Re: Problem with dpkg-source -b outside current working dir

2016-09-27 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 5:21 AM, Malte Forkel wrote: > Your example works for me too. But you are using a native package, so > there is no original archive in the parent directory that dpkg-source > would have to access. May be you could try another package, e.g. fuse, > which is

Re: Problem with dpkg-source -b outside current working dir

2016-09-21 Thread Malte Forkel
Am 21.09.2016 um 06:04 schrieb kamaraju kusumanchi: > On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 7:39 AM, Malte Forkel wrote: >> Am 20.09.2016 um 07:33 schrieb kamaraju kusumanchi: >>> On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 4:33 AM, Malte Forkel >> wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>

Re: Problem with dpkg-source -b outside current working dir

2016-09-20 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 7:39 AM, Malte Forkel wrote: > Am 20.09.2016 um 07:33 schrieb kamaraju kusumanchi: >> On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 4:33 AM, Malte Forkel > wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> according to the man page, dpkg-source -b takes an argument that is "th

Re: Problem with dpkg-source -b outside current working dir

2016-09-20 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 20 September 2016 12:39:50 Malte Forkel wrote: > Am 20.09.2016 um 07:33 schrieb kamaraju kusumanchi: > > On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 4:33 AM, Malte Forkel > > wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> according to the man page, dpkg-source -b takes an argument

Re: Problem with dpkg-source -b outside current working dir

2016-09-20 Thread Malte Forkel
Am 20.09.2016 um 07:33 schrieb kamaraju kusumanchi: > On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 4:33 AM, Malte Forkel wrote: >> Hi, >> >> according to the man page, dpkg-source -b takes an argument that is "the >> name of the directory containing the debianized source tree"

Re: Problem with dpkg-source -b outside current working dir

2016-09-19 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 4:33 AM, Malte Forkel wrote: > Hi, > > according to the man page, dpkg-source -b takes an argument that is "the > name of the directory containing the debianized source tree". But that > does not work for me if the directory is not the current wo

Problem with dpkg-source -b outside current working dir

2016-09-17 Thread Malte Forkel
Hi, according to the man page, dpkg-source -b takes an argument that is "the name of the directory containing the debianized source tree". But that does not work for me if the directory is not the current working directory. When is execute dpkg-source in the package's source

Re: diff arguments for building diff for dpkg-source

2003-09-30 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi, Micha Feigin wrote: > Currently I am trying to build the diff for the source trio > (orig.tar.gz/diff.gz/.dsc). The problem is that using the standard diff > arguments diff -ruN doesn't work. dpkg-source -x returns an error for > the diff line (the first one in the file)

Re: diff arguments for building diff for dpkg-source

2003-09-30 Thread Colin Watson
io > (orig.tar.gz/diff.gz/.dsc). The problem is that using the standard diff > arguments diff -ruN doesn't work. dpkg-source -x returns an error for > the diff line (the first one in the file) and for the file dates that > diff adds. > What are the arguments for diff to build a di

diff arguments for building diff for dpkg-source

2003-09-30 Thread Micha Feigin
-ruN doesn't work. dpkg-source -x returns an error for the diff line (the first one in the file) and for the file dates that diff adds. What are the arguments for diff to build a diff file that dpkg-source -x accepts? The lines that cause the problem (example for one of the file in the

installing dpkg source package on redhat

2003-09-06 Thread John Covici
I am trying to install the dpkg source on a redhat 9 system -- my ultimate goal is to get alien working. I am running into the following error during make: It says no rule to make archtable needed by archtable.h . Now archtable is actually there and archtable.h is not, so what is going on or is

dpkg-source gives getcwd() error (Potato)

1999-06-04 Thread Mark Mackenzie
Hi, I upgraded to Potato on 22/5/99 and am having trouble with dpkg-source. icarus:~/dnlds/lilo# dpkg-source -x lilo_21-5.dsc dpkg-source: extracting lilo in lilo-21 shell-init: could not get current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory icarus:~/dnlds

building glibc from dpkg source

1999-04-15 Thread Matt Garman
I'm trying to recompile the glibc2 Debian package with pgcc, hopefully to squeeze out a bit more performance. I downloaded the *.orig.tar.gz, *.dsc, and *.diff.gz files needed, then did a "dpkg-sourc -x glibc*.dsc" and everything unpacked okay. Before I modified anything at all, I tried to do a "

