Intent to package R (the GNU version of S)

1997-12-11 Thread Douglas Bates
.60.1 were released a few days ago from http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/R/contents.html Since I understand a bug-fix version R-0.60.2 is imminent, that will probably be the first package that shows up for Debian. -- Douglas Bates[EMAIL PROTECT

Is "cp -a" allowed in debian/rules?

1997-12-11 Thread Douglas Bates
/R/library directory and continue with the packaging. Are there alternatives that would be preferred? -- Douglas Bates[EMAIL PROTECTED] Statistics Department608/262-2598 University of Wisconsin - Madisonhttp://www.stat.wisc.edu/~bate

Re: Is "cp -a" allowed in debian/rules?

1997-12-12 Thread Douglas Bates
Christian Schwarz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 11 Dec 1997, Douglas Bates wrote: > > > I have a vague recollection of seeing some comments regarding flags > > for cp that should be avoided in packaging scripts. Perhaps this was > > in the discussion of b

/sbin/hwclock and /etc/init.d/boot

1997-12-14 Thread Douglas Bates
I have the 2.7.1-2 version of util-linux installed. It appears that the /sbin/clock program is no longer available as it has been replaced by /sbin/hwclock. However, there is still a part of /etc/init.d/boot that calls clock to set up the hardware clock and system clock correspondence. # # S

Debhelper for a libc5-based system?

1997-12-23 Thread Douglas Bates
I just uploaded a libc6 version of r-base, a package for statistical computing and graphics. I would also like to create a libc5-based version of this package. Even if it doesn't get into the official Debian distributions it will be helpful for several people who run libc5-based systems. I used

Re: Libc6 progress: 1997-12-28

1997-12-29 Thread Douglas Bates
Christian Leutloff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Braakman) writes: > > > Alan Bain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > f2c-960717-0 (Old source format) > > isn't this obsoleted by the f77 frontend to gcc!? I believe there are still some Fortran constructions that can b

multiple jobs with buildpackage?

1998-01-02 Thread Douglas Bates
If I am running "make" on a multi-processor system I can use the -j switch to allow multiple jobs to be spawned. Is there a similar facility with dpkg-buildpackage or a way I can pass a '-j 4' option to calls to debian/rules? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscrib

adopting xspread

1998-01-04 Thread Douglas Bates
I am willing to adopt the orphaned package xspread. I have converted its debian/rules to use the debhelper scripts and compiled the package against libc6. I will upload tomorrow unless there are objections. -- Douglas Bates[EMAIL PROTECTED] Statistics Department

Re: NPR piece on Linux

1998-04-08 Thread Douglas Bates
Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > OK, it has played here in the East. Those of you out west still have > some time to find a radio ;-) I think it is the second piece on "All > Things Considered" after the news. > > This was a very good presentation for a public forumn. They pointed to al

Re: [sara@ora.com: NPR show on open source]

1998-04-20 Thread Douglas Bates
Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > From: "Sara Winge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 09:16:43 -0700 > Subject: NPR show on open source > > Eric Raymond and Richard Stallman are guests on > NPR's "Science Friday" today--looks like the segment's > from 12:30-1:00 pm PD

Re: [sara@ora.com: NPR show on open source]

1998-04-20 Thread Douglas Bates
Douglas Bates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > From: "Sara Winge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 09:16:43 -0700 > > Subject: NPR show on open source > > > > Eri

../dists/slink/main/binary-i386/Packages is empty

1998-05-04 Thread Douglas Bates
Sorry if this has already been discussed but I have been away for a week and off the list. I notice that the Packages file for slink/main/binary-i386 is empty whereas binary-alpha, binary-powerpc, and binary-sparc all look as I would expect them to. Is this a subtle hint that I should switch arch

Re: ../dists/slink/main/binary-i386/Packages is empty

1998-05-08 Thread Douglas Bates
Douglas Bates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I notice that the Packages file for slink/main/binary-i386 on master > is empty ... To follow up on my own post - this was reported as bug #21025. In the bug report the date on the file was Apr 2. Now it is Apr 24 but it is still zero len

Does kernel-package assume /etc/psdatabase -> /boot/psdatabase?

1996-08-17 Thread Douglas Bates
if /boot/psdatabase-2.0.12 exists. The documentation for psupdate indicates that it writes a new version of /etc/psdatabase. I checked and indeed that file was updated. Am I supposed to have a link from /etc/psdatabase to /boot/psdatabase? This sequence would make sense to me if that was the

Bug#4348: smartlist.postinst fails

1996-08-30 Thread Douglas Bates
Package: smartlist Status: install ok half-configured Priority: optional Section: mail Maintainer: Christoph Lameter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Version: 3.10-1 Depends: smail | sendmail | mail-transport-agent, procmail, libc5 (>= 5.2.18-1) Description: Versatile and Fast List Processor -- Clip here

login message on lully.debian.org

2000-03-09 Thread Douglas Bates
I'm not sure if this message should go to debian-devel or debian-project or ... For several days the login message on lully.debian.org has ended with *** This system is being repaired. Please refrain from using it for now. The system has been up for 14 days and /etc/motd was last modified on Jan

cvs-makerepos

2000-03-14 Thread Douglas Bates
The configuration script for cvs_1.10.7-6 mentions that you can create a repository with standard permissions using cvs-makerepos. Is that a program or an option to cvs or ...? I couldn't find anything like that.

