ADSL

1999-07-13 Thread Sera Hill
I'm a Linux newbie! I've been trying to get ADSL to work on Debian, but to no avail. I've used winipcfg to find out the information I need, but Linux is still having problems resolving webSite addresses, especially when I run dselect. Some of the information that the network config file asks fro

Re: cgi script question: copied or linked?

1999-07-13 Thread Roderick Schertler
On Mon, 05 Jul 1999 20:33:47 +0200, Eduardo Fernandez Corrales <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > The prog I am packaging is a perl script that can also be used as a cgi > program. > > Should I copy it to /usr/lib/cgi-bin or just make a symlink from > /usr/lib/cgi-bin/ to /usr/bin/ ? I'd say, neither.

Re: add line to /etc/services

1999-07-13 Thread Samuel Tardieu
On 13/07, Radovan Garabik wrote: | I am packaging a program | (http://melkor.dnp.fmph.uniba.sk/~garabik/xtell.html) | which is a daemon, and can run from inetd. As such, it needs | an entry in /etc/services. What is the best way to add a line | to the file? Currently I am using This is fully cove

Downloading Debian

1999-07-13 Thread Rad Bhatt
Hello... I've used Slackware & Red Hat.. I heard Debian is really good.. and I want to try it out., but i'm confused about what directories I need to download.. Do you make root disks / boot disks? If so which file I use to boot & install install Debian.. But more importantly.. i'm not sure

RE: add line to /etc/services

1999-07-13 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
Contact the netbase author and a) ask them to add the needed item b) ask them if update-inetd is ok, or if not could a better solution be found. Offer to help code it or ask on the -devel list.

add line to /etc/services

1999-07-13 Thread Radovan Garabik
I am packaging a program (http://melkor.dnp.fmph.uniba.sk/~garabik/xtell.html) which is a daemon, and can run from inetd. As such, it needs an entry in /etc/services. What is the best way to add a line to the file? Currently I am using update-inetd --file /etc/services --add 'xtell 4224/tcp # xt

kernel-patch package

1999-07-13 Thread Gregory T. Norris
I need to put together a kernel-patch package for devfs. Unfortunately, the existing ones seem a bit confusing (to say the least)... Any suggestions on how to set this up "debian-style"? Thanx!

Removing a conffile

1999-07-13 Thread Mark Brown
What is the safest way to remove a conffile from a package while preserving the users' data? I think that I need to move it away in preinst, but when testing it seems that that may not be needed. -- Mark Brown mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trying to avoid grumpiness) http://www.tardi

Re: Packages.gz

1999-07-13 Thread Stephen Carpenter
On Sun, Jul 11, 1999 at 10:16:34PM -0600, Gwyneth Lloyd-Jones wrote: > I am currently working on some packages and had a question. When I > finish with my packages, do I add them manualy to the Packages.gz > file? I can't seem to find any information on any automated way of > doing so. I was ho

Re: NMU's

1999-07-13 Thread Christopher C Chimelis
On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, chris mckillop wrote: > So, in my efforts to be useful. > > I would like to help hunt out and squash some of the bugs currently > listed on bugs.debian.org. However, it would seem that a little caution > is in order. How should I approach submitting the fixes I