Re: How do you delete a sbuild an sbuild chroot and start over?

2016-08-05 Thread Paul Elliott
Is there any way to figure out what directory does not exist? (control member) Thank You On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 2:42 AM, Paul Elliott wrote: > Ok, I deleted my old sbuild chroot for debian testing. > > I then created two sbuild chroot according to the wiki instructions. > > For

Re: How do you delete a sbuild an sbuild chroot and start over?

2016-08-05 Thread Paul Elliott
I was getting a different error complaining that debfoster does not exist under "testing". BTW why does debfoster fail to exist under testing? Any ideas what the problem is with the above error? As far as I can figure out sbuild-build-depends-core-dummy does not eve

How do you delete a sbuild an sbuild chroot and start over?

2016-08-02 Thread Paul Elliott
. The users want to put sbuild back to the way it was just after sbuild was installed. What is the proper way to do that? Thank You for your answers. -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com 3300 Plaza Drive, apt 1 http

How to upgrade my gpg key to debian standards?

2016-07-10 Thread Paul Elliott
I am looking at upgrading my gpg key. What parameters should I use? Is there a standard way to get all the people that signed the old key to sign the new key? Thank You. -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com 3300 Plaza Drive

Re: Please criticize the package I have been working on, https://github.com/pelliott80/simplescreenrecorder-dpm.git

2015-03-14 Thread Paul Elliott
ght: > *DEP-5 convention is to use GPL-3+ instead of GPL-3.0+ > *Remove the "<" and ">" signs from the "Source:" field. > *Include the licensing information for the build files like aclocal.m4, > configure, m4/* and build-aux/* > *There are some file

Re: Should VCS fields refer to the packaging source or upstream source?

2015-03-13 Thread Paul Elliott
On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 02:39:21PM +1100, Riley Baird wrote: your other points appear to be correct, I will work on it. > On Thu, 12 Mar 2015 16:42:36 -0500 > Paul Elliott wrote: > > Please criticize the package I have been working on > > https://github.com/pelliott80/si

Please criticize the package I have been working on, https://github.com/pelliott80/simplescreenrecorder-dpm.git

2015-03-12 Thread Paul Elliott
shape for debian. Package now has no lintian errors, except for lack of PGP signatures, and that is an upstream problem. Best wishes to all, and thank you. -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http

Re: best way to fork data only package on Alioth?

2015-01-14 Thread Paul Elliott
On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 01:22:46PM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 1:17 PM, Paul Elliott wrote: > > > The two sets of data are disjoint. > > Your initial mail made it sound like two packages have data in common. > Since they actually have no data in com

Re: best way to fork data only package on Alioth?

2015-01-12 Thread Paul Elliott
On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 12:55:29PM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 6:28 PM, Paul Elliott wrote: > > > The new package contains data most people won't want. It is big. 69M > > But those who need this data, need it. By creating a different package, >

Re: best way to fork data only package on Alioth?

2015-01-12 Thread Paul Elliott
On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 08:25:41AM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 11:32 AM, Paul Elliott wrote: > > ... > > Your mail doesn't include which package/data you are talking. It is > very hard to give you correct advice when we aren't being given the &

best way to fork data only package on Alioth?

2015-01-10 Thread Paul Elliott
Because of hard links and other software smoke and mirrors? What are the pitfalls? Thank You. -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http://www.free.blackpatchpanel.com/pme/ Austin TX

How to do a test sbuild with additional package, not in the repositories?

2014-06-29 Thread Paul Elliott
is for an idea? Use /etc/schroot/sbuild/copyfiles to copy the .dep files into the sbuild chroot then use --pre-build-commands "dpkg -i my.dep" on the command line to install the additional packages. Do you think it would work? What would go wrong? What should I lookout for? Thank Y

How to do a test sbuild with additional package, not in the repositories?

2014-06-28 Thread Paul Elliott
et the one package that is not in unstable (libwxsqlite3-3.0-dev) into sbuild's list of packages for a test build? Thank you for considering this question. -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Bl

I would like to renew my request to delay the removal of maitreya from testing.

