Compiling Debs on AMD vs. Intel and 32bit vs. 64bit

Hi gurus, I'm looking to buy or build an install host -- one machine dedicated to building and serving a local repository for the purposes of installing/upgrading/maintaining other Debian hosts throughout our organization. The problem is, I'm a little clueless when it comes to hardware, and

Custom repository and WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!

Hello gurus, I'm hoping someone can give me a hand. I have been running my own repository for a while now, and with the release of etch as the new stable just around the corner, I would like to add my own authentication to my repository. So I set up an install host running etch, put a

Brain dead package management?

Hi guys, Using sarge. I have a silly apt-get/aptitude question for you. I have a script that sets up a big long command line of packages that I want added to the system. In this command line, I specify that I want the lpr package removed, and the cupsys-bsd package installed (the two are

Re: Brain dead package management?

martin f krafft wrote: also sprach Michael S. Peek [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006.09.01.1953 +0200]: tiem-cups-cfg: PreDepends: cupsys-bsd but it is not installable There's your problem. APT is made for software packages, not configuration packages. Use cfengine or puppet for those

Re: Use of dpkg --set-selections is brain-dead?

Kevin Buhr wrote: Michael S. Peek [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've traced my problem down to the use of 'dpkg --set-selections' command. As an example, I have a package named tiem-nis-client-cfg that sets up NIS for generic workstations. If I understand correctly, I should be able to do

Re: Use of dpkg --set-selections is brain-dead?

Michael S. Peek wrote: Kevin Buhr wrote: Michael S. Peek [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've traced my problem down to the use of 'dpkg --set-selections' command. As an example, I have a package named tiem-nis-client-cfg that sets up NIS for generic workstations. If I understand correctly, I

Use of dpkg --set-selections is brain-dead?

Hello gurus, I thought I would be slick and write a package that contains a script that will figure out what should be installed/removed/upgraded/etc. on each of the machines where I work. (Using sarge, btw.) I had planned to do this by listing each of the packages and it's install status

Re: Silly Packaging Problem

martin f krafft wrote: also sprach Michael S. Peek [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006.08.08.2239 +0100]: The next time there's an upgrade for courier-authdaemon, won't it overwrite my version of /etc/courier/authdaemonrc with it's own? No way. Packages must *never* overwrite your files in /etc

Silly Packaging Problem

Hello all, I hope I've got the right list. If not, I appologize; just point the way and I'll take my question to the proper list. I'm attempting to write a debian package for our site that installs configuration files specific to our needs. I'm not a *complete* n00b -- I've written

Re: Silly Packaging Problem

Thanks for the help, Martin. martin f krafft wrote: also sprach Michael S. Peek [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006.08.08.2124 +0100]: 2) I then divert this file. Diversions of conffiles are not supported. Check that /etc/courier/authdaemonrc is not a conffile. If it is, you could easily lose

Using /cdrom/.disk/udeb_(in|ex)clude to load custom udebs instead of d-i's?

Hi guys, I'm playing with the latest debian-testing-i386-businesscard.iso. One of the things I want to do is automate the network configuration process in an environment where DHCP is not an option. Actually, what I want is for the debian installer to look up the network settings according

Apt, custom packages, and package dependencies

Hello developers, I'm a n00b. I've got my own little http debian package repository. It shows up with apt and dselect. In this repository I've got a custom package that I'm working on that depends on a bunch of ldap stuff, and contains configuration files and installation scripts to install

Re: Apt, custom packages, and package dependencies

I knew I would figure it out as soon as I sent this... I forgot to put commas between the package names in Depends and Pre-Depends. Oops. Nevermind, but thanks anyway. Michael Hello developers, I'm a n00b. I've got my own little http debian package repository. It shows up with apt and

What does this mean?

Hello all, I'm struggling to wrap my feeble intelect around the debian installation scripts, so I thought I would take a gander at the scripts in /var/lib/dpkg/info/ and see how other people handle things. I've come accross several statements that I don't understand, and that aren't documented

Debian Packaging Question

Hello all, I hope I have the right list. If not, just kindly point me in the right direction. I am attempting to develop my own .deb packages that customize a debian installation for our network. Some of my packages attempt to divert files out of the way in preinst before unpacking my custom