emDebian: porting to set-top

2001-02-01 Thread Patrick Barr
Hi fokes. I know that /. has got a big thing about setting up a linux based set top box... but I'm just wondering, has anyone worked on the emdebian project here?? hows it going?? would it be easy to port that to higher speced hardware, and set it up for set top use (i.e play

GPG Signature in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2001-02-01 Thread Aubin Paul
Hi, I was hoping to find a maintainer in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, who wouldn't mind meeting me and signing my GPG key. It's nearly the last step for me in the NM process, and I'm hoping someone will be able to help me out. Regards, Aubin -- "PUNK IS: a belief that this world is what we make

Q: How-To Submit patches

2001-02-01 Thread Martin Albert
Hello! I'm looking for info/doc/scripts/hints on proper / practical ways to submit patches. Of interest to me is also the proper way to generate a patch to a single file - what is the best point in the dir structure to start? Toplevel, ../Toplevel, ... ? But currently i do have fixes for

Re: emDebian: porting to set-top

2001-02-01 Thread Andreas Schuldei
* Patrick Barr ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010201 07:54]: I know that /. has got a big thing about setting up a linux based set top box... but I'm just wondering, has anyone worked on the emdebian project here?? hows it going?? would it be easy to port that to higher I would say it is dead. I

getting debian mail-archiv to read at home?

2001-02-01 Thread Andreas Schuldei
I want to read up on debian-bsd. I would like to do that in a convenient and well supported manner. Can I get the whole mbox (from where?) and read it at home? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Q: How-To Submit patches

2001-02-01 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 31-Jan-2001 Martin Albert wrote: Hello! I'm looking for info/doc/scripts/hints on proper / practical ways to submit patches. Of interest to me is also the proper way to generate a patch to a single file - what is the best point in the dir structure to start? Toplevel, ../Toplevel,

debuild doesn't work

2001-02-01 Thread Christian Marillat
Hi, I've this error (with sid) : I don't know wath's wrong. Christian $ debuild -rfakeroot dpkg-buildpackage: source package is gtktalog dpkg-buildpackage: source version is 1:0.11.1-1 dpkg-buildpackage: source maintainer is Christian Marillat [EMAIL PROTECTED] dpkg-buildpackage: build

Depending on 2.4

2001-02-01 Thread Patrick Caulfield
I'm currently packaging the DECnet progs and they are dependant on a 2.4 kernel, is there any recommended way to enforce this or should I just put a check in the startup script and a note in the description? Another thing it does is to change the MAC address of any/all ethernet cards in the

Re: Depending on 2.4

2001-02-01 Thread sharkey
Another thing it does is to change the MAC address of any/all ethernet cards in the system (requiring a reboot). Why do you need to reboot just to change the MAC? Eric -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: dpkg-statoverride sucks

2001-02-01 Thread Drew Parsons
On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 08:25:31AM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote: On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 12:02:16PM +, Julian Gilbey wrote: dpkg-statoverride is only for the sysadmin to change things *from* their normal settings. But that doesn't explain why it says the directory doesn't exist..

Bug#84395: ITP: z81 - Sinclair ZX8[01] emulator

2001-02-01 Thread Christopher Allen
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Description: Z81/Z81txt/xz81 are ZX81 (TS1000) and ZX80 emulators for (respectively) svgalib, text mode, and X. They load/save Xtender-format .P files, and support the ZX81's pseudo-hi-res mode. A few ZX81-related utils, GIFs of the keyboard

Maintainer qualification

2001-02-01 Thread Torsten Landschoff
On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 08:13:57AM +0100, Martin Schulze wrote: You should always be able to backport a patch. If not, I'm sorry, but that this should be one quality of a Debian maintainer, you lack something... You must be kidding. We can't expect from any maintainer the ability to be able

Re: Depending on 2.4

2001-02-01 Thread Gordon Sadler
On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 02:54:34PM +, Patrick Caulfield wrote: I'm currently packaging the DECnet progs and they are dependant on a 2.4 kernel, is there any recommended way to enforce this or should I just put a check in the startup script and a note in the description? Another thing it

Re: Depending on 2.4

2001-02-01 Thread kimo_sabe
On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 05:08:22PM -0600, Gordon Sadler wrote: On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 02:54:34PM +, Patrick Caulfield wrote: I'm currently packaging the DECnet progs and they are dependant on a 2.4 kernel, is there any recommended way to enforce this or should I just put a check in the

Re: Q: How-To Submit patches

2001-02-01 Thread Martin Bialasinski
* "Martin" == Martin Albert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, So recipient has to use patch -p1 (or rename his archive) right? Do you tell them or just let'em figure it out? You can expect that every developer knows how to use patch and that he will first inspect the file you sent him before

Re: Maintainer qualification

2001-02-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
"Torsten" == Torsten Landschoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Torsten On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 08:13:57AM +0100, Martin Schulze wrote: You should always be able to backport a patch. If not, I'm sorry, but that this should be one quality of a Debian maintainer, you lack something... Torsten

Re: Maintainer qualification

2001-02-01 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 03:35:53PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: Have we accepted that mediocrity is really our lot? What happened to the quest for excellence? I joined an effort to create the *BEST* distribution of linux, not merely a feel good, prolific one. How about

