Re: Problem with a package running "configure"

2005-05-11 Thread Nelson A. de Oliveira
Ben Finney wrote: >>depend.mk~ >>filelist.mk~ >>modules.mk~ > > Why are they named this way? A filename with a trailing tilde ('~') is > a common convention for a temporary backup file that can be deleted. Upstream author made it like this... I don't know why. :-/ > I don't know which tool in pa

Re: Problem with a package running "configure"

2005-05-11 Thread Justin Pryzby
On Wed, May 11, 2005 at 09:25:27PM -0300, Nelson A. de Oliveira wrote: > Hi > > I am having a problem... When running "./configure" on a dir with the > source of a program, it reads 3 files inside the dir "autoconf/make": > > depend.mk~ > filelist.mk~ > modules.mk~ > > Everything runs fine, it c

Re: Problem with a package running "configure"

2005-05-11 Thread Ben Finney
On 11-May-2005, Nelson A. de Oliveira wrote: > I am having a problem... When running "./configure" on a dir with the > source of a program, it reads 3 files inside the dir "autoconf/make": > > depend.mk~ > filelist.mk~ > modules.mk~ Why are they named this way? A filename with a trailing tilde ('

Problem with a package running "configure"

2005-05-11 Thread Nelson A. de Oliveira
Hi I am having a problem... When running "./configure" on a dir with the source of a program, it reads 3 files inside the dir "autoconf/make": depend.mk~ filelist.mk~ modules.mk~ Everything runs fine, it creates the Makefile and all the things work. But, when creating a package (using the defaul

Re: updated cogito package - now with docs!

2005-05-11 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Andres Salomon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 11 May 2005 14:05:28 -0600, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > > You can grab the new cogito package here: > > > > http://highlab.com/~seb/debian > > FYI, you can make the packages and source apt-get'able w/ a script like > http://www.acm.rpi.edu/~

Re: RFS: z80asm, assembler for the Zilog Z80 microprocessor

2005-05-11 Thread Masami Ichikawa
Hello. on 05/11/05 22:35, Bas Wijnen wrote: Hello mentors, In order to learn about Debian packaging, I packaged a program I wrote. The package is lintian and linda clean. Please give me comments on it. lintian said "W: z80asm: binary-without-manpage z80asm" Your package doesn't include "z80asm.1"

Re: Stupid shebang tricks

2005-05-11 Thread Ben Finney
On 11-May-2005, Joey Hess wrote: > Ben Finney wrote: > > That would be a downside (and kills it for the primary use I had in > > mind, '#!/usr/bin/env perl -w'). > > Of course "#!/usr/bin/env perl\nuse warnings;" is equivilant. Ah, I think I see; you're suggesting to use the following script head

Re: Stupid shebang tricks

2005-05-11 Thread Ben Finney
On 11-May-2005, Joey Hess wrote: > Ben Finney wrote: > > That would be a downside (and kills it for the primary use I had in > > mind, '#!/usr/bin/env perl -w'). > > Of course "#!/usr/bin/env perl\nuse warnings;" is equivilant. That still seems to fall foul of the "shebang only recognises one com

Re: updated cogito package - now with docs!

2005-05-11 Thread Andres Salomon
On Wed, 11 May 2005 14:05:28 -0600, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > The upstream now includes docs for the GIT core, though still not for > Cogito. The docs are available in .txt and .html, and they _would_ > be available as manpages except for a bug in asciidoc. The asciidoc > maintainer has been

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Re: RFS: plotutils -- The GNU plotutils (plotting utilities) package

2005-05-11 Thread Roger Leigh
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Floris Bruynooghe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Plotutils was orphaned quite a while ago (#279827). In the packages I > created all outstanding bugs are closed. Also the packages now use > dpatch to keep a clean upstream tree. They are available at

updated cogito package - now with docs!

