Re: Library sonames and unstable libraries

Hi, Junichi Uekawa wrote: >>> Too, there are actually two forms of library soname file naming used: >>> libfoo.so.1.2.3 >>> and >>> libfoo-1.2.3.so >> Only the first one is mentioned in the various packaging guides, > > hmmm ? excluding this? > > http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/column/libpk

Re: Library sonames and unstable libraries

format libfoo-1.2.3.so only exists for historical reasons, right? IMHO new packages have to use the form libfoo.so.1.2.3 ? Best Regards, Andreas - -- Andreas Fester mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.littletux.net ICQ: 326674288 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6

Re: Help regarding package with shared objects

Hi Paul, you should definitely read http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/column/libpkg-guide/libpkg-guide.html It should answer most of your questions, including package layout and the role of -dev packages. Regarding the install location: does your package use autoconf? You then probably simply ne

Re: binNMU safe and ${binary:Version} or ${source:Version}

tried to understand it some time ago: http://wiki.debian.org/NonMaintainerUpload Maybe there are additional things you can add from what you learned ... Regards, Andreas - -- Andreas Fester mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.littletux.net ICQ: 326674288 -BEGIN PGP SIG

Re: Huge private Debian repository...

s overwritten so that only the latter one was visible. Best Regards, Andreas - -- Andreas Fester mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.littletux.net ICQ: 326674288 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail

Re: Huge private Debian repository...

the stuff I did before contacting the author of debpool, but probably its now a good chance to dig further into it ... Thanks, Andreas - -- Andreas Fester mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.littletux.net ICQ: 326674288 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Co

Re: Huge private Debian repository...

Antonio Ospite wrote: [...] >> Among them are FAM support for a more responsive incoming queue >> and support for multi arch repositories (especially handy for >> i386/amd64). >> >> Things on my todolist are alignment with 0.2.3, optional GAMIN-support >> instead of FAM and discussing my modificati

Re: Huge private Debian repository...

Antonio Ospite wrote: [...] > debpool is also a handy alternative for a private repository: > > http://packages.debian.org/experimental/devel/debpool > > with some improvement debpool can be _the_ debian repository > manager for mortals :) I made some improvements to debpool (not forwarded to "u

RFS: crossvc (updated package)

sitory: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free - - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/non-free/c/crossvc/crossvc_1.5.0-1.dsc I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. Kind regards Andreas Fester - -- Andreas Fester mailto:[EMAIL

RFS: subcommander - Graphical client for subversion

in a reply to the initial RFS. I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. Kind regards Andreas Fester - -- Andreas Fester mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.littletux.net ICQ: 326674288 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG wi

Re: RFS (dget optimized): subcommander -- qt based multiplatform subversion client, diff & merge tool

file to debian/copyright (even though this license only applies to two files which are needed for the build on a specific other OS ...) Thanks, Andreas - -- Andreas Fester mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.littletux.net ICQ: 326674288 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v

RFS (dget optimized): subcommander -- qt based multiplatform subversion client, diff & merge tool

.org/debian/pool/main/s/subcommander/subcommander_1.1.0-1.dsc The package is linda&lintian clean and installs properly. Thanks in advance & Best Regards, Andreas - -- Andreas Fester mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.littletux.net ICQ: 326674288 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-

RFS: subcommander -- qt based multiplatform subversion client, diff & merge tool

s in advance & Best Regards, Andreas - -- Andreas Fester mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.littletux.net ICQ: 326674288 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEw+Dl

Re: RFS: qcad -- A professional CAD System

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Daniel Baumann wrote: > Andreas Fester wrote: >> The package is available at >> http://www.littletux.net/debian/pool/main/q/qcad/ > > the upstream-tarball is missing. *Now* its there. debpool could not handle the upstream ver

RFS: qcad -- A professional CAD System

: graphics The package is already in Debian. I have packaged the new upstream version and fixed some of the open bugs. The package is available at http://www.littletux.net/debian/pool/main/q/qcad/ Thanks & Best Regards, Andreas - -- Andreas Fester mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW:

Re: default man page

f the program in the man page, to enable a user to examine what the program does before executing it. The simplest approach might be to use a man page from an existing Debian package as a template, and simply replace the various sections with your text. Regards, Andreas -- Andr

Re: KChmViewer debian package

issing ;-) Regards, Andreas - -- Andreas Fester mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.littletux.net ICQ: 326674288 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDZ2KQZ3bQVzeW+rsRAlhV

