buildds

2004-08-05 Thread Alexander List
Hello, I uploaded a non-free package (diablo) two days ago and wonder what I can do to make the buillds attempt to build it for all the non-i386 archs... Alex -- guru, n: A computer owner who can read the manual. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "

Re: buildds

2004-08-05 Thread Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo
On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 09:54:43AM +0200, Alexander List wrote: > I uploaded a non-free package (diablo) two days ago and wonder what I can > do to make the buillds attempt to build it for all the non-i386 archs... As far as I know autobuilders don't build non-free software. Developer has to do it

Re: buildds

2004-08-05 Thread Andreas Metzler
On 2004-08-05 Alexander List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I uploaded a non-free package (diablo) two days ago and wonder what > I can do to make the buillds attempt to build it for all the > non-i386 archs... The autobuilders will not build nonfree packages no matter what you try. - You can build

Swapping a directory and symlink during package upgrade

2004-08-05 Thread Kevin Glynn
Dear all, In the old mozart-doc package the documentation lives at /usr/share/doc/mozart-doc/html/ and there is a symlink from /usr/share/mozart/doc: lrwxr-xr-x 1 root root 22 Aug 5 10:39 /usr/share/mozart/doc -> ../doc/mozart-doc/html In my new package I want to swap this, so all

Re: Timetable Generator in debian?

2004-08-05 Thread Nico Golde
Hello MiguelGea, * MiguelGea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-08-05 11:21]: > I am developing a timetable generator for schools, and in the future I > want to add it to debian. To compare it with another software in debian > I looked for another timetable generator in debian, but I don't find > another o

Re: Timetable Generator in debian?

2004-08-05 Thread cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis)
On Thursday 05 August 2004 08:23, MiguelGea wrote: > OT: Does anybody know another timetable generator for schools in debian? don't think it's in Debian at the moment, but schooltool (www.schooltool.org) does timetables. -- Cheers, cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis) 1. Encrypted mail preferred (GPG Ke

simple cron packaging question

2004-08-05 Thread Brian Sutherland
As my first foray into debian packaging, I want to create a package that installs a cron job to be run daily. My approach is to install a simple script into /etc/cron.daily/ that calls a more complex script which I install into /usr/bin/. Will this be compliant with the FHS? Make sure that if th

Re: simple cron packaging question

2004-08-05 Thread Justin Pryzby
You are correct; see [1]. Make sure it checks for the existence of all files it needs. Cheers, -- Justin aptitude install iraf saods9 eclipse xpa sextractor x11iraf wcstools pyraf http://www.justinpryzby.com/debian/ References [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html#s9.5 O

Re: simple cron packaging question

2004-08-05 Thread Josh Lauricha
On Thu 08/05/04 17:35, Brian Sutherland wrote: > As my first foray into debian packaging, I want to create a > package that installs a cron job to be run daily. > > My approach is to install a simple script into /etc/cron.daily/ > that calls a more complex script which I install into /usr/bin/. >

Re: simple cron packaging question

2004-08-05 Thread Andreas Metzler
On 2004-08-05 Brian Sutherland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As my first foray into debian packaging, I want to create a > package that installs a cron job to be run daily. > My approach is to install a simple script into /etc/cron.daily/ > that calls a more complex script which I install into /usr

Re: simple cron packaging question

2004-08-05 Thread Brian Sutherland
Im stunned. Three answers in under an hour. Thanks world. -- Brian Sutherland "There has got to be more to life than just being really, really, really, ridiculously good-looking." -- Derek Zoolander -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

uninstallable on hurd-i386 sh

2004-08-05 Thread Christoph Wegscheider
Hi, I have one sponsored package in the archive (rsnapshot) and http://qa.debian.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED] shows me under Uninstallable->unstable->hurd-i386 sh. * What does uninstallable means here? missing dependencies? * Is there some kind of log/excuse file to look at? * What does sh means? some

Re: uninstallable on hurd-i386 sh

2004-08-05 Thread Luk Claes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Christoph Wegscheider wrote: | I have one sponsored package in the archive (rsnapshot) and | http://qa.debian.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED] | shows me under Uninstallable->unstable->hurd-i386 sh. | | * What does uninstallable means here? missing dependencies? I

Re: buildds

2004-08-05 Thread Alexander List
On Thu, 5 Aug 2004, Andreas Metzler wrote: > The autobuilders will not build nonfree packages no matter what you > try. - You can build manually on one of Debian's machines if you are > a DD. OK, how do I cope with missing build-depends? I tried to build on one of the chroots on pergolesi, but th

Re: Some questions

2004-08-05 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Dan Korostelev [Thu, 05 Aug 2004 23:48:22 +0400]: > I'm a (newbie) maintainer of gnome-ppp package and i'm somehow confused. please send this kind of questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] [m-f-t set] > package overview page (http://packages.qa.debian.org/g/gnome-ppp.html) > says that new version of

