Re: Using debconf to notify of serious postinst problems

2007-03-23 Thread Colin Turner
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Russ, >> The problem is, as indicated in the comments, I wanted to use a "note" >> template to warn / email the user if the credentials were wrong, before >> trying to do what I could. Adding the input causes a lintian warning. > > Other people ha

Re: Using debconf to notify of serious postinst problems

2007-03-23 Thread Russ Allbery
Colin Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 2. Using debconf to notify in postinst > Part of the install is to create a database with given credentials and > import a schema. I have debconf prompting for values and I'm > successfully using these in the postinst script. > My problem/worry is this.

Re: Using debconf to notify of serious postinst problems

2007-03-23 Thread Colin Turner
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Roberto, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 01:42:30PM +, Colin Turner wrote: >> 2. Using debconf to notify in postinst >> > Hi. I'm not sure of the details of your software (I've not looked at > it), but I will offer my recom

Re: Using debconf to notify of serious postinst problems

2007-03-23 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 01:42:30PM +, Colin Turner wrote: > > 2. Using debconf to notify in postinst > > Part of the install is to create a database with given credentials and > import a schema. I have debconf prompting for values and I'm > successfully using these in the postinst script. >

Re: Using debconf to notify of serious postinst problems

2007-03-23 Thread Colin Turner
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Neil, Neil Williams wrote: >> Debian, since I am the upstream author too. It seems clear that Debian >> still wants an original tarball created. Should I strip the "debian" >> directory from my source code when creating the tarball? > > Yes. If t

Re: Using debconf to notify of serious postinst problems

2007-03-23 Thread Neil Williams
On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:42:30 + Colin Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm busy packaging my own software (OPUS, ITP Bug#415241) for > submission, and I'm most of the way there. I have two questions > though: > > 1. Original tarballs > > There obviously isn't an original tarball that I have

Using debconf to notify of serious postinst problems

2007-03-23 Thread Colin Turner
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi All, I'm busy packaging my own software (OPUS, ITP Bug#415241) for submission, and I'm most of the way there. I have two questions though: 1. Original tarballs There obviously isn't an original tarball that I have patched for Debian, since I am t