Re: orig.tar.gz

2002-10-28 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 12:54:28AM +, Colin Watson wrote: > On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 11:46:51PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > > also sprach Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.28.2343 +0100]: > > > dh_make doesn't build .orig.tar.gz files. It makes a copy of the > > > source tree name

Re: orig.tar.gz

2002-10-28 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 02:52:56PM -0700, Joel Baker wrote: > I do think I'll put information on the include/exclude lists used to build > the tarball from a pristine CVS tree into debian/README, though - if for no > other reason than to not forget, myself, when I accidentally delete some > files (

Re: orig.tar.gz

2002-10-28 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 11:46:51PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.28.2343 +0100]: > > dh_make doesn't build .orig.tar.gz files. It makes a copy of the > > source tree names .orig, and it only does that if you don't > > tell it that you alrea

Re: orig.tar.gz

2002-10-28 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 02:52:56PM -0700, Joel Baker wrote: > I do think I'll put information on the include/exclude lists used to build > the tarball from a pristine CVS tree into debian/README, though - if for no > other reason than to not forget, myself, when I accidentally delete some > files (

Re: orig.tar.gz

2002-10-28 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 11:46:51PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.28.2343 +0100]: > > dh_make doesn't build .orig.tar.gz files. It makes a copy of the > > source tree names .orig, and it only does that if you don't > > tell it that you alrea

Re: how to be sure, that /dev/cdrom exists?

2002-10-28 Thread Jan-Hendrik Palic
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 04:13:20PM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: >On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 10:14:50PM +0100, Jan-Hendrik Palic wrote: >> The softwares behavior on missing devices is cruel ;( >> If the /dev/cdrom does not exists, it will stop starting ... >> To solve this, I see two ways, set the lin

Re: orig.tar.gz

2002-10-28 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.28.2343 +0100]: > dh_make doesn't build .orig.tar.gz files. It makes a copy of the > source tree names .orig, and it only does that if you don't > tell it that you already have a source tarball using the --file/-f > option. okay. and i still

Re: orig.tar.gz

2002-10-28 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 11:30:15PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.28.2041 +0100]: > > If you don't know why it is so, then why are you instructing others to do > > this? > > why does dh_make do it? dh_make doesn't build .orig.tar.gz files.

Re: orig.tar.gz

2002-10-28 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.28.2041 +0100]: > If you don't know why it is so, then why are you instructing others to do > this? why does dh_make do it? -- .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- D

Re: how to be sure, that /dev/cdrom exists?

2002-10-28 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 10:14:50PM +0100, Jan-Hendrik Palic wrote: > On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 11:07:07AM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: > >> I'm maintaining pbbuttonsd for PPC-Notebooks. > >> I'm preparing the new upstream version and I stuck at this point, that > >> the pbbuttonsd wants to have a li

Re: orig.tar.gz

2002-10-28 Thread Joel Baker
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 01:51:01PM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 10:56:02AM -0700, Joel Baker wrote: > > I'm currently working to package pieces of the NetBSD source tree (little > > things like libc12, for instance). Because the full source tree is vast, > > unwieldly, and

Re: orig.tar.gz

2002-10-28 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 09:34:28PM +0100, Tore Anderson wrote: > Disclaimer: I'm not in the keyring, and have therefore never uploaded a > package myself, so I don't know if my suggestion is worthless, > but nobody else seems to mention what appears to me as the >

Re: how to be sure, that /dev/cdrom exists?

2002-10-28 Thread Jan-Hendrik Palic
Hi .. thnx for your answer .. On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 11:07:07AM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: >> I'm maintaining pbbuttonsd for PPC-Notebooks. >> I'm preparing the new upstream version and I stuck at this point, that >> the pbbuttonsd wants to have a link /dev/cdrom. >Can the software not funct

Re: how to be sure, that /dev/cdrom exists?

2002-10-28 Thread Jan-Hendrik Palic
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 04:13:20PM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: >On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 10:14:50PM +0100, Jan-Hendrik Palic wrote: >> The softwares behavior on missing devices is cruel ;( >> If the /dev/cdrom does not exists, it will stop starting ... >> To solve this, I see two ways, set the lin

Re: orig.tar.gz

2002-10-28 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.28.2343 +0100]: > dh_make doesn't build .orig.tar.gz files. It makes a copy of the > source tree names .orig, and it only does that if you don't > tell it that you already have a source tarball using the --file/-f > option. okay. and i still

Re: orig.tar.gz

2002-10-28 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 11:30:15PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.28.2041 +0100]: > > If you don't know why it is so, then why are you instructing others to do > > this? > > why does dh_make do it? dh_make doesn't build .orig.tar.gz files.

