How to deal with arch-specific paths in .install files

2017-05-03 Thread Shawn Sörbom
Hi I have a package .install file where a library expects to go into /usr/lib/ x86_64-gnu/[subdirectory] on amd64 systems. I realize this is not portable. What regex can I use to substitute for the arch directory in my .install file? Thanks, shawn

Re: .desktop file handling

2016-09-15 Thread Shawn Sörbom
On Thursday, September 15, 2016 13:22:33 Jens Reyer wrote: > On 15.09.2016 09:21, Shawn Sörbom wrote: > > Hi > > I have run into a few projects lately that don't include .desktop files > > but > > should. my usual approach to handle this is to write a patch with quilt

.desktop file handling

2016-09-15 Thread Shawn Sörbom
Hi I have run into a few projects lately that don't include .desktop files but should. my usual approach to handle this is to write a patch with quilt that writes a .desktop file to the project's root directory, then add a corresponding line to the debian/[package].install file. I know this

Re: noopt not working

2016-04-24 Thread Shawn Sörbom
On Sunday, April 24, 2016 13:22:59 Jakub Wilk wrote: > * Shawn Sörbom <sh...@sorbom.com>, 2016-04-23, 15:28: > >The problem is that optimization appears to cause a segfault during > >runtime. > > I'd normally advise fixing the root cause of segfault, instead

Re: noopt not working

2016-04-23 Thread Shawn Sörbom
On Saturday, April 23, 2016 22:16:50 Jakub Wilk wrote: > * Shawn Sörbom <sh...@sorbom.com>, 2016-04-23, 12:47: > >In a debian/rules file, I have the variable > >export DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=noopt > > You should never do that in debian/rules. > DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is supp

noopt not working

2016-04-23 Thread Shawn Sörbom
In a debian/rules file, I have the variable export DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=noopt but dpkg-buildflags --get CFLAGS returns -g -O2 -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security What am I doing wrong? btw, the makefile in question has "-02" set in CFLAGS. Do I need to patch it? I'm assuming

What are the rules about submitting beta projects to Debian?

2016-03-19 Thread Shawn Sörbom
Hi, I found a project I would like to work on for inclusion into Debian as a package, but it is in beta status. Would it be possible to submit it to Sid anyway so that there is a clear path for inclusion when it is complete? I ask because I know that approval can sometimes take a while. Thanks,

Re: how to use pbuilder without .dsc files?

2015-08-24 Thread Shawn Sörbom
On Monday, August 24, 2015 14:58:18 Andrey Rahmatullin wrote: On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 05:07:15PM -0700, Shawn Sörbom wrote: Hi, I am using pbuilder for the first time and I was wondering: How does one build a package in pbuilder if they haven't generated .dsc files? I am trying to build

how to use pbuilder without .dsc files?

2015-08-23 Thread Shawn Sörbom
Hi, I am using pbuilder for the first time and I was wondering: How does one build a package in pbuilder if they haven't generated .dsc files? I am trying to build a package on my stable system that has dependencies which are only satisfiable in sid. I have not built this particular version yet,

Re: How to deal with configs in non-standard locations

2015-05-20 Thread Shawn Sörbom
Thanks Jakub, This will be very useful the next time I need to do an override. On Tuesday, May 19, 2015 12:17:27 Jakub Wilk wrote: * Shawn Sörbom sh...@sorbom.com, 2015-05-18, 13:54: I am playing with the Snes9x source code, and I can't get it to compile via debhelper. Snes9x has its config

How to deal with configs in non-standard locations

2015-05-18 Thread Shawn Sörbom
Hi, I am playing with the Snes9x source code, and I can't get it to compile via debhelper. Snes9x has its config files in a subfolder of the sources called unix. What is the proper way of overriding dh_auto_install and dh_auto_build to point debhelper to the correct location? I have tried

Re: How to deal with configs in non-standard locations

2015-05-18 Thread Shawn Sörbom
Worked great! Thanks! On Monday, May 18, 2015 14:05:55 Vincent Cheng wrote: Hi Shawn, On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 1:54 PM, Shawn Sörbom sh...@sorbom.com wrote: Hi, I am playing with the Snes9x source code, and I can't get it to compile via debhelper. Snes9x has its config files

Re: Bug#773760: RFS: kcm-systemd/0.7.0-1 [ITP]

2015-01-04 Thread Shawn Sörbom
I keep forgetting to post this, but I have changed the name of the package to kde-config-systemd. Sorry if this causes any inconvenience. On Tuesday, December 23, 2014 23:51:28 Matthias Klumpp wrote: 2014-12-23 0:56 GMT+01:00 Shawn Sörbom sh...@sorbom.com: Package: sponsorship-requests

Re: Bug#773760: RFS: kcm-systemd/0.7.0-1 [ITP]

