Re: Purpose of source packages?

> > > Hi! > > What's the exact purpose of the .tar.gz source packages and the diff? I'm > asking because I want to create a package for the metapost system, that's > like metafont but produces postscript output. The currently available > distribution is a patch against the latest webc, 6.3 I thi

Bug#4515: dpkg-source and WIFSIGNALED

Package: dpkg Version: 1.4.0 I can't use dpkg-source -x $ ls ctags* ctags_1.4-2.diff.gzctags_1.4-2.dscctags_1.4.orig.tar.gz $ dpkg --list dpkg dpkg-dev Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Re

Bug#4516: conflicts replaces dpkg-name in dpkg-dev

Package: dpkg, dpkg-dev Version: 1.4.0 The control of dpkg-dev contains a Conflicts replaces on dpkg-name but the dpkg-name util is provided by the dpkg package. I think that the dpkg package should hold these conflicts and replaces fields. Erick

Bug#4517: Error Installing tex/latex

Package: texbin Version: 3.1415 Package_Revision: 5 When I try to install tex with dpkg -i texbin-3.1415-5 I get this error message: dpkg: error processing texbin (--install): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: texbin I fir

Re: dpkg-buildpackage and joe

Dale Scheetz writes: > > I am converting the joe package to the new source format and have run into > a strange problem. The first time I run dpkg-buildpackage the .orig tree > is tarred up ok. The second time I run it, it tries to use the tar.gz file > created in the previous run but fails, givin

Bug#4518: xauth bug

Package: xbase Version: 3.1.2-9 This is a minor problem. If one sets the variable HOME to a directory where one does not have the write permission, "xauth list" apparently enters an infinite loop. If it is then interrupted with Ctrl-C, a coredump is generated. -- Debian GNU/Linux 1.1 is out! {

Re: Should be in the FAQ: Re: Shouldn't go app-defaults in /etc/X11?

Michael Alan Dorman: > H. Sounds like an entry in the FAQ is in order. And something in the dpkg policy manual as well? -- Please read before mailing me. Please don't Cc: me when replying to my message on a mailing list. pgp1DY4lnx8A1.pgp Descri

Re: Purpose of source packages?

Christian Schwarz: > What's the exact purpose of the .tar.gz source packages and the diff? I'm > asking because I want to create a package for the metapost system, that's > like metafont but produces postscript output. The currently available > distribution is a patch against the latest webc, 6.3 I

Rescue disk for Debian?

I'm looking for some kind of "rescue" boot disks for Debian. Actually I would need it for an easy of doing a restore of my tar backups. (An easy solution would be to include tar on the installation root disk, if there is enough space left--a simple tar version would be fine.) Sometimes it's neces

Talk at EurOpen.SE

It seems I will be talking at the EurOpen.SE meeting/conference on October 24 and 25. I haven't made an outline yet, but I will talk both about Linux in general, and about Debian in particular. I will have about two hours. Any suggestions of what I should talk about will be greatly appreciated. Pe

Bug#4519: debian-changelog-mode void

Package: dpkg-dev Version: 1.4.0 I added the following to the end of changelog file: Local variables: mode: debian-changelog End: Loading the file into emacs gives the error message: File local-variables error: (void-function debian-changelog-mode) Erick

Re: dpkg-buildpackage and joe

On Thu, 19 Sep 1996, Michael Meskes wrote: > > dpkg-source: error: tarfile `joe_2.8.orig.tar.gz' contains unexpected > > object listed by tar as `-rw-r--r-- root/users0 Jan 22 22:45 1995 > > joe-2.8.orig/jmacsrc link to joe-2.8.orig/.jmacsrc', expected > > `joe-2.8.orig/jmacsrc' > > dpkg-

Re: dpkg-buildpackage and joe

llucius wrote: : : On Wed, 18 Sep 1996, Dale Scheetz wrote: : > dpkg-source: building joe using existing joe_2.8.orig.tar.gz : > dpkg-source: building joe using existing joe_2.8.orig.tar.gz : > dpkg-source: error: tarfile `joe_2.8.orig.tar.gz' contains unexpected : > object listed by tar as `-rw-r

Re: Bug#4471: isp-ppp needs conflicts:ppp

On 18 Sep 1996, Kai Henningsen wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christoph Lameter) wrote on 17.09.96 in <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]>: > > > I thought the "Replaces:" implied the removal of the package before > > installation? > > No, that's Conflicts:. Replaces: says that the package will replace some >

Re: dpkg-buildpackage and joe

On Thu, 19 Sep 1996, Heiko Schlittermann wrote: > : If you figure out what's going on here can you let me know? I've run > : into the same problem while rebuilding for m68kers and was unable to > : determine the cause. > > Until Ian is back, you'll might use my diff as appended > Heiko Coo

