Re: substvar in Arch:

2002-09-09 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Stefano Zacchiroli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi mentors, > is possible to have an Arch: field defined by a substvar? > > Our problem (with our = debian ocaml maintainers) is that ocaml native > code compiler isn't available for all architectures supported by debian, > and, even if we have a

Re: How to upload non-us package?

2002-09-09 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 08:39:09PM +0200, Ryszard Lach wrote: > Can you remind me where should I upload a non-us package? non-us.debian.org. By scp, upload to /org/non-us.debian.org/incoming/. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: substvar in Arch:

2002-09-09 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Stefano Zacchiroli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi mentors, > is possible to have an Arch: field defined by a substvar? > > Our problem (with our = debian ocaml maintainers) is that ocaml native > code compiler isn't available for all architectures supported by debian, > and, even if we have

Re: How to upload non-us package?

2002-09-09 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 08:39:09PM +0200, Ryszard Lach wrote: > Can you remind me where should I upload a non-us package? non-us.debian.org. By scp, upload to /org/non-us.debian.org/incoming/. -- Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [E

Re: Multiple Binary and man pages

2002-09-09 Thread Roger Leigh
Sven LUTHER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Sep 08, 2002 at 08:21:09PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > > > > Provided your packages conflict, you can make two files, > > debian/server.conf.5 and debian/server-enhanced.conf.5. Make the latter > > have the same .TH line at the top as does the forme

Re: problem replacing package

2002-09-09 Thread Mark Brown
On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 08:13:13PM +0200, Matus fantomas Uhlar wrote: > -> Look at how the atlas2 package does this. > I did it - it seems it has multiple modules for multiple instruction sets. > However, that would require me to recompile those packages which sems like > no good idea (it will be

Re: Multiple Binary and man pages

2002-09-09 Thread Roger Leigh
Sven LUTHER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Sep 08, 2002 at 08:21:09PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > > > > Provided your packages conflict, you can make two files, > > debian/server.conf.5 and debian/server-enhanced.conf.5. Make the latter > > have the same .TH line at the top as does the form

Providing a stub to avoid problem packaging?

2002-09-09 Thread Stephen Peters
So, I'm working on a Java package (Jakarta's commons-httpclient) that requires the JSSE [1] to compile, although it doesn't require it to run. There are legal issues with the JSSE package that would prevent it from being packaged for Debian, however [2]. One workaround I can think of for this cas

How to upload non-us package?

2002-09-09 Thread Ryszard Lach
Hi! Can you remind me where should I upload a non-us package? TIA Richard. -- "First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win." - Mohandas Gandhi.

Re: problem replacing package

2002-09-09 Thread Mark Brown
On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 08:13:13PM +0200, Matus fantomas Uhlar wrote: > -> Look at how the atlas2 package does this. > I did it - it seems it has multiple modules for multiple instruction sets. > However, that would require me to recompile those packages which sems like > no good idea (it will b

Re: problem replacing package

2002-09-09 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 08:06:58PM +0200, Matus fantomas Uhlar wrote: > -> Not if other packages declare *versioned* dependencies on it. > > hmmm should I now blame someone or is it unexpected situation that is not > expected to happen and there is no solution now (except the one below)? It's be

Re: problem replacing package

2002-09-09 Thread Matus fantomas Uhlar
-> > I'd like to do it that way that my package would not cause any conflicts, -> > and would not be automatically replacedm therefore I think it would be best -> > to name these packages like "$package-$cpu" -> -> Look at how the atlas2 package does this. I did it - it seems it has multiple modu

Re: problem replacing package

2002-09-09 Thread Matus fantomas Uhlar
-> > -> That would require versioned dependencies on virtual packages (versioned -> > -> Provides:) to work, but they don't. You'll probably have to use -> > -> something like a high epoch instead. -> > -> > Pardon? Does that mean there's no possibility to provide one package bye -> > another one,

Providing a stub to avoid problem packaging?

