Robert James Clay tag:rocasa.us,2009-09-02:/~jame/5 2010-03-24T03:05:40Z This is the Home Page Online for Robert James Clay. Here you will find information and/or links regarding what I am interested in, involved with, am responsible for, etc.... Movable Type 4.23-en HwB Debian release 1:040412-4 tag:rocasa.us,2010:/~jame//5.134 2010-03-22T17:12:10Z 2010-03-24T03:05:40Z Created version 1:040412-4 of my Debian package The HardwareBook (HwB), posted a message about it to the Debian Mentors mailing list, and uploaded it to mentors.debian.net: URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/non-free/h/hwb Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/non-free/h/hwb/hwb_040412-4.dsc... Robert James Clay http://rocasa.us/~jame Created version 1:040412-4 of my Debian package The HardwareBook (HwB), posted a message about it to the Debian Mentors mailing list, and uploaded it to mentors.debian.net:

  • URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/non-free/h/hwb
  • Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free
  • dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/non-free/h/hwb/hwb_040412-4.dsc
]]> The changelog for this version is as follows:

  • Changes to debian/control:
    • Bumped Standards version to 3.8.4.
    • Change Maintainer email address to jame@rocasa.us.
    • Add Vcs-Browser & Vcs-Git entries. Closes: #566754.
    • Reworded the long description to better reflect package.
    • Moved Homepage field into the source stanza and updated it to http://www.hardwarebook.info.
    • Add ${misc:Depends} entry to the binary stanza, for use by debhelper as needed.
  • Changes to debian/copyright:
    • Detail Copyright for Debian packaging.
    • Add note about why HwB package is non-free.
    • Add note about when package was originally debianized.
  • Changes to debian/doc-base:
    • Changed the doc-base section to Help/Books.
    • Updated domain name in Author email address to use the hardwarebook.info domain.
  • Added debian/watch regarding source archive.
]]> OpenWRT on a Linksys WRT54GL tag:rocasa.us,2010:/~jame//5.129 2010-03-07T19:06:19Z 2010-03-10T09:14:48Z One thing I am interested in doing that I have not yet had a chance to actually do is install better firmware on my Linksys WRT54GL router. I do keep on the lookout for information about doing so and spotted... Robert James Clay http://rocasa.us/~jame One thing I am interested in doing that I have not yet had a chance to actually do is install better firmware on my Linksys WRT54GL router. I do keep on the lookout for information about doing so and spotted the following writeups about it over at http://planet.debian.net:

]]> Debian package format v3.0 tag:rocasa.us,2010:/~jame//4.117 2010-02-22T05:55:43Z 2010-02-22T06:22:51Z More information regarding Debian package format v3.0: http://wiki.debian.org/Projects/DebSrc3.0 Some messages that are part of a long thread regarding the format: It was noted in, for instance, http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2010/02/msg00533.html regarding a script that can be used for the initial conversion from dpatch... Robert James Clay http://rocasa.us/~jame More information regarding Debian package format v3.0:

Some messages that are part of a long thread regarding the format:

]]> Released MakeNL v3.2.9 tag:rocasa.us,2010:/~jame//4.113 2010-01-31T21:55:17Z 2010-02-05T21:15:17Z Version v3.2.9 of MakeNL has been released, and the source archives mn329src.zip and makenl-3.2.9.tar.gz have been made available on the Sourceforge site. (I synced what I had for 3.2.7e to the CVS repository and used that as the basis of... Robert James Clay http://rocasa.us/~jame Version v3.2.9 of MakeNL has been released, and the source archives mn329src.zip and makenl-3.2.9.tar.gz have been made available on the Sourceforge site. (I synced what I had for 3.2.7e to the CVS repository and used that as the basis of the release.)

I will have at least the zip file on my system, and will also be working on a Debian package. I'll be updating the web site to reflect this. (Already corrected the link to the CVS repository.)

]]> Debian and Quilt tag:rocasa.us,2010:/~jame//5.132 2010-01-28T21:11:29Z 2010-03-12T16:15:28Z A couple of write up I found, regarding converting a Debian package from using dpatch to using quilt: Example write up of simple conversion of dpatch to quilt - http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-devel@lists.debian.org/msg256212.html Another writeup of converting from dpatch to quilt - http://blog.orebokech.com/2007/08/converting-debian-packages-from-dpatch.html... Robert James Clay http://rocasa.us/~jame A couple of write up I found, regarding converting a Debian package from using dpatch to using quilt:

]]> Push HwB GIT repository to Alioth tag:rocasa.us,2010:/~jame//4.111 2010-01-25T00:06:42Z 2010-01-25T01:00:32Z Made the GIT repository of my Hardware Book package public by pushing it to Alioth. git push --all alioth git push --tags alioth... Robert James Clay http://rocasa.us/~jame Made the GIT repository of my Hardware Book package public by pushing it to Alioth.

  • git push --all alioth
  • git push --tags alioth
]]> The repository is browsable.

For anonymous access (git is the protocol preference):

  • git clone git://git.debian.org/git/collab-maint/pkg-hwb.git
  • git clone http://git.debian.org/git/collab-maint/pkg-hwb.git

For those who have accounts on Alioth:

git clone ssh://<user>@git.debian.org/git/collab-maint/pkg-hwb.git

Also; bug # 566754 was submitted to the Debian BTS in order to track the change and allow others to be able to find the new links.