Tux Commander & Borland Kylix

2004-08-05 Thread Dan Korostelev
I want to package tuxcmd (Tux Commander - great GTK2-based TotalCommander-alike file manager). It's free (code under GPL), but it requires Borland Kylix 3 Open Edition to build it, that is not in Debian and it won't ever be there I think. Also, author provides a compiled binaries of his software. I

maint scripts

2004-08-05 Thread Justin Pryzby
Hi all, As per policy, my unofficial package of IRAF now includes a perl script update-extern.pkg.pl which is installed in /usr/bin/. It will be used by external IRAF packages, each of which need to update extern.pkg. Of course, each also depends on IRAF. If memory serves, the script shouldn't

Re: maint scripts

2004-08-05 Thread Frank Lichtenheld
On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 08:15:07PM -0400, Justin Pryzby wrote: > Hi all, > > As per policy, my unofficial package of IRAF now includes a perl script > update-extern.pkg.pl which is installed in /usr/bin/. It will be used > by external IRAF packages, each of which need to update extern.pkg. Of >

Re: maint scripts

2004-08-05 Thread Justin Pryzby
On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 02:19:56AM +0200, Frank Lichtenheld wrote: > On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 08:15:07PM -0400, Justin Pryzby wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > As per policy, my unofficial package of IRAF now includes a perl script > > update-extern.pkg.pl which is installed in /usr/bin/. It will be used

Re: buildds

2004-08-05 Thread Pascal Hakim
On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 07:29:02PM +0200, Alexander List wrote: > On Thu, 5 Aug 2004, Andreas Metzler wrote: > > > The autobuilders will not build nonfree packages no matter what you > > try. - You can build manually on one of Debian's machines if you are > > a DD. > > OK, how do I cope with miss

Re: Tux Commander & Borland Kylix

2004-08-05 Thread elijah wright
> Subject: Tux Commander & Borland Kylix > > I want to package tuxcmd (Tux Commander - great GTK2-based > TotalCommander-alike file manager). It's free (code under GPL), but it > requires Borland Kylix 3 Open Edition to build it, that is not in Debian > and it won't ever be there I think. Also, au

Timetable Generator in debian?

2004-08-05 Thread MiguelGea
I am developing a timetable generator for schools, and in the future I want to add it to debian. To compare it with another software in debian I looked for another timetable generator in debian, but I don't find another one! In which moment I have to begin to search a mentor? The application now is

buildds

2004-08-05 Thread Alexander List
Hello, I uploaded a non-free package (diablo) two days ago and wonder what I can do to make the buillds attempt to build it for all the non-i386 archs... Alex -- guru, n: A computer owner who can read the manual.

Re: buildds

2004-08-05 Thread Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo
On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 09:54:43AM +0200, Alexander List wrote: > I uploaded a non-free package (diablo) two days ago and wonder what I can > do to make the buillds attempt to build it for all the non-i386 archs... As far as I know autobuilders don't build non-free software. Developer has to do it

Re: buildds

2004-08-05 Thread Andreas Metzler
On 2004-08-05 Alexander List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I uploaded a non-free package (diablo) two days ago and wonder what > I can do to make the buillds attempt to build it for all the > non-i386 archs... The autobuilders will not build nonfree packages no matter what you try. - You can build

Swapping a directory and symlink during package upgrade

2004-08-05 Thread Kevin Glynn
Dear all, In the old mozart-doc package the documentation lives at /usr/share/doc/mozart-doc/html/ and there is a symlink from /usr/share/mozart/doc: lrwxr-xr-x 1 root root 22 Aug 5 10:39 /usr/share/mozart/doc -> ../doc/mozart-doc/html In my new package I want to swap this, so all

Re: Timetable Generator in debian?

2004-08-05 Thread Nico Golde
Hello MiguelGea, * MiguelGea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-08-05 11:21]: > I am developing a timetable generator for schools, and in the future I > want to add it to debian. To compare it with another software in debian > I looked for another timetable generator in debian, but I don't find > another o

Re: Timetable Generator in debian?

2004-08-05 Thread cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis)
On Thursday 05 August 2004 08:23, MiguelGea wrote: > OT: Does anybody know another timetable generator for schools in debian? don't think it's in Debian at the moment, but schooltool (www.schooltool.org) does timetables. -- Cheers, cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis) 1. Encrypted mail preferred (GPG Ke

RFS: vips/nip: quick demo so you'll see how good it is

2004-08-05 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
Since a day has elapsed and I haven't gotten any bites on vips and nip, I decided I should prepare a quick 5-minute demo. :-) nip is a little counter-intuitive when you first open it up, but it's very powerful and easy to use once you get the hang of it. The demo script I've prepared here should t

simple cron packaging question

2004-08-05 Thread Brian Sutherland
As my first foray into debian packaging, I want to create a package that installs a cron job to be run daily. My approach is to install a simple script into /etc/cron.daily/ that calls a more complex script which I install into /usr/bin/. Will this be compliant with the FHS? Make sure that if th

