Databases and purging

2002-04-10 Thread Gunnar Wolf
When purging a package that created a database when it was set up, should I also destroy the database, or is it considered as users' data? -- Gunnar Wolf - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (+52-55)5623-1118 PGP key 1024D/8BB527AF 2001-10-23 Fingerprint: 0C79 D2D1 2C4E 9CE4 5973 F800 D80E F35A 8BB5 27AF --

Re: Databases and purging

2002-04-10 Thread Juan Alvarez
On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 08:58:41AM -0600, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > When purging a package that created a database when it was set up, should > I also destroy the database, or is it considered as users' data? i think: dpkg --purge package AFAIK, only remove global configuration files, but not databa

Re: Databases and purging

2002-04-10 Thread Andrea Mennucc
hi some packages simply ask the user e.g.: lprng mysql-server a. On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 08:58:41AM -0600, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > When purging a package that created a database when it was set up, should > I also destroy the database, or is it considered as users' data? > > -- > Gunnar Wolf

What to do about mksong.sh

2002-04-10 Thread Erik Rigtorp
Hi! My package tempest-for-eliza includes a script called mksong.sh, but I don't now were to install it. The script converts an mp3 file to a format readable by tempest-for-mp3. /Erik Rigtorp -- main(){int i,a,e[10]={255,137,129,129,0,255,25,41,70,128},s[16]={3,4,5,6, 6,6,5,4,3,2,1,0,0,0,1,2},

Re: Databases and purging

2002-04-10 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 10:32:19AM -0500, Juan Alvarez wrote: > your question its similar to: > > dpkg --purge bash, > > remove .bash_profile in the user home directory? oviously not (IMHO) This is not a similar situation, as .bash_profile is not created by the package installation process.

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

2002-04-10 Thread Kjetil Torgrim Homme
Andrea Mennucc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 'cd ..' is the wrong thing to do > > in bash , 'cd ..' takes away a directory from the `pwd` > > when `pwd` ends with a symlink, 'cd ..' > do not bring into .. > > in that case, `ls ..` shows the 'real' parent, 'cd ..' brings into > the 'convenienc

sponsor for libnjb and kionjb

2002-04-10 Thread Shaun Jackman
I am looking for a sponsor for two packages: libnjb and kionjb. libnjb is a shared library for communicating with the Creative Nomad JukeBox MP3 player. More information can be found at the libnjb web site: http://sf.net/projects/libnjb/ kionjb lets you view and manipulate the tracks on your

Databases and purging

2002-04-10 Thread Gunnar Wolf
When purging a package that created a database when it was set up, should I also destroy the database, or is it considered as users' data? -- Gunnar Wolf - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (+52-55)5623-1118 PGP key 1024D/8BB527AF 2001-10-23 Fingerprint: 0C79 D2D1 2C4E 9CE4 5973 F800 D80E F35A 8BB5 27AF --

Re: Databases and purging

2002-04-10 Thread Juan Alvarez
On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 08:58:41AM -0600, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > When purging a package that created a database when it was set up, should > I also destroy the database, or is it considered as users' data? i think: dpkg --purge package AFAIK, only remove global configuration files, but not databas

Re: Databases and purging

2002-04-10 Thread Andrea Mennucc
hi some packages simply ask the user e.g.: lprng mysql-server a. On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 08:58:41AM -0600, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > When purging a package that created a database when it was set up, should > I also destroy the database, or is it considered as users' data? > > -- > Gunnar Wolf

What to do about mksong.sh

2002-04-10 Thread Erik Rigtorp
Hi! My package tempest-for-eliza includes a script called mksong.sh, but I don't now were to install it. The script converts an mp3 file to a format readable by tempest-for-mp3. /Erik Rigtorp -- main(){int i,a,e[10]={255,137,129,129,0,255,25,41,70,128},s[16]={3,4,5,6, 6,6,5,4,3,2,1,0,0,0,1,2},n

Re: Databases and purging

2002-04-10 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 10:32:19AM -0500, Juan Alvarez wrote: > your question its similar to: > > dpkg --purge bash, > > remove .bash_profile in the user home directory? oviously not (IMHO) This is not a similar situation, as .bash_profile is not created by the package installation process. I

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

2002-04-10 Thread Kjetil Torgrim Homme
Andrea Mennucc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 'cd ..' is the wrong thing to do > > in bash , 'cd ..' takes away a directory from the `pwd` > > when `pwd` ends with a symlink, 'cd ..' > do not bring into .. > > in that case, `ls ..` shows the 'real' parent, 'cd ..' brings into > the 'convenience

sponsor for libnjb and kionjb

2002-04-10 Thread Shaun Jackman
I am looking for a sponsor for two packages: libnjb and kionjb. libnjb is a shared library for communicating with the Creative Nomad JukeBox MP3 player. More information can be found at the libnjb web site: http://sf.net/projects/libnjb/ kionjb lets you view and manipulate the tracks on your