> Yes. Anything that changes the contents of the *.deb file needs a new >> rev. > > > The command > > dpkg --info somepackage.deb > > will show you what goes inside a .deb file besides the files that are to > be installed. > > The Description field in the .deb file contains Fink's Description, > DescDetail, DescUsage, Homepage fields -- and apparently it also > contains Fink's Maintainer field even though there is a Maintainer field > in the .deb file. > > For example, > > $ dpkg --info denyhosts-py25_2.6-1_darwin-x86_64.deb > new debian package, version 2.0. > size 78648 bytes: control archive= 2955 bytes. > 54 bytes, 1 lines conffiles > 1067 bytes, 32 lines control > 2348 bytes, 76 lines package.info > 4217 bytes, 114 lines package.patch > 147 bytes, 9 lines * postinst #!/bin/sh > 208 bytes, 11 lines * prerm #!/bin/sh > Package: denyhosts-py25 > Source: denyhosts-py25 > Version: 2.6-1 > Section: net > Installed-Size: 408 > Architecture: darwin-x86_64 > Priority: optional > BuildDependsOnly: Undefined > Depends: python25, python25-socket, daemonic, darwin (>= 9-1) > Replaces: denyhosts--py25 > Maintainer: Murali Vadivelu <murali1...@users.sf.net> > Description: Script to thwart ssh server attacks > DenyHosts is a Python script that analyzes > the sshd server log messages to determine > what hosts are attempting to hack into > your system. It also determines what user > accounts are being targeted. It keeps > track of the frequency of attempts from > each host. Additionally, upon discovering > a repeated attack host, the /etc/hosts.deny > file is updated to prevent future break-in > attempts from that host. An email report > can be sent to a system > admin. > . > Usage Notes: > If you have problems on 10.5, see the following: > http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners/22163 > . > Web site: http://denyhosts.sourceforge.net/ > . > Maintainer: Murali Vadivelu <murali1...@users.sf.net> > > > Cheers, > > -- > monipol > http://finkers.wordpress.com > > Submitting a Fink bug report? Read this: > http://www.finkproject.org/doc/netiquette/index.php > http://finkers.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/bug-reports/ >
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