Tools for parsing apache conf files (Was: dpkg-reconfigure hackingin postinst)

2002-11-02 Thread Brian Nelson
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have fewer qualms about a package that only wipes out a config file > when explicitly reconfigured; most of my ire is reserved for packages, > like apt-listchanges, that drop local modifications to such files on > upgrade. Especially when the files are (as

Re: advocate location

2002-11-02 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 09:37:47PM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 10:24:03PM -0500, Levi Bard wrote: > > Hello, > > Is there some way I can find out how many/which Debian Developers > > reside in a particular area, in the interests of finding an advocate? > > ldapsearc

Re: advocate location

2002-11-02 Thread Christian Surchi
On Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 01:16:01AM +, Colin Watson wrote: > > without a d.o login? > > Yes. Try it. Geographical information freely available? (I can't be online reading my mail in this period) -- Christian Surchi, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ICQ www.debian.org - www.soft

Re: advocate location

2002-11-02 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 09:37:47PM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 10:24:03PM -0500, Levi Bard wrote: > > Hello, > > Is there some way I can find out how many/which Debian Developers reside in a >particular area, in the interests of finding an advocate? > > ldapsearch -

Re: dpkg-reconfigure hacking in postinst

2002-11-02 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 06:09:54PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > I have fewer qualms about a package that only wipes out a config file when > explicitly reconfigured; most of my ire is reserved for packages, like > apt-listchanges, that drop local modifications to such files on upgrade. > Especially w

Re: advocate location

2002-11-02 Thread Christian Surchi
On Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 01:16:01AM +, Colin Watson wrote: > > without a d.o login? > > Yes. Try it. Geographical information freely available? (I can't be online reading my mail in this period) -- Christian Surchi, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ICQ www.debian.org - www.soft

Re: dpkg-reconfigure hacking in postinst

2002-11-02 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 06:09:54PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > I have fewer qualms about a package that only wipes out a config file when > explicitly reconfigured; most of my ire is reserved for packages, like > apt-listchanges, that drop local modifications to such files on upgrade. > Especially w

Re: dpkg-reconfigure hacking in postinst

2002-11-02 Thread Joey Hess
Brian Nelson wrote: > I have a prospective package that checks for the environment variable > DPKG_RECONFIGURE=1 in the postinst, and if it decides that it's being > reconfigured, it will overwrite its configuration file (not a conffile) > based on the debconf answers. The theory is that if a user

Re: dpkg-reconfigure hacking in postinst

2002-11-02 Thread Joey Hess
Brian Nelson wrote: > I have a prospective package that checks for the environment variable > DPKG_RECONFIGURE=1 in the postinst, and if it decides that it's being > reconfigured, it will overwrite its configuration file (not a conffile) > based on the debconf answers. The theory is that if a user

Sponsor request for GKrellMlaunch, icukrell and GKrellM-pmu (was Re: Sponsor request for gkrellmlaunch)

2002-11-02 Thread Vincent Bernat
OoO Pendant le temps de midi du jeudi 31 octobre 2002, vers 12:27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Craig Small) disait: > I would of thought having new packages in gkrellm2 would make more > sense, considering gkrellm2 is in at least testing. I have uploaded packages for GKrellM2 : http://www.crans.org/~ber

Sponsor request for GKrellMlaunch, icukrell and GKrellM-pmu (wasRe: Sponsor request for gkrellmlaunch)

2002-11-02 Thread Vincent Bernat
OoO Pendant le temps de midi du jeudi 31 octobre 2002, vers 12:27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Craig Small) disait: > I would of thought having new packages in gkrellm2 would make more > sense, considering gkrellm2 is in at least testing. I have uploaded packages for GKrellM2 : http://www.crans.org/~ber