Re: dpkg-source

1999-02-02 Thread Frederick Page
Hi Remco, hi Ben, you wrote on: 02 Feb 99 at 09:22 (received 02.02.99) about : _Re: dpkg-source_ >>> It will upgrade the package. >> Does apt not respect packages that have been "held"? >It does, so that's indeed a way to enforce your own packages. >Thanks for pointing that out :-) Thank

Re: dpkg-source

1999-02-02 Thread Remco van de Meent
Ben Collins wrote: > > > I was wondering, what will happen, when I get another distribution and > > > do e.g. an "apt-get dist-upgrade", will it then replace the > > > bla-package with a newer version (if there is a newer version in the > > > new distribution) or will it leave my customized package

Re: dpkg-source

1999-02-02 Thread Ben Collins
On Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 01:18:29AM +0100, Remco van de Meent wrote: > Frederick Page wrote: > > I was wondering, what will happen, when I get another distribution and do > > e.g. an "apt-get dist-upgrade", will it then replace the bla-package with > > a newer version (if there is a newer version in

Re: dpkg-source

1999-02-02 Thread Remco van de Meent
Frederick Page wrote: > I was wondering, what will happen, when I get another distribution and do > e.g. an "apt-get dist-upgrade", will it then replace the bla-package with > a newer version (if there is a newer version in the new distribution) or > will it leave my customized package alone? It w

dpkg-source

1999-02-02 Thread Frederick Page
Hi all, I was wondering about the following. I login as root, then "cd /usr/src" then "dpkg-source -x /mnt/cdrom/(...)/bla.dsc". I customize the source and/ or compiling-options and issue "cd bla" and "debian/rules binary" in order to get a pac

Re: dpkg-source -x

1998-12-04 Thread M.C. Vernon
On Fri, 4 Dec 1998, Daniel Elenius wrote: > Is it possible when installing a debian package with: > > dpkg-source -x packagename.dsc > , followed by ./configure, make, make install, The correct method is: dpkg-source -x packagename.dsc cd packagename.dsc debian/rules build debian/

Re: dpkg-source -x

1998-12-04 Thread Santiago Vila Doncel
On Fri, 4 Dec 1998, Daniel Elenius wrote: > Is it possible when installing a debian package with: > > dpkg-source -x packagename.dsc > , followed by ./configure, make, make install, > > to get dpkg/dselect to understand that the package has been installed, > so that I c

dpkg-source -x

1998-12-04 Thread Daniel Elenius
Is it possible when installing a debian package with: dpkg-source -x packagename.dsc , followed by ./configure, make, make install, to get dpkg/dselect to understand that the package has been installed, so that I can later uninstall it with dpkg/dselect?

Re: Compiling the dpkg source package..

1998-09-23 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Tue, Sep 22, 1998 at 04:40:13PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Tue, 22 Sep 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > > dpkg-source -x foo_version.dsc > > cd foo_version > > debian/rules binary or dpkg-buildpackage -b -us -uc > > > > Marcus >

Re: Compiling the dpkg source package..

1998-09-22 Thread ninjaz
On Tue, 22 Sep 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > dpkg-source -x foo_version.dsc > cd foo_version > debian/rules binary or dpkg-buildpackage -b -us -uc > > Marcus Thanks - I appreciate it. :) The output of dpkg-buildpackage even showed how to call aclocal to get

Re: Compiling the dpkg source package..

1998-09-22 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
ng but the kitchen sink as > far as the development environment goes. Any help is appreciated. :) dpkg-source -x foo_version.dsc cd foo_version debian/rules binary or dpkg-buildpackage -b -us -uc Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfing

Compiling the dpkg source package..

1998-09-22 Thread ninjaz
Hi, any chance someone could tell me the correct incantations for compiling dpkg from source? I've tried both the versions in hamm and slink, but the INSTALL file is just a default gnu configure one, and ./configure (it's installation instructions) does nothing useful. I also tried autoconf and

Re: [Patching sources to Debian; dpkg-source -x .dsc]

1998-07-07 Thread Shaleh
Try holding the key down while clicking the HREF link to d/l the file. When the Save As dialog pops up add the .gz back on the end and it does not touch the file. I do this kinda often. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null

Re: [Patching sources to Debian; dpkg-source -x .dsc]

1998-07-06 Thread Peter S Galbraith
that make me think some directory names should be changed, but, > > after the change, no directory name is changed. What am I missing here ? > > No actually it is not. The correct way is to use dpkg-source. The > command is 'dpkg-source -x .dsc'. This will recreate the &

Re: How to use dpkg-source

1998-04-28 Thread Scott Ellis
On Tue, 28 Apr 1998, Mario Filipe wrote: > I need some packages that are in hamm, but i'm using bo. So i tried to use > dpkg-source only problem is that it complains : > > dpkg-source: error: tarfile `./perl_5.004.04.orig.tar.gz' contains object > (perl5.004_04/) not in

