Re: packaging non-python stuff using python-stdeb?

2013-05-12 Thread adrelanos
Vincent Cheng: On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 8:47 AM, adrelanos adrela...@riseup.net wrote: Jakub Wilk: * adrelanos adrela...@riseup.net, 2013-05-10, 09:19: is it ok to use python-stdeb to package non-python stuff? For example using python-stdeb to package a shell script seems much more simple

packaging non-python stuff using python-stdeb?

2013-05-10 Thread adrelanos
Hi, is it ok to use python-stdeb to package non-python stuff? For example using python-stdeb to package a shell script seems much more simple to me. Cheers, adrelanos -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas

Re: packaging non-python stuff using python-stdeb?

2013-05-10 Thread adrelanos
Jakub Wilk: * adrelanos adrela...@riseup.net, 2013-05-10, 09:19: is it ok to use python-stdeb to package non-python stuff? For example using python-stdeb to package a shell script seems much more simple to me. Simpler than what? Than creating a Debian folder with compat, control, etc

How to take ownership of a file owned by a different package?

2013-05-08 Thread adrelanos
. How can I do that? Cheers, adrelanos [1] https://github.com/adrelanos/Whonix [2] http://packages.debian.org/tor [3] http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ap-pkg-diversions.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble

Re: Packaging virtual machine images .ova?

2013-03-02 Thread adrelanos
Andrey Rahmatullin: On Sat, Mar 02, 2013 at 06:30:27AM +, adrelanos wrote: Many users having trouble downloading the (rather big) images. (Download corruption, network breakdown...) [...] If it could be installed with a apt-get install whonix, that would be much better than manually

Re: Packaging virtual machine images .ova?

2013-03-02 Thread adrelanos
Paul Wise: Debian doesn't yet have the ability to create non-hacky pre-installed images. All our pre-installed images (currently only live images) are produced by configuring as per normal and then removing host-specific files (like OpenSSH keys), which is a bit hacky. Ideally

Re: Packaging virtual machine images .ova?

2013-03-02 Thread adrelanos
Arno Töll: On 02.03.2013 14:34, adrelanos wrote: What about having let's say for example an OpenBSD virtual machine image in Debian repository? At least for Debian proper that's highly unlikely, because you'd need to build the image from source and make sure its DFSG compliant, which

Re: Packaging virtual machine images .ova?

2013-03-02 Thread adrelanos
Andrey Rahmatullin: On Sat, Mar 02, 2013 at 01:16:43PM +, adrelanos wrote: Hash sum verification is easy these days [...] For whom? Certainly not for the average mortal user. If they cannot run one console command, how can they use ISOs? Using an ISO is more straightforward, why

Packaging virtual machine images .ova?

2013-03-01 Thread adrelanos
Hi, is it possible to package Virtual Machine images, such as Virtual Box .ova images? Has ever anyone done something like this? I haven't found any in the repository and I haven't found any discussion about this. Cheers, adrelanos -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ

Re: Packaging virtual machine images .ova?

2013-03-01 Thread adrelanos
Arno Töll: Hi, On 02.03.2013 03:17, adrelanos wrote: is it possible to package Virtual Machine images, such as Virtual Box .ova images? Possible? Surely. What would the benefit be, though? What are you trying to achieve? Whonix [1] is a Debian derivative, which I maintain. It's also

Re: Packaging virtual machine images .ova?

2013-03-01 Thread adrelanos
Andrey Rahmatullin: On Sat, Mar 02, 2013 at 03:57:57AM +, adrelanos wrote: Many users having trouble downloading the (rather big) images. (Download corruption, network breakdown...) [...] If it could be installed with a apt-get install whonix, that would be much better than manually

Correct way to copy files to /home/$user?

2012-07-25 Thread adrelanos
Hi, I want to create a new package xchat-privacy. Actually no binary files need to be installed/replaced. Only a few configuration files have to be replaced, such as ~/xchat2/xchat.conf, ~/xchat2/ignore.conf, etc. What is the correct way to copy files to /home/$user? Cheers, adrelanos