Re: Include in PATH

2013-10-14 Thread Beco
config/data files. I'm talking about binaries in this email. But since you already answered to put the binary always in /usr/games/, so I don't need to change PATH anymore. Thanks a lot. Beco. > -- > Craig Small VK2XLZ http://enc.com.au/ csmall at : e

Checklist to create a .deb package

2013-10-14 Thread Beco
Hi guys, Is there a simple checklist I can go through while reading the docs? I'm drowning in deeper and deeper docs, and sometime I feel I'm disconnected from the path. A (simple) checklist would really help to give me a north. Thanks, Beco. -- Dr Beco A.I. researcher &quo

Re: permission to write to /usr/local/share/packagename

2013-10-12 Thread Beco
On 4 October 2013 18:09, Vincent Bernat wrote: >4 octobre 2013 22:56 CEST, Beco : > > > On Debian, those high scores are usually stored in /var/games/X. The > file permissions allow a user from the group games to write the > file. See for example `monsterz`. > --

Include in PATH

2013-10-12 Thread Beco
hout the root password, so I'm limited to so many linux commands. Is this the way to go? And with ".profile" script? Or .bashrc? Or still another one less usual but functional for this task? ( Thanks, Beco. -- Dr Beco A.I. researcher "Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye." (H. Jackson Brown Jr.)

[Solved] Re: i686-w64-mingw32-gcc and libintl.h

2013-10-08 Thread Beco
bin And you're done! Thanks! Beco. -- Dr Beco A.I. researcher "Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye." (H. Jackson Brown Jr.)

i686-w64-mingw32-gcc and libintl.h

2013-10-08 Thread Beco
4.6/plugin/include/intl.h Still, it won't compile! I'm using wheezy. Any clues? Thanks, Beco. PS. normal gcc can compile the code flawless. -- Dr Beco A.I. researcher "Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye." (H. Jackson Brown Jr.)

Re: race condition

2013-10-05 Thread Beco
On 5 October 2013 22:30, Russ Allbery wrote: > >> What would be the standard way to lock the scorefile? > > fcntl(fd, F_SETLK). See fcntl(2). > > -- > Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> Thanks Russ, I'll take a "

race condition

2013-10-05 Thread Beco
rscore_memory(); savescore_memory2file(); } What would be the standard way to lock the scorefile? No need for too much details. Just to point the general most accepted solution. Thanks! Beco. -- Dr Beco A.I. researcher "Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye." (H. Jackson Brown Jr

Re: permission to write to /usr/local/share/packagename

2013-10-05 Thread Beco
ave such permissions! Of course one can change the source and recompile, but the new binary wont have the SGID set (I suppose). And it is much more difficult to download a source, change the program, recompile, etc., than just let some curious user use "vi", or "nano", or "rm

Re: permission to write to /usr/local/share/packagename

2013-10-04 Thread Beco
On 4 October 2013 22:56, Beco wrote: > Hi mentors, [snip] > I suppose that is all I have to do. But myapp still tells me > "permission denied". I got it working using something I was trying to avoid. SGID. chmod g+s mytouch I think its kind of dangerous. But hell, is t

Re: permission to write to /usr/local/share/packagename

2013-10-04 Thread Beco
ar/games/myapp/myapp I suppose that is all I have to do. But myapp still tells me "permission denied". Holding my breath! Beco. -- Dr Beco A.I. researcher "Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye." (H. Jackson Brown Jr.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian

Re: permission to write to /usr/local/share/packagename

2013-10-04 Thread Beco
e of permissions? I tried this simple command under bash: $ touch /var/games/test.txt permission denied! I added myself to group games, but to no avail. What is the miracle? After installing with root permissions, the game won't run with root permission, will it? Please, help clarifying this top

Re: permission to write to /usr/local/share/packagename

2013-10-04 Thread Beco
ermann, While tmp is a good idea for some other things I have here, in the case of scores it would be better if the file is protected from accidental deletion. Thanks! Cheers, Beco. -- Dr Beco A.I. researcher "Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye." (H. Jackson Bro

permission to write to /usr/local/share/packagename

2013-10-04 Thread Beco
ing. Of course, the packaging may have rules to state where do the ".dat" file goes, so I'm kind of lost here too. But this is a second stage. For now I just want my program to run in the correct places, write the data in the correct directory. Thanks any light here. Beco. --

Re: Translate printf("Hallo")

2013-10-01 Thread Beco
On 2 October 2013 00:58, Beco wrote: >> #define _( String ) gettext( String ) >> >> breaks xgettext >> >> Is there any trick to get it working with the define? Solution: Use -k_ arg. Example: $xgettext -k_ -d hallo -s -o hallowelt.pot hallowelt.c Thanks! Beco.

