Re: Build-Depends vs Depends

2017-01-02 Thread Octavio Alvarez
On 01/02/2017 06:06 AM, Taylor Kline wrote: > Thank you, Octavio. Does this mean apt will temporarily install > the Build-Depends packages and remove them after the installation > completes? If you are using "apt install" then the packages under Build-Depends are not installed at all, only those u

Re: Build-Depends vs Depends

2017-01-02 Thread Octavio Alvarez
On 01/01/2017 04:07 PM, Ben Finney wrote: > Taylor Kline writes: > >> What is the difference [between the “Build-Depends” field and the >> “Depends” field]? > > The difference is precisely that between building the package from > source, versus using the package installed. For example, a compil

Re: lintian: spelling

2016-10-21 Thread Octavio Alvarez
On 10/21/2016 04:56 AM, Ben Finney wrote: > I would suggest: > > :param int max_no_dec: number of rounds we allow [FIXME] to be stuck. > > where “[FIXME]” must be replaced with something explicit. Is it “the > program”? “the network connection”? Some other party? It's not > specified, and I t

Package rebuild

2016-02-03 Thread Octavio Alvarez
Hi. Is it possible to request a rebuild attempt of a package in a particular architecture, from the same source, to check if now it builds? Best regards. -- Octavio.

Re: No upstream versioning

2014-04-28 Thread Octavio Alvarez
On 24/04/14 03:49, Christian Kastner wrote: > On 2014-04-24 12:45, Dariusz Dwornikowski wrote: >> On 24.04.14 20:12:12, Benjamin Donald-Wilson wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I'm wishing to package ipad-charge[0] for Debian.[1] The only problem I >>> appear to be having is that the upstream don't version

Re: permission denied error

2014-02-12 Thread Octavio Alvarez
On 02/12/2014 12:33 AM, Roelof Wobben wrote: > > test -z "" || rm -f > /bin/mkdir -p '/usr/unused' > /bin/mkdir: cannot make directory ‘/usr/unused’. Permission denied. > make[1]: *** [clean-noinstLTLIBRARIES] Error 1 > > The test part looks like this : > > # noinst_ always builds a static libr

Re: revieuws

2014-02-06 Thread Octavio Alvarez
On 06/02/14 10:19, Roelof Wobben wrote: 1. Well, manpages could be better, but I think upstream should fix them either manually or make them more help2man friendly. Oh wait, upstream is me! :-/ I'll work on that for 0.3.1 or 0.4. I don't know what other mentors think, if the manpages should be fi

Re: revieuws

2014-02-06 Thread Octavio Alvarez
On 02/05/2014 12:46 PM, Roelof Wobben wrote: > Hello, > > Today I uploaded my first package called audiosum. > You can find it here : https://mentors.debian.net/package/audiosum > > What do you mentors think of this package ? Hi. I'm not a DD, but... 1. Well, manpages could be better, but I thi

Re: FW: No rule to install

2014-02-04 Thread Octavio Alvarez
On 02/04/2014 08:29 PM, Paul Wise wrote: > Octavio, could you create an OpenPGP key and sign your tarballs with > it? Some links: > > http://keyring.debian.org/creating-key.html > https://we.riseup.net/debian/openpgp-best-practices Hi, Paul. Never done it before so it may take a moment, but sure

Re: Audiosum problem (unwanted binary)

2014-02-04 Thread Octavio Alvarez
On 04/02/14 08:36, Roelof Wobben wrote: When I do this in my control file. Source: audiosum Section: sound Priority: optional Maintainer: Roelof Wobben Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9.0.0), dh-autoreconf, libmhash-dev Standards-Version: 3.9.5 Homepage: https://github.com/alvarezp/audiosum Plea

Re: FW: No rule to install

2014-02-04 Thread Octavio Alvarez
On 04/02/14 09:39, Octavio Alvarez wrote: On 02/04/2014 05:33 AM, Roelof Wobben wrote: I would suggest using the official tarballs: http://blog.alvarezp.org/desarrollos/audiosum/ If you prefer to use a copy of the git repository, you will need to build the build system first using dh

Re: FW: No rule to install

2014-02-04 Thread Octavio Alvarez
On 02/04/2014 05:33 AM, Roelof Wobben wrote: > >> I would suggest using the official tarballs: >> >> http://blog.alvarezp.org/desarrollos/audiosum/ >> >> If you prefer to use a copy of the git repository, you will need to >> build the build system first using dh-autoreconf: >> >> http://packages.d

Re: good packages for practice packaging

2014-02-03 Thread Octavio Alvarez
On 02/03/2014 09:51 AM, Roelof Wobben wrote: > Hello, > > I packed my first package. > And I wonder if someone knows a few packages with only 1 binary > which I can pack so I get more experencies in packaging ? I have a small program that is not in the Debian archive but it can help you practic

Re: Is it OK to have compile warnings

2013-10-22 Thread Octavio Alvarez
On 22/10/13 18:41, Tong Sun wrote: Hi, Is it OK to have compile warnings when building a package? Although sometimes the compiler is just noisy, I don't like ignoring compiler warnings. They may be a hint of an omission, a bug, or in the worst case, a security issue. I prefer to shut the c

Bug#717123: RFS: superkb/0.22-5 [ITP #647877] -- keyboard launcher with on-screen hints

2013-07-20 Thread Octavio Alvarez
Hi. I uploaded a new version for Superkb, the package for which I'm trying to get sponsorship. The new version is 0.22-5 and this is what I changed: superkb (0.22-5) unstable; urgency=low * Added lintian override for no-upstream-changelog, because it is not in English and this has been fix

Re: mentors.d.n upload issues

2013-07-18 Thread Octavio Alvarez
On Wed, 17 Jul 2013 20:08:50 -0700, Bill Blough wrote: I emailed support@mentors.d.n about this, but I since I haven't heard back (and I have no idea how often that email queue is checked), I figured I'd check here and see if anyone has suggestions. Here's the short(-ish) version: I had an up

Bug#717123: RFS: superkb/0.22-4 [ITP #647877] -- keyboard launcher with on-screen hints

2013-07-16 Thread Octavio Alvarez
Package: sponsorship-requests Severity: wishlist Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "superkb". ITP# is 647877. * Package name: superkb Version : 0.22-4 Upstream Author : Octavio Alvarez * URL : http://superkb.sf.net/

Re: proposed new pseudo-package 'debian-mentors' for handling sponsoring requests

2012-01-23 Thread Octavio Alvarez
On Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:59:14 -0800, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: We propose to use the BTS to handle sponsoring requests. Both sponsorees and sponsors should already be familiar with its usage and we hope it will improve the sponsoring process for both sides. It will also make it easier to analyse s