2002-09-09 Thread Stephen Peters
So, I'm working on a Java package (Jakarta's commons-httpclient) that requires the JSSE [1] to compile, although it doesn't require it to run. There are legal issues with the JSSE package that would prevent it from being packaged for Debian, however [2]. One workaround I can think of for this ca

Re: problem replacing package

2002-09-09 Thread Mark Brown
On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 06:19:08PM +0200, Matus fantomas Uhlar wrote: > I'd like to do it that way that my package would not cause any conflicts, > and would not be automatically replacedm therefore I think it would be best > to name these packages like "$package-$cpu" Look at how the atlas2 pack

Re: problem replacing package

2002-09-09 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 07:02:34PM +0200, Matus fantomas Uhlar wrote: > Colin Watson wrote: > -> That would require versioned dependencies on virtual packages (versioned > -> Provides:) to work, but they don't. You'll probably have to use > -> something like a high epoch instead. > > Pardon? Does

Re: problem replacing package

2002-09-09 Thread Bastian Kleineidam
On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 06:19:08PM +0200, Matus fantomas Uhlar wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to compile some packages optimised for my processor. I have k6 > at home and pentiumII at work, and would like to speed up some programs > running on those. How about installing pentiumbuilder, configu

Re: problem replacing package

2002-09-09 Thread Matus fantomas Uhlar
-> On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 06:19:08PM +0200, Matus fantomas Uhlar wrote: -> > I tried to unpack libogg0 package, change its name to libogg0-k6, and add -> > these to control file: -> > -> > Provides: libogg0 -> > Replaces: libogg0 -> > Conflicts: libogg0 -> > -> > However, when trying to install

Re: problem replacing package

2002-09-09 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 06:19:08PM +0200, Matus fantomas Uhlar wrote: > Problem: > > I tried to unpack libogg0 package, change its name to libogg0-k6, and add > these to control file: > > Provides: libogg0 > Replaces: libogg0 > Conflicts: libogg0 > > However, when trying to install this, i got s

substvar in Arch:

2002-09-09 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
Hi mentors, is possible to have an Arch: field defined by a substvar? Our problem (with our = debian ocaml maintainers) is that ocaml native code compiler isn't available for all architectures supported by debian, and, even if we have a bytecode compiler available everywhere, we can want to have

Re: problem replacing package

2002-09-09 Thread Leo Costela
On Mon, 2002-09-09 at 13:19, Matus "fantomas" Uhlar wrote: > Provides: libogg0 > Replaces: libogg0 > Conflicts: libogg0 > > However, when trying to install this, i got some errors about other packages > depending on libogg0, thus libogg0 was not removed, and my package was not > installed. dpkg

Re: Multiple Binary and man pages

2002-09-09 Thread Joey Hess
> I've tried the solution proposed by Joey (using the .TH field in the > man source), but it didn't work... so I think the only way is to do > it manually as many of you have suggested. Oh hmm, I'd forgotten that the .TH line typically has the man page name in all upper-case, which means there is

problem replacing package

2002-09-09 Thread Matus \"fantomas\" Uhlar
Hello, I would like to compile some packages optimised for my processor. I have k6 at home and pentiumII at work, and would like to speed up some programs running on those. I'd like to do it that way that my package would not cause any conflicts, and would not be automatically replacedm therefore

How to upload non-us package?

