Re: Question regarding dpkg files

2007-05-22 Thread Evgeni Golov
On Wed, 23 May 2007 08:02:43 +0200 Jan-Pascal van Best wrote: > Is there a list of which users and groups are standard somewhere? /usr/share/doc/base-passwd/users-and-groups.(txt.gz|html) -- ^^^| Evgeni -SargentD- Golov ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) d(O_o)b | GPG/PGP-Key-ID: 0xAC15B50C >-|-<

Re: Question regarding dpkg files

2007-05-22 Thread Jan-Pascal van Best
Leo Antunes wrote: > Unless you need to set ownership to a non-standard user or group (of > which the UID/GID can change from system to system), in which case you > need to take a look at 'dpkg-statoverride', using it inside your > postinst or preinst script. > Is there a list of which users and

Re: Question regarding dpkg files

2007-05-22 Thread Leo Antunes
On Tue, 2007-05-22 at 17:42 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Set file ownership and permissions properly in the package. Debian's > package build process, unlike RPMs, doesn't rely on the spec file to > handle ownership of files. Just chown the files as appropriate in > debian/rules and Debian's pack

Re: Question regarding dpkg files

2007-05-22 Thread Russ Allbery
Paddy Sreenivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I read Debian maintainers guide and could not find answer for my > question. > I maintain a rpm package that installs files as non-root user. How do I > control file ownership and permissions in deb packages? Set file ownership and permissions pro

Question regarding dpkg files

2007-05-22 Thread Paddy Sreenivasan
Hi, I read Debian maintainers guide and could not find answer for my question. I maintain a rpm package that installs files as non-root user. How do I control file ownership and permissions in deb packages? Thanks, Paddy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubs

Re: Build package first, or change to ITA first?

2007-05-22 Thread Piotr Ożarowski
> On the other hand, to avoid someone else working on the package and > duplicating the work, I feel that I should change it to "ITA" now. Also, it > might not need to be packaged in the near future (there are currently no open > bugs for this package), giving me time to get up to speed. > > Do

Build package first, or change to ITA first?

2007-05-22 Thread Richard Fearn
Hi everyone, I'd like to contribute to Debian by adopting a package. I've spotted a very simple one - libphp-pclzip - which needs adopting, and I've contacted the current maintainer about this. It's quite a simple package, but I still have quite a lot of reading to do, to understand the Debi

Re: RFS: peless -- GTK Text browser

2007-05-22 Thread Damyan Ivanov
-=| Giorgio Pioda, Tue, 22 May 2007 21:51:48 +0200 |=- > I have packaged a nice GTK text reader that can be very usefull to > compare files (shown in separated tabs), and search for text in files. > The package seems to me quite mature and is downloadable at: > > http://web.ticino.com/gfwp/debian/

RFS: peless -- GTK Text browser

2007-05-22 Thread Giorgio Pioda
Hallo mentors, I have packaged a nice GTK text reader that can be very usefull to compare files (shown in separated tabs), and search for text in files. The package seems to me quite mature and is downloadable at: http://web.ticino.com/gfwp/debian/peless-1.108/peless_1.108-1.dsc Let me know if t

Re: RFS: Frets on Fire

2007-05-22 Thread Romain Beauxis
Le Tuesday 22 May 2007 14:28:07 Miriam Ruiz, vous avez écrit : > After some months of working, we've finally been able to finish a DFSG-free > version of the game Frets on Fire, as well as some free songs to play the > game. The packages can be obtained from > http://mjj29.matthew.ath.cx/debian-upl

RFS: Frets on Fire

2007-05-22 Thread Miriam Ruiz
After some months of working, we've finally been able to finish a DFSG-free version of the game Frets on Fire, as well as some free songs to play the game. The packages can be obtained from http://mjj29.matthew.ath.cx/debian-upload/fretsonfire/ , or via the Debian Games Team subversion server ( ht