Backports and debhelper 3 for potato (was: Tool to generate an override file from packages?)

2001-09-25 Thread Marc Haber
On Tue, 25 Sep 2001 13:42:59 +1000, Anthony Towns aj@azure.humbug.org.au wrote: On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 09:08:32PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: Most sid packages have Build-Depends: debhelper 3 and DH_COMPAT=3 in debian/rules. find pool/main -type f | grep '/.*/.*.diff.gz' | while read a;

Re: Backports and debhelper 3 for potato (was: Tool to generate an override file from packages?)

2001-09-25 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 03:14:09PM +0200, Marc Haber [EMAIL PROTECTED] was heard to say: Seems a lot less than most packages. Make that most packages I happen to backport. I am surely only using a small fraction of Debian, because I mostly run servers that don't have X or any nifty stuff

Re: Backports and debhelper 3 for potato (was: Tool to generate an override file from packages?)

2001-09-25 Thread Christian Marillat
MH == Marc Haber [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] Is it _really_ that hard to get debhelper 3 for potato? I did a backport 3 months ago (3.0.31). Only a little bug, you need to call dh_perl with -d. Except that, I never received any bug report

Re: Tool to generate an override file from packages?

2001-09-25 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 07:56:05PM +0800, Lindsay Allen wrote: I have need of the script which generates .../dists/sid/Release. AFAIKT it is not in apt-ftparchives. Can anyone help here, please? Try ziyi, at http://cvs.debian.org/dak/ziyi?cvsroot=dak. -- Colin Watson

Re: Tool to generate an override file from packages?

2001-09-24 Thread Lindsay Allen
On Sun, 23 Sep 2001, Admar Schoonen wrote: On Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 03:05:59PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: Hi, quite a few people maintain their own aptable archives of packages - whether for internal use or for publication. In that environment, override files don't serve a purpose since

Re: Tool to generate an override file from packages?

2001-09-24 Thread Admar Schoonen
On Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 10:15:06PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: On Mon, 24 Sep 2001 03:55:45 +1000, Anthony Towns aj@azure.humbug.org.au wrote: On Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 07:34:34PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: On Sun, 23 Sep 2001 16:43:05 +0200, Admar Schoonen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: Tool to generate an override file from packages?

2001-09-24 Thread Marc Haber
On 23 Sep 2001 21:36:12 +0100, James Troup [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marc Haber [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Any new tool that hypothetically gets written or packages isn't going to get put in potato either. Having spent four hours last night to try getting a debhelper 3 (unsuccessfully)

Re: Tool to generate an override file from packages?

2001-09-24 Thread Anthony Towns
On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 09:08:32PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: I've back ported any number of unstable things for potato and not once been affected by debhelper 3. Most sid packages have Build-Depends: debhelper 3 and DH_COMPAT=3 in debian/rules. find pool/main -type f | grep '/.*/.*.diff.gz' |

Tool to generate an override file from packages?

2001-09-23 Thread Marc Haber
Hi, quite a few people maintain their own aptable archives of packages - whether for internal use or for publication. In that environment, override files don't serve a purpose since the ftp maintainer is also the package maintainer. However dpkg-scanpackages complains about every package it

Re: Tool to generate an override file from packages?

2001-09-23 Thread Admar Schoonen
On Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 03:05:59PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: Hi, quite a few people maintain their own aptable archives of packages - whether for internal use or for publication. In that environment, override files don't serve a purpose since the ftp maintainer is also the package

Re: Tool to generate an override file from packages?

2001-09-23 Thread Marc Haber
On Sun, 23 Sep 2001 16:43:05 +0200, Admar Schoonen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: apt-ftparchive is in the apt-utils package But not in potato. The mirror server is a potato box. Greetings Marc -- -- !! No courtesy copies, please !! - Marc Haber |

Re: Tool to generate an override file from packages?

2001-09-23 Thread Anthony Towns
On Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 07:34:34PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: On Sun, 23 Sep 2001 16:43:05 +0200, Admar Schoonen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: apt-ftparchive is in the apt-utils package But not in potato. The mirror server is a potato box. Any new tool that hypothetically gets written or packages

Re: Tool to generate an override file from packages?

2001-09-23 Thread Marc Haber
On Mon, 24 Sep 2001 03:55:45 +1000, Anthony Towns aj@azure.humbug.org.au wrote: On Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 07:34:34PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: On Sun, 23 Sep 2001 16:43:05 +0200, Admar Schoonen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: apt-ftparchive is in the apt-utils package But not in potato. The mirror

Re: Tool to generate an override file from packages?

2001-09-23 Thread Christian Marillat
MH == Marc Haber [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, Hi, [...] Is there a tool to generate an override file that simply contains the section/subsection/priority settings from the packages in the archive? Replace the override file name by /dev/null Christian

Re: Tool to generate an override file from packages?

2001-09-23 Thread James Troup
Marc Haber [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Any new tool that hypothetically gets written or packages isn't going to get put in potato either. Having spent four hours last night to try getting a debhelper 3 (unsuccessfully) backported to potato makes me wince at _any_ backporting effort. 'any'?