ldconfig in postinst

2001-09-03 Thread Drew Parsons
My package meschach has a shared library. Previously, I called ldconfig in the postinst to get the library registered (it was made mandatory in Policy 2.4.1.0). But I've noticed just now as I prepare a new upload that lintain complains, saying, W: meschach:

Re: ldconfig in postinst

2001-09-03 Thread Domenico Andreoli
On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 08:44:40PM +1000, Drew Parsons wrote: My package meschach has a shared library. Previously, I called ldconfig in the postinst to get the library registered (it was made mandatory in Policy 2.4.1.0). But I've noticed just now as I prepare a new upload that lintain

Re: Private gnupg key los :-O, keysign request

2001-09-03 Thread Torsten Landschoff
On Sat, Jul 14, 2001 at 11:45:54AM +0200, Martin Michlmayr wrote: * Andreas Rottmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] [20010713 15:36]: What should I do to get the key replaced? I assume it has to be signed by a debian developer, but afterwards? Then send it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with an explanation.

I am trying to learn how to build packages.

2001-09-03 Thread William
Not sure what to put in this field. I was directed here by someone. - Will -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: I am trying to learn how to build packages.

2001-09-03 Thread Domenico Andreoli
On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 02:17:03PM +0100, William wrote: Not sure what to put in this field. I was directed here by someone. which field? better to start from the beginning, please visit - http://www.debian.org/devel/ - http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ -

Re: ldconfig in postinst

2001-09-03 Thread Drew Parsons
On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 02:08:00PM +0200, Domenico Andreoli wrote: But I've noticed just now as I prepare a new upload that lintain complains, saying, W: meschach: postinst-has-useless-call-to-ldconfig anyway there was a bug (#109721) and lintian reported this warning even if

Help building packages.

2001-09-03 Thread William
Hi, I am relatively new at attempting to build source/binary packages. I've been looking for information online and this is what I have to go on. Any pointers would be really helpful. The first thing that I did was to use dpkg-deb. My first question is, what are control/changelog files and

Re: Sed Awk

2001-09-03 Thread Dan Souza
Thanks. The command which i was looking for was fold or fmt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ldconfig in postinst

2001-09-03 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, 3 Sep 2001, Drew Parsons wrote: W: meschach: postinst-has-useless-call-to-ldconfig (and do I need to put dpkg-shlibdeps in debian/rules somewhere? It seems fine without it) My postinst is: #!/bin/sh # meschach.postinst, runs ldconfig set -e case $1 in configure)

ldconfig in postinst

2001-09-03 Thread Drew Parsons
My package meschach has a shared library. Previously, I called ldconfig in the postinst to get the library registered (it was made mandatory in Policy 2.4.1.0). But I've noticed just now as I prepare a new upload that lintain complains, saying, W: meschach: postinst-has-useless-call-to-ldconfig

Re: ldconfig in postinst

2001-09-03 Thread Domenico Andreoli
On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 08:44:40PM +1000, Drew Parsons wrote: My package meschach has a shared library. Previously, I called ldconfig in the postinst to get the library registered (it was made mandatory in Policy 2.4.1.0). But I've noticed just now as I prepare a new upload that lintain

Re: Private gnupg key los :-O, keysign request

2001-09-03 Thread Torsten Landschoff
On Sat, Jul 14, 2001 at 11:45:54AM +0200, Martin Michlmayr wrote: * Andreas Rottmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] [20010713 15:36]: What should I do to get the key replaced? I assume it has to be signed by a debian developer, but afterwards? Then send it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with an explanation.

I am trying to learn how to build packages.

2001-09-03 Thread William
Not sure what to put in this field. I was directed here by someone. - Will

Re: I am trying to learn how to build packages.

2001-09-03 Thread Domenico Andreoli
On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 02:17:03PM +0100, William wrote: Not sure what to put in this field. I was directed here by someone. which field? better to start from the beginning, please visit - http://www.debian.org/devel/ - http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ -

Re: ldconfig in postinst

2001-09-03 Thread Drew Parsons
On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 02:08:00PM +0200, Domenico Andreoli wrote: But I've noticed just now as I prepare a new upload that lintain complains, saying, W: meschach: postinst-has-useless-call-to-ldconfig anyway there was a bug (#109721) and lintian reported this warning even if you

Help building packages.

2001-09-03 Thread William
Hi, I am relatively new at attempting to build source/binary packages. I've been looking for information online and this is what I have to go on. Any pointers would be really helpful. The first thing that I did was to use dpkg-deb. My first question is, what are control/changelog files and

Re: Sed Awk

2001-09-03 Thread Dan Souza
Thanks. The command which i was looking for was fold or fmt

Re: ldconfig in postinst

2001-09-03 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, 3 Sep 2001, Drew Parsons wrote: W: meschach: postinst-has-useless-call-to-ldconfig (and do I need to put dpkg-shlibdeps in debian/rules somewhere? It seems fine without it) My postinst is: #!/bin/sh # meschach.postinst, runs ldconfig set -e case $1 in configure)

Re: Help building packages.

2001-09-03 Thread Colin Walters
William [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The first thing that I did was to use dpkg-deb. My first question is, what are control/changelog files and how would I create one? Everytime I try to package something, it tries to locate 'debian/control' or 'debian/changelog'. The only thing that seems to

Re: Help building packages.

2001-09-03 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 04:26:02PM +0100, William wrote: I am relatively new at attempting to build source/binary packages. I've been looking for information online and this is what I have to go on. Any pointers would be really helpful. The first thing that I did was to use dpkg-deb. My