2002-09-09 Thread Ryszard Lach
Hi! Can you remind me where should I upload a non-us package? TIA Richard. -- "First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win." - Mohandas Gandhi. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTE

Re: problem replacing package

2002-09-09 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 08:06:58PM +0200, Matus fantomas Uhlar wrote: > -> Not if other packages declare *versioned* dependencies on it. > > hmmm should I now blame someone or is it unexpected situation that is not > expected to happen and there is no solution now (except the one below)? It's b

Re: problem replacing package

2002-09-09 Thread Matus fantomas Uhlar
-> > I'd like to do it that way that my package would not cause any conflicts, -> > and would not be automatically replacedm therefore I think it would be best -> > to name these packages like "$package-$cpu" -> -> Look at how the atlas2 package does this. I did it - it seems it has multiple mod

Re: problem replacing package

2002-09-09 Thread Matus fantomas Uhlar
-> > -> That would require versioned dependencies on virtual packages (versioned -> > -> Provides:) to work, but they don't. You'll probably have to use -> > -> something like a high epoch instead. -> > -> > Pardon? Does that mean there's no possibility to provide one package bye -> > another one

Re: problem replacing package

2002-09-09 Thread Mark Brown
On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 06:19:08PM +0200, Matus fantomas Uhlar wrote: > I'd like to do it that way that my package would not cause any conflicts, > and would not be automatically replacedm therefore I think it would be best > to name these packages like "$package-$cpu" Look at how the atlas2 pac

Re: problem replacing package

2002-09-09 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 07:02:34PM +0200, Matus fantomas Uhlar wrote: > Colin Watson wrote: > -> That would require versioned dependencies on virtual packages (versioned > -> Provides:) to work, but they don't. You'll probably have to use > -> something like a high epoch instead. > > Pardon? Does

Re: problem replacing package

2002-09-09 Thread Bastian Kleineidam
On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 06:19:08PM +0200, Matus fantomas Uhlar wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to compile some packages optimised for my processor. I have k6 > at home and pentiumII at work, and would like to speed up some programs > running on those. How about installing pentiumbuilder, config

Re: problem replacing package

2002-09-09 Thread Matus fantomas Uhlar
-> On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 06:19:08PM +0200, Matus fantomas Uhlar wrote: -> > I tried to unpack libogg0 package, change its name to libogg0-k6, and add -> > these to control file: -> > -> > Provides: libogg0 -> > Replaces: libogg0 -> > Conflicts: libogg0 -> > -> > However, when trying to install

Re: problem replacing package

2002-09-09 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 06:19:08PM +0200, Matus fantomas Uhlar wrote: > Problem: > > I tried to unpack libogg0 package, change its name to libogg0-k6, and add > these to control file: > > Provides: libogg0 > Replaces: libogg0 > Conflicts: libogg0 > > However, when trying to install this, i got

substvar in Arch:

2002-09-09 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
Hi mentors, is possible to have an Arch: field defined by a substvar? Our problem (with our = debian ocaml maintainers) is that ocaml native code compiler isn't available for all architectures supported by debian, and, even if we have a bytecode compiler available everywhere, we can want to hav

Re: problem replacing package

2002-09-09 Thread Leo Costela
On Mon, 2002-09-09 at 13:19, Matus "fantomas" Uhlar wrote: > Provides: libogg0 > Replaces: libogg0 > Conflicts: libogg0 > > However, when trying to install this, i got some errors about other packages > depending on libogg0, thus libogg0 was not removed, and my package was not > installed. dpkg

Re: Multiple Binary and man pages

2002-09-09 Thread Joey Hess
> I've tried the solution proposed by Joey (using the .TH field in the > man source), but it didn't work... so I think the only way is to do > it manually as many of you have suggested. Oh hmm, I'd forgotten that the .TH line typically has the man page name in all upper-case, which means there i

problem replacing package

2002-09-09 Thread Matus \"fantomas\" Uhlar
Hello, I would like to compile some packages optimised for my processor. I have k6 at home and pentiumII at work, and would like to speed up some programs running on those. I'd like to do it that way that my package would not cause any conflicts, and would not be automatically replacedm therefor

Re: Multiple Binary and man pages

2002-09-09 Thread Joerg Jaspert
"Marco Presi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > sr> Hrm, the cleanest solution would be to send the manpages to the upstream > sr> maintainer and have him edit the build scripts so that the correct > sr> manpage gets installed. > It is not possible, because the man pages were written by > me. Prist

Re: Multiple Binary and man pages

2002-09-09 Thread Marco Presi
|| On Mon, 9 Sep 2002 00:16:26 +0200 || Simon Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: sr> Marco, >> My problem is this: for the two packeges I want to have two >> different man pages (in fact "server-enhanced" has more config >> options that "server") but it would nice if the man

Re: dh_builddeb error - why?