ITP: mp - an e-mail pretty-printer

2000-03-23 Thread Douglas Bates
master.debian.org for anyone who wants to take a look. The copyright file reads This package was debianized by Douglas Bates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, 22 Mar 2000 14:51:23 -0600. It was downloaded from http://java.sun.com/people/richb/RichApps/mp/mpdist-3.5.1.tar.gz Upstream Au

Re: ITP: mp - an e-mail pretty-printer

2000-03-23 Thread Douglas Bates
The provisional package I uploaded to my directory on master doesn't work :-/. Turns out there is a bug in the configure script that was exposed by building a Debian package. The upstream maintainer has promised to fix it after he returns from vacation April 3. If you really want to use it befor

2.4.0 kernel and the Toshiba 1715XCDS

2001-01-05 Thread Douglas Bates
This is not strictly a Debian question but it does relate to a computer running Debian 2.3. The computer is a Toshiba 1715XCDS laptop. I have been using the 2.4.0 testing and prerelease kernels on it and have been very pleased with the support for PCMCIA built into the 2.4.x series kernels. Today

Re: 2.4.0 kernel and the Toshiba 1715XCDS

2001-01-05 Thread Douglas Bates
Douglas Bates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > so I configure the kernel with cd4281 support. However, the boot > log shows that the cd4281 driver is not being successfully > initialized. Sorry to follow up on my own message but I must have had my fingers on the wrong keys so I mis

2.4.17 kernel compilation

2002-01-02 Thread Douglas Bates
tions? -- Douglas Bates[EMAIL PROTECTED] Statistics Department608/262-2598 University of Wisconsin - Madisonhttp://www.stat.wisc.edu/~bates/

Cross-platform XML editor

2002-01-07 Thread Douglas Bates
A two-part question: a) Can you recommend a cross-platform XML editor that uses the DTD? I use SGML in emacs but our data-entry people are not going to enjoy emacs. A GUI-based editor is preferred. b) If the answer to a) is Xeena http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/xeena h

apache_1.1.3-6 preinstall script giving errors

1998-06-16 Thread Douglas Bates
the world. -- Douglas Bates[EMAIL PROTECTED] Statistics Department608/262-2598 University of Wisconsin - Madisonhttp://www.stat.wisc.edu/~bates/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

Access to an Alpha for package compilation?

1998-06-19 Thread Douglas Bates
see if Debian GNU/Linux on Alpha can compile and run R cleanly. -- Douglas Bates[EMAIL PROTECTED] Statistics Department608/262-2598 University of Wisconsin - Madisonhttp://www.stat.wisc.edu/~bates/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: Access to an Alpha for package compilation?

1998-06-19 Thread Douglas Bates
Christopher C Chimelis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 19 Jun 1998, Douglas Bates wrote: > > > I am the maintainer of the r-base package which provides a language > > for statistical computing and graphics. I am also on the development > > team for the upstream so

location of 2.0.7 boot disks

1998-06-23 Thread Douglas Bates
I don't see the 2.0.7 boot disks for an i386 system on master.debian.org yet. Could someone please remind me where to get them from Enrique's computer? I don't seem to have that message any more. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [

apt-0.0.16 and libc6-2.0.7r2

1998-06-25 Thread Douglas Bates
I haven't been following the discussion on the libc6 naming (too little time, I'm afraid) so I may have missed any fixes to this. I have apt 0.0.16-1 and libc6 2.0.7r-2 installed. I installed apt before the upgrade of libc6. Now the first thing that apt wants to do when you run it is to commit s

Re: register_frame_info troubles

1999-01-19 Thread Douglas Bates
> "Ray" == J H M Dassen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ray> On Wed, Jan 13, 1999 at 09:07:59 +0100, Michael Meskes wrote: >> I'm currently creating a new upload of gaby, but lintian keeps >> complaining: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/todo/gaby-0.2.6$ lintian >> ../gaby_0.2.6-1_i386.deb E: gaby: com

Status of Gnome libraries and applications?

1999-01-22 Thread Douglas Bates
Can someone give me an overview of the current state of gnome libraries and applications in the unstable distribution? I would like to try our gnumeric. If I try to install it with apt I get dependency problems [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# apt-get install gnumeric Updating package status cache...done

cron has gone to UTC time?

1999-01-27 Thread Douglas Bates
On a slink machine I have a crontab entry that should perform an rsync of a site that I mirror around 22:40 my time (-0600). I have started to get the reports from the job a little after 16:40 my time which just happens to be 22:40 UTC. $ crontab -l # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and

X on a Dell Inspiron Laptop

1999-05-23 Thread Douglas Bates
A friend recently bought a high-end Dell laptop computer. The model is the Inspiron 8000, if I recall correctly. It has a hard drive that is about 9.5 Gb (yes, nearly 10 Gb on a laptop) and fips20.exe seemed to have some trouble creating a second partition. We wanted to save the Windows 98 parti