files in .deb

2003-02-28 Thread Sheraz Khan
how can include other my own serperat file in .deb package file so that after when package will be insgtalled that file go to my specified location.where should i specify that file and its location..in debain pakcage Thanks

Re: files in .deb

2003-02-28 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Sheraz Khan wrote: how can include other my own serperat file in .deb package file so that after when package will be insgtalled that file go to my specified location.where should i specify that file and its location..in debain pakcage If you're trying

Re: files in .deb

2003-02-28 Thread Bastian Kleineidam
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 07:57:02PM +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: * Add your file to the package somewhere You should put it in the debian/ directory. If its a binary file, you have to uuencode it (to make diff happy) and on install uudecode it. There is a perl script attached for this. Cheers,

Unofficial package tips

2003-02-28 Thread Bastian Kleineidam
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, here are some of my tips when packaging unofficial software as .debs. Perhaps its useful for someone :) Packaging tips for unofficial packages == Maintainer email - You can set the DEBEMAIL

Re: Unofficial package tips

2003-02-28 Thread Fabio Massimo Di Nitto
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Bastian Kleineidam wrote: Hi, here are some of my tips when packaging unofficial software as .debs. Perhaps its useful for someone :) [SNIP] If there is already an official package eg with version 1.1-4, then use

Re: Unofficial package tips

2003-02-28 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Fre, 2003-02-28 at 18:08, Fabio Massimo Di Nitto wrote: I would also add something about dependencies. Be sure to build always againt the main debian archive and in the worst case with pkgs that are in your external archive of which you have control of. This should atleast ensure a lower

Re: Unofficial package tips

2003-02-28 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 04:33:47PM +0100, Bastian Kleineidam wrote: Bug reports --- The standard tool for reporting bugs is reportbug. Your package should have: File /usr/share/bug/mypackage/control: Send-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] See /usr/share/doc/reportbug/README.developers for

Re: Unofficial package tips

2003-02-28 Thread Henning Moll
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Thanks for you tips! But still some questions remain: On Friday 28 February 2003 16:33, Bastian Kleineidam wrote: Native Package or not? -- Short answer: don't make a native package. Can you explain 'native package'? Did you mean

How to build a package from cvs.

2003-02-28 Thread Jesus Climent
Hi. OpenEXR is about to release a new version, but upstream wants a bit of mass--checking before that happens. I am (have already) building a new package from the cvs tree, but my question is: Shall I run the autobuild (called bootstrap) on my system and go with the package using those results

Re: Unofficial package tips

2003-02-28 Thread Bastian Kleineidam
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 07:02:05PM +0100, Michel Dnzer wrote: I have found pbuilder to be a great way to avoid this as well as other build time side effects. I tested it several weeks ago and it did not work for me. Perhaps I should give it another

Re: Unofficial package tips

2003-02-28 Thread Steve Kemp
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 06:08:23PM +0100, Fabio Massimo Di Nitto wrote: BTW never forget that external archive can be as dangerous as usefull. Warn ALWAYS the user that is not an official repository and don't use it only for your own glory.. help the official maintainer with what it will come

Re: Unofficial package tips

2003-02-28 Thread Frank Gevaerts
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 08:57:18PM +0100, Bastian Kleineidam wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 07:02:05PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: I have found pbuilder to be a great way to avoid this as well as other build time side effects. I tested it

RFS: makepp -- yet another make replacement

2003-02-28 Thread Ian Zimmerman
makepp is a drop-in replacement for GNU make which has a number of features that allow for more reliable builds and simpler build files. It supports almost all of the syntax that GNU make supports, and can be used with makefiles produced by utilities such as automake. It is called makepp (or

Re: Unofficial package tips

2003-02-28 Thread Bob Proulx
Bastian Kleineidam wrote: On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 08:19:51PM +0100, Henning Moll wrote: In addition i have some questions to the Depends section in debian/control: ${shlibs:Depends} is a nice feature, but i think for many packages/libraries it is way to strict, because it's always using

Re: Unofficial package tips

2003-02-28 Thread Fabio Massimo Di Nitto
On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Steve Kemp wrote: On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 06:08:23PM +0100, Fabio Massimo Di Nitto wrote: BTW never forget that external archive can be as dangerous as usefull. Warn ALWAYS the user that is not an official repository and don't use it only for your own glory.. help the

Re: Unofficial package tips

2003-02-28 Thread Fabio Massimo Di Nitto
On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Michel Dänzer wrote: On Fre, 2003-02-28 at 18:08, Fabio Massimo Di Nitto wrote: I would also add something about dependencies. Be sure to build always againt the main debian archive and in the worst case with pkgs that are in your external archive of which you have

New Maintainer ou New Developer

2003-02-28 Thread Agney Lopes Roth Ferraz
Hi mentors, I'm looking for information about debian developer/maintainer. I read in debian page that the only way to became maintainer is developing some nice program, but I have two friends that are only who make the .deb package. The situation is: I don't have a nice package develped by me,

request for sponsorship

2003-02-28 Thread Paolo Alexis Falcone
Hello: I'd like to request for someone to sponsor the following unofficial packages I have: snes9express (1.39-beta) - a GUI frontend for SNES9x (as far as I know this is still an orphaned package); and visualboy advance (a gameboy/gameboy color/gameboy advance emulator for Linux). The said

files in .deb

2003-02-28 Thread Sheraz Khan
how can include other my own serperat file in .deb package file so that after when package will be insgtalled that file go to my specified location.where should i specify that file and its location..in debain pakcage Thanks

