Re: RFS: folding (try 2)

["LI Daobing" <lidaobing@gmail.com>]

Hi,

On 10/19/07, Zachary Palmer <zep01@bahj.com> wrote:
> Dear mentors,
>
> I am looking for a sponsor for my package "folding".
>
> * Package name    : folding
>  Version         : 5.04+3
>  Upstream Author : Vijay Pande
> * URL             : http://folding.stanford.edu/
> * License         : Folding@Home License
>  Section         : contrib/science
>
> It builds these binary packages:
> folding    - The Folding@Home distributed computing client
>
> The package appears to be lintian clean.
>
> The package can be found on mentors.debian.net:
> - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/contrib/f/folding
> - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable
> main contrib non-free
> - dget
> http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/contrib/f/folding/folding_5.04+3.dsc
>
> It should be noted that this package does NOT contain the Folding@Home
> binary.  As the
> license has a non-distribution clause, this package's installer
> downloads the binary from
> Stanford's website.  As a result, I hope to have this package added to
> non-free.
>
> I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me.
>

I am not DD, :)

install failed.

$ dpkg -i folding_5.04+3_i386.deb
dpkg: requested operation requires superuser privilege
lidb@lidb:debian$ sudo dpkg -i folding_5.04+3_i386.deb
Selecting previously deselected package folding.
(Reading database ... 183628 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking folding (from folding_5.04+3_i386.deb) ...
Setting up folding (5.04+3) ...
Downloading Folding@Home binary...
--23:59:34--  http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/release/FAH504-Linux.exe
           => `/var/cache/folding/FAH504-Linux.exe'
Resolving www.stanford.edu... 171.67.22.48
Connecting to www.stanford.edu|171.67.22.48|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 250,964 (245K) [application/x-msdos-program]

    0K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 20%    9.83 KB/s
   50K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 40%   12.05 KB/s
  100K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 61%    8.76 KB/s
  150K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 81%   10.15 KB/s
  200K .......... .......... .......... .......... .....     100%    9.57 KB/s

00:00:01 (9.97 KB/s) - `/var/cache/folding/FAH504-Linux.exe' saved
[250964/250964]

Adding system user `folding' (UID 111) ...
Adding new user `folding' (UID 111) with group `nogroup' ...
Not creating home directory `/home/folding'.
cp: cannot stat `/etc/folding/client.cfg': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing folding (--install):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 folding


-- 
Best Regards,
 LI Daobing