Re: orig.tar.gz

2002-10-28 Thread Tore Anderson
"Joel Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It's easy enough to create an orig.tar.gz: > > tar -czvf libc12_1.6.orig.tar.gz libc12-1.6/*.bz2 > > produces one. However, I run into a problem at this point; future releases > of the package (-2 and above) might well need to pull in different fil

Re: orig.tar.gz

2002-10-28 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.28.2041 +0100]: > If you don't know why it is so, then why are you instructing others to do > this? why does dh_make do it? -- .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- D

Re: orig.tar.gz

2002-10-28 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 10:56:02AM -0700, Joel Baker wrote: > However, I run into a problem at this point; future releases of the > package (-2 and above) might well need to pull in different files or > parts of the source tree. This would result in a different orig.tar.gz > file, which seems like

Re: how to be sure, that /dev/cdrom exists?

2002-10-28 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 10:14:50PM +0100, Jan-Hendrik Palic wrote: > On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 11:07:07AM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: > >> I'm maintaining pbbuttonsd for PPC-Notebooks. > >> I'm preparing the new upstream version and I stuck at this point, that > >> the pbbuttonsd wants to have a li

Re: orig.tar.gz

2002-10-28 Thread Joel Baker
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 01:51:01PM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 10:56:02AM -0700, Joel Baker wrote: > > I'm currently working to package pieces of the NetBSD source tree (little > > things like libc12, for instance). Because the full source tree is vast, > > unwieldly, and

Re: orig.tar.gz

2002-10-28 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 10:56:02AM -0700, Joel Baker wrote: > I'm currently working to package pieces of the NetBSD source tree (little > things like libc12, for instance). Because the full source tree is vast, > unwieldly, and by and large much of it is not actually useful or needed for > the Debi

Re: orig.tar.gz

2002-10-28 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 08:32:36PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.28.2008 +0100]: > > > Actually, this should be > > > > > > tar -czvf libc12_1.6.orig.tar.gz libc12-1.6.orig/ > > > > Why? > > .orig.tar.gz files unpack .orig directories

Re: orig.tar.gz

2002-10-28 Thread Joel Baker
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 07:41:23PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > > It's easy enough to create an orig.tar.gz: > > > > tar -czvf libc12_1.6.orig.tar.gz libc12-1.6/*.bz2 > > > > produces one. > > Actually, this should be > > tar -czvf libc12_1.6.orig.tar.gz libc12-1.6.orig/ There is no

Re: orig.tar.gz

2002-10-28 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.28.2008 +0100]: > > Actually, this should be > > > > tar -czvf libc12_1.6.orig.tar.gz libc12-1.6.orig/ > > Why? .orig.tar.gz files unpack .orig directories, that's why. I don't know why this is so, but I know that it is so. -- .''`.

Re: orig.tar.gz

2002-10-28 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 09:34:28PM +0100, Tore Anderson wrote: > Disclaimer: I'm not in the keyring, and have therefore never uploaded a > package myself, so I don't know if my suggestion is worthless, > but nobody else seems to mention what appears to me as the >

Re: how to be sure, that /dev/cdrom exists?

2002-10-28 Thread Jan-Hendrik Palic
Hi .. thnx for your answer .. On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 11:07:07AM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: >> I'm maintaining pbbuttonsd for PPC-Notebooks. >> I'm preparing the new upstream version and I stuck at this point, that >> the pbbuttonsd wants to have a link /dev/cdrom. >Can the software not funct

Re: orig.tar.gz

2002-10-28 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 07:41:23PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > > It's easy enough to create an orig.tar.gz: > > > > tar -czvf libc12_1.6.orig.tar.gz libc12-1.6/*.bz2 > > > > produces one. > > Actually, this should be > > tar -czvf libc12_1.6.orig.tar.gz libc12-1.6.orig/ Why? --

Packet Writing kernel patch packaged (at half)

2002-10-28 Thread Luca Pasquali
hi all, I've packaged a dirty but working deb of the Packet Writing kernel patch(2.4 kernels), which let to write on cdrw with an udf fs, the deb is here, even if it's not yet apt-gettable: http://ketavet.dyndns.org/debian/kernel-patch-packet-2.4.deb Now before claim a sponsor I'm trying to under