2014-06-24 Thread Paul Elliott
On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 12:04:28PM +0100, Olly Betts wrote: > On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 12:45:19AM -0500, Paul Elliott wrote: > > Is there any way the removal of maitreya from testing > > can be delayed until after the new version of sqlite3 > > becomes available in unstable? &

I inform a developer about some of the problems with packaging.

2014-06-06 Thread Paul Elliott
update the changelog and the version number with "dch -i" and import that into git. Then I will check that I have not broken anything, and that maitreya still builds and works. I will then notify my DD about the new package release and the need for an upload. I have slowly learned this

video card for packager who must sometimes run unstable?

2014-05-31 Thread Paul Elliott
list, probably also have to use unstable. So I ask what is a inexpensive video card for a PCI express 16 slot, that works well under unstable with free drivers? Thank You. -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric

Re: wxsqlite3 is replaced? how do I find the new functionality?

2014-05-30 Thread Paul Elliott
t;autorm" from testing may sound a bit scary, but it's really just > a way to make transitions less painful. If a package does get > removed by this, once a fixed upload is made to unstable, it'll > migrate back to testing in the usual way. But it's 4 weeks off, so >

wxsqlite3 is replaced? how do I find the new functionality?

2014-05-30 Thread Paul Elliott
nd the new functionality, how do I find its include files and how do I link to it? In my opinion they should not be removing old functionality without saying exactly where the new functionality is in the same message! -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-

how to convert a .doc file in the context of a package build?

2014-05-13 Thread Paul Elliott
files, which does to leave unclear subprocess, which is well documented and whose build-depends dependencies are clear and documented. What are others experience? -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd

Re: What do you do when your sid development system stops working?

2014-05-12 Thread Paul Elliott
On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 11:56:49AM +0200, Jérémy Lal wrote: > Le dimanche 11 mai 2014 à 21:33 -0500, Paul Elliott a écrit : > > It happened to me this sunday (got caught by the llvm-3.4 upgrade). > I carefully downgrade each package recently updated, as logged > in /var/log/apt/hi

Re: What do you do when your sid development system stops working?

2014-05-12 Thread Paul Elliott
F4, F5...)? Did you > try a previous kernel from the grub boot menu? I logged in using ctrl-alt-f1. Tried restarting gdm3, then stopping gdm3, using kdm instead. Did not work. Stopping the dm, and login as user, and startx did not work. The previous kernel did not help. > > Best, >

What do you do when your sid development system stops working?

2014-05-11 Thread Paul Elliott
of work around that will let you keep working somehow? -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http://www.free.blackpatchpanel.com/pme/ Austin TX 78758-3117 --- "Encryption works. Pro

Re: how to allocate a TCP port?

2013-10-20 Thread Paul Elliott
how scarce such ports are.) > The reason to make it privileged would be to prevent spoofing by non-privileged users. perhaps one of the crpto based authentication strategies, (ssh, ssl) would be better for the general case. But these are expensive of cpu cycles. -- Paul Elliott

how to allocate a TCP port?

2013-10-20 Thread Paul Elliott
and reciever need to share a privledged port. What is the official way of getting one of these allocated in /etc/services? Thank you. -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http

Should .pc filenames depend on the version number?

2013-10-03 Thread Paul Elliott
unter arguments against removing the version number from the .pc filename? Thank you for considering this question. -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http://www.free.blackpatchpanel.com/pme/ A

proper value for --version-info

2013-08-15 Thread Paul Elliott
ount 2) as true! What do the Debian experts think? I always update the debian/libsweX.symbols file for a new release. In this case it shows no new symbols. Thank You. -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blv

add additional -D from the debian/rules file?

2013-08-15 Thread Paul Elliott
What is the official way to add additional -D definitions to the gcc command line from the debian/rules file? Is it DEB_CFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND ? Thank You. -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J

multi arch shared libarary with non multi arch -dev package?

2013-08-08 Thread Paul Elliott
Is it OK to have a shared library multi arch with the corresponding -dev package not multi arch? The the -dev package contains some utilitiy arch dep executables and thus can not be made multi arch? Thank you. -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli

upstream upgrade capable of running in parallel with old version.

2012-08-12 Thread Paul Elliott
it? -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http://www.free.blackpatchpanel.com/pme/ Austin TX 78758-3117 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: Is there anyway to prettify long *-Depends: lines?

