Re: Why debhelper doesn't add /usr/doc/package links creation/removal ?

2002-08-02 Thread Ryszard Lach
On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 04:50:39PM -0400, Ari Pollak wrote: They are not being silently removed, but since none of the debhelper scripts for your package need to do anything, and since dh_installdocs no longer creates and removes symlinks, the debhelper section just stays empty.

Re: request for package review - serel

2002-08-02 Thread Andreas Metzler
[Resent because I accidentally sent this to Colin per Email, sorry.] Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 06:24:09PM +1000, Leni Mayo wrote: I am new to Debian and have packaged some software which lets the boot scripts (/etc/rc[12345].d) run in parallel. It also

Re: request for package review - serel

2002-08-02 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Aug 02, 2002 at 04:51:32PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] Leni Mayo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As this is the first release on debian, I'd be grateful if someone with more packaging experience than myself could take a look at it, especially since the

Re: Why debhelper doesn't add /usr/doc/package links creation/re

2002-08-02 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
Well, it seems we have to wait for new version of lintian in unstable. there is a bug on lintian, the solution is known. I am finishing up a project right now and then intend to devote several weeks to getting lintian up to speed. lintian is a sanity checker but you are free to

Re: Debconf questions and purge

2002-08-02 Thread Joey Hess
Jérôme Marant wrote: I need to merge the wwsympa package into sympa. Both packages use debconf. I wonder how I should merge wwsympa debconf templates into sympa's. In sympa, debconf variables start with sympa/ and wwsympa ones start with wwsympa/ If I keep the same variable

How to upgrade a conflicting package

2002-08-02 Thread Mikael Hedin
Hi, I have a package 'liba52-0.7.4-dev' that provides/conflicts/replaces 'liba52-dev'. There is also a 'liba52-0.7.3' with the same provide etc. The problem is I cannot install the newer package: zodiac:/home/micce# LANG=C dpkg -i liba52-0.7.4-dev_0.7.4-1_i386.deb dpkg: regarding

Re: request for package review - serel

2002-08-02 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
Ick, I didn't notice this thread earlier... On Fri, 02 Aug 2002, Andreas Metzler wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] Leni Mayo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] As this is the first release on debian, I'd be grateful if someone with more packaging experience than myself could take a look at

Re: Debconf questions and purge

2002-08-02 Thread Jérôme Marant
Joey Hess [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jérôme Marant wrote: I need to merge the wwsympa package into sympa. Both packages use debconf. I wonder how I should merge wwsympa debconf templates into sympa's. In sympa, debconf variables start with sympa/ and wwsympa ones start with

Re: Why debhelper doesn't add /usr/doc/package links creation/removal ?

2002-08-02 Thread Ryszard Lach
On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 04:50:39PM -0400, Ari Pollak wrote: They are not being silently removed, but since none of the debhelper scripts for your package need to do anything, and since dh_installdocs no longer creates and removes symlinks, the debhelper section just stays empty.

Re: request for package review - serel

2002-08-02 Thread Andreas Metzler
[Resent because I accidentally sent this to Colin per Email, sorry.] Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 06:24:09PM +1000, Leni Mayo wrote: I am new to Debian and have packaged some software which lets the boot scripts (/etc/rc[12345].d) run in parallel. It also

Re: request for package review - serel

2002-08-02 Thread Andreas Metzler
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] Leni Mayo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] As this is the first release on debian, I'd be grateful if someone with more packaging experience than myself could take a look at it, especially since the installation process patches /etc/init.d/rc. The .deb is at:

Re: request for package review - serel

2002-08-02 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Aug 02, 2002 at 04:51:32PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] Leni Mayo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As this is the first release on debian, I'd be grateful if someone with more packaging experience than myself could take a look at it, especially since the

Re: request for package review - serel

2002-08-02 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
Ick, I didn't notice this thread earlier... On Fri, 02 Aug 2002, Andreas Metzler wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] Leni Mayo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] As this is the first release on debian, I'd be grateful if someone with more packaging experience than myself could take a look at

Re: Why debhelper doesn't add /usr/doc/package links creation/re

2002-08-02 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
Well, it seems we have to wait for new version of lintian in unstable. there is a bug on lintian, the solution is known. I am finishing up a project right now and then intend to devote several weeks to getting lintian up to speed. lintian is a sanity checker but you are free to questions

Re: Debconf questions and purge

2002-08-02 Thread Joey Hess
Jérôme Marant wrote: I need to merge the wwsympa package into sympa. Both packages use debconf. I wonder how I should merge wwsympa debconf templates into sympa's. In sympa, debconf variables start with sympa/ and wwsympa ones start with wwsympa/ If I keep the same variable name,

How to upgrade a conflicting package

2002-08-02 Thread Mikael Hedin
Hi, I have a package 'liba52-0.7.4-dev' that provides/conflicts/replaces 'liba52-dev'. There is also a 'liba52-0.7.3' with the same provide etc. The problem is I cannot install the newer package: zodiac:/home/micce# LANG=C dpkg -i liba52-0.7.4-dev_0.7.4-1_i386.deb dpkg: regarding

Re: Debconf questions and purge

2002-08-02 Thread Ian Zimmerman
Jerome A same kind of problem is likely to happen for the conffiles Jerome and other non-conffiles configuration files that I move from Jerome wwsympa to sympa and that are been removed in wwsympa postrm. Joey I'm afraid you're on your own there; dpkg does not deal with Joey shared conffiles

Re: Debconf questions and purge

2002-08-02 Thread Jérôme Marant
Ian Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jerome A same kind of problem is likely to happen for the conffiles Jerome and other non-conffiles configuration files that I move from Jerome wwsympa to sympa and that are been removed in wwsympa postrm. Joey I'm afraid you're on your own there; dpkg

Re: Debconf questions and purge

2002-08-02 Thread Jérôme Marant
Joey Hess [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jérôme Marant wrote: I need to merge the wwsympa package into sympa. Both packages use debconf. I wonder how I should merge wwsympa debconf templates into sympa's. In sympa, debconf variables start with sympa/ and wwsympa ones start with