Building Debian Packages: By Example

2002-05-13 Thread Chris Fearnley
The Philadelphia Area Debian Society (PADS) (http://www.CJFearnley.com/pads/) Presents Building Debian Packages: By Example When: Wednesday 15 May 2002, 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Presenter: Chris

Understanding debconf: The Debian configuration management system

2001-10-15 Thread Chris Fearnley
PM Presenter: Chris Fearnley, Chief Technology Officer, LinuxForce Inc. Where: 636 Pine St Apartment #3 Philadelphia, PA Abstract We will introduce debconf and explain its role in Debian configuration management. Social Dinner TBD

Using The Debian Package Manager With Mac OS X

2001-08-14 Thread Chris Fearnley
The Philadelphia Area Debian Society (PADS) (http://www.CJFearnley.com/pads/) Presents Using The Debian Package Manager With Mac OS X When: Wednesday 15 August 2001, 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Presenter:

Building Official Debian 2.2r2 CDs

2001-03-20 Thread Chris Fearnley
The Philadelphia Area Debian Society (PADS) (http://www.CJFearnley.com/pads/) Presents When: Wednesday 21 March 2001, 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Presenter: LeRoy Cressy, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Inside Alien: How the Debian Alien Package Works

2001-03-13 Thread Chris Fearnley
, 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Presenter: Chris Fearnley, Chief Technology Officer, LinuxForce Inc. Where: IQ Group's Technology Lab The Constitution Building, 12th floor, Suite 1200 325 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA Abstract Alien is a

Exploring the Debian boot-floppies package

2001-02-19 Thread Chris Fearnley
: Chris Fearnley, Chief Technology Officer, LinuxForce Inc. Where: User Friendly Consulting 1420 Walnut Street (suite #816) Philadelphia, PA Abstract The boot-floppies package provides the infrastructure for building Debian's boot/rescue

Installing Samba on a Debian GNU/Linux system with ReiserFS

2001-01-16 Thread Chris Fearnley
Presenter: Chris Fearnley, Chief Technology Officer, LinuxForce Inc. Where: User Friendly Consulting 1420 Walnut Street (suite #816) Philadelphia, PA Abstract We will install Samba and Debian GNU/linux on a system with

Installing Debian Potato with ReiserFS on a laptop (take 1)

2000-12-18 Thread Chris Fearnley
Presenter: Chris Fearnley, Chief Technology Officer, LinuxForce Inc. Where: User Friendly Consulting 1420 Walnut Street (suite #816) Philadelphia, PA Abstract We will attempt to install Debian with ReiserFS on a new

Inside Alien: How the Debian Alien Package Works

2000-10-18 Thread Chris Fearnley
, 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Presenter: Chris Fearnley, Chief Technology Officer, LinuxForce Inc. Where: IQ Group's Technology Lab The Constitution Building, 12th floor, Suite 1200 325 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA Abstract Alien is a

Debian Policy

2000-09-19 Thread Chris Fearnley
: Chris Fearnley, Chief Technology Officer, LinuxForce Inc. Where: IQ Group's Technology Lab The Constitution Building, 12th floor, Suite 1200 325 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA Abstract Debian's careful consideration of its distribution

Building Debian Packages by Example: Packaging libgnupg.pm

2000-08-15 Thread Chris Fearnley
August 2000, 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Facilitator: Chris Fearnley, Chief Technology Officer, LinuxForce Inc. Where: IQ Group's Technology Lab The Constitution Building, 12th floor, Suite 1200 325 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA Abstract We

Building Debian Packages by Example: Packaging dlkern

2000-07-17 Thread Chris Fearnley
Facilitator: Chris Fearnley, Chief Technology Officer, LinuxForce Inc. Where: IQ Group's Technology Lab The Constitution Building, 12th floor, Suite 1200 325 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA Abstract We will demonstrate the building

[PADS] Installing Debian, Corel, and Storm Linux

2000-06-18 Thread Chris Fearnley
: Chris Fearnley, Chief Technology Officer, LinuxForce Inc. Bill Jonas, Assistant Systems and Network Administrator, LinuxForce Inc. Michael Toren, Network Administrator, Earthstation Netaxs Where: IQ Group's Technology Lab The Constitution Building, 6th floor, Suit

Using Debian's make-kpkg to build kernels

2000-03-15 Thread Chris Fearnley
9:30 PM Speaker: Chris Fearnley, Chief Technology Officer, LinuxForce Inc. Where: IQ Group, 6th floor (its the room with a big Q on the door) 325 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA Abstract Debian's kernel-package package provides make-kpkg to help build kern

[PADS] The Corel LINUX Install Process: Under the Hood

2000-02-11 Thread Chris Fearnley
The Philadelphia Area Debian Society (PADS) (http://www.CJFearnley.com/pads/) presents The Corel LINUX Install Process: Under the Hood When: Wednesday 16 February 2000, 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Speaker:

[Philadelphia] Debian's Menu Package: A Catalog of Debian Software

1999-12-10 Thread Chris Fearnley
ember 1999, 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Speaker: Chris Fearnley, Senior Vice President Technology, LinuxForce Inc. Where: IQ Group, 6th floor (its the room with a big Q on the door) 325 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA Abstract Menus are a now familiar devi

[PHILADELPHIA] MIME Solutions: Using Debian's mime-support Package

1999-11-08 Thread Chris Fearnley
eaker: Chris Fearnley, Senior Vice President Technology, LinuxForce Inc. Where: Towne Pizza & Sub Shop 1900 Pine ST Philadelphia, PA Abstract MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) is the preferred way to attach files in the Internet world. But Debian (even with Net

