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: 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" http://marillat.free.fr/dists/stable/m

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

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 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; do zgrep -l DH_C

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 '/.*/.*.dif

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 >> (unsucce

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 > 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

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 purpo

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.

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 Marc Haber
On Mon, 24 Sep 2001 03:55:45 +1000, Anthony Towns 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 server is a pota

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 packa

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 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 maint

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 doesn'