Re: orig.tar.gz

2002-10-28 Thread martin f krafft
> It's easy enough to create an orig.tar.gz: > > tar -czvf libc12_1.6.orig.tar.gz libc12-1.6/*.bz2 > > produces one. Actually, this should be tar -czvf libc12_1.6.orig.tar.gz libc12-1.6.orig/ > However, I run into a problem at this point; future releases of the > package (-2 and above)

Re: orig.tar.gz

2002-10-28 Thread Tore Anderson
"Joel Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It's easy enough to create an orig.tar.gz: > > tar -czvf libc12_1.6.orig.tar.gz libc12-1.6/*.bz2 > > produces one. However, I run into a problem at this point; future releases > of the package (-2 and above) might well need to pull in different fil

Re: orig.tar.gz

2002-10-28 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 10:56:02AM -0700, Joel Baker wrote: > However, I run into a problem at this point; future releases of the > package (-2 and above) might well need to pull in different files or > parts of the source tree. This would result in a different orig.tar.gz > file, which seems like

Re: how to be sure, that /dev/cdrom exists?

2002-10-28 Thread Russell Coker
On Mon, 28 Oct 2002 18:07, Steve Langasek wrote: > The best way to make sure the /dev/cdrom link is present is to check for > it, use debconf to prompt the user if it's absent, and then create the > link (possibly with some /proc autodetection) if the user agrees to let > you create the link. Exce

orig.tar.gz

2002-10-28 Thread Joel Baker
I'm currently working to package pieces of the NetBSD source tree (little things like libc12, for instance). Because the full source tree is vast, unwieldly, and by and large much of it is not actually useful or needed for the Debian GNU/NetBSD port (for example, the entire gnu/ tree is replaced by

Re: orig.tar.gz

2002-10-28 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 10:56:02AM -0700, Joel Baker wrote: > I'm currently working to package pieces of the NetBSD source tree (little > things like libc12, for instance). Because the full source tree is vast, > unwieldly, and by and large much of it is not actually useful or needed for > the Debi

Re: orig.tar.gz

2002-10-28 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 08:32:36PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.28.2008 +0100]: > > > Actually, this should be > > > > > > tar -czvf libc12_1.6.orig.tar.gz libc12-1.6.orig/ > > > > Why? > > .orig.tar.gz files unpack .orig directories

Re: orig.tar.gz

2002-10-28 Thread Joel Baker
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 07:41:23PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > > It's easy enough to create an orig.tar.gz: > > > > tar -czvf libc12_1.6.orig.tar.gz libc12-1.6/*.bz2 > > > > produces one. > > Actually, this should be > > tar -czvf libc12_1.6.orig.tar.gz libc12-1.6.orig/ There is no

Re: orig.tar.gz

2002-10-28 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.28.2008 +0100]: > > Actually, this should be > > > > tar -czvf libc12_1.6.orig.tar.gz libc12-1.6.orig/ > > Why? .orig.tar.gz files unpack .orig directories, that's why. I don't know why this is so, but I know that it is so. -- .''`.

Re: orig.tar.gz

2002-10-28 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 07:41:23PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > > It's easy enough to create an orig.tar.gz: > > > > tar -czvf libc12_1.6.orig.tar.gz libc12-1.6/*.bz2 > > > > produces one. > > Actually, this should be > > tar -czvf libc12_1.6.orig.tar.gz libc12-1.6.orig/ Why? --

Re: how to be sure, that /dev/cdrom exists?

2002-10-28 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sun, Oct 27, 2002 at 11:33:31PM +0100, Jan-Hendrik Palic wrote: > I'm maintaining pbbuttonsd for PPC-Notebooks. > I'm preparing the new upstream version and I stuck at this point, that > the pbbuttonsd wants to have a link /dev/cdrom. > How can I satisfy the dependency on the easiest way? Ca

Re: library version equals to project version ?

2002-10-28 Thread Junichi Uekawa
Eric Van Buggenhaut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> immo vero scripsit: > On one hand I have the example of avifile-player version 0.7.12.20020719-1.2, > which depends on libavifile0 version 0.7. OTOH, we have aspell version > 0.33.7.1 > which depends on libaspell10 version 0.33.7 The interface number of a

Re: library version equals to project version ?