2014-12-23 Thread Shawn Sörbom
Thanks! On Tuesday, December 23, 2014 11:47:47 Riley Baird wrote: On 23/12/14 10:56, Shawn Sörbom wrote: Package: sponsorship-requests Severity: wishlist Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package kcm-systemd * Package name: kcm-systemd Version

debian/control: replaces field

2014-12-23 Thread Shawn Sörbom
Hello, I mentioned before that I had a previous kde control center package that followed the naming convention kcm-*. When upgrading this package, should I use the replaces field or the provides field or both to change the package name? The current package is called kcm-ufw. I have some other

Re: kcm-ufw follow-up

2014-12-23 Thread Shawn Sörbom
I think you are right, but I don't have the skill with qt yet for something so ambitious. I would be willing to learn as I go though. --Shawn On Sunday, December 21, 2014 10:34:05 Paul Wise wrote: On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 7:21 AM, Shawn Sörbom wrote: maintaining kcm-ufw I wonder if a better

Bug#773760: RFS: kcm-systemd/0.7.0-1 [ITP]

2014-12-22 Thread Shawn Sörbom
can download the package with dget using this command: dget -x http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/k/kcm-systemd/kcm-systemd_0.7.0-1.dsc More information about kcm-systemd can be obtained from https://github.com/rthomsen/kcmsystemd. Regards, Shawn Sörbom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

kcm-ufw follow-up

2014-12-20 Thread Shawn Sörbom
Hi Eriberto, I am sorry to bother you but I have some questions regarding continued maintenance of my package. I have fixed the issue of documentation not showing up when the help button is pressed. Should I file another RFS for the new version or will you sponsor the upload again? Also, It

Bug#758163: Subject: RFS: kcm-ufw/0.4.3-1 ITP

2014-11-09 Thread Shawn Sörbom
:00 Shawn Sörbom sh...@sorbom.com: Hi Eriberto, I found time to work on kcm-ufw this week. I manually rechecked (and documented) all the source tree files for copyrights and cross-checked against your previous e-mails. I also consulted here just to be extra safe: https://www.debian.org/doc

Bug#758163: Subject: RFS: kcm-ufw/0.4.3-1 ITP

2014-11-07 Thread Shawn Sörbom
the package is going fine. I will wait for you. Cheers, Eriberto 2014-10-10 23:58 GMT-03:00 Shawn Sörbom sh...@sorbom.com: Eriberto, You are right. I did a horrible job on my last few uploads. I will attempt to prevent future mistakes of this kind by keeping more rigid personal documentation

Bug#758163: Subject: RFS: kcm-ufw/0.4.3-1 ITP

2014-10-10 Thread Shawn Sörbom
these information in d/copyright without any care. Eriberto 2014-09-30 4:52 GMT-03:00 Shawn Sörbom sh...@sorbom.com: Hi Eriberto, Sorry there had been a problem with my local git repo erlier this evening. As a result, the lintian-overrides file was from one of the previous uploads. I have fixed

Bug#758163: Subject: RFS: kcm-ufw/0.4.3-1 ITP

2014-09-30 Thread Shawn Sörbom
Fixed. Regarding Github: I changed the URL and tried it in two separate browsers. But the old URL should have redirected to the correct one. Thanks, --Shawn On Monday, September 29, 2014 17:18:49 Eriberto wrote: Hi Shawn, In d/control, your Vcs-Git still pointing to an invalid address. In

Bug#758163: Subject: RFS: kcm-ufw/0.4.3-1 ITP

2014-09-30 Thread Shawn Sörbom
Hi Eriberto, Sorry there had been a problem with my local git repo erlier this evening. As a result, the lintian-overrides file was from one of the previous uploads. I have fixed it now. Thanks, --Shawn On Monday, September 29, 2014 17:18:49 Eriberto wrote: Hi Shawn, In d/control, your

Bug#758163: Subject: RFS: kcm-ufw/0.4.3-1 ITP

2014-09-27 Thread Shawn Sörbom
Hi Eriberto, Sorry, one more fix. I patched the About dialogue so that the license displayed matches that of the COPYING file in the source tree. Thanks, --Shawn On Monday, September 22, 2014 17:20:56 Eriberto wrote: 2014-09-22 4:21 GMT-03:00 Shawn Sörbom sh...@sorbom.com: Hi Eriberto Hi

Bug#758163: Subject: RFS: kcm-ufw/0.4.3-1 ITP

2014-09-27 Thread Shawn Sörbom
Hi Eriberto, Regarding your list: 1. I don't understand whats wrong here. I checked another changelog just to be sure: http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/main/e/e3/unstable_changelog My entries are all associated with the same upstream version. I changed all unstable references to