]]> Start preparing MakeNL release tag:rocasa.us,2010:/~jame//4.110 2010-01-21T01:49:20Z 2010-01-24T19:14:52Z Started preparation of a new MakeNL release, v3.2.9, which is being taken from v3.2.7e. It is not being released as v3.2.8 because someone hatched out an entirely unofficial v3.2.8 archive so the consensus was to skip that version and go... Robert James Clay http://rocasa.us/~jame Started preparation of a new MakeNL release, v3.2.9, which is being taken from v3.2.7e. It is not being released as v3.2.8 because someone hatched out an entirely unofficial v3.2.8 archive so the consensus was to skip that version and go to v3.2.9 for the next official release.

I had created a debian package of v3.2.7e, with the source for that coming from the origianal cvs repository (before that repository went down and we had to move the project to Sourceforge). Still need to verify that the source in that package and the source we now have in the cvs repository as v3.2.7e (and becoming v3.2.9) is the same. (Not counting things like differences in the debian/ directory.)

]]> Note that the following warnings showed up during test builds of the Debian package (on Debian v5, i386):

makenl.c: In function 'main':  
makenl.c:296: warning: the address of 'NewFile' will always evaluate as 'true'

msgtool.c: In function 'OpenMSGFile': 
msgtool.c:160: warning: the address of 'MessageDir' will always evaluate as 'true'

Andrew Clarke posted in MakeNL echo about also doing some test builds (on Debian 4.0, Ubuntu 9.10 and FreeBSD 7.2); he also ended up seeing the above warnings as well as the following one:

mklog.c: In function 'mklog':
mklog.c:82: warning: format not a string literal and no format arguments
]]> Init HwB repo at Alioth tag:rocasa.us,2010:/~jame//4.109 2010-01-19T01:33:30Z 2010-01-19T01:51:24Z Initialized a GIT repository for HwB (Hardware Book) Debian packaging at Alioth, using [1] as a reference for doing so. Will push my local repository there after I finish cleaning the local one up. [1] http://wiki.debian.org/Alioth/Git... Robert James Clay http://rocasa.us/~jame Initialized a GIT repository for HwB (Hardware Book) Debian packaging at Alioth, using [1] as a reference for doing so. Will push my local repository there after I finish cleaning the local one up.

[1] http://wiki.debian.org/Alioth/Git

]]> KVM VM Information tag:rocasa.us,2009:/~jame//4.112 2009-12-17T21:32:59Z 2010-02-05T20:39:36Z The following are links to information about using KVM (Linux Kernal VM) for hosting an MS Windows VM installation: http://www.linux-kvm.com/content/tip-how-setup-windows-guest-paravirtual-network-drivers http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Guest_Support_Status https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KVM/FAQ... Robert James Clay http://rocasa.us/~jame The following are links to information about using KVM (Linux Kernal VM) for hosting an MS Windows VM installation:

]]> Experimented with creating a MakeNL GIT repository tag:rocasa.us,2009:/~jame//4.58 2009-12-13T20:51:27Z 2009-12-13T20:59:18Z Experimented with creating a GIT repository for MakeNL. Converted an old BZR repository of v3.2.7e to GIT. Found a way to import the CVS repository at the MakeNL SourceForge site in to a GIT repository. Also created some tar.gz archives... Robert James Clay http://rocasa.us/~jame Experimented with creating a GIT repository for MakeNL. Converted an old BZR repository of v3.2.7e to GIT. Found a way to import the CVS repository at the MakeNL SourceForge site in to a GIT repository. Also created some tar.gz archives from the zip source archives, then imported them into a GIT repository. Will continue experimenting until decide how I want the repository to be.

]]> TinyTIC v0.6.1 released tag:rocasa.us,2009:/~jame//4.50 2009-11-15T14:58:46Z 2009-12-01T15:14:04Z TinyTIC v0.6.1 has been released and is available for download as tt061s.zip from http://sourceforge.net/projects/ftnapps/files/tinytic/. It is also also available from my system (ftn.rocasa.us, 1:120/544) and has been hatched out via the UTILLNX FDN.... Robert James Clay http://rocasa.us/~jame TinyTIC v0.6.1 has been released and is available for download as tt061s.zip from http://sourceforge.net/projects/ftnapps/files/tinytic/. It is also also available from my system (ftn.rocasa.us, 1:120/544) and has been hatched out via the UTILLNX FDN.

]]> Fix emails in GIT repository tag:rocasa.us,2009:/~jame//4.49 2009-11-02T23:17:04Z 2009-11-02T23:23:11Z Robert James Clay http://rocasa.us/~jame Found an example for fixing email addresses in a GIT repository at 

http://kanwei.com/code/2009/03/29/fixing-git-email.html

]]> Moved to Rocasa.US tag:rocasa.us,2009:/~jame//4.48 2009-10-15T21:15:46Z 2009-10-15T21:16:39Z Moved blog from rocasa.org to rocasa.us.... Robert James Clay http://rocasa.us/~jame Moved blog from rocasa.org to rocasa.us. Introduction to Multiarch: link tag:rocasa.org,2009:/~jame//4.47 2009-10-12T21:18:06Z 2009-10-12T21:21:15Z Message posted to the Debian Developers email list on 29 July 2009 by Goswin von Brederlow: Introduction to multiarch: What maintainers must do... Robert James Clay http://rocasa.us/~jame Message posted to the Debian Developers email list on 29 July 2009 by Goswin von Brederlow: Introduction to multiarch: What maintainers must do

]]> GIT repository for MBSEDEB Project tag:rocasa.org,2009:/~jame//4.45 2009-10-04T16:06:44Z 2009-10-07T04:34:22Z Robert James Clay http://rocasa.us/~jame Created a GIT repository for the MBSE BBS Debian packaging project, migrated the old SVN repository to it, and made it publically available at http://git.rocasa.org/gitweb.cgi/mbsedeb.git.

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