Re: Maintainer qualification

2001-02-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
"Marcus" == Marcus Brinkmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Marcus On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 03:35:53PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: Have we accepted that mediocrity is really our lot? What happened to the quest for excellence? I joined an effort to create the *BEST* distribution of linux,

Re: GPG Signature in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2001-02-01 Thread Christian T. Steigies
On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 11:46:01PM -0500, H. S. Teoh wrote: I'm in Toronto, and I can probably sign your key (depends on the schedule). Dirk Eddelbuettel is another Debian developer in Toronto who can do that (in fact, he was the one who signed my key). I'm not sure if Dirk is subscribed to

Re: emDebian: porting to set-top

2001-02-01 Thread Andreas Schuldei
* Patrick Barr ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010201 07:54]: I know that /. has got a big thing about setting up a linux based set top box... but I'm just wondering, has anyone worked on the emdebian project here?? hows it going?? would it be easy to port that to higher I would say it is dead. I Used

getting debian mail-archiv to read at home?

2001-02-01 Thread Andreas Schuldei
I want to read up on debian-bsd. I would like to do that in a convenient and well supported manner. Can I get the whole mbox (from where?) and read it at home?

Depending on 2.4

2001-02-01 Thread Patrick Caulfield
I'm currently packaging the DECnet progs and they are dependant on a 2.4 kernel, is there any recommended way to enforce this or should I just put a check in the startup script and a note in the description? Another thing it does is to change the MAC address of any/all ethernet cards in the

Re: Depending on 2.4

2001-02-01 Thread sharkey
Another thing it does is to change the MAC address of any/all ethernet cards in the system (requiring a reboot). Why do you need to reboot just to change the MAC? Eric

Bug#84395: ITP: z81 - Sinclair ZX8[01] emulator

2001-02-01 Thread Christopher Allen
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Description: Z81/Z81txt/xz81 are ZX81 (TS1000) and ZX80 emulators for (respectively) svgalib, text mode, and X. They load/save Xtender-format .P files, and support the ZX81's pseudo-hi-res mode. A few ZX81-related utils, GIFs of the keyboard

Maintainer qualification

2001-02-01 Thread Torsten Landschoff
On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 08:13:57AM +0100, Martin Schulze wrote: You should always be able to backport a patch. If not, I'm sorry, but that this should be one quality of a Debian maintainer, you lack something... You must be kidding. We can't expect from any maintainer the ability to be able

Re: dpkg-statoverride sucks

2001-02-01 Thread Joey Hess
Drew Parsons wrote: Anyway, I tried also using dpkg-statoverride in postinst to set the mode for /usr/lib/games/mirrormagic, not just /var/lib... and do get the same problem: warning: --update given but /usr/lib/games/mirrormagic does not exist So does that mean this part of the problem is

Re: Maintainer qualification

2001-02-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Torsten == Torsten Landschoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Torsten On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 08:13:57AM +0100, Martin Schulze wrote: You should always be able to backport a patch. If not, I'm sorry, but that this should be one quality of a Debian maintainer, you lack something... Torsten You

Re: Maintainer qualification

2001-02-01 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 03:35:53PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: Have we accepted that mediocrity is really our lot? What happened to the quest for excellence? I joined an effort to create the *BEST* distribution of linux, not merely a feel good, prolific one. How about accepting

Re: Depending on 2.4

2001-02-01 Thread Gordon Sadler
On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 02:54:34PM +, Patrick Caulfield wrote: I'm currently packaging the DECnet progs and they are dependant on a 2.4 kernel, is there any recommended way to enforce this or should I just put a check in the startup script and a note in the description? Another thing

Re: Depending on 2.4

2001-02-01 Thread kimo_sabe
On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 05:08:22PM -0600, Gordon Sadler wrote: On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 02:54:34PM +, Patrick Caulfield wrote: I'm currently packaging the DECnet progs and they are dependant on a 2.4 kernel, is there any recommended way to enforce this or should I just put a check in

Re: Depending on 2.4

2001-02-01 Thread Ben Collins
On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 10:12:56AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another thing it does is to change the MAC address of any/all ethernet cards in the system (requiring a reboot). Why do you need to reboot just to change the MAC? Yeah, I would think bringing the interfaces down and

Re: Q: How-To Submit patches

2001-02-01 Thread Martin Bialasinski
* Martin == Martin Albert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, So recipient has to use patch -p1 (or rename his archive) right? Do you tell them or just let'em figure it out? You can expect that every developer knows how to use patch and that he will first inspect the file you sent him before

Re: Maintainer qualification

2001-02-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Marcus == Marcus Brinkmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Marcus On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 03:35:53PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: Have we accepted that mediocrity is really our lot? What happened to the quest for excellence? I joined an effort to create the *BEST* distribution of linux, not

Re: Maintainer qualification

2001-02-01 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 08:47:34PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: No, Marcus. Mediocrity is not synonymous with inexperience -- I know a number of excellent people who would readily admit that they do not know a field. You are loosing me. I have lost track of what you want to say,

emDebian: porting to set-top

2001-02-01 Thread Patrick Barr
Hi fokes. I know that /. has got a big thing about setting up a linux based set top box... but I'm just wondering, has anyone worked on the emdebian project here?? hows it going?? would it be easy to port that to higher speced hardware, and set it up for set top use (i.e play