2005-05-11 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
The upstream now includes docs for the GIT core, though still not for Cogito. The docs are available in .txt and .html, and they _would_ be available as manpages except for a bug in asciidoc. The asciidoc maintainer has been offered a patch. You can grab the new cogito package here: http:/

Re: RFS: eaccelerator - PHP script cacher

2005-05-11 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Quoting Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On 11-May-2005, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: Package name: eacclereator I presume that's a typo for 'eaccelerator', in this message only and not in the package? Sort of :-/ I initially made the typo throughout the package. Oops. However, it is all nice and fix

Re: I would like to help Debian by maintaining a package

2005-05-11 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Pierre Laroche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.05.11.1933 +0200]: > I am looking for a sponsor so I can maintain a debian package. > I am thinking of taking over the wnpp packate (bcm4400-source). This would be nice. As the previous maintainer, I would be happy to sponsor you. -- Please do

I would like to help Debian by maintaining a package

2005-05-11 Thread Pierre Laroche
I am looking for a sponsor so I can maintain a debian package. I am thinking of taking over the wnpp packate (bcm4400-source).   Please help.   - Pierre

Re: Stupid shebang tricks & env -

2005-05-11 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Geert Stappers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.05.11.1802 +0200]: > #!/usr/bin env - perl -w > > so, the extra hyphen, the trick? No. shebang lines can only take one argument. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: {SPAM} Stupid shebang tricks

2005-05-11 Thread Sven Mueller
Daniel Ruoso wrote on 11/05/2005 18:07: > Em Ter, 2005-05-10 às 22:07, Ben Finney escreveu: > >>Yes, I've always been impressed with that trick (in direct proportion >>to the hatred I had of '#!/usr/bin/perl' and '#!/usr/local/bin/perl' >>wars). > > Considering we are in Debian, isn't alternative

Re: Stupid shebang tricks & env -

2005-05-11 Thread Sven Mueller
Geert Stappers wrote on 11/05/2005 18:02: > Does > > #!/usr/bin env - perl -w > > so, the extra hyphen, the trick? This has the additional problem that "-" implies "-i", which starts with an empty environment. And many script actually use environment variables to control their behaviour. cu, s

Re: Stupid shebang tricks & env -

2005-05-11 Thread Geert Stappers
On Wed, May 11, 2005 at 03:48:51PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Bas Zoetekouw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.05.11.1528 +0200]: > > > True. But before it will even be considered to make env standard, > > > the parameter problem would have to be solved. perl -w and /bin/sh > > > -e are jus

Re: {SPAM} Stupid shebang tricks

2005-05-11 Thread Daniel Ruoso
Em Ter, 2005-05-10 às 22:07, Ben Finney escreveu: > Yes, I've always been impressed with that trick (in direct proportion > to the hatred I had of '#!/usr/bin/perl' and '#!/usr/local/bin/perl' > wars). Considering we are in Debian, isn't alternatives the appropriate solution for the different poss

Re: Stupid shebang tricks

2005-05-11 Thread Joey Hess
Ben Finney wrote: > That would be a downside (and kills it for the primary use I had in > mind, '#!/usr/bin/env perl -w'). Of course "#!/usr/bin/env perl\nuse warnings;" is equivilant. -- see shy jo signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Stupid shebang tricks

2005-05-11 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Bas Zoetekouw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.05.11.1528 +0200]: > > True. But before it will even be considered to make env standard, > > the parameter problem would have to be solved. perl -w and /bin/sh > > -e are just necessary. > > Just put "use warnings;" or "set -e" in the script. Ye

Re: Stupid shebang tricks

2005-05-11 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Roger Leigh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.05.11.1526 +0200]: > My solution, using perl scripts as an example, is to write > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]@ -w > > and use autoconf to generate the script for me, using > > AC_PATH_PROG([PERL], [perl]) This is not a solution for the problem being

Re: Stupid shebang tricks

2005-05-11 Thread Bas Zoetekouw
Hi martin! You wrote: > True. But before it will even be considered to make env standard, > the parameter problem would have to be solved. perl -w and /bin/sh > -e are just necessary. Just put "use warnings;" or "set -e" in the script. -- Kind regards, +

Re: Stupid shebang tricks

2005-05-11 Thread Roger Leigh
On Wed, May 11, 2005 at 11:04:06PM +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > On 11-May-2005, martin f krafft wrote: > > also sprach Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.05.11.0307 +0200]: > > > To what extent should that be used? Is it reasonable to do it for > > > *any* shebang line? '#!/usr/bin/env make'? '#!/u

Re: RFS: z80asm, assembler for the Zilog Z80 microprocessor

2005-05-11 Thread Bas Wijnen
Oh, I forgot to mention, I filed an ITP as bug #308310 for it. Bas Wijnen wrote: > Short description: assembler for the Zilog Z80 microprocessor -- I encourage people to send encrypted e-mail (see http://www.gnupg.org). If you have problems reading my e-mail, use a better reader. Please send the