2012-05-13 Thread Paul Elliott
On Saturday, May 12, 2012 11:00:04 PM Ben Finney wrote: > Paul Elliott writes: > > I have a really long Build-Depends: line. > > > > Multiple Build-Depends: lines is an error. > > I think you mean “multiple Build-Depends fields”. Yes, that's an error. > >

Is there anyway to prettify long *-Depends: lines?

2012-05-12 Thread Paul Elliott
n that is easy to read. Is there anyway to prettify these lines? Hard to read code can lead to bugs. -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http://www.free.blackpatchpanel.com/pme/ Austin TX

Bug#661664: RFS: pyswisseph/1.77.00-0-3 [ITP]

2012-05-09 Thread Paul Elliott
this new one should be merged with the old one 661664. I don't know how to do that, or if I have the privs. > > * Paul Elliott , 2012-02-28, 18:32: > >dget -x > >http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/p/pyswisseph/pyswisseph_1. > >77.00-0-3.dsc > >

Bug#661665: RFS: openastro.org/1.1.25+dfsg-4 [ITP]

2012-05-09 Thread Paul Elliott
ound at > > dget -x > http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/o/openastro.org/openastro.org_1. > 1.25+dfsg-4.dsc > > Regards, > Ansgar -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http://www.free.blackpatchpanel.com/pme/ Austin TX 78758-3117 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Which package owns this bug? Or is it my problem?

2012-05-03 Thread Paul Elliott
The file glibmmconfig.h exists but is in an archetecture dependant place: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/glibmm-2.4/include/glibmmconfig.h Is this problem a bug in any of the packages I am using? If so, what is the work around? If it is a flaw in my program, what is the most elegant fix? T

Bug#671277: RFS: openastro.org/1.1.25+dfsg-4 [ITP]

2012-05-02 Thread Paul Elliott
ebhelper (>= 7.0.50)" * use X-Python-Version, not XS-Python-Version * remove XB-Python-Version. * make openastromod private; move /usr/share/openastro.org Regards, Paul Elliott signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#671272: RFS: pyswisseph/1.77.00.0+dfsg-2 [ITP]

2012-05-02 Thread Paul Elliott
rded: line. * add newline to override file. * change name to python-swisseph * rebuild pydoc from source. * create a documentation package * create a python3 version of this extension - using recommendations in: - http://wiki.debian.org/Python/LibraryStyleGuide Regards, Pa

Bug#670453: RFS: libreoffice-converter/3.3-1 [ITP] (2nd try)

2012-04-25 Thread Paul Elliott
* patch from upstreams adds more types * update git Format: field * Initial release. (Closes: 663273) * get rid of old version numbering system * not a ds package anymore. upstream has a tarball! * new watch file * use debian/install * update debian/copyright for new tarball Re

maximal or minimal deletion when creating dfsg tarball?

2012-04-22 Thread Paul Elliott
move ALL of the "convenience copies of code". That way the unused code would not confuse anyone. I thought, that when creating a dfsg tarball, one should remove only the files with licensing problems. What is the proper procedure? Remove only the unsourced binaries, or all of the unuse

Re: Upload to mentors.debina.net disappeared without a trace.

2012-04-16 Thread Paul Elliott
oad since it results in immediate > feedback. The following error message shows why I don't use http: > $ dput mentors *.changes > Checking signature on .changes > gpg: Signature made Mon 16 Apr 2012 03:35:24 PM CDT using DSA key ID > 345CDD99 gpg: Good signature from "Paul El

Bug#668877: RFS: libreoffice-converter/3.3-1 [ITP]

2012-04-15 Thread Paul Elliott
nitial release. (Closes: 663273) * get rid of old version numbering system * not a ds package anymore. upstream has a tarball! * new watch file * use debian/install * update debian/copyright for new tarball Regards, Paul Elliott signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Upload to mentors.debina.net disappeared without a trace.

2012-04-15 Thread Paul Elliott
. Over 1/2 hour gone by no message from the email notifiication system. Either success or failure. My packages link still does not show the upload. Help. -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J

how to create a debian watch file for tarballs hosted on the OBS.

