Re: gawk

2001-04-01 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 11:03:19AM -0800, Jeff Bailey wrote: > And make can't cope with the :'s in the directory. > > Who should see this bug? Turtle for creating the directory in the > first place? Gawk for using a colon in the version number? Or Make > for not

Re: gawk

2001-04-01 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On 20010331T185601+0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > On Sat, Mar 31, 2001 at 03:08:18PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: > > Perhaps "colon": [...]/package/gawk/version/1colon3.0.6-1 > > Packages using epochs will always use them, > > No, they might h

Re: gawk

2001-04-01 Thread Robert Bihlmeyer
Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The policy lists "alphanumeric, :, ., +, -" as possible characters. I take > alphanumeric as _a-zA-Z0-9 (underscore, letters and digits). I wouldn't include _ in alphanumerics. If it is indeed not allowed, it would be the most conventional choice. [

Re: gawk

2001-03-31 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
ting. > > Perhaps "colon": [...]/package/gawk/version/1colon3.0.6-1 > > Packages using epochs will always use them, No, they might have used this in older versions, before using epochs. > so it is impossible that a > different version of the same package, when repl

Re: gawk

2001-03-31 Thread Niels Möller
Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, Mar 31, 2001 at 01:39:05PM +0200, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote: > > Jeff Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > And make can't cope with the :'s in the directory. > > > > That's probably a know limitation in make, colon being a special > > c

Re: gawk

2001-03-31 Thread Santiago Vila
> Do you have a good suggestion for what to sbstitute for the : ? > It must be something that can never be a different valid version number in > Debian and works with make and at other places without special quoting. Perhaps "colon": [...]/package/gawk/version/1colon3.0.6-1 Pa

Re: gawk

2001-03-31 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Sat, Mar 31, 2001 at 01:39:05PM +0200, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote: > Jeff Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > And make can't cope with the :'s in the directory. > > That's probably a know limitation in make, colon being a special > character and all ... I don't think you can quote it, and tha

Re: gawk

2001-03-31 Thread Robert Bihlmeyer
h. > Turtle for creating the directory in the first place? Working around this problem with make seems like the best idea. Since Marcus is probably reading this, it's also the fastest path ... . > Gawk for using a colon in the version number? Nope, epochs are standard practice. -

gawk

2001-03-30 Thread Jeff Bailey
I was beating on gawk this morning before work, and I've discovered why it won't compile: The following command is run (chained through the root Makefile, from debian/rules): /disk1/build-dir/group/Debian/package/gawk/version/1:3.0.6-1/gawk-3.0.6# make -d info datadir=/disk1/build