How to use dpkg-source

1998-04-28 Thread Mario Filipe
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hi I need some packages that are in hamm, but i'm using bo. So i tried to use dpkg-source only problem is that it complains : dpkg-source: error: tarfile `./perl_5.004.04.orig.tar.gz' contains object (perl5.004_04/) not in expected directory (per

Re: dpkg-source

1997-11-03 Thread James Troup
Christian Lynbech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I do not remember (or perhaps understand) whether it meant that no > dpkg-source could unpack it or whether you had to use a specific > version of dpkg-source. (For the second time) Upgrade to dpkg-dev 1.4.0.19 *and* patch 2.2 or be

Re: dpkg-source

1997-11-03 Thread Christian Lynbech
There was a message (which I did not keep) saying that the problem was not the patch problem but related to how the ppp-2.3.1 source was packed (pristine sources). I do not remember (or perhaps understand) whether it meant that no dpkg-source could unpack it or whether you had to use a specific

Re: dpkg-source

1997-11-03 Thread john
Christian Lynbech writes: > What all of this means is only that your version of `dpkg-source' must > match your version of `patch'. Which it does, and yet I still can't install the ppp-2.3.1 source. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, W

Re: dpkg-source

1997-11-03 Thread Christian Lynbech
not `patch'. Secondly, the problem with `patch' is only with the command line arguments used to specify the backup file extension. A recent version of `patch' changed that, and `dpkg-source' changed with it, but newer version of `patch' has (should we say: by popular demand

Re: dpkg-source

1997-11-03 Thread john
Jim Pick writes: > You need to upgrade your patch package to the one in unstable, I believe. > The patch in unstable creates patch files that can't be read by the patch > in stable. What will happen then when I make patches for use on systems that don't have this new version of patch? gunzip ppp_

Re: dpkg-source

1997-11-02 Thread James Troup
Jim Pick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > dpkg-source: error: tarfile `./ppp_2.3.1.orig.tar.gz' contains > > object (ppp-2.3.1/) not in expected directory (ppp-2.3.1.orig) > > You need to upgrade your patch package to the one in unstable, I > believe. You

Re: dpkg-source

1997-11-02 Thread Jim Pick
ing the dpkg-source man page, issued > the command: > > dpkg-source -x ppp_2.3.1-3.dsc > > and got this result: > > dpkg-source: error: tarfile `./ppp_2.3.1.orig.tar.gz' contains object > (ppp-2.3.1/) not in expected directory (ppp-2.3.1.orig) >

dpkg-source

1997-11-02 Thread john
Having a desire to look at the ppp_2.3.1 sources, I went to unstable on ftp.debian.org and got what I guessed were the appropriate files: ppp_2.3.1-3.diff.gz, ppp_2.3.1-3.dsc, and ppp_2.3.1.orig.tar.gz. I stuck these in a directory, and, after perusing the dpkg-source man page, issued the

Re: dpkg-source

1997-09-24 Thread joost witteveen
> 3 files in dir to install sources: *.diff.gz, *.orig.tar.gz and *.dsc > > dpkg-source -x fails with: > > "diff patches file whose dir does not appear in tarfile" > > I could comment some lines in *.dsc for the dir specified in the > error message, but I d

dpkg-source

1997-09-24 Thread Marc Fleureck
3 files in dir to install sources: *.diff.gz, *.orig.tar.gz and *.dsc dpkg-source -x fails with: "diff patches file whose dir does not appear in tarfile" I could comment some lines in *.dsc for the dir specified in the error message, but I don't understand the formats. How do

Re: dpkg-source error ?

1997-09-22 Thread Martin Str|mberg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Marc Fleureck wrote: : Hi, : I ran dpkg-source (dpkg-dev 1.4.0.8) on 3 files: *.diff.gz, *.dsc and : *.orig.tar.gz, as you described in the readme (dpkg-source -x *.dsc). : : Its says: : : "Can't locate POSIX.pm in @INC at /usr/bin/dpkg-source li

dpkg-source error ?

1997-09-19 Thread Marc Fleureck
Hi, I ran dpkg-source (dpkg-dev 1.4.0.8) on 3 files: *.diff.gz, *.dsc and *.orig.tar.gz, as you described in the readme (dpkg-source -x *.dsc). Its says: "Can't locate POSIX.pm in @INC at /usr/bin/dpkg-source line 8. " BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/bin/dpkg-sou