dpkg-buildpackage; building from subversion

2007-04-24 Thread John Pye
Hi all, I'm trying to get my head around package building with Debian, coming from my earlier experiences with RPMs. One technique which I found quite good with RPMs was the ability to create a tarball that *included* the necessary .spec file, and then just typing "rpmbuild -ta mytarball.tar.bz2"

Re: sizeof(long) (was: Re: looking for fix to AMD64 python dl problem....)

2007-02-18 Thread John Pye
On Feb 18, 5:20 pm, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > you've got debian running on a wood stove?! dude that's awesome! I Why, what do you guys run yours on? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: sizeof(long) (was: Re: looking for fix to AMD64 python dl problem....)

2007-02-17 Thread John Pye
Hi all I'm the said developer. Looks like my replies (via Google Groups) haven't been getting through. And I also went across town for a load of firewood. So you didn't scare me off :-) So, I'll try to summarise what I have tried to send in previous mails. Firstly, 'dl' is not an ugly hack, which