Re: How to adopt wmmixer

[Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>]

On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 7:28 AM, Rodolfo kix Garcia <kix@kix.es> wrote:

> I would like to adopt wmmixer. What can I do?

http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/pkgs.html#adopting
http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/

> I create a new (example?) version (http://www.kix.es/src/wmaker/wmmixer). It
> is lintian clean.

Great. For more info about how to get it uploaded:

http://people.debian.org/~mpalmer/debian-mentors_FAQ.html

> When I install it (after purging the previous installed package), I get:
>
> kix@debian:~/src/wmaker/wmmixer$ LANG=C sudo dpkg -i wmmixer_1.5-12_i386.deb
> Selecting previously deselected package wmmixer.
> (Reading database ... 188110 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking wmmixer (from wmmixer_1.5-12_i386.deb) ...
> Setting up wmmixer (1.5-12) ...
> Processing triggers for man-db ...
> Processing triggers for menu ...
> warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0000' near line 5 package 'wmmixer':
>  missing description
> warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0000' near line 5 package 'wmmixer':
>  missing maintainer
> warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0002' near line 6 package 'wmmixer':
>  missing description
> warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0002' near line 6 package 'wmmixer':
>  missing maintainer
> warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0004' near line 6 package 'wmmixer':
>  missing description
> warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0004' near line 6 package 'wmmixer':
>  missing maintainer
> kix@debian:~/src/wmaker/wmmixer$
>
> In /var/lib/dpkg/status:
>
> Package: wmmixer
> Status: install ok installed
> Priority: optional
> Section: x11
>
> What's happening?

Looks like you installed the package fine.

-- 
bye,
pabs

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