Re: Debhelper: Do not upgrade

2001-06-11 Thread Jeff Bailey
On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 11:57:27PM -0700, Jeff Bailey wrote: > Between debhelper 3.0.26, and 3.0.31 dh_gencontrol changed, and no > longer works on the Hurd. I filed bug#100542, and exchanged a bit of email with Joey. 3.0.33 is now in incoming, with a fix for the problem. (Thanks Bob for send

Re: Debhelper: Do not upgrade

2001-06-11 Thread Bob Wilkinson
On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 11:57:27PM -0700, Jeff Bailey wrote: > Between debhelper 3.0.26, and 3.0.31 dh_gencontrol changed, and no > longer works on the Hurd. > > I haven't filed a bug yet, because I think this is exposing a > perl-on-hurd bug (dh_gencontrol works fine under Linux). > > I don't

RE: Hurd Orientation

2001-06-11 Thread Jim Franklin
personally I find the term newbie to be derogatory. anyone with the smarts and guts to try their hand at hacking the hurd deserves my repect. that is why i refer to them as new developers. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Patrick Strasser Sent:

Re: Debhelper: Do not upgrade

2001-06-11 Thread Colin Watson
Jeff Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 03:10:13AM -0400, Roland McGrath wrote: >> That may be because the empty string is a valid file name on the >> Hurd (it refers to the current directory), though it isn't on Linux. >> The perl program that uses the empty file name, when

Re: Debhelper: Do not upgrade

2001-06-11 Thread Jeff Bailey
On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 03:10:13AM -0400, Roland McGrath wrote: > That may be because the empty string is a valid file name on the > Hurd (it refers to the current directory), though it isn't on Linux. > The perl program that uses the empty file name, when what it really > intends is not to refer

Re: Debhelper: Do not upgrade

2001-06-11 Thread Yves Duret
On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 11:57:27PM -0700, Jeff Bailey wrote: > if (-e $varname) should test for the existance of a file, yes? yes (-e $varname) will do the test > perl 5.6.1-3 appears to be returning true when $varname is blank. I get this > theory because in verbose mode: must return and al

Re: Debhelper: Do not upgrade

2001-06-11 Thread Roland McGrath
That may be because the empty string is a valid file name on the Hurd (it refers to the current directory), though it isn't on Linux. The perl program that uses the empty file name, when what it really intends is not to refer to any file name, is buggy.

Re: Debhelper: Do not upgrade

2001-06-11 Thread Philip Charles
On Sun, 10 Jun 2001, Jeff Bailey wrote: > Between debhelper 3.0.26, and 3.0.31 dh_gencontrol changed, and no > longer works on the Hurd. > Would you keep me informed on progress please. 3.0.31 is the version in the archive. Phil. - Philip Charles; 39a Paterson St., Dunedin, New Zealand; +6

Re: Hurd F3 CDs

2001-06-11 Thread Philip Charles
On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > openssl is in non-us and up to date (see > http://hurd.sourceforge.net/turtle/group/Debian-non-US/package/openssl/index.html > for details). Good news. I suppose it will be in the archive in the next day or two. > openssh: We are waiting for the H

Debhelper: Do not upgrade

2001-06-11 Thread Jeff Bailey
Between debhelper 3.0.26, and 3.0.31 dh_gencontrol changed, and no longer works on the Hurd. I haven't filed a bug yet, because I think this is exposing a perl-on-hurd bug (dh_gencontrol works fine under Linux). I don't speak perl, so I might have this wrong, but: if (-e $varname) should test

integrating a new network driver

2001-06-11 Thread Ulrich Eckhardt
Hi folks ! I'm currently having a look had gnumach to figure out how to integrate support for a Netgear FA311. There are drivers for Linux2.2 available in source (GPL) and from what a brief look at the sources revealed, the interfacce didn't change that much. I have already had a look at i386/D

Re: Hurd F3 CDs

2001-06-11 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 05:16:51AM +, Philip Charles wrote: > On Sun, 10 Jun 2001, James Morrison wrote: > > > Will openssh and openssl be included on the F3 CD's? > > Sorry to say, no. They are not included in the Hurd archives. openssl is in non-us and up to date (see http://hurd.sourcefo

Re: Hurd F3 CDs

2001-06-11 Thread Philip Charles
On Sun, 10 Jun 2001, James Morrison wrote: > Will openssh and openssl be included on the F3 CD's? Sorry to say, no. They are not included in the Hurd archives. Phil. - Philip Charles; 39a Paterson St., Dunedin, New Zealand; +64 3 4882818 Mobile 025 267 9420. I sell GNU/Linux CDs. See http

Re: Hurd F3 CDs

2001-06-11 Thread Philip Charles
On Sun, 10 Jun 2001, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > I compiled and uploaded openldap, exim should now be doable. I can't do it > until the week after next, though, so someone else please beat me to it. I can wait another 10 - 12 days. > ae is fine. In it goes. > > It would be nice to have a new