2002-09-09 Thread Drew Parsons
On Sun, Sep 08, 2002 at 06:27:05PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > > > So dh_builddeb just says the command returned an error code, without > > specifying which command (dpkg-deb?) or which error. > > Run dh_buildeb -v to get the command it is running, you should then be > able to reproduce it manually

Re: Multiple Binary and man pages

2002-09-09 Thread Joerg Jaspert
"Marco Presi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > sr> Hrm, the cleanest solution would be to send the manpages to the upstream > sr> maintainer and have him edit the build scripts so that the correct > sr> manpage gets installed. > It is not possible, because the man pages were written by > me. Pris

Re: Multiple Binary and man pages

2002-09-09 Thread Marco Presi
|| On Mon, 9 Sep 2002 00:16:26 +0200 || Simon Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: sr> Marco, >> My problem is this: for the two packeges I want to have two >> different man pages (in fact "server-enhanced" has more config >> options that "server") but it would nice if the man

Re: dh_builddeb error - why?

2002-09-09 Thread Drew Parsons
On Sun, Sep 08, 2002 at 06:27:05PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > > > So dh_builddeb just says the command returned an error code, without > > specifying which command (dpkg-deb?) or which error. > > Run dh_buildeb -v to get the command it is running, you should then be > able to reproduce it manuall

Re: Multiple Binary and man pages

2002-09-09 Thread Simon Richter
Marco, > My problem is this: for the two packeges I want to have two > different man pages (in fact "server-enhanced" has more config > options that "server") but it would nice if the man pages could have > the same name ("server.conf.5") Actually the server program itself should h

Re: Multiple Binary and man pages

2002-09-09 Thread Marco Presi
|| On Sun, 8 Sep 2002 20:21:09 -0400 || Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: jh> Marco Presi wrote: >> My problem is this: for the two packeges I want to have two >> different man pages (in fact "server-enhanced" has more config >> options that "server") but it would nice if

Re: Multiple Binary and man pages

2002-09-09 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Sun, Sep 08, 2002 at 08:21:09PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Marco Presi wrote: > > My problem is this: for the two packeges I want to have two > > different man pages (in fact "server-enhanced" has more config > > options that "server") but it would nice if the man pages could have

Re: Multiple Binary and man pages

2002-09-09 Thread Simon Richter
Marco, > My problem is this: for the two packeges I want to have two > different man pages (in fact "server-enhanced" has more config > options that "server") but it would nice if the man pages could have > the same name ("server.conf.5") Actually the server program itself should

Re: Multiple Binary and man pages

2002-09-09 Thread Marco Presi
|| On Sun, 8 Sep 2002 20:21:09 -0400 || Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: jh> Marco Presi wrote: >> My problem is this: for the two packeges I want to have two >> different man pages (in fact "server-enhanced" has more config >> options that "server") but it would nice if

Re: Multiple Binary and man pages

2002-09-09 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Sun, Sep 08, 2002 at 08:21:09PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Marco Presi wrote: > > My problem is this: for the two packeges I want to have two > > different man pages (in fact "server-enhanced" has more config > > options that "server") but it would nice if the man pages could have

Re: Problem with shlibs

2002-09-09 Thread Junichi Uekawa
On Sat, 7 Sep 2002 00:04:16 -0300 Carlos Laviola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > A package that I maintain -- mp3blaster -- doesn't include libsidplay1 > as a dependency, even though it links against it. I hadn't noticed that > because I thought everything was working fine, as I hadn't trie