Looking for a sponser for aeromail package

2004-10-19 Thread Russell Kliese
I would like to maintain the aeromail package that is currently orphaned. I am not a debian maintainer and therefore am looking for a sponser. Regards, Russell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: debmake or dh-make, what should I use?

2004-10-19 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 11:19:48AM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote: #include hallo.h * martin f krafft [Sun, Oct 17 2004, 10:35:21PM]: Apart, yes, why not delete dh_* calls? Because you need to remember them again when you need them or look around. Okay, it makes no difference when the day ends.

Re: Looking for a sponser for aeromail package

2004-10-19 Thread Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder
On Tuesday 19 October 2004 13.47, Russell Kliese wrote: I would like to maintain the aeromail package that is currently orphaned. I am not a debian maintainer and therefore am looking for a sponser. You should start by reading the documentation, if you didn't already:

gpsd package (looking for a review)

2004-10-19 Thread Tilman Koschnick
Hi, I've prepared a package for gpsd, a GPS (Global Positioning System) daemon. See [0] for the ITP. I'm not looking for a sponsor (someone already offered to upload it as soon it is in good shape), but for opinions. Generally regarding quality, and a couple of specific questions. - The package

Re: gpsd package (looking for a review)

2004-10-19 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Tilman Koschnick [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004.10.19.1546 +0200]: I'm not looking for a sponsor (someone already offered to upload it as soon it is in good shape), but for opinions. Generally regarding quality, and a couple of specific questions. IMHO, nobody should upload a package they

shlibs

2004-10-19 Thread David Moreno Garza
Hello, I've been having a little problem in debian/control, on a package. What happen if I have ${shlibs:Depends}, which will be replaced by the packages needed by the configure script, but I need one of those packages to be tested against other? Let me explain. debian/control hardcore: xmms |

Re: shlibs

2004-10-19 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach David Moreno Garza [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004.10.19.1555 +0200]: debian/control hardcore: xmms | beep-media-player What's hardcore? The shlibs:Depends returns, among others, xmms. But I need to be compared with another package, as in the first example. In the case, beep media

Re: shlibs

2004-10-19 Thread David Moreno Garza
On Tue, 2004-10-19 at 16:11 +0200, martin f krafft wrote: also sprach David Moreno Garza [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004.10.19.1555 +0200]: debian/control hardcore: xmms | beep-media-player What's hardcore? I meant hardcore for using direct package names, instead what ${shlibs:Depends} yields.

Re: gpsd package (looking for a review)

2004-10-19 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Tilman Koschnick [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004.10.19.1637 +0200]: I have some experience with shared libs, and some experience with deb packaging, just not with official packages yet, so they never had to withstand the scrutiny of debian developers... I would suggest finding a good

Re: shlibs

2004-10-19 Thread Adeodato Simó
* martin f krafft [Tue, 19 Oct 2004 16:11:34 +0200]: Do you want your dependency to be satisfyable by either xmms (which shlibs suggests), or beep-media-player (which shlibs does not suggest). If so, you are either going to have to provide your own shlibs.local file and put in an appropriate

Re: shlibs

2004-10-19 Thread Sven Mueller
Adeodato Simó [u] wrote on 19/10/2004 17:25: what I was trying to point out on irc was: if ${shlibs:Depends} expands to xmms, that's because a binary in the package links against /usr/lib/libxmms.so.1. if you workaround that, you'll end up with a broken (*) binary in the system. (*)

Re: shlibs

2004-10-19 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include hallo.h * David Moreno Garza [Tue, Oct 19 2004, 09:33:52AM]: Do you want your dependency to be satisfyable by either xmms (which shlibs suggests), or beep-media-player (which shlibs does not suggest). If so, you are either going to have to provide your own shlibs.local file and

Re: Looking for a sponser for aeromail package

2004-10-19 Thread Erik Schanze
Russell Kliese [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I would like to maintain the aeromail package that is currently orphaned. I am not a debian maintainer and therefore am looking for a sponser. I also had a look over aeromail a while ago. (See bug #229960) Please let me tell my opinion: Do you really mean