2002-10-28 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 02:17:52PM +0100, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > I maintain iiwusynth, which until now shipped unversioned libraries. I > have been discussing with upstream author for the past days and he > agreed that versioning libraries is certainly a good thing. > He's in the process of

Packet Writing kernel patch packaged (at half)

2002-10-28 Thread Luca Pasquali
hi all, I've packaged a dirty but working deb of the Packet Writing kernel patch(2.4 kernels), which let to write on cdrw with an udf fs, the deb is here, even if it's not yet apt-gettable: http://ketavet.dyndns.org/debian/kernel-patch-packet-2.4.deb Now before claim a sponsor I'm trying to under

Re: orig.tar.gz

2002-10-28 Thread martin f krafft
> It's easy enough to create an orig.tar.gz: > > tar -czvf libc12_1.6.orig.tar.gz libc12-1.6/*.bz2 > > produces one. Actually, this should be tar -czvf libc12_1.6.orig.tar.gz libc12-1.6.orig/ > However, I run into a problem at this point; future releases of the > package (-2 and above)

Re: debconf template not included in package ???

2002-10-28 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 11:05:59AM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Sven Luther wrote: > > Maybe this should be more proeminently said in > > /usr/share/doc/debconf-doc/tutorial.txt.gz, no, there is only a quick > > mention about installing in debian/tmp/DEBIAN/, which i missed, and the > > fact that the

Re: how to be sure, that /dev/cdrom exists?

2002-10-28 Thread Russell Coker
On Mon, 28 Oct 2002 18:07, Steve Langasek wrote: > The best way to make sure the /dev/cdrom link is present is to check for > it, use debconf to prompt the user if it's absent, and then create the > link (possibly with some /proc autodetection) if the user agrees to let > you create the link. Exce

Re: debconf template not included in package ???

2002-10-28 Thread Joey Hess
Sven Luther wrote: > Maybe this should be more proeminently said in > /usr/share/doc/debconf-doc/tutorial.txt.gz, no, there is only a quick > mention about installing in debian/tmp/DEBIAN/, which i missed, and the > fact that the newline cut this path in two did not help. Also maybe the > note abou

orig.tar.gz

2002-10-28 Thread Joel Baker
I'm currently working to package pieces of the NetBSD source tree (little things like libc12, for instance). Because the full source tree is vast, unwieldly, and by and large much of it is not actually useful or needed for the Debian GNU/NetBSD port (for example, the entire gnu/ tree is replaced by

Re: debconf template not included in package ???

2002-10-28 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 10:39:03AM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Sven Luther wrote: > > I created a templates file, put it in the debian directory, created a > > config file and a postinst file, like was adviced. > > > > Now, the package builds fine, i tried running the postinst by hand, and > > it as

Re: debconf template not included in package ???

2002-10-28 Thread Joey Hess
Sven Luther wrote: > I created a templates file, put it in the debian directory, created a > config file and a postinst file, like was adviced. > > Now, the package builds fine, i tried running the postinst by hand, and > it asked me the question in the template. When i installed the built > packa

Re: how to be sure, that /dev/cdrom exists?

2002-10-28 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sun, Oct 27, 2002 at 11:33:31PM +0100, Jan-Hendrik Palic wrote: > I'm maintaining pbbuttonsd for PPC-Notebooks. > I'm preparing the new upstream version and I stuck at this point, that > the pbbuttonsd wants to have a link /dev/cdrom. > How can I satisfy the dependency on the easiest way? Ca

Re: library version equals to project version ?

2002-10-28 Thread Junichi Uekawa
Eric Van Buggenhaut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> immo vero scripsit: > On one hand I have the example of avifile-player version 0.7.12.20020719-1.2, > which depends on libavifile0 version 0.7. OTOH, we have aspell version 0.33.7.1 > which depends on libaspell10 version 0.33.7 The interface number of a sha

Re: library version equals to project version ?

2002-10-28 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 02:17:52PM +0100, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > I maintain iiwusynth, which until now shipped unversioned libraries. I > have been discussing with upstream author for the past days and he > agreed that versioning libraries is certainly a good thing. > He's in the process of

Re: debconf template not included in package ???

2002-10-28 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 11:05:59AM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Sven Luther wrote: > > Maybe this should be more proeminently said in > > /usr/share/doc/debconf-doc/tutorial.txt.gz, no, there is only a quick > > mention about installing in debian/tmp/DEBIAN/, which i missed, and the > > fact that the

Re: fixed some RC bugs, need sponsor

2002-10-28 Thread Francesco P. Lovergine
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 03:16:38PM +0100, Filippo Giunchedi wrote: > On Sun, Oct 27, 2002 at 07:01:01PM -0800, David Kimdon wrote: > [snip] > > Put another way, the orig directory you used was the 1.51-5 debianized > > source dir, it should have been the pristine upstream source. > right, i was mis

Re: debconf template not included in package ???