RFS: z80asm, assembler for the Zilog Z80 microprocessor

2005-05-11 Thread Bas Wijnen
Hello mentors, In order to learn about Debian packaging, I packaged a program I wrote. The package is lintian and linda clean. Please give me comments on it. Since I think the program is actually useful as well, I am looking for a sponsor to get it included in the Debian archive. Short descrip

RFS: plotutils -- The GNU plotutils (plotting utilities) package

2005-05-11 Thread Floris Bruynooghe
Hi Plotutils was orphaned quite a while ago (#279827). In the packages I created all outstanding bugs are closed. Also the packages now use dpatch to keep a clean upstream tree. They are available at http://www.soton.ac.uk/~fb102/Debian. Package: plotutils Description: The GNU plotutils (plott

Re: Stupid shebang tricks

2005-05-11 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.05.11.1504 +0200]: > The context of the '#!/usr/bin/env python' trick extends beyond > Debian though; the whole point is that a lookup will work in > environments where the location of the executable *isn't* the > standard one. True. But before it w

Re: RFS: eaccelerator - PHP script cacher

2005-05-11 Thread Ben Finney
On 11-May-2005, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > Package name: eacclereator I presume that's a typo for 'eaccelerator', in this message only and not in the package? > Description: Increases performance of PHP scripts by caching Synopsis should be a noun phrase describing the package (and should not s

Re: Stupid shebang tricks

2005-05-11 Thread Ben Finney
On 11-May-2005, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.05.11.0307 +0200]: > > To what extent should that be used? Is it reasonable to do it for > > *any* shebang line? '#!/usr/bin/env make'? '#!/usr/bin/env bash'? > > Are there any downsides? > > Performance. Th

Re: Stupid shebang tricks

2005-05-11 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.05.11.0307 +0200]: > To what extent should that be used? Is it reasonable to do it for > *any* shebang line? '#!/usr/bin/env make'? '#!/usr/bin/env bash'? > Are there any downsides? Performance. Debian standardises executable locations, so there is

Re: RFS: eaccelerator - PHP script cacher

2005-05-11 Thread Carlos Parra
Good job, i just find this tiny fault: Now running lintian... W: eaccelerator: description-synopsis-starts-with-a-capital-letter Finished running lintian. El mié, 11-05-2005 a las 00:43 -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez escribió: > Greetings debian-mentors (and Ola), > > Short story: after a recent upgr

RFS: pitfdll - DLL/QTX loader plugin for GStreamer

2005-05-11 Thread Dan Korostelev
PLEASE, CC TO ME ON ANSWERING! Name: pitfdll (binary is gstreamer0.8-pitfdll) Homepage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pitfdll/ License:GPL/LGPL Pitfdll is a plugin for GStreamer media framework that enables use of binary QuickTime QTX and DirectShow/DMO DLL files as a pl

Re: Changed upstream dependancy

2005-05-11 Thread Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo
On Wed, May 11, 2005 at 12:01:06PM +0300, Shachar Shemesh wrote: [...] > Now here are the questions: > 1. What is the correct order of things? Should I first upload a package > for argtable, wait for it to pass ftpmasters, and only then upload the > latest rsyncrypto version, or should I upload

Changed upstream dependancy

2005-05-11 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Hi all, "rsyncrypto" is a package I'm maintainer for (using sponsored uploads). Upstream for the package (which is me) changed the package's dependency to include "argtable" (a library for gnu-like option processing). Argtable doesn't have a Debian package (yet - Bug#306755. I'm the propose

Re: Stupid shebang tricks

2005-05-11 Thread Florent Rougon
Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is '/usr/bin/env' part of the POSIX spec? Is its behaviour with regard > to command arguments defined? Where would I find out? It is part of POSIX: http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/env.html The problem is not with env, but with sh

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Re: cannot make (my first) debian package

2005-05-11 Thread Mauro Darida
On Thursday 05 May 2005 11:09, Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo wrote: > You're using PDF as *source*? How come? > I am now using the latex file as source. > > Why don't you simply check some packages that contain binary files? > > `apt-get source asc-music` > What a wonderful idea! I have never downloade