Help: Specifying Command Line Args

2004-10-19 Thread Ben Hill
Hi, I'm building a package, but the makefile needs a commandline argument to build a particular type of binary. How should I run dh_make etc to do this? Cheers, Ben -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.seigan.org GPG Fingerprint: 4309 1C58 5143 AFAC F69E 11CD 76FD 56D4 1223 E387 -- To

Re: shlibs

2004-10-19 Thread David Moreno Garza
On Tue, 2004-10-19 at 17:45 +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote: I am not sure what you guys are talking about (unless I am completely confused). shlibs files are for library packages that _provide_ something to link against (SONAMEd shared libraries). shlibs:Depends gets a list that is created by

Re: Help: Specifying Command Line Args

2004-10-19 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Ben Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004.10.20.0016 +0200]: I'm building a package, but the makefile needs a commandline argument to build a particular type of binary. How should I run dh_make etc to do this? dh_make has nothing to do with Makefiles. I puts a template debian/rules files in

Re: Help: Specifying Command Line Args

2004-10-19 Thread Sven Mueller
Ben Hill [u] wrote on 20/10/2004 00:16: I'm building a package, but the makefile needs a commandline argument to build a particular type of binary. How should I run dh_make etc to do this? ? dh_make only builds a base set of files in debian/ Following that, customization is certainly needed. The

Re: Looking for a sponser for aeromail package

2004-10-19 Thread Russell Kliese
Erik Schanze wrote: Russell Kliese [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I would like to maintain the aeromail package that is currently orphaned. I am not a debian maintainer and therefore am looking for a sponsor. I also had a look over aeromail a while ago. (See bug #229960) Please let me tell my

Re: RFS: asc - turn-based strategy game

2004-10-19 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 08:32:24AM +0200, Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo wrote: I'm looking for one-time-sponsor for my package asc. Usually Matthew Palmer uploads asc package for me, but he doesn't respond for my mails so I'm looking for someone else to upload it this time. I haven't gotten any

Looking for a sponser for aeromail package

2004-10-19 Thread Russell Kliese
I would like to maintain the aeromail package that is currently orphaned. I am not a debian maintainer and therefore am looking for a sponser. Regards, Russell

Re: debmake or dh-make, what should I use?

2004-10-19 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 11:19:48AM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote: #include hallo.h * martin f krafft [Sun, Oct 17 2004, 10:35:21PM]: Apart, yes, why not delete dh_* calls? Because you need to remember them again when you need them or look around. Okay, it makes no difference when the day ends.

Re: Looking for a sponser for aeromail package

2004-10-19 Thread Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder
On Tuesday 19 October 2004 13.47, Russell Kliese wrote: I would like to maintain the aeromail package that is currently orphaned. I am not a debian maintainer and therefore am looking for a sponser. You should start by reading the documentation, if you didn't already:

gpsd package (looking for a review)

2004-10-19 Thread Tilman Koschnick
Hi, I've prepared a package for gpsd, a GPS (Global Positioning System) daemon. See [0] for the ITP. I'm not looking for a sponsor (someone already offered to upload it as soon it is in good shape), but for opinions. Generally regarding quality, and a couple of specific questions. - The package

Re: gpsd package (looking for a review)

2004-10-19 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Tilman Koschnick [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004.10.19.1546 +0200]: I'm not looking for a sponsor (someone already offered to upload it as soon it is in good shape), but for opinions. Generally regarding quality, and a couple of specific questions. IMHO, nobody should upload a package they

shlibs

2004-10-19 Thread David Moreno Garza
Hello, I've been having a little problem in debian/control, on a package. What happen if I have ${shlibs:Depends}, which will be replaced by the packages needed by the configure script, but I need one of those packages to be tested against other? Let me explain. debian/control hardcore: xmms |

Re: shlibs

2004-10-19 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach David Moreno Garza [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004.10.19.1555 +0200]: debian/control hardcore: xmms | beep-media-player What's hardcore? The shlibs:Depends returns, among others, xmms. But I need to be compared with another package, as in the first example. In the case, beep media