[PHILADELPHIA] PADS: Upgrading to Debian's ``unstable'' release

1999-10-15 Thread Chris Fearnley
The Philadelphia Area Debian Society (PADS) (http://www.CJFearnley.com/pads/) presents Upgrading to Debian's ``unstable'' release When: Wednesday 20 October 1999, 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Speaker:

[Philadelphia] PADS meeting will include a ``keysigning party''

1999-09-14 Thread Chris Fearnley
ctions for facilitating the keysigning portion of our meeting. Summary: PADS Main Meeting: Topic: Overcoming Debian's New Maintainer Procedures Speaker: Chris Fearnley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> When: Wednesday, September 15th from 8:00PM - 9:30PM Where: IQ Group, 6th floor (its the room wit

[Philadelphia] PADS Meeting: Overcoming Debian's New Maintainer Procedures

1999-09-10 Thread Chris Fearnley
aintainer Procedures Speaker: Chris Fearnley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> When: Wednesday, September 15th from 8:00PM - 9:30PM Where: IQ Group, 6th floor (its the room with a big Q on the door) 325 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA Abstract: Debian has instituted stringent

[Philadelphia] PADS Meeting: Building Debian Packages

1999-08-14 Thread Chris Fearnley
Hi, PADS (Philadelphia Area Debian Society) will meet this coming Wednesday to discuss the building of Debian packages. Please note the new location!!! PADS Web Page: http://www.CJFearnley.com/pads PADS Main Meeting: Note the new location!!! Topic: Building Debian Packages Speaker: Chris

Philadelphia Area Debian Society meeting: Debian Policy

1999-07-15 Thread Chris Fearnley
Hi, PADS (Philadelphia Area Debian Society) will meet this coming Wednesday to continue a discussion of Debian's Policy. PADS Main Meeting: Topic: An Overview of Debian Policy Speaker: Chris Fearnley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> When: Wednesday, July 21st from 8:00PM - 9:30PM Where

[Philadelphia] Debian user's group meeting: Debian Policy

1999-06-12 Thread Chris Fearnley
Greetings, The PDG-LUG (The Philadelphia Debian GNU/Linux User's Group) will meet this coming Wednesday (third wed. of the month) to discuss ``Debian Policy''. PDG-LUG Main Meeting: Topic: An Overview of Debian Policy Speaker: Chris Fearnley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> When:

[Philadelphia] Organizational meeting for Debian user's group

1999-05-14 Thread Chris Fearnley
Greetings, There seems to be enough interest to form PDG-LUG (The Philadelphia Debian GNU/Linux User's Group). In order to try to accommodate people with families and suburban Debian GNU/Linux users, we will have an optional ``social hour'' at a Center City eatery BEFORE the 8:00 PM meeting. PDG

Re: * Formal call for the removal of Bruce Perens *

1997-10-31 Thread Chris Fearnley
'dc wrote:' > >Enough is enough. Where is your announcement of candidacy for project leader? Elections will be held soon ... I want to see your reasoned proposals for a better direction for the project. Too much of what you write is anti-Bruce and it's hard for me to tell exactly what solution

Re: DEITY TEAM -- REQUEST FOR FUNCTIONALITY and COMMENTS

1997-04-19 Thread Chris Fearnley
'Peter Iannarelli wrote:' > >Hello all: > >As I'm sure everyone is aware a new project has been initiated >to replace the currenct dselect package maintainence facility >with the goals of enhancing its functionality and resolving >some of the existing package maintenance problems. Look at http://w

Re: Bug#8111: less package doesn't include LESSOPEN support (was Re: Warning!! PAGER=zless)

1997-03-18 Thread Chris Fearnley
'Jason Gunthorpe wrote:' > >On Mon, 17 Mar 1997, Chris Fearnley wrote: > >> 'Craig Sanders wrote:' >> into less. Another bug in your script is that it doesn't support >> uncompressing multiple files and saving marks in each of them and >&

Re: Bug#8111: less package doesn't include LESSOPEN support (was Re: Warning!! PAGER=zless)

1997-03-18 Thread Chris Fearnley
'Craig Sanders wrote:' > >Package: less >Version: 321-2 > >1. set the environment variable LESSOPEN in your ~/.bashrc or in >/etc/profile (modify as required if you use csh or zsh or something >else). > >export LESSOPEN="|lesspipe.sh %s" > > >2. create a shell script called lessp

Re: modules 2.0.0-14

1996-12-05 Thread Chris Fearnley
'Bruce Perens wrote:' > >Use "dpkg --force-downgrade package-name.deb", I think. I haven't tried it. Use -i instead of --force-downgrade. I wouldn't recommend --force anything in general. One of the big wins IMO of dpkg over rpm is that dpkg -i supports downgrading. -- Christopher J. Fearnley

Re: please use V

1996-11-26 Thread Chris Fearnley
'Tom Julien wrote:' > >IMHO, a license like Qt's is long overdue. It makes a fine >commercial product available to both X11 and Win32, yet it >provides a great mechanism to promote freeware/open standards >like Unix/X11 *over* propriety ones. Troll's reasoning for >not allowing modified versions

Re: Opinions on Linux Journal article

1996-10-22 Thread Chris Fearnley
'Buddha Buck wrote:' > >[Note: I'm moving this from debian-changes to debian-user] Good idea. I didn't check header :( >> '[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:' >> > >> >Hello, >> > >> >i was wondering what were the reactions of list members to >> >this article. >> >> I thought it was well done. It show