Re: Questions about filesystem layout for new package nisca

2001-02-16 Thread Ingo Saitz
On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 12:43:45PM -0500, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote: > Hi. I have decided (and gotten permission) to package NISCA, which is a > program > that is similar to but more customizable than MRTG. It is written in php, so > there are no compiled files. Thus all files are architecture indepe

Re: Caught in the act

2001-02-16 Thread Ingo Saitz
On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 12:15:12AM +0100, Martin Albert wrote: > -- Would that be 'legal' anyway? Modifiying installed files of one pkg > by the scripts of another? (They're closely related however and chances > are good that after all this weird stuff, the next pkg to be removed > would be the

Re: Questions about filesystem layout for new package nisca

2001-02-16 Thread Ingo Saitz
On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 12:43:45PM -0500, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote: > Hi. I have decided (and gotten permission) to package NISCA, which is a program > that is similar to but more customizable than MRTG. It is written in php, so > there are no compiled files. Thus all files are architecture independ

Re: Caught in the act

2001-02-16 Thread Ingo Saitz
On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 12:15:12AM +0100, Martin Albert wrote: > -- Would that be 'legal' anyway? Modifiying installed files of one pkg > by the scripts of another? (They're closely related however and chances > are good that after all this weird stuff, the next pkg to be removed > would be the

Re: package naming

2001-02-15 Thread Ingo Saitz
MoiN On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 04:30:32PM +0100, Ove Kaaven wrote: > Are there any docs with guidelines on package naming? See the packaging manual, Section 11.3. > The build process gives me > libmk4.so.0.0.0, libmk4tcl.so.0.0.0, and optionally libmk4py.so.0.0.0 So your package should be called

Re: package naming

2001-02-14 Thread Ingo Saitz
MoiN On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 04:30:32PM +0100, Ove Kaaven wrote: > Are there any docs with guidelines on package naming? See the packaging manual, Section 11.3. > The build process gives me > libmk4.so.0.0.0, libmk4tcl.so.0.0.0, and optionally libmk4py.so.0.0.0 So your package should be called

Re: help in interpreting the packaging manual

2001-02-10 Thread Ingo Saitz
On Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 02:40:36PM +0100, Domenico Andreoli wrote: > now reading the packaging manual i found this writing: > > "A Conflicts entry should almost never have an `earlier than' version > clause. This would prevent dpkg from upgrading or installing the package > which declared such a

Re: help in interpreting the packaging manual

2001-02-10 Thread Ingo Saitz
On Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 02:40:36PM +0100, Domenico Andreoli wrote: > now reading the packaging manual i found this writing: > > "A Conflicts entry should almost never have an `earlier than' version > clause. This would prevent dpkg from upgrading or installing the package > which declared such

Re: chroot and FHS

2001-01-25 Thread Ingo Saitz
On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 02:50:46PM +0100, Christian Hammers wrote: > I like to build my mysql package with chroot support and therfore jail it > somewhere under /var/lib/mysql and link the log files to /var/log. Do you plan to make them officially available in debian? > I either statically link i

Re: chroot and FHS

2001-01-25 Thread Ingo Saitz
On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 02:50:46PM +0100, Christian Hammers wrote: > I like to build my mysql package with chroot support and therfore jail it > somewhere under /var/lib/mysql and link the log files to /var/log. Do you plan to make them officially available in debian? > I either statically link

Re: Perl package

2001-01-03 Thread Ingo Saitz
On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 03:57:39AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is there any guide, hints or example package in order to > make a package containing perl scripts & perl modules? > (No compiled sources at all) In addition to the packagnig manual you should also have a look at the perl-policy p

Re: Perl package

2001-01-03 Thread Ingo Saitz
On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 03:57:39AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is there any guide, hints or example package in order to > make a package containing perl scripts & perl modules? > (No compiled sources at all) In addition to the packagnig manual you should also have a look at the perl-policy

Re: creating a debian package that doesn't require compiling...

2000-12-08 Thread Ingo Saitz
MoiN On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 03:39:01PM +1100, Jeremy Higgs wrote: > ok, I have modified the postinst.debhelper script and renamed it > (saved it as) postinst in the debian directory. I then created the > deb package. Please don't do that. The postinst.debhelper script is generated by debhelper

Re: creating a debian package that doesn't require compiling...