2012-04-14 Thread Paul Elliott
part 3.3, has been written as (\d\.\d) so uscan can abstract the version numbers. And it includes the part that will be thrown away "\?rev=.*". Thanks to David Paleino for helping me with this. -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...

Help with watch file for OBS?

2012-04-14 Thread Paul Elliott
/api.opensuse.org:443/public/source/LibreOffice:Unstable/libreoffice-converter/libreoffice-converter-(\d\.\d)\.tar\.bz2 It does not find a match. What am I doing wrong? If I can get this working, I will post it so everyone can have watch files for OBS. -- Paul Elliott 1(512)83

Bug#667974: RFS: libreoffice-converter/3.3.34.1+ds-3 [ITP]

2012-04-07 Thread Paul Elliott
rgency=low * new upstream release 3.3.34.1 libreoffice-converter (3.3.32.1+ds-1) unstable; urgency=low * Initial release (Closes: 663273) * rules make. No Makefile. * enable Vcs fields. git repository in collab-maint Regards, Paul Elliott signature.asc Description: Digital signature

upstream source is a source rpm!

2012-03-11 Thread Paul Elliott
questions: Assuming I have the url of the source rpm, how would one write the watch file and get-orig-source: in rules to create a proper .ds tarball? Do I need to put rpm2cpio and cpio in Build-depends: ? Do I need to note this dependancy anywhere? Thank You. -- Paul Elliott

Re: What happens when an architecture independent package won't build on all architectures?

2012-03-02 Thread Paul Elliott
26/buildd-workarounds/ but it feels too kludgy. -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http://www.free.blackpatchpanel.com/pme/ Austin TX 78758-3117 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

What happens when an architecture independent package won't build on all architectures?

2012-03-01 Thread Paul Elliott
then run under all architectures. My question is what happens in this case? Will the build system take the build results from one of the "good" architectures, ( that is architectures where the package does build successfully,) and give the results of that build to the bad archite

Bug#661664: RFS: pyswisseph/1.77.00-0-3 [ITP]

2012-03-01 Thread Paul Elliott
On Thursday, March 01, 2012 05:19:48 PM Jakub Wilk wrote: > * Paul Elliott , 2012-03-01, 14:03: > >On the issue of the pdfs, those pdfs are rebuilt from source in another > >package that depends on this package. > > Personally, I don't buy the “source is in another pac

Bug#661664: RFS: pyswisseph/1.77.00-0-3 [ITP]

2012-03-01 Thread Paul Elliott
ith bug number in the subject.) > > I don't intend to sponsor this package, but here's my review: > > * Paul Elliott , 2012-02-28, 18:32: > >dget -x > >http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/p/pyswisseph/pyswisseph_1. > >77.00-0-3.dsc >

documentation for "Convenience copies of code" redundant regeneration?

2012-02-29 Thread Paul Elliott
and never used, of something that is regenerated from source in an external package? If it is OK, in this case, to just delete the pdfs and html, where should I note the problem? -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181,

Bug#661665: RFS: openastro.org/1.1.25-2 [ITP]

2012-02-28 Thread Paul Elliott
Regards, Paul Elliott -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-1-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=U

Bug#661664: RFS: pyswisseph/1.77.00-0-3 [ITP]

2012-02-28 Thread Paul Elliott
on program that is also being RFSed: http://mentors.debian.net/package/openastro.org Changes since the last upload: * ephe_path should be "/usr/share/libswe/ephe2:/usr/share/libswe/ephe" * upgrade to Standards-Version: 3.9.3 Regards, Paul Elliott -- System Information: De

obsolete uploads to debian stable?

2012-02-25 Thread Paul Elliott
Is there any archive where I can get obsolete superseded uploads to debian unstable? I need to get one for historical reasons. Thank You -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http

Explain to me "any all"

2012-02-25 Thread Paul Elliott
The new standard allows "any all" in the Architecture field. Please explain this new feature. What does it do and under what circumstances should it be used? Thank You. -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB

Re: upload to debian.mentors disappears without a trace.

2012-02-19 Thread Paul Elliott
ion number of the previous changelog entry." I had forgotten about the -sa switch the first time packaging for mentors.debian.net something for which the upstream had packaged and distributed outside of debian with the same version number. I still think I should have gotten an

upload to debian.mentors disappears without a trace.

