Re: Problem with conffiles

2002-04-09 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 10:07:51PM +0200, Josef Spillner wrote: I have trouble installing configuration files into /etc. They're in the distribution, and are marked in DEBIAN/conffiles. However, they're unpacked as /etc/$name.dpkg-new, Yes, that's the normal way conffiles are unpacked.

Sponsor wanted for HL-HDF (High Level Interface for HDF5)

2002-04-09 Thread Francesc Alted
Hi, I am looking for a sponsor for HL-HDF. It's a high level interface to the Hierarchical Data Format, version 5, developed and maintained by the HDF group at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. HL-HDF also contains an

not 'cd ..' , was Re: Wierd bug report: /usr/share/.. = / ???

2002-04-09 Thread Andrea Mennucc
hi On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 01:05:41PM -0700, David Caldwell wrote: On 04/08/02 13:25:39 -0400 Adam C Powell IV wrote: I think it means you should fsck your disk. Possibly the '..' in /usr/share is pointing to the wrong directory (/ instead of /usr). What happens when you 'cd ..'

Looking for (another) advocate

2002-04-09 Thread Alastair McKinstry
Hi, I'm looking for a sponsor again. My previous (potential) advocate is unreachable.I've signed up (at nm.debian.org), and have a potential package ready to be assessed, and a key signed by a DD. Hi, I'm looking for a sponsor, to become a Debian Developer. =20 My interests are primarily in

Naming my Tempest for Eliza package

2002-04-09 Thread Erik Rigtorp
Hi! I'm packaging Tempest for Eliza, but I'm unsure what to name the package. The original tar file's name is tempest_for_eliza-1.0.5.tar.gz and the generated binarys namnes: tempest_for_eliza and tempest_for_eliza_mp3. I think those names are rather ugly. What about tempest-for-eliza or

Looking for advocate and sponsor

2002-04-09 Thread Kristis Makris
Hello, I'm looking for a person to advocate me in being a Debian developer. I'm also looking for a sponsor for uploading a package I've prepared called tkxcd, which is a Tk Diff front-end that is available at: http://www.public.asu.edu/~makrists/debian/tkxcd/

Re: Problem with conffiles

2002-04-09 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 10:07:51PM +0200, Josef Spillner wrote: I have trouble installing configuration files into /etc. They're in the distribution, and are marked in DEBIAN/conffiles. However, they're unpacked as /etc/$name.dpkg-new, Yes, that's the normal way conffiles are unpacked. and

Sponsor wanted for HL-HDF (High Level Interface for HDF5)

2002-04-09 Thread Francesc Alted
Hi, I am looking for a sponsor for HL-HDF. It's a high level interface to the Hierarchical Data Format, version 5, developed and maintained by the HDF group at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. HL-HDF also contains an

not 'cd ..' , was Re: Wierd bug report: /usr/share/.. = / ???

2002-04-09 Thread Andrea Mennucc
hi On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 01:05:41PM -0700, David Caldwell wrote: On 04/08/02 13:25:39 -0400 Adam C Powell IV wrote: I think it means you should fsck your disk. Possibly the '..' in /usr/share is pointing to the wrong directory (/ instead of /usr). What happens when you 'cd ..'

Looking for (another) advocate

2002-04-09 Thread Alastair McKinstry
Hi, I'm looking for a sponsor again. My previous (potential) advocate is unreachable.I've signed up (at nm.debian.org), and have a potential package ready to be assessed, and a key signed by a DD. Hi, I'm looking for a sponsor, to become a Debian Developer. =20 My interests are primarily in

Naming my Tempest for Eliza package

2002-04-09 Thread Erik Rigtorp
Hi! I'm packaging Tempest for Eliza, but I'm unsure what to name the package. The original tar file's name is tempest_for_eliza-1.0.5.tar.gz and the generated binarys namnes: tempest_for_eliza and tempest_for_eliza_mp3. I think those names are rather ugly. What about tempest-for-eliza or

Looking for advocate and sponsor

2002-04-09 Thread Kristis Makris
Hello, I'm looking for a person to advocate me in being a Debian developer. I'm also looking for a sponsor for uploading a package I've prepared called tkxcd, which is a Tk Diff front-end that is available at: http://www.public.asu.edu/~makrists/debian/tkxcd/