How to make a package version different from the source version?

2002-08-28 Thread Jérôme Marant
Hi, I would like to split a single source tarball that contains multiple components which have their own version. These versions are different from the main tarball version. It looks like the python-gnome package does this, but I cannot see exactly how it works. How can I perform

Re: lintian bug? could not unpack to the desired level

2002-08-28 Thread Marc Haber
On Tue, 27 Aug 2002 10:37:07 +0100, Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For what it's worth, I get exactly the same problem when running lintian in an unstable chroot on my woody system. I don't believe it has anything to do with the packages (which are processed fine on my laptop), but I

Re: lintian bug? could not unpack to the desired level

2002-08-28 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 12:37:38PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: This is actually a perl 5.8 issue. Could reproduce the problem with a sid chroot with perl 5.8, while lintian works fine in a non-chroot sid with perl 5.6 and a chroot sid with perl 5.6. No, I didn't try that on a non-chrooted sid

Re: User interaction in postinst

2002-08-28 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
* Roger Leigh | From what I have read about debconf, the questions it asks are static. | However, in this case, I can't generate the questions until the | package is installed: the translations are gettext .mo files in the | gimpprint-locales package (which may be not installed or incomplete),

How to make a package version different from the source version?

2002-08-28 Thread Jérôme Marant
Hi, I would like to split a single source tarball that contains multiple components which have their own version. These versions are different from the main tarball version. It looks like the python-gnome package does this, but I cannot see exactly how it works. How can I perform

Re: lintian bug? could not unpack to the desired level

2002-08-28 Thread Marc Haber
On Tue, 27 Aug 2002 10:37:07 +0100, Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For what it's worth, I get exactly the same problem when running lintian in an unstable chroot on my woody system. I don't believe it has anything to do with the packages (which are processed fine on my laptop), but I

Re: lintian bug? could not unpack to the desired level

2002-08-28 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 12:37:38PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: This is actually a perl 5.8 issue. Could reproduce the problem with a sid chroot with perl 5.8, while lintian works fine in a non-chroot sid with perl 5.6 and a chroot sid with perl 5.6. No, I didn't try that on a non-chrooted sid

Re: User interaction in postinst

2002-08-28 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
* Roger Leigh | From what I have read about debconf, the questions it asks are static. | However, in this case, I can't generate the questions until the | package is installed: the translations are gettext .mo files in the | gimpprint-locales package (which may be not installed or incomplete), |