2012-02-19 Thread Paul Elliott
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Which git tool should I use?

2012-02-16 Thread Paul Elliott
I use to create my git info? git-dpm? StGit? Thank You for your response. -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http://www.free.blackpatchpanel.com/pme/ Austin TX 78758-3117 -- To

Re: Should I split off arch independant part?

2012-02-09 Thread Paul Elliott
om now on, I would convert once to docbook, or some other civilized format and then say that the .docbook file was the source. But I am not writing the documentation, so I can't do that. -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com

Should I split off arch independant part?

2012-02-09 Thread Paul Elliott
arch indpendant part? What do the true experts think? -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http://www.free.blackpatchpanel.com/pme/ Austin TX 78758-3117 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

why does debian packaging think ITP is still open?

2012-02-07 Thread Paul Elliott
<635672 is the bug number of your > ITP> * done dh_make much configuring remains to be done. > * remove emacsen-* ... Why does packaging not see this? Have I made a mistake? -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com

What is autobuilder? Please help me understand this bug.

2012-01-24 Thread Paul Elliott
full" build and can I be sure that a full build will never occur in the autobuilder? If I make a fix to this problem, how can I test that it will work in the autobuilder's evnironment? Thank you for helping a beginning packager fix a bug. -- Paul Elliott

repository for packaging project.

2012-01-23 Thread Paul Elliott
the case of people like me, a full packaging project is too much; I should just get a svn repository in the collab-maint project. I have an alioth -guest account. How do I get a svn repository in the collab- maint project? Thank You. -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837

Re: RFS for libswe

2011-11-30 Thread Paul Elliott
On Wednesday, November 30, 2011 12:18:24 AM Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote: > Paul Elliott blackpatchpanel.com> writes: > > Thank You for looking at it. > > Sorry, only got a chance to look at over the weekend. Both packages are > looking good but I do have some questions. Why

Re: RFS for "libswe"

2011-11-29 Thread Paul Elliott
On Monday, November 14, 2011 11:41:40 PM Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote: > Paul Elliott blackpatchpanel.com> writes: > > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "libswe". > > I'll do it. There has been a longstanding request for the Swiss Ephemeris > from users. I

Re: reentrantcy?

2011-11-20 Thread Paul Elliott
On Sunday, November 20, 2011 03:01:57 AM Peter Samuelson wrote: > [Paul Elliott] > > > B > > > > > If all linkings are shared, it is my understanding that the global > > > state of the multiple-linked library would be shared by all > > > referen

Re: reentrantcy?

2011-11-19 Thread Paul Elliott
On Saturday, November 19, 2011 07:27:14 PM you wrote: > On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 07:03:19PM -0600, Paul Elliott wrote: > > Is there any requirement that a shared library be reentrant, if the > > upstream wrote it that way? > > > > Am I correct in my assumption, t

reentrantcy?

2011-11-19 Thread Paul Elliott
correct? I ask these questions, because I have encountered someone who believes differently. -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http://www.free.blackpatchpanel.com/pme/ Austin TX 78758-3117

RFS for "swe-standard-data"

2011-11-14 Thread Paul Elliott
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "swe-standard-data". * Package name: swe-standard-data Version : 3-1 Upstream Author (data): Dieter Koch ,Alois Treindl Upstream Author (tarball): Paul Elliott * URL

RFS for "libswe"

2011-11-14 Thread Paul Elliott
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "libswe". * Package name: libswe Version : 1.77.00.0003-1 Upstream Author (code): Dieter Koch , Alois Treindl Upstream Author (autotools package): Paul Elliott * URL

packages on debian mentors.net

2011-11-14 Thread Paul Elliott
"Details about package" page there is a delete option, but no way to delete earlier versions of the package, (which may be obsolete), without deleting the whole thing! -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 M

documentation conflict --unified-reject-files

2011-11-03 Thread Paul Elliott
doc/manuals/maint-guide/modify.en.html#quiltrc recomends adding the line: >QUILT_PATCH_OPTS="--reject-format=unified" to ~/.quiltrc-dpkg Which is correct? -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900

Re: What is the proper way to rename scripts?