2000-12-08 Thread Ingo Saitz
MoiN On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 02:46:51PM +1100, Jeremy Higgs wrote: > the man page for update-rc.d didn't say WHERE to execute update-rc.d, > so I put it at the end. The update-rc.d has to be executed in the postinst of the package. If you're using debhelper those scripts should be generated auto

Re: creating a debian package that doesn't require compiling...

2000-12-08 Thread Ingo Saitz
MoiN On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 03:39:01PM +1100, Jeremy Higgs wrote: > ok, I have modified the postinst.debhelper script and renamed it > (saved it as) postinst in the debian directory. I then created the > deb package. Please don't do that. The postinst.debhelper script is generated by debhelpe

Re: creating a debian package that doesn't require compiling...

2000-12-08 Thread Ingo Saitz
MoiN On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 02:46:51PM +1100, Jeremy Higgs wrote: > the man page for update-rc.d didn't say WHERE to execute update-rc.d, > so I put it at the end. The update-rc.d has to be executed in the postinst of the package. If you're using debhelper those scripts should be generated aut

Re: some questions about packing

2000-12-06 Thread Ingo Saitz
MoiN Just some additional thoughts... On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 01:32:04AM +0100, Manuel Estrada wrote: > Is there some automated way to keep the .ex files and not include > them in the source package? Yes. Don't remove the dh-make package, as it keeps the .ex files in the directory /usr/share/de

Re: some questions about packing

2000-12-06 Thread Ingo Saitz
MoiN Just some additional thoughts... On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 01:32:04AM +0100, Manuel Estrada wrote: > Is there some automated way to keep the .ex files and not include > them in the source package? Yes. Don't remove the dh-make package, as it keeps the .ex files in the directory /usr/share/d

Re: gnome menu support

2000-12-05 Thread Ingo Saitz
MoiN On Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 01:53:40AM +0800, zhaoway wrote: > i have a basic x application which has an entry in debian menu. > may i add an entry in gnome menu for it? though it uses no gtk > but just a plain standard x application. I don't know, but does the debian menusupport not try to put

Re: the "right" way to handle caps in package/program names

2000-12-05 Thread Ingo Saitz
MoiN On Sat, Dec 02, 2000 at 08:28:49AM -0700, tony mancill wrote: > I'm working on a package for ripperX, which comes in a ripperX_2.0 tarball > and extracts itself into ripperX-2.0 directory, and produces a "ripperX" > binary. > > When I left things as they were upstream, dh_make doesn't compla

Re: gnome menu support

2000-12-05 Thread Ingo Saitz
MoiN On Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 01:53:40AM +0800, zhaoway wrote: > i have a basic x application which has an entry in debian menu. > may i add an entry in gnome menu for it? though it uses no gtk > but just a plain standard x application. I don't know, but does the debian menusupport not try to put

Re: the "right" way to handle caps in package/program names

2000-12-05 Thread Ingo Saitz
MoiN On Sat, Dec 02, 2000 at 08:28:49AM -0700, tony mancill wrote: > I'm working on a package for ripperX, which comes in a ripperX_2.0 tarball > and extracts itself into ripperX-2.0 directory, and produces a "ripperX" > binary. > > When I left things as they were upstream, dh_make doesn't compl

Re: Help with packaging libraries

2000-11-17 Thread Ingo Saitz
MoiN On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 11:37:50PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm attempting to packing the OpenIL library (openil.sourceforge.net), and > I'm running into some problems. > > I used dh_make to set up the debian directory for me, I edited the project's > makefile so that

Re: Help with packaging libraries

2000-11-17 Thread Ingo Saitz
MoiN On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 11:37:50PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm attempting to packing the OpenIL library (openil.sourceforge.net), and > I'm running into some problems. > > I used dh_make to set up the debian directory for me, I edited the project's > makefile so tha

Re: *-config scripts go where?

2000-11-07 Thread Ingo Saitz
MoiN On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 10:20:07AM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote: > Logically thinking they belong to *-dev packages, or if needed at runtime, > in lib* packages. Those *-config scripts I know of are only needed to compile packages. So they should go into *-dev. > However some people put it

Re: *-config scripts go where?

2000-11-07 Thread Ingo Saitz
MoiN On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 10:20:07AM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote: > Logically thinking they belong to *-dev packages, or if needed at runtime, > in lib* packages. Those *-config scripts I know of are only needed to compile packages. So they should go into *-dev. > However some people put it