Bug#4521: zsh 3.0.0 is not stripped

Package: zsh Version: 3.0.0-1 in/zsh# file /usr/bin/zsh /usr/bin/zsh: ELF 32-bit LSB executable,, Intel 80386, version 1 # ls -l /usr/bin/zsh -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1664910 Aug 16 21:34 /usr/bin/zsh # strip /usr/bin/zsh !# !ls ls -l /usr/bin/zsh -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 341560

Bug#4522: zsh 3.0.0 does not install help files

Package: zsh Version: 3.0.0-1 Help files for zsh functions are not installed by the package, which makes things like 'run-help compctl' unusable. Would it be possible to install these help files under /usr/lib/zsh/help, so that one can also have /usr/lib/zsh/functions for his site-wide zsh functi

Re: Bug#4512: psmerge only writes the prolog back

On Wed, 18 Sep 1996, Yves Arrouye wrote: > Package: psutils > Version: 1.16-3 > > The psmerge utility only writes the prolog of files it reads. It is even > not able to merge a single file (which should be equivalent to a cat). > Looking at the source, it looks like some parts of the PS are gobbl

Bug#4523: strace gives strange 'umoven: I/O error' messages

Package: strace Version: 3.1-2 When tracing programs, I sometimes see messages like this: [..] mprotect(0x8000, 20797, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC) = 0 mprotect(0xc0008000, 386288, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC) = 0 mprotect(0xc000, 15787, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC) = 0 open(ptrace: umoven: I/O error ^^

Re: config scripts on root disk

That would be great! On Wed, 18 Sep 1996, Scott Barker wrote: > How hard would it be to move the remaining config scripts (the ones that > configure network parameters, lilo, etc) off of the root disk and into a > debian package?

Bug#4524: controllib.pl doesn't show file name in error msg

Package: dpkg-dev Version: 1.4.0 While tracking down a different bug, I found this typo on line 58 of /usr/lib/dpkg/controllib.pl: &error("unable to open substvars file $varlistvile: $!"); I changed this to '$varlistfile' and now

Bug#4525: dpkg-buildpackage assumes file protections and shoots self in foot

Package: dpkg-dev Version: 1.4.0 The umask for my account is set to 077. Those portions of dpkg-buildpackage which run as root create files with protection set to 600 and owned by root.root. Because of this, the non-root portions of dpkg-buildpackage cannot access the files debian/files and debi

Bug#4517: Error Installing tex/latex

I have found the install of texbin bug depend on how many languages are chosen for texlib. With fewer languages, the install goes ok. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#4526: popclient now requires a ~/.poprc :(

Package: popclient Version: 3.05-1 $ popclient mail.host /s2/redhat/home/home.cjf//.poprc: No such file or directory This used to work. I'm disappointed that the new version isn't backward compatible. Since I'm resposible for maybe 10 pop servers on 5 different networks, I prefer to just put th

Size difference (big) between .orig.tar.gz and .deb: why?

I just wonder: I make a package with only a 17kb copyright file and a small control file in addition to what is in my .orig.tar.gz file, and I get: 1427032 Sep 19 23:28 povray3-manual_3.0.10-1_all.deb 1352325 Sep 19 23:26 povray3-manual_3.0.10.orig.tar.gz What can explain this 72kb difference in

scp method for dupload?

I was wondering if there is a way to use scp to transfer files to master? This would let me transfer the files without sending the passwd in the clear. I know master supports ssh, but I'm not sure of the procedure. Probably before anyone informs me, I'll have put a new version of mawk into Incom

Re: Bug#4512: psmerge only writes the prolog back

> Package: psutils > Version: 1.16-3 > > The psmerge utility only writes the prolog of files it reads. It is even > not able to merge a single file (which should be equivalent to a cat). > Looking at the source, it looks like some parts of the PS are gobbled > without being pr

FTP to Master

I am still unable to FTP to master.debian.org callandor:~/tmp> ftp master.debian.org Connected to master.debian.org. 220 primer FTP server (Version wu-2.4(7) Thu Aug 1 02:34:14 MET DST 1996) ready. Name (master.debian.org:bcwhite): 530 User bcwhite access denied... Login failed. Re

Bug#4517: Error Installing tex/latex

Hi -- You said: > When I try to install tex with > dpkg -i texbin-3.1415-5 > I get this error message: > dpkg: error processing texbin (--install): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > texbin Try installing mfbasfnt_1.0

Why does dpkg-source produce this message...

When attempting to extract the source for eject_1.4-1, I received the following message: dpkg-source: error: diff contains unknown line `\ No newline at end of file' Is there a problem with the package or is there a critter in dpkg-source? Thanks, Leland __ Y_ a_ m_ b_ o_ | The leanest, mean

Bug#4527: dhcpd does not extract with dpkg-source

Package: dhcpd Version: 0.5.13-1 The following message was received while extracting the source: # dpkg-source -x /sys/downloads/dhcpd_0.5.13-1.dsc dpkg-source: error: tarfile `/sys/downloads/dhcpd_0.5.13.orig.tar.gz' contains object (dhcpd_0.5.13.orig/) not in expected directory (dhcpd-0.5.13.or

Bug#4513: libpng

On 19 Sep 1996, Michael Alan Dorman wrote: > llucius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Package: libpng1 > > Version: 0.89c-1 > > While building on the m68k arch, I received the following from dpkg: > > dpkg --build /bld/src/new/libpng-0.89c/debian/tmp .. > > dpkg-deb: building package `libpng1' in `

Bug#4528: "io" does not extract with dpkg-source

Package: io Version: 1.09-1 The following message was received while extracting the source: # dpkg-source -x /sys/downloads/io_1.09-1.dsc dpkg-source: error: tarfile `/sys/downloads/io_1.09.orig.tar.gz' contains object (IO-1.09.orig/) not in expected directory (io-1.09.orig) It appears the direc

Re: dpkg-buildpackage and joe

On Thu, 19 Sep 1996, Heiko Schlittermann wrote: > @@ -710,6 +710,7 @@ > "listed by tar as \`$_'"); > $fn= $filesinarchive[$efix++]; $mode= $1; > if ($mode =~ m/^l/) { $_ =~ s/ -\> .*//; } > +if (/ link to /) { $_ =~ s/ link to .*//; } > substr

Re: Bug#4527: dhcpd does not extract with dpkg-source

Seems that there is something wrong with dpkg-source. Why would it require a - instead of a _ for the orig.tar.gz when all the other files for the package have a _. On Thu, 19 Sep 1996, llucius wrote: llucius>Package: dhcpd llucius>Version: 0.5.13-1 llucius> llucius>The following message was rece

Uploaded: sendmail_8.7.6-1

Uploaded to master.debian.org. This version fixes most of the existing bugs against this package; it does not yet, however, remove the dependency on `deliver'. (It will RSN.) Since this version fixes two serious security problems, can we please expedite its processing into both the stable and uns

Bug#4529: "gmp" fails to extract when using dpkg-source

Package: gmp Version: 1.3.2-3 While trying to extract gmp, I received the following message from dpkg-source: /bld/src/new # dpkg-source -x /sys/downloads/gmp_1.3.2-3.dsc dpkg-source: extracting gmp in gmp-1.3.2 patch: malformed patch at line 183: od_1.o mpn_lshift.o mpn_rshift.o mpn_rshif

Re: Purpose of source packages?

On Thu, 19 Sep 1996, Erick Branderhorst wrote: > > > Is it possible that I reduce the source so that everyone can recompile the > > package (and add a short description of my changes) plus a diff that adds > > debian specific files? > > You can modify the source if you want but I don't recommend

Bug#4530: ld cannot find most shared libraries

Package: ldso Version: 1.8.2-1 I've recently had problems linking programs non-statically with (e.g.) the X11 libraries, etc. Static libraries are fine, shared have problems. Upon investigation, and discussion with a friend, it appears that ld cannot find files of the form: libfoo.so.1 libfo

Re: dpkg-buildpackage and joe

Michael Meskes wrote: : : > dpkg-source -b joe-2.8 : > dpkg-source: building joe using existing joe_2.8.orig.tar.gz : > dpkg-source: building joe using existing joe_2.8.orig.tar.gz : > dpkg-source: error: tarfile `joe_2.8.orig.tar.gz' contains unexpected : > object listed by tar as `-rw-r--r-- roo

Bug#4531: mgetty: info files not gzipped

Package: mgetty Version: 0.99-4 The files /usr/info/mgetty.info /usr/info/mgetty.info-1 /usr/info/mgetty.info-2 /usr/info/mgetty.info-3 /usr/info/mgetty.info-4 should be gzipped. Michael -- Michael Meskes |_ __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | / ___// / // /

Bug#4532: emacs: infofiles are not gzipped

Package: emacs Version: 19.34-2 The info files /usr/info/ccmode /usr/info/ccmode-1 /usr/info/ccmode-2 are not compressed. They should be compressed with gzip. Michael -- Michael Meskes |_ __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | / ___// / // / / __ \___ _