Re: simple cron packaging question

2004-08-05 Thread Justin Pryzby
You are correct; see [1]. Make sure it checks for the existence of all files it needs. Cheers, -- Justin aptitude install iraf saods9 eclipse xpa sextractor x11iraf wcstools pyraf http://www.justinpryzby.com/debian/ References [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html#s9.5 O

Re: simple cron packaging question

2004-08-05 Thread Josh Lauricha
On Thu 08/05/04 17:35, Brian Sutherland wrote: > As my first foray into debian packaging, I want to create a > package that installs a cron job to be run daily. > > My approach is to install a simple script into /etc/cron.daily/ > that calls a more complex script which I install into /usr/bin/. >

Re: simple cron packaging question

2004-08-05 Thread Andreas Metzler
On 2004-08-05 Brian Sutherland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As my first foray into debian packaging, I want to create a > package that installs a cron job to be run daily. > My approach is to install a simple script into /etc/cron.daily/ > that calls a more complex script which I install into /usr

Re: simple cron packaging question

2004-08-05 Thread Brian Sutherland
Im stunned. Three answers in under an hour. Thanks world. -- Brian Sutherland "There has got to be more to life than just being really, really, really, ridiculously good-looking." -- Derek Zoolander

uninstallable on hurd-i386 sh

2004-08-05 Thread Christoph Wegscheider
Hi, I have one sponsored package in the archive (rsnapshot) and http://qa.debian.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED] shows me under Uninstallable->unstable->hurd-i386 sh. * What does uninstallable means here? missing dependencies? * Is there some kind of log/excuse file to look at? * What does sh means? some

Re: uninstallable on hurd-i386 sh

2004-08-05 Thread Luk Claes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Christoph Wegscheider wrote: | I have one sponsored package in the archive (rsnapshot) and | http://qa.debian.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED] | shows me under Uninstallable->unstable->hurd-i386 sh. | | * What does uninstallable means here? missing dependencies

Re: buildds

2004-08-05 Thread Alexander List
On Thu, 5 Aug 2004, Andreas Metzler wrote: > The autobuilders will not build nonfree packages no matter what you > try. - You can build manually on one of Debian's machines if you are > a DD. OK, how do I cope with missing build-depends? I tried to build on one of the chroots on pergolesi, but th

Re: Some questions

2004-08-05 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Dan Korostelev [Thu, 05 Aug 2004 23:48:22 +0400]: > I'm a (newbie) maintainer of gnome-ppp package and i'm somehow confused. please send this kind of questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] [m-f-t set] > package overview page (http://packages.qa.debian.org/g/gnome-ppp.html) > says that new version of

Tux Commander & Borland Kylix

2004-08-05 Thread Dan Korostelev
I want to package tuxcmd (Tux Commander - great GTK2-based TotalCommander-alike file manager). It's free (code under GPL), but it requires Borland Kylix 3 Open Edition to build it, that is not in Debian and it won't ever be there I think. Also, author provides a compiled binaries of his software. I

maint scripts

2004-08-05 Thread Justin Pryzby
Hi all, As per policy, my unofficial package of IRAF now includes a perl script update-extern.pkg.pl which is installed in /usr/bin/. It will be used by external IRAF packages, each of which need to update extern.pkg. Of course, each also depends on IRAF. If memory serves, the script shouldn't

Re: maint scripts

2004-08-05 Thread Frank Lichtenheld
On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 08:15:07PM -0400, Justin Pryzby wrote: > Hi all, > > As per policy, my unofficial package of IRAF now includes a perl script > update-extern.pkg.pl which is installed in /usr/bin/. It will be used > by external IRAF packages, each of which need to update extern.pkg. Of >

Re: maint scripts

2004-08-05 Thread Justin Pryzby
On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 02:19:56AM +0200, Frank Lichtenheld wrote: > On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 08:15:07PM -0400, Justin Pryzby wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > As per policy, my unofficial package of IRAF now includes a perl script > > update-extern.pkg.pl which is installed in /usr/bin/. It will be used

Re: buildds

2004-08-05 Thread Pascal Hakim
On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 07:29:02PM +0200, Alexander List wrote: > On Thu, 5 Aug 2004, Andreas Metzler wrote: > > > The autobuilders will not build nonfree packages no matter what you > > try. - You can build manually on one of Debian's machines if you are > > a DD. > > OK, how do I cope with miss

Re: Tux Commander & Borland Kylix

2004-08-05 Thread elijah wright
> Subject: Tux Commander & Borland Kylix > > I want to package tuxcmd (Tux Commander - great GTK2-based > TotalCommander-alike file manager). It's free (code under GPL), but it > requires Borland Kylix 3 Open Edition to build it, that is not in Debian > and it won't ever be there I think. Also, au