Bug#758163: Subject: RFS: kcm-ufw/0.4.3-1 ITP

2014-09-27 Thread Shawn Sörbom
Fixed. On Saturday, September 27, 2014 23:33:28 Eriberto wrote: 2014-09-27 21:31 GMT-03:00 Shawn Sörbom sh...@sorbom.com: Hi Eriberto, Hi, Regarding your list: 1. I don't understand whats wrong here. I checked another changelog just to be sure: http://metadata.ftp

Bug#758163: Subject: RFS: kcm-ufw/0.4.3-1 ITP

2014-09-26 Thread Shawn Sörbom
am a robot, so they blocked public access to my repo. I will fix that today. Otherwise, everything else should be in order. Thanks, --Shawn On Monday, September 22, 2014 17:20:56 Eriberto wrote: 2014-09-22 4:21 GMT-03:00 Shawn Sörbom sh...@sorbom.com: Hi Eriberto Hi! I was unable to find

Bug#758163: Subject: RFS: kcm-ufw/0.4.3-1 ITP

2014-09-26 Thread Shawn Sörbom
Hi Eriberto, I just fixed the description in debian/control and re-uploaded. The package should work perfectly now. On to the Github issue... I will check back soon. --Shawn On Monday, September 22, 2014 17:20:56 Eriberto wrote: 2014-09-22 4:21 GMT-03:00 Shawn Sörbom sh...@sorbom.com: Hi

Bug#758163: Subject: RFS: kcm-ufw/0.4.3-1 ITP

2014-09-22 Thread Shawn Sörbom
because I wasn't sure if kcm-ufw qualified. If it does, I would much prefer using Alioth. Thanks, --Shawn On Sunday, September 21, 2014 00:56:13 Eriberto wrote: 2014-09-20 2:18 GMT-03:00 Shawn Sörbom sh...@sorbom.com: Hi Eriberto, Hi Shawn, Sorry this is taking so long. I had a lot

Re: gbp-create-remote-repo fails when using github

2014-09-22 Thread Shawn Sörbom
Thats why I wanted to use gbp, I was afraid of missing details. Ideally, I would have preferred to use Debian alioth servers, but after reading the FAQ, I didn't think my package qualified. Thank you both for your replies. --Shawn On Sunday, September 21, 2014 10:44:19 Felix Natter wrote:

gbp-create-remote-repo fails when using github

2014-09-20 Thread Shawn Sörbom
the test they recommended (ssh -vT g...@github.com ), everything worked fine. How can I make sure that gbp is actually using the right key? The relevant github help is here: https://help.github.com/articles/error-permission-denied-publickey Thanks, --Shawn Sörbom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian

Bug#758163: Subject: RFS: kcm-ufw/0.4.3-1 ITP

2014-09-19 Thread Shawn Sörbom
= hardening=+all Thanks for your work. Cheers, Eriberto 2014-09-14 18:06 GMT-03:00 Shawn Sörbom sh...@sorbom.com: Got it. I will do that today. Thanks, --Shawn

Bug#758163: Subject: RFS: kcm-ufw/0.4.3-1 ITP

2014-09-14 Thread Shawn Sörbom
/changelog. The bug #758163 will be closed by your sponsor after upload the package. Cheers, Eriberto [1] https://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/#l1 2014-09-12 21:09 GMT-03:00 Shawn Sörbom sh...@sorbom.com: Hi Eriberto, Sorry this took so long. I copied the changelog entry directly from

Bug#758163: Subject: RFS: kcm-ufw/0.4.3-1 ITP

2014-09-12 Thread Shawn Sörbom
Hi Eriberto, Sorry this took so long. I copied the changelog entry directly from your e-mail and re-uploaded the changes to mentors.debian.net. The error about improperly closing the wishlist bug is still persisting. I'm *really* confused now. what am I still doing wrong? Thanks, Shawn Sörbom

Bug#758163: (no subject)

2014-08-20 Thread Shawn Sörbom
Control: retitle -1 RFS: kcm-ufw/0.4.3-1 [ITP] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/3284484.B4zM2f94u9@medusa

Bug#758163: Subject: RFS: kcm-ufw/0.4.3-1 ITP

2014-08-20 Thread Shawn Sörbom
is closing thisRFS bug instead an ITP. Please, fix it. Regards, Eriberto [1] https://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/#l1 2014-08-14 18:52 GMT-03:00 Shawn Sörbom sh...@sorbom.com: Package: sponsorship-requests Severity: normal Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package

Subject: RFS: kcm-ufw/0.4.3-1 [ITP]

2014-08-15 Thread Shawn Sörbom
=137789. Changes since the last upload: remove templates, fix some lintian errors. Regards, Shawn Sörbom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org

Bug#758163: Subject: RFS: kcm-ufw/0.4.3-1 ITP

2014-08-14 Thread Shawn Sörbom
=137789. Changes since the last upload: remove templates, fix some lintian errors. Regards, Shawn Sörbom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org