Re: *** GMX Spamverdacht *** Re: KChmViewer debian package

o help you as much as i can :) Same for me :-) Currently I have this package installed in /usr/local, so having a debian package would be great... Best Regards, Andreas - -- Andreas Fester mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.littletux.net ICQ: 326674288 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE--

RFS: synopsis -- Source code documentation tool

mentors.debian.net (http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/s/synopsis). The package is linda and lintian clean, with an override though; hope that someone nevertheless is willing to sponsor me ;-) Thanks and best Regards, Andreas - -- Andreas Fester mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http

Re: duplicate library code in a package

Joey Hess wrote: Andreas Fester wrote: not necessarily. It must be the original, but it must not be pristine. That's self-contradictory. And wrong. That's what I learned from other developers during my first packaging experience :-), and its difficult to argue if you are a nov

Packaging question (synopsis and its libraries)

t these are too many packages, but IMHO this is the proper solution if the library is packaged separatly. Any comments appreciated :-) Thanks & Best Regards, Andreas -- Andreas Fester mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.littletux.net ICQ: 326674288 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: duplicate library code in a package

ge anyway, you could also remove those files, even though it might not be good practice to repackage for that reason *only* ... 1. http://sam.zoy.org/lectures/20050910-debian/img17.html Thanks for the pointer to those cool slides :-) Best Regards, Andreas -- Andreas Fester mailto:[

Re: duplicate library code in a package

Andreas -- Andreas Fester mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.littletux.net ICQ: 326674288 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: autotools during build

I have some packages which use autotools. I thought it would be good to compile as much as possible, so it is clear all the sources are correct. That means including autoconf, of course. However, linda doesn't agree with that: W: gfpoken; Package Build-Depends on automake* or autoconf. This pa

Re: pbuilder create problem

tools... I: Configuring libtextwrap1... I: Configuring console-common... W: Failure while configuring base packages. This will be attempted 5 times. [...] -- Andreas Fester mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://littletux.homelinux.org ICQ: 326674288 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

Re: Bug#303794: ITA: log4cpp -- A C++ library for flexible logging

Hi, Fathi Boudra wrote: > the project restarted, current version is log4cpp-0.3.5rc2 (dated 2005-06-01) > Only the homepage of the project wasn't updated. > So what should i do ? prepare an updated package or drop it ? the primary reason for me to package log4cxx instead of ITA log4cpp was tha

Re: makefiles

the things worked quite well. The package contains both HTML and PDF versions. If you have specific problems with any of the examples in the book, feel free to ask. Best Regards, Andreas -- Andreas Fester mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://littletux.homelinux.org ICQ: 326674288 --

Re: makefiles

Another good manual regarding autoconf and automake (that is, makefiles.am and makefiles.in) is http://sources.redhat.com/autobook/ It is also in english though Best Regards, Andreas On 7/7/05, PY LUYTEN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: i try to learn a bit as it seems i am not ready

Re: [Help request] packaging pyne 1.0.3 - build problem

cript to your already existing 01_fix_build_issues.dpat. Best Regards, Andreas -- Andreas Fester mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://littletux.homelinux.org ICQ: 326674288 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Question about packaging a library.

in here :-) I download the package you mentioned, and i will have a look in the afternoon, thanks a lot for your help. Regards, Sylvain Ps: What does ITP means ? ITP means "Intent To Package" and is meant to notify others that you will create debian packages for some piece of sof

Re: Question about packaging a library.

/viewcvs.cgi/ to view the path I was following while working on the package :-) Once you have the package done, provide it somewhere so that others can have a look at it. Best Regards, Andreas -- Andreas Fester mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://littletux.homelinux.org ICQ: 326674288

Re: New maintainer checklist

Hi Ben, Ben Finney wrote: Howdy mentors, I'm attempting to start my long slide into package maintainership :-) Welcome :-) I also started this journey some weeks ago, maybe some hints can help you: - In addition to the documents below, reading the New Maintainers Guide: http://www.debian.org/doc/

Re: RFS: log4cxx - A logging library for C++

ntain the usual README etc, but /usr/share/doc/log4cxx-doc/html contains the log4cxx manual. Here I am not sure if this directory needs to go below /usr/share/doc/log4cxx-doc (as it is now) or below /usr/share/doc/log4cxx... Thanks & best Regards, Andreas -- Andreas Fester mailto:[EMAIL

RFS: log4cxx - A logging library for C++

reported from lintian about a missing man page for an included binary. Since the upstream package does not include a man page either I still will have to fix this. Thanks and best Regards, Andreas -- Andreas Fester mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://littletux.homelinux.org ICQ: 326674288