Bug#267594: libc6 depends on bash

2004-08-30 Thread Harald Dunkel
GOTO Masanori wrote: My point is: "installing debian package needs the debian base system that includes bash". Moreover it's not only glibc package issue. If you have plan to support all base packages with /bin/sh, and that makes easier installation for bootstrapping, I don't complain it. If not

Bug#267594: libc6 depends on bash

2004-08-30 Thread GOTO Masanori
At Mon, 30 Aug 2004 23:38:21 -0400, Jeff Bailey wrote: > > BTW, even we use /bin/bash, do we have reason to use /bin/sh? If so, > > why? bash is included in the base system. We use various tools for > > postinst/preinst, because those tools are also in the bootstrapping > > base system. > > Whi

Bug#267594: libc6 depends on bash

2004-08-30 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Aug 30, 2004 at 10:32:53AM +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote: > I have read libc6.preinst and postinst, but I am not sure what you are > trying to tell? There are some "$()" inside which could be replaced by > "``" to support other shells, $() is supported by all POSIX shells. It's not a bashism.

Bug#267594: libc6 depends on bash

2004-08-30 Thread Jeff Bailey
> BTW, even we use /bin/bash, do we have reason to use /bin/sh? If so, > why? bash is included in the base system. We use various tools for > postinst/preinst, because those tools are also in the bootstrapping > base system. While policy currently has bash in the base system, it might not alway

Re: Bug#261000: console-tools: [EMAIL PROTECTED] does not get caught as UTF-8

2004-08-30 Thread Denis Barbier
On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 09:24:12AM +0900, GOTO Masanori wrote: > At Mon, 30 Aug 2004 23:13:50 +0200, > Denis Barbier wrote: [...] > You said in the previous mail: > > > > Moreover, it's good idea to describe: how to handle the basic > > > environment variable (for example LANG) in debian. > > > >

Bug#267594: libc6 depends on bash

2004-08-30 Thread GOTO Masanori
At Mon, 30 Aug 2004 10:32:53 +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote: > GOTO Masanori wrote: > > At Mon, 30 Aug 2004 06:20:06 +0200, > > Harald Dunkel wrote: > > > >>IMHO libc6 should not depend upon other packages at > >>all. If there is no way around this, then it should > >>work with any /bin/sh, not just b

Re: Bug#261000: console-tools: [EMAIL PROTECTED] does not get caught as UTF-8

2004-08-30 Thread GOTO Masanori
At Mon, 30 Aug 2004 23:13:50 +0200, Denis Barbier wrote: > On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 12:55:59PM +0900, GOTO Masanori wrote: > > At Tue, 27 Jul 2004 01:13:14 +0200, > > Denis Barbier wrote: > [...] > > > I had a closer look, and those [EMAIL PROTECTED] locales are added by > > > debian/patches/locales

Re: Bug#261000: console-tools: [EMAIL PROTECTED] does not get caught as UTF-8

2004-08-30 Thread Denis Barbier
On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 12:55:59PM +0900, GOTO Masanori wrote: > At Tue, 27 Jul 2004 01:13:14 +0200, > Denis Barbier wrote: [...] > > I had a closer look, and those [EMAIL PROTECTED] locales are added by > > debian/patches/locales-supported.dpatch, which means that they are > > Debian specific. Th

glibc_2.3.2.ds1-16_sparc.changes ACCEPTED

2004-08-30 Thread Debian Installer
Accepted: libc6-dbg_2.3.2.ds1-16_sparc.deb to pool/main/g/glibc/libc6-dbg_2.3.2.ds1-16_sparc.deb libc6-dev-sparc64_2.3.2.ds1-16_sparc.deb to pool/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev-sparc64_2.3.2.ds1-16_sparc.deb libc6-dev_2.3.2.ds1-16_sparc.deb to pool/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev_2.3.2.ds1-16_sparc.deb libc6

Processing of glibc_2.3.2.ds1-16_sparc.changes

2004-08-30 Thread Archive Administrator
glibc_2.3.2.ds1-16_sparc.changes uploaded successfully to localhost along with the files: libc6_2.3.2.ds1-16_sparc.deb libc6-dev_2.3.2.ds1-16_sparc.deb libc6-prof_2.3.2.ds1-16_sparc.deb libc6-pic_2.3.2.ds1-16_sparc.deb libc6-sparc64_2.3.2.ds1-16_sparc.deb libc6-sparcv9_2.3.2.ds1-16_spar

Re: libdb1-compat / glibc6 removing 9 packages

2004-08-30 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Aug 30, 2004 at 11:40:14AM -0400, Julien Lamarche wrote: > I wanted to install libdb1-compat & glibc6 on Debian ppc woody. That's not a good idea. If you want to upgrade those, you would be far better off upgrading your whole system to sarge. > I was wondering if it was expected that ins

libdb1-compat / glibc6 removing 9 packages

2004-08-30 Thread Julien Lamarche
Bonjour à tous, I wanted to install libdb1-compat & glibc6 on Debian ppc woody. I was wondering if it was expected that installing these would remove 9 packages, including g++. challenger:/home/jlam/apps/debs# apt-get install libdb1-compat Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tr

Bug#267594: libc6 depends on bash

2004-08-30 Thread Harald Dunkel
GOTO Masanori wrote: At Mon, 30 Aug 2004 06:20:06 +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote: IMHO libc6 should not depend upon other packages at all. If there is no way around this, then it should work with any /bin/sh, not just bash. Why does "there is no way around this" lead "it should work with any /bin/sh"?