Controlling use of 'ccache' via dpkg-buildpackage?

2010-12-22 Thread John Pye
s using a file called, I think, "~/.rpmmacros", which could define local user-defined flags that the package builder could detect at build-time. Cheers JP -- John Pye http://jpye.dyndns.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Re: Need some tips on building Debian packages

2008-10-02 Thread John Pye
Hi Paul I have also found the migration from RPM packaging to Debian packaging to be a hard one (I'm *not* a mentor, BTW). Some of my observations include: 1. Whereas RPM provides one key tool, 'rpmbuild', Debian packaging seems to provide dozens of different tools, not all of which are

Re: Prompt to install missing software?

2007-05-27 Thread John Pye
Benjamin Mesing wrote: >>> I have a PyGTK-based program that has an optional dependency on the >>> package python-matplotlib. >>> >>> Is there any way under Debian (and hopefully also Ubuntu) that I can >>> trigger gtk-debi or something like that when the user requests to use >>> the part of my pro

Re: Prompt to install missing software?

2007-05-26 Thread John Pye
ing out how they did it. You could also look into > the update manager or the app installer in Ubuntu, they both appear to > launch Synaptic or something to perform installs for them. > > On 5/27/07, John Pye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I have a

Prompt to install missing software?

2007-05-26 Thread John Pye
Hi all, I have a PyGTK-based program that has an optional dependency on the package python-matplotlib. Is there any way under Debian (and hopefully also Ubuntu) that I can trigger gtk-debi or something like that when the user requests to use the part of my program that depends on stuff they haven