Re: In search of mentor...
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On Fri, Jan 31, 2003 at 08:48:04AM -0600, Graham Wilson wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 24, 2003 at 08:51:04AM -0800, deFreese, Barry wrote:
> > B. How do I select something that isn't going to be way over my head
> > from the start? (Remember I'm pretty much still a newbie). Any
> > pointers?
Barry, I don't know exactly your programming experience, but to develop
something useful in Unix/Linux, and especially developing packages
for Debian you must at least be familiar with the following tools:
- - the 'bash' shell
- - the 'man' program to read documentation (lots of documentation)
- - the 'make' utility for Makefiles (for example the debian/rules file
is a Makefile)
- - the programming language (Perl, C, etc) in which the package is written
If you dont know one of the above points, start learning them.
There are numerous tutorials about these tools on the web, and
it is always good to ask a local (ie. in your office) Linux guru for
help.
> this might be difficult to do. id say just try something, and if it is
> too difficult, ask for help, or move on to something else.
I am suggesting the xtraceroute package 'xt'. It is written in
C and has some bugs to fix, notably catching error conditions.
Cheers,
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Bastian Kleineidam
Atombombe · Plutonium · Fat Man · Do it Yourself · Tim Taylor
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