Re: How to repair a broken system with non-Debian packages?

2009-04-20 Thread Simon Paillard
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 11:15:35PM +0200, Ax. St. wrote: > Thanks for replying so quickly. Unfortunately things are more complicated: > > - I have not only read the release notes but taken five machines through the > upgrade >process. This is the only machine that poses problems. The other ma

Re: How to repaira broken system with non-Debian packages?

2009-04-20 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon,20.Apr.09, 20:28:08, dr_a_stamm...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: > Hi, > > I was careless enough to update from Etch to Lenny without completely > removing all > non-Debian packages, mostly from: > > deb http://www.backports.org/debian etch-backports main contrib non-free &g

Re: Packaging system and non-Debian packages [was: Re: lm_sensors]

2003-02-10 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 05:05:27AM +, Pigeon wrote: > On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 02:09:04AM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 03:49:57PM +, Pigeon wrote: > > > It would be useful to know how to do this in the more general case, > > > where there isn't a convenient comma

Re: Packaging system and non-Debian packages [was: Re: lm_sensors]

2003-02-09 Thread Pigeon
On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 07:52:18PM +1100, Rob Weir wrote: > > 3) get the woody backport of X4.2 from >http://people.debian.org/~blade/woody/ :) Nah, just looked there. His is the testing version (4.2.1), I have 4.2.0. But thanks anyway. Pigeon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Packaging system and non-Debian packages [was: Re: lm_sensors]

2003-02-09 Thread Rob Weir
On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 02:09:04AM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 03:49:57PM +, Pigeon wrote: > > It would be useful to know how to do this in the more general case, > > where there isn't a convenient command like make-kpkg. > > > > My particular case is X 4.2.0, which

Re: Packaging system and non-Debian packages [was: Re: lm_sensors]

2003-02-08 Thread Pigeon
On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 02:09:04AM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 03:49:57PM +, Pigeon wrote: > > It would be useful to know how to do this in the more general case, > > where there isn't a convenient command like make-kpkg. > > > > My particular case is X 4.2.0, which

Re: Packaging system and non-Debian packages [was: Re: lm_sensors]

2003-02-08 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 03:49:57PM +, Pigeon wrote: > It would be useful to know how to do this in the more general case, > where there isn't a convenient command like make-kpkg. > > My particular case is X 4.2.0, which I downloaded the source of and > compiled for slink, then for woody when I

Packaging system and non-Debian packages [was: Re: lm_sensors]

2003-02-07 Thread Pigeon
On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 08:01:25PM -0700, Hugo Graumann wrote: > * On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 12:00:17AM +0100, mess-mate ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Sorry, this error messages appaers on the install of this i2c package : > > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of i2c-2.4.20: > > i2c-2

Re: Non debian packages

1996-08-14 Thread Ian Jackson
Pablo Bianucci writes ("Non debian packages"): ... > 3) Make an attempt to 'debianize' the packages, installing them under > /usr/local with dpkg (my 'own debianization', in fact). If you use dpkg it's perfectly acceptable to put the files in /usr, rather than /usr/local. Ian.

Non debian packages

1996-08-12 Thread Pablo Bianucci
Hi! I've upgraded to Debian 1.1 two days ago and have some doubts... I used to have installed lots of packages I couldn't find in a debianized form (fetchpop, ImageMagick, and lots more). I see several alternatives, but I'd like a recommendation... 1) Wait till somebody releases a debianized pa