Re: files in .deb

2003-02-28 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Sheraz Khan wrote: how can include other my own serperat file in .deb package file so that after when package will be insgtalled that file go to my specified location.where should i specify that file and its location..in debain pakcage If you're trying

Re: files in .deb

2003-02-28 Thread Bastian Kleineidam
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 07:57:02PM +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: * Add your file to the package somewhere You should put it in the debian/ directory. If its a binary file, you have to uuencode it (to make diff happy) and on install uudecode it. There is a perl script attached for this. Cheers,

Unofficial package tips

2003-02-28 Thread Bastian Kleineidam
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, here are some of my tips when packaging unofficial software as .debs. Perhaps its useful for someone :) Packaging tips for unofficial packages == Maintainer email - You can set the DEBEMAIL

Re: Unofficial package tips

2003-02-28 Thread Fabio Massimo Di Nitto
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Bastian Kleineidam wrote: Hi, here are some of my tips when packaging unofficial software as .debs. Perhaps its useful for someone :) [SNIP] If there is already an official package eg with version 1.1-4, then use

Re: Unofficial package tips

2003-02-28 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Fre, 2003-02-28 at 18:08, Fabio Massimo Di Nitto wrote: I would also add something about dependencies. Be sure to build always againt the main debian archive and in the worst case with pkgs that are in your external archive of which you have control of. This should atleast ensure a lower

Re: Unofficial package tips

2003-02-28 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 04:33:47PM +0100, Bastian Kleineidam wrote: Bug reports --- The standard tool for reporting bugs is reportbug. Your package should have: File /usr/share/bug/mypackage/control: Send-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] See /usr/share/doc/reportbug/README.developers for

Re: Unofficial package tips

2003-02-28 Thread Henning Moll
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Thanks for you tips! But still some questions remain: On Friday 28 February 2003 16:33, Bastian Kleineidam wrote: Native Package or not? -- Short answer: don't make a native package. Can you explain 'native package'? Did you mean

How to build a package from cvs.

2003-02-28 Thread Jesus Climent
Hi. OpenEXR is about to release a new version, but upstream wants a bit of mass--checking before that happens. I am (have already) building a new package from the cvs tree, but my question is: Shall I run the autobuild (called bootstrap) on my system and go with the package using those results

Re: Unofficial package tips

2003-02-28 Thread Bastian Kleineidam
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 07:02:05PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: I have found pbuilder to be a great way to avoid this as well as other build time side effects. I tested it several weeks ago and it did not work for me. Perhaps I should give it another

Re: Unofficial package tips

2003-02-28 Thread Steve Kemp
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 06:08:23PM +0100, Fabio Massimo Di Nitto wrote: BTW never forget that external archive can be as dangerous as usefull. Warn ALWAYS the user that is not an official repository and don't use it only for your own glory.. help the official maintainer with what it will come

Re: Unofficial package tips

2003-02-28 Thread Frank Gevaerts
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 08:57:18PM +0100, Bastian Kleineidam wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 07:02:05PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: I have found pbuilder to be a great way to avoid this as well as other build time side effects. I tested it

Re: Unofficial package tips

2003-02-28 Thread Bastian Kleineidam
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 08:19:51PM +0100, Henning Moll wrote: Thanks for you tips! But still some questions remain: On Friday 28 February 2003 16:33, Bastian Kleineidam wrote: Native Package or not? -- Short answer: don't

RFS: makepp -- yet another make replacement

2003-02-28 Thread Ian Zimmerman
makepp is a drop-in replacement for GNU make which has a number of features that allow for more reliable builds and simpler build files. It supports almost all of the syntax that GNU make supports, and can be used with makefiles produced by utilities such as automake. It is called makepp (or

Re: Unofficial package tips

2003-02-28 Thread Bob Proulx
Bastian Kleineidam wrote: On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 08:19:51PM +0100, Henning Moll wrote: In addition i have some questions to the Depends section in debian/control: ${shlibs:Depends} is a nice feature, but i think for many packages/libraries it is way to strict, because it's always using

Re: Unofficial package tips

2003-02-28 Thread Fabio Massimo Di Nitto
On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Steve Kemp wrote: On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 06:08:23PM +0100, Fabio Massimo Di Nitto wrote: BTW never forget that external archive can be as dangerous as usefull. Warn ALWAYS the user that is not an official repository and don't use it only for your own glory.. help the

Re: Unofficial package tips

2003-02-28 Thread Fabio Massimo Di Nitto
On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Michel Dänzer wrote: On Fre, 2003-02-28 at 18:08, Fabio Massimo Di Nitto wrote: I would also add something about dependencies. Be sure to build always againt the main debian archive and in the worst case with pkgs that are in your external archive of which you have