2011-11-02 Thread Paul Elliott
On Wednesday, November 02, 2011 12:26:21 PM Siegfried-Angel Gevatter Pujals (RainCT) wrote: > 2011/11/2 Paul Elliott : > > I have put in a patch to change all references to this script. This > > includes references in the build procedure. Therefore, the renaming must > >

Re: What is the proper way to rename scripts?

2011-11-02 Thread Paul Elliott
On Wednesday, November 02, 2011 05:50:29 AM Alexander Reichle-Schmehl wrote: > Hi! > > Am 02.11.2011 11:36, schrieb Paul Elliott: > > Because of Debian Policy Manual section 10.4 (Scripts) > > > > I must rename a script. > > > > What is the proper

What is the proper way to rename scripts?

2011-11-02 Thread Paul Elliott
problems to deal with. -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http://www.free.blackpatchpanel.com/pme/ Austin TX 78758-3117 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

package errors requiring human judgment to detect?

2011-10-31 Thread Paul Elliott
Does anyone have a list of the most common errors that can not be caught by lintian because they require human judgment to detect? -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http

Re: pre ITP maintainer wishes to remain anonymous

2011-10-29 Thread Paul Elliott
On Saturday, October 29, 2011 03:15:46 PM Russ Allbery wrote: > Paul Elliott writes: > > Before I filed an ITP the upstream was his own maintainer distributing > > outside of debian. His changelog uses his web page instead of his email > > address. > > > > N

Re: setup packaging project on Alioth?

2011-10-29 Thread Paul Elliott
On Saturday, October 29, 2011 03:29:56 AM Ben Finney wrote: > Paul Elliott writes: > > Could someone write a how to on how to setup a packaging project on > > Alioth? > > As I understand it, one criterion used by the Alioth admins when > deciding whether a project is ac

pre ITP maintainer wishes to remain anonymous

2011-10-29 Thread Paul Elliott
maintainer did? -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http://www.free.blackpatchpanel.com/pme/ Austin TX 78758-3117 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

setup packaging project on Alioth?

2011-10-28 Thread Paul Elliott
pe to package into a form that can be added to Debian. I am tired of doing a cp -ax to provide myself a way to revert a possible mistake. I usually use svn. -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Su

my upstream's package contains a font.

2011-10-27 Thread Paul Elliott
that comming from? In any case, if I must split out a font package, how do I do it? Are there any examples out there? Thank You -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http://www.free.blackpatchpane

email rejected bugs.debian.org

2011-10-23 Thread Paul Elliott
ribl.com. (state 18). This is a small family domain. I control it. It goes thru google email. only 2 accounts in domain. All the computers on it use linux. It is extremely unlikely any spam has ever been sent from this domain. Could someone white list this domain so that I can par

watch file when url is raw text not in a link.

2011-10-20 Thread Paul Elliott
.orig.tar.gz but it is raw text in the web page, not in a link. How would one write a watch file for this? I want to pick up files of the form : openastro.org_(.*).orig.tar.gz -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900

Re: berlios closing; where should my projects escape to?

2011-10-18 Thread Paul Elliott
On Tuesday, October 18, 2011 01:22:15 AM Paul McEnery wrote: > On 18 October 2011 06:02, Paul Elliott wrote: > > [...] > > > > Any suggestions? > > GitHub? I use them for my package repos, and I see that MythTV recently (in > the last few months) switched to

berlios closing; where should my projects escape to?

2011-10-17 Thread Paul Elliott
taste. I signed up at savanah, but they have not even assigned my two create project requests even though their automated system says they should have been done 5 days ago. No one responds to me. I must move my projects before berlios closes. Any suggestions? Thank You. -- Paul Elliott

Re: Notes about mentors.debian.net

2011-10-11 Thread Paul Elliott
/debexpo.git;a=blob;f=debexpo/cr > onjobs/removeolduploads.py;h=e710b2b05f31f3ba72bd3221d1be9ef4828bcb5b;hb=re > fs/heads/devel -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http://www.free.blackpatchpanel.c

