Re: Making a java 1.4.1 deb

2002-11-04 Thread Benedict Verheyen
- Original Message - From: "mdevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Debian-user" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 2:26 PM Subject: Re: Making a java 1.4.1 deb >>Yeah, It is a bit dissapointing that you can get rpms much earlier than &g

Re: Making a java 1.4.1 deb

2002-11-04 Thread mdevin
On Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 11:53:51 -0600, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > Even with Blackdown there are problems that make it non-free. Maybe > some one else can provide a more lucid explanation, but AFAIK > Blackdown signed an agreement with Sun that requires some things to be > kept confidential. Yeah, I

Re: Making a java 1.4.1 deb

2002-11-03 Thread Rupert
On Sun, 3 Nov 2002 18:49:26 +0100 "Benedict Verheyen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Do you know why I can't get this in Woody? Specifically, why can't apt > > see the testing or unstable versions of installwatch? > > > > arthur:~# apt-cache policy checkinstall > checkinstall: > Installed: (

Re: Making a java 1.4.1 deb

2002-11-03 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"mdevin" == mdevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: mdevin> I have been running jdk1.4.1 beta for the past 3 months mdevin> which I got from Sun's download area and it works fine. mdevin> Why can't it be a .deb so that the package management mdevin> system can maintain it? I don't

Re: Making a java 1.4.1 deb

2002-11-03 Thread Benedict Verheyen
- Original Message - From: "Rupert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 12:56 PM Subject: Re: Making a java 1.4.1 deb > Do you know why I can't get this in Woody? Specifically, why can't apt > see the testin

Re: Making a java 1.4.1 deb

2002-11-03 Thread Rupert
On Sat, 02 Nov 2002 21:25:17 -0800 Ken Bloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I personally used alien to convert the JDK RPM to a deb, however there > is also a program in sarge called checkinstall which can monitor what an > install process (either a dynamically-linked install binary, or a > ./con

Re: Making a java 1.4.1 deb

2002-11-02 Thread Ken Bloom
> mdevin sez: > } Is there some way that I can use the Sun Linux install binary and > } convert it to a deb so that when Blackdown releases theirs, my system > } will automatically upgrade to their version? Actually, Blackdown has a > } binary install version for 1.4.1 beta but no deb package. Is i

Re: Making a java 1.4.1 deb

2002-11-02 Thread Gregory Seidman
mdevin sez: } Is there some way that I can use the Sun Linux install binary and } convert it to a deb so that when Blackdown releases theirs, my system } will automatically upgrade to their version? Actually, Blackdown has a } binary install version for 1.4.1 beta but no deb package. Is it } poss

Re: Making a java 1.4.1 deb

2002-11-02 Thread Benedict Verheyen
- Original Message - From: "mdevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Debian-user" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 2:46 AM Subject: Making a java 1.4.1 deb You might find usefull information here on how one can build a deb package: http://

Making a java 1.4.1 deb

2002-11-02 Thread mdevin
Is there some way that I can use the Sun Linux install binary and convert it to a deb so that when Blackdown releases theirs, my system will automatically upgrade to their version? Actually, Blackdown has a binary install version for 1.4.1 beta but no deb package. Is it possible to use this and s