2002-10-28 Thread Joey Hess
Sven Luther wrote: > Maybe this should be more proeminently said in > /usr/share/doc/debconf-doc/tutorial.txt.gz, no, there is only a quick > mention about installing in debian/tmp/DEBIAN/, which i missed, and the > fact that the newline cut this path in two did not help. Also maybe the > note abou

Re: fixed some RC bugs, need sponsor

2002-10-28 Thread Filippo Giunchedi
On Sun, Oct 27, 2002 at 07:01:01PM -0800, David Kimdon wrote: [snip] > Put another way, the orig directory you used was the 1.51-5 debianized > source dir, it should have been the pristine upstream source. right, i was missing the point (stupid error btw). new packages on http://debian.esaurito.ne

Re: debconf template not included in package ???

2002-10-28 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 10:39:03AM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Sven Luther wrote: > > I created a templates file, put it in the debian directory, created a > > config file and a postinst file, like was adviced. > > > > Now, the package builds fine, i tried running the postinst by hand, and > > it as

debconf template not included in package ???

2002-10-28 Thread Sven Luther
Hello, ... I tried adding a little debconf question to one of my packages, and followed the instructions found in the debconf-devel man pages as well as under /usr/share/doc/debconf-doc/tutorial.txt.gz. I created a templates file, put it in the debian directory, created a config file and a postin

Re: debconf template not included in package ???

2002-10-28 Thread Joey Hess
Sven Luther wrote: > I created a templates file, put it in the debian directory, created a > config file and a postinst file, like was adviced. > > Now, the package builds fine, i tried running the postinst by hand, and > it asked me the question in the template. When i installed the built > packa

Re: Request for sponsor, SML/NJ

2002-10-28 Thread Florian Weps
On Sun, Oct 27, 2002 at 08:35:24PM -0800, Aaron Matthew Read wrote: > Hi, > > I used to use the SML/NJ package when I was in college for doing projects, > so I know it is a useful package to have around. Also, it is one of my > favorate languages, so I would like to see it around in Debian. > > I

library version equals to project version ?

2002-10-28 Thread Eric Van Buggenhaut
Hi fellow developpers, I maintain iiwusynth, which until now shipped unversioned libraries. I have been discussing with upstream author for the past days and he agreed that versioning libraries is certainly a good thing. He's in the process of versioning his libraries but asked me details about t

Re: fixed some RC bugs, need sponsor

2002-10-28 Thread Francesco P. Lovergine
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 03:16:38PM +0100, Filippo Giunchedi wrote: > On Sun, Oct 27, 2002 at 07:01:01PM -0800, David Kimdon wrote: > [snip] > > Put another way, the orig directory you used was the 1.51-5 debianized > > source dir, it should have been the pristine upstream source. > right, i was mis

Re: fixed some RC bugs, need sponsor

2002-10-28 Thread Filippo Giunchedi
On Sun, Oct 27, 2002 at 07:01:01PM -0800, David Kimdon wrote: [snip] > Put another way, the orig directory you used was the 1.51-5 debianized > source dir, it should have been the pristine upstream source. right, i was missing the point (stupid error btw). new packages on http://debian.esaurito.ne

debconf template not included in package ???

2002-10-28 Thread Sven Luther
Hello, ... I tried adding a little debconf question to one of my packages, and followed the instructions found in the debconf-devel man pages as well as under /usr/share/doc/debconf-doc/tutorial.txt.gz. I created a templates file, put it in the debian directory, created a config file and a postin

Re: Request for sponsor, SML/NJ

2002-10-28 Thread Florian Weps
On Sun, Oct 27, 2002 at 08:35:24PM -0800, Aaron Matthew Read wrote: > Hi, > > I used to use the SML/NJ package when I was in college for doing projects, > so I know it is a useful package to have around. Also, it is one of my > favorate languages, so I would like to see it around in Debian. > > I

library version equals to project version ?

2002-10-28 Thread Eric Van Buggenhaut
Hi fellow developpers, I maintain iiwusynth, which until now shipped unversioned libraries. I have been discussing with upstream author for the past days and he agreed that versioning libraries is certainly a good thing. He's in the process of versioning his libraries but asked me details about t