RFS: swe-standard-data

2011-10-10 Thread Paul Elliott
e-standard-data/swe-standard-data_2-1.dsc I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. Kind regards, Paul Elliott -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http://www.free.blackpatc

RFS: libswe

2011-10-10 Thread Paul Elliott
-1.dsc I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. Kind regards, Paul Elliott -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http://www.free.blackpatchpanel.com/pme/ Austin TX

dput failure to mentors.debian.net

2011-10-10 Thread Paul Elliott
/home/pelliott/develop/astrology/newlibswe/deb2sid/try$ dput mentors-ftp swe-standard-data_2-1_i386.changes Checking signature on .changes gpg: Signature made Sun 09 Oct 2011 02:59:05 AM CDT using DSA key ID 345CDD99 gpg: Good signature from "Paul Elliott " gpg: aka "

At what point do I create a seperate -doc package for a library?

2011-09-28 Thread Paul Elliott
this project is 2.2Meg does this mean I must split out a seperate -doc package? -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http://www.free.blackpatchpanel.com/pme/ Austin TX 78758-3117 signatur

What version of debian to develop debian packages?

2011-09-28 Thread Paul Elliott
system says: W: libswe source: newer-standards-version 3.9.2 (current is 3.9.1) Must I have some special version of debian to develop, or is there some trick? Thank You -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd

RFS: swe-standard-data

2011-09-25 Thread Paul Elliott
age for me. Kind regards, Paul Elliott -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http://www.free.blackpatchpanel.com/pme/ Austin TX 78758-3117 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

RFS: libswe

2011-09-25 Thread Paul Elliott
debian.net/package/libswe Alternatively, one can download the package with dget using this command: dget -x http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/libs/libswe/libswe_1.77.00.0001-1.dsc I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. Kind regards, Paul Elliott -- Pa

Re: Attempt to dput fails.

2011-09-25 Thread Paul Elliott
On Sunday, September 25, 2011 03:41:39 AM Paul Wise wrote: > On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Paul Elliott wrote: > > Uploading swe-standard-data_1-1_all.deb: Upload failed: 502 Bad > > Gateway > > ... > > >for res in getaddrinfo(host, port, 0, SOCK_STREAM

Attempt to dput fails.

2011-09-25 Thread Paul Elliott
001-1_i386.changes Checking signature on .changes gpg: Signature made Fri 23 Sep 2011 06:38:14 PM CDT using DSA key ID 345CDD99 gpg: Good signature from "Paul Elliott " gpg: aka "Paul Elliott " Good signature on /home/pelliott/develop/astrology/newlibswe/deb2/try/s

I can not register.

2011-09-24 Thread Paul Elliott
package so people can find fault with it! -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http://www.free.blackpatchpanel.com/pme/ Austin TX 78758-3117 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed

Please review my 2 packages for the Swiss Ephemeris.

2011-08-30 Thread Paul Elliott
ephauto%3Aswe-standard-data Please inform me of any mistakes or flaws. -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http://www.free.blackpatchpanel.com/pme/ Austin TX 78758-3117 signature.asc Descripti

How do I create a symbols file?

2011-08-24 Thread Paul Elliott
are not in the public interface. The inteface includes global varriables. (I did not write this program.) What should I do? -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http://www.free.blackpatchpan

Re: Depends on -dev package

2011-08-22 Thread Paul Elliott
your answers in that light. Thank You. On Monday, August 22, 2011 04:54:20 AM Christoph Egger wrote: > Hi! > > Paul Elliott writes: > > I quote from Debian Library Packaging guide > > > >> 2. -DEV package dependencies > >> > >> The -DEV package would

Re: Depends on -dev package

2011-08-21 Thread Paul Elliott
On Sunday, August 21, 2011 11:06:35 PM Fernando Lemos wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 12:59 AM, Paul Elliott > > wrote: > > I quote from Debian Library Packaging guide > > > >> 2. -DEV package dependencies > >> > >> The -DEV pack

Depends on -dev package

2011-08-21 Thread Paul Elliott
ome the the debian/control file for libtar_1.2.11-6 does not list such a dependancy? it includes . I have been using it as a model, cause it has already gone thru the process. I am probably missing something. Thank you for clearing up my confusion. -- Paul Elliott

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