Packaging ack for Ubuntu
elliot
Ack is a great tool, I started using it every day in my work. So, I
started working on packaging it for Ubuntu. You can see my latest work
here https://launchpad.net/ack. I have not put up a .deb yet as I am
still trying to sort out how to make it build in a pbuilder (run into
problems with the File::Next dependency).
Anyway, thanks for making the tool, and I thought you should know what
I'm up to. Objections, encouragement, derision, cajoling, etc.
welcome.
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Andy Lester
On Aug 7, 2007, at 8:07 AM, elliot wrote:
> Ack is a great tool, I started using it every day in my work. So, I
> started working on packaging it for Ubuntu. You can see my latest work
> here https://launchpad.net/ack. I have not put up a .deb yet as I am
> still trying to sort out how to make it build in a pbuilder (run into
> problems with the File::Next dependency).
File::Next is mine, too, so let me know how I can help.
I'm glad you're working on packaging. But isn't there already a .deb
out there of ack which is something entirely unrelated?
xoxo,
Andy
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Elliot Murphy
> File::Next is mine, too, so let me know how I can help.
>
Oh, cool. I guess you can tell I'm ignorant about perl. I think this
just means I create a package for File::Next first, and then the package
for ack can depend on it.
> I'm glad you're working on packaging. But isn't there already a .deb
> out there of ack which is something entirely unrelated?
There is indeed:
Package: ack
Priority: extra
Section: universe/text
Installed-Size: 92
Maintainer: Ubuntu MOTU Developers <ubunt...@lists.ubuntu.com>
Original-Maintainer: Masayuki Hatta (mhatta) <mha...@debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Version: 1.39-9
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.5-0ubuntu1)
Filename: pool/universe/a/ack/ack_1.39-9_i386.deb
Size: 17518
MD5sum: e93bcc41bde28df5b92f0565585423ff
SHA1: 852dac8421a2b8c120cea341681638cfa74aad79
SHA256: 2b5e4afb43f6e68894fb1fd50b46f676f96ddb23d236bd3338921336b3caabe2
Description: Kanji code converter
ACK is a highly versatile Kanji code converter. ACK can do reciprocal
conversion among Japanese EUC, Shift-JIS and 7bit JIS. JIS Kata-kana(SJIS
Han-kaku Kana) is also supported. Kanji code can be automatically detected
even if the input stream contains Kata-kana characters. Besides, ACK
can be
used as a Kanji code checker with very high detection rate.
Bugs: mailto:ubuntu...@lists.ubuntu.com
Origin: Ubuntu
This just means that the true and useful ack will have a package name
longer than three letters. I'd love to hear suggestions.
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john_...@wordbank.com
> This just means that the true and useful ack will have a package name
> longer than three letters. I'd love to hear suggestions.
Maybe 'perl-ack'? 'apt-cache search' some existing precedents...
The logical (but daft) 'ack-thpppt' is probably not going to work ;-)
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Andy Lester
On Aug 7, 2007, at 10:46 AM, john_...@wordbank.com wrote:
>> This just means that the true and useful ack will have a package name
>> longer than three letters. I'd love to hear suggestions.
>
> Maybe 'perl-ack'? 'apt-cache search' some existing precedents...
>
> The logical (but daft) 'ack-thpppt' is probably not going to work ;-)
I very specifically would ask that Perl NOT be identified in the
package name. Part of my love of ack is its subversive nature. No
one needs to know what's under the covers.
jerry gay
>
>
> On Aug 7, 2007, at 10:46 AM, john_...@wordbank.com wrote:
>
> >> This just means that the true and useful ack will have a package name
> >> longer than three letters. I'd love to hear suggestions.
> >
> > Maybe 'perl-ack'? 'apt-cache search' some existing precedents...
> >
> > The logical (but daft) 'ack-thpppt' is probably not going to work ;-)
>
> I very specifically would ask that Perl NOT be identified in the
> package name. Part of my love of ack is its subversive nature. No
> one needs to know what's under the covers.
>
look similar to those familiar with that, but otherwise will let you
know it's an app named ack, or an app that acks, or something else
app- and ack- related.
~jerry
Andy Lester
On Aug 7, 2007, at 10:57 AM, jerry gay wrote:
> i suggest app-ack. this matches the cpan package App::Ack, so will
> look similar to those familiar with that, but otherwise will let you
> know it's an app named ack, or an app that acks, or something else
> app- and ack- related.
Oh, I like that, too.
Whatever you come up with, please let me know so I can put a pointer
to it on the ack homepage.
Thanks,
xoxo,
Andy
Andy Lester
On Mar 21, 2008, at 11:25 AM, Danny wrote:
> I was wondering if the debian package was ever completed/published? If
> so, where and if not, what happened!
I don't know. I never heard.
Bill Ricker
http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ack-grep
1.76-1
The DD Maintainer is Peter Makholm <pe...@makholm.net> . If Peter's
not on this mailing list, we should invite him.
If we need Ubuntu-niks to sponsor pulling it from Debian into Ubuntu,
I can suggest it to the Massachusetts UbuLoCo team -- our teamlead is
also a Perl-ish guy (DoctorMO). It would be a reasonable thing to do.
Bill
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Andy Lester
On Mar 21, 2008, at 11:48 AM, Bill Ricker wrote:
> The DD Maintainer is Peter Makholm <pe...@makholm.net> . If Peter's
> not on this mailing list, we should invite him.
>
> If we need Ubuntu-niks to sponsor pulling it from Debian into Ubuntu,
> I can suggest it to the Massachusetts UbuLoCo team -- our teamlead is
> also a Perl-ish guy (DoctorMO). It would be a reasonable thing to do.
Make it so.
Shlomi Fish
> There is a ack-grep in Debian Unstable and Testing.
> http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ack-grep
> 1.76-1
> The DD Maintainer is Peter Makholm <pe...@makholm.net> . If Peter's
> not on this mailing list, we should invite him.
>
> If we need Ubuntu-niks to sponsor pulling it from Debian into Ubuntu,
> I can suggest it to the Massachusetts UbuLoCo team -- our teamlead is
> also a Perl-ish guy (DoctorMO). It would be a reasonable thing to do.
>
It's already present in Ubuntu Hardy (which will become the next stable
release):
http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/perl/ack-grep
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
>
> Bill
>
> On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 12:25 PM, Andy Lester <an...@petdance.com> wrote:
> > On Mar 21, 2008, at 11:25 AM, Danny wrote:
> > > I was wondering if the debian package was ever completed/published? If
> > > so, where and if not, what happened!
> >
> > I don't know. I never heard.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Andy Lester => an...@petdance.com => www.petdance.com => AIM:petdance
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