Re: Translate printf("Hallo")

2013-10-01 Thread Beco
On 2 October 2013 00:44, Beco wrote: > On 1 October 2013 19:03, Boris Pek wrote: [big snip] > > $ msgfmt -c -v -o hallo.mo en_US-hallowelt.po pt_BR-hallowelt.po > > I get this fatal errors: > > pt_BR-hallowelt.po:6: duplicate message definition... > en_US-hallow

Re: Translate printf("Hallo")

2013-10-01 Thread Beco
ord, look this HOW-TO I'm doing. (I'll state the problem in the end) /* --- BEGIN OF FILE hallowelt.c - */ /* * MINI-HOWTO to translate printf messages using gettext * By Dr. Beco, (C) 2013, GNU/GPL License. */ #include #include #include #include int main(int argc, c

Re: dh_make and $DEBEMAIL

2013-10-01 Thread Beco
On 1 October 2013 23:15, Craig Small wrote: > On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 12:42:02AM -0300, Beco wrote: [snip] >>PS. Also, hijacking my own thread, I think there is a bug with the short >>opt "-c" to set license. Is that so? Just the long option is working for >

Re: Translate printf("Hallo")

2013-10-01 Thread Beco
On 29 September 2013 23:41, Beco wrote: > On 29 September 2013 23:35, Martin Eberhard Schauer wrote: >>> Please, what would be the correct way to translate printf messages (in >>> a C program) into some other languages? >> >> You will have to learn about gettex

Re: dh_make and $DEBEMAIL

2013-09-30 Thread Beco
On 30 September 2013 03:50, Etienne Millon wrote: > * Beco [130930 08:41]: >> Yes, its just a typo. #echo $DEBEMAIL shows correctly. > > That was just to check :) > > Is the variable correctly exported in the environment using 'export' ? > You can see if it is

Re: dh_make and $DEBEMAIL

2013-09-29 Thread Beco
ypo. #echo $DEBEMAIL shows correctly. I still wonder how to configure dh_make Tx, Beco. -- Dr Beco A.I. researcher "Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye." (H. Jackson Brown Jr.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subj

Re: Translate printf("Hallo")

2013-09-29 Thread Beco
uch kind of questions welcomed here? Or should I ask debian-devel? > > You are right here. > Thanks Martin! -- Dr Beco A.I. researcher "Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye." (H. Jackson Brown Jr.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.de

Translate printf("Hallo")

2013-09-29 Thread Beco
Hi there, Please, what would be the correct way to translate printf messages (in a C program) into some other languages? Thanks! Beco. PS. Is such kind of questions welcomed here? Or should I ask debian-devel? I thought that debian-devel would be more advanced, so I tried here first. Please

Re: dh_make and $DEBEMAIL

2013-09-29 Thread Beco
On 28 September 2013 02:50, AnĂ­bal Monsalve Salazar wrote: > On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 12:38:26AM -0300, Beco wrote: >> Its said in the man page that dh_make would use my $DEBEMAIL, but the >> email I see is another one (I suppose composed of login @ host-name ). >> >> I

Re: dh_make and $DEBEMAIL

2013-09-27 Thread Beco
On 28 September 2013 00:38, Beco wrote: > Hi there mentors, > > Its said in the man page that dh_make would use my $DEBEMAIL, but the > email I see is another one (I suppose composed of login @ host-name ). > > I could use the opt "--email" to set it, but... How to

dh_make and $DEBEMAIL

2013-09-27 Thread Beco
Hi there mentors, Its said in the man page that dh_make would use my $DEBEMAIL, but the email I see is another one (I suppose composed of login @ host-name ). I could use the opt "--email" to set it, but... How to enforce dh_make to use the environment variable? Thanks, Beco. -- D

Re: Volunteer in need of a mentor

2013-09-23 Thread Beco
On 23 September 2013 17:12, Paul Gevers wrote: > Hi Beco, > > Welcome. > Thanks Paul. > > It is our custom on this list to try to just answer questions as they > come along. So no dedicated mentor is appointed. Own... That is a pity. I recall someone telling me about dedic

Volunteer in need of a mentor

2013-09-23 Thread Beco
me, and I'll be doing the stuff I learn with my mentor for a long time, slowly but surely. If you find yourself qualified for the job, be welcome. Just remember, I wont pay you a penny. And after you started, you can't quit. Thanks any answer. Beco. PS. My second attempt package, m