Re: gpsd package (looking for a review)

2004-10-19 Thread Tilman Koschnick
On Tue, 2004-10-19 at 15:52 +0200, martin f krafft wrote: also sprach Tilman Koschnick [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004.10.19.1546 +0200]: I'm not looking for a sponsor (someone already offered to upload it as soon it is in good shape), but for opinions. Generally regarding quality, and a couple of

Re: shlibs

2004-10-19 Thread David Moreno Garza
On Tue, 2004-10-19 at 16:11 +0200, martin f krafft wrote: also sprach David Moreno Garza [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004.10.19.1555 +0200]: debian/control hardcore: xmms | beep-media-player What's hardcore? I meant hardcore for using direct package names, instead what ${shlibs:Depends} yields.

Re: gpsd package (looking for a review)

2004-10-19 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Tilman Koschnick [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004.10.19.1637 +0200]: I have some experience with shared libs, and some experience with deb packaging, just not with official packages yet, so they never had to withstand the scrutiny of debian developers... I would suggest finding a good

Re: shlibs

2004-10-19 Thread Adeodato Simó
* martin f krafft [Tue, 19 Oct 2004 16:11:34 +0200]: Do you want your dependency to be satisfyable by either xmms (which shlibs suggests), or beep-media-player (which shlibs does not suggest). If so, you are either going to have to provide your own shlibs.local file and put in an appropriate

Re: shlibs

2004-10-19 Thread Sven Mueller
Adeodato Simó [u] wrote on 19/10/2004 17:25: what I was trying to point out on irc was: if ${shlibs:Depends} expands to xmms, that's because a binary in the package links against /usr/lib/libxmms.so.1. if you workaround that, you'll end up with a broken (*) binary in the system.

Re: shlibs

2004-10-19 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include hallo.h * David Moreno Garza [Tue, Oct 19 2004, 09:33:52AM]: Do you want your dependency to be satisfyable by either xmms (which shlibs suggests), or beep-media-player (which shlibs does not suggest). If so, you are either going to have to provide your own shlibs.local file and

Re: Looking for a sponser for aeromail package

2004-10-19 Thread Erik Schanze
Russell Kliese [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I would like to maintain the aeromail package that is currently orphaned. I am not a debian maintainer and therefore am looking for a sponser. I also had a look over aeromail a while ago. (See bug #229960) Please let me tell my opinion: Do you really mean

Help: Specifying Command Line Args

2004-10-19 Thread Ben Hill
Hi, I'm building a package, but the makefile needs a commandline argument to build a particular type of binary. How should I run dh_make etc to do this? Cheers, Ben -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.seigan.org GPG Fingerprint: 4309 1C58 5143 AFAC F69E 11CD 76FD 56D4 1223 E387

Re: shlibs

2004-10-19 Thread David Moreno Garza
On Tue, 2004-10-19 at 17:45 +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote: I am not sure what you guys are talking about (unless I am completely confused). shlibs files are for library packages that _provide_ something to link against (SONAMEd shared libraries). shlibs:Depends gets a list that is created by

Re: Help: Specifying Command Line Args

2004-10-19 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Ben Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004.10.20.0016 +0200]: I'm building a package, but the makefile needs a commandline argument to build a particular type of binary. How should I run dh_make etc to do this? dh_make has nothing to do with Makefiles. I puts a template debian/rules files in

Re: Help: Specifying Command Line Args

2004-10-19 Thread Sven Mueller
Ben Hill [u] wrote on 20/10/2004 00:16: I'm building a package, but the makefile needs a commandline argument to build a particular type of binary. How should I run dh_make etc to do this? ? dh_make only builds a base set of files in debian/ Following that, customization is certainly needed.

Re: Looking for a sponser for aeromail package

2004-10-19 Thread Russell Kliese
Erik Schanze wrote: Russell Kliese [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I would like to maintain the aeromail package that is currently orphaned. I am not a debian maintainer and therefore am looking for a sponsor. I also had a look over aeromail a while ago. (See bug #229960) Please let me tell my