On Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 08:14:20AM -0700, Rodney D. Myers wrote: > gaim.sourceforge.net. I also use checkinstall to create & install the > debs.
Well, that's cool. I just installed 1.5.0 using checkinstall. gaim 1.5.0 Build Protocol Plugins........ : yes Protocols to link statically.. : Protocols to build dynamically : gg irc jabber msn napster novell oscar yahoo zephyr UI Library.................... : GTK 2.x SSL Library/Libraries......... : None Build with Plugin support..... : yes Build with Perl support....... : yes Build with Tcl support........ : no Build with Tk support......... : no Build with Audio support...... : yes Build with NAS support........ : no Build with GtkSpell support... : yes Use kerberos 4 with zephyr.... : no Use external libzephyr........ : no Use XScreenSaver Extension.... : no Use X Session Management...... : yes Use startup notification.......: no Print debugging messages...... : no Still no spell check in IRC and no options to set it. $ fgrep spell .gaim/prefs.xml <pref name='spellcheck' type='bool' value='1' /> Humph! BTW - checkinstall. Nice tool. It would be nice to have that linked into perl -MCPAN intall Foo:Baz My poor system is a mix of debian perl packages, packages I've created with whatever tool that is to build packages form CPAN, and modules installed with CPAN. > The current gaim maintainer was a weird numbering scheme, and it plays > havoc when I install on my own. He adds the "1:" before the real > release number. Years of using Debian and packaging is still a mystery to me! I have a laptop with it's package system hosed right now and I can't seem to get it working again. Preconfiguring packages ... dpkg-query: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 1: EOF after field name `' dpkg: --compare-versions takes three arguments: <version> <relation> <version> ... Ack! Something bad happened while installing packages. Trying to recover: dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 1: EOF after field name `' Ah, but that's another topic. -- Bill Moseley [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]