Re: What warrants a non-maintainer release number?

1998-01-04 Thread Christian Schwarz
On 3 Jan 1998, Michael Alan Dorman wrote: > Christian Schwarz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > By changing the dependencies you changed the source package before, > > or? > > Technically, no. The dependencies are build by dpkg-shlibdeps, so for > all intents and purposes, the *only* difference b

Re: Re^2: dhelp 0.2 - a online help system

1998-01-04 Thread Christian Schwarz
On 4 Jan 1998, Marco Budde wrote: > Am 03.01.98 schrieb schwarz # monet.m.isar.de ... > > Moin Christian! > > CS> We are aware of this problem. The different menu systems (menu, dwww, > CS> dhelp, etc.) all have their advantages and disadvantages so I guess they > CS> will all stay around for a

Re: need libc5 non-maintainer upgrade

1998-01-04 Thread Christian Schwarz
On Sat, 3 Jan 1998, Chris Fearnley wrote: > 'Christian Schwarz wrote:' > > > >On Fri, 2 Jan 1998, Chris Fearnley wrote: > > > >> '[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:' > >> > > >> >Actually, I'm not sure there is a problem with libc5-altdev. There > >> >definitely > >> >is a dependency clash between libc5 an

adopting xspread

1998-01-04 Thread Douglas Bates
I am willing to adopt the orphaned package xspread. I have converted its debian/rules to use the debhelper scripts and compiled the package against libc6. I will upload tomorrow unless there are objections. -- Douglas Bates[EMAIL PROTECTED] Statistics Department

Re: killall is removed from procps

1998-01-04 Thread csmall
Joey Hess wrote: > BTW, could you make a procps-dev package with a libproc.a, and libproc's .h > files in it? I need this for a package I would like to make called > w.bassman, it's a different version of 'w', that links with libproc, and > needs whattime.h to build. This would be the libproc-dev p

Re: Pre-processor "Manifest Constant"

1998-01-04 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Sun, 4 Jan 1998, Richard Braakman wrote: > I think you can find what you want in the cpp info file, node > "Standard Predefined". It lists macros like __DATE__ and __TIME__. > > gcc itself also defines __FUNCTION__ and __PRETTY_FUNCTION__, which > behave more like string constants and can not

Re: ytalk up for adoption

1998-01-04 Thread Tommi Virtanen
On Sat, Jan 03, 1998 at 10:34:09PM -0700, Bdale Garbee wrote: > I've been maintaining 'ytalk'. I don't actually use it any more, and it's > the only X-based thing I maintain except xtrkcad, which is a binary-only > package that I don't have to futz with much. Therefore, I'd like to stop > mainta

Re: Pre-processor "Manifest Constant"

1998-01-04 Thread Richard Braakman
I think you can find what you want in the cpp info file, node "Standard Predefined". It lists macros like __DATE__ and __TIME__. gcc itself also defines __FUNCTION__ and __PRETTY_FUNCTION__, which behave more like string constants and can not be used in preprocessor directives. -- TO UNSUBSCRIB

Pre-processor "Manifest Constant"

1998-01-04 Thread Dale Scheetz
Does the gcc preprocessor have any such constructs as "manifest constant"s? The coherent C compiler used several such items to insert date/time into the compiler output, among others. These seem to be either pre-declared values, or function calls that actually interigate the system and leave outpu

Re^2: dhelp 0.2 - a online help system

1998-01-04 Thread Marco Budde
Am 03.01.98 schrieb schwarz # monet.m.isar.de ... Moin Christian! CS> We are aware of this problem. The different menu systems (menu, dwww, CS> dhelp, etc.) all have their advantages and disadvantages so I guess they CS> will all stay around for a while. If you know a disadvantage of dhelp pleas

I'll take ftplib

1998-01-04 Thread Richard Braakman
Hi. I noticed that one of the packages for which I reported a "link shared libraries against other libraries" bug was orphaned. Because I rather like the package (ftplib), I decided to pick up maintenance and bring it up to date with current policy. There is also a new upstream version with sign

Re: Deselect problems.

1998-01-04 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sun, Jan 04, 1998 at 02:43:21PM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dselect goes berzerk when I chose to allow it to remove packages. It isn't > apparently following my advice. I spent three to four hours trying to get > all the way through the list, but when trying to override "suggestions" I >

ytalk up for adoption

1998-01-04 Thread Bdale Garbee
I've been maintaining 'ytalk'. I don't actually use it any more, and it's the only X-based thing I maintain except xtrkcad, which is a binary-only package that I don't have to futz with much. Therefore, I'd like to stop maintaining ytalk... Anyone want it? There are a couple of open bugs, but

Deselect problems.

1998-01-04 Thread adavis
I have never given dselect a "fair" shakedown, because every time I have tried it I have immediately gotten in trouble. Yesterday and today I have decided to carry out the process to its conclusion. I've gotten in trouble again. I wonder if other people are beyond these problems; I am amazed not

ncursese

1998-01-04 Thread yusuf nagree
Hi, I wonder if you could update the debian ncurses package to the latest version : 4.1 available from ftp.clark.net /pub/dickey/ncurses. Taper doesn't work with the debian release of ncurses and I'm getting many people writing asking why they can't type messages into dialog boxes etc.. Unfor

Re: Debian and the millenium bug

1998-01-04 Thread Mark W. Eichin
> a 64 bit variable, it's good for another 4000 years. Uhhh -- no. If it went from 32 bits to *33* bits, that would get us 4000 years. This gets us more like 16 billion billion years (american billions - 16 x 10^18 is what I mean, but it's off the top of my head...) > Don't you think you're ov

Re: xforms0.86 package insanity

1998-01-04 Thread Ben Gertzfield
> "Scott" == Scott Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Scott> Talk about quick service... I found the packages in Scott> Incoming this morning :) *grin* Well, it wasn't terribly difficult -- but I'm extremely glad for debhelper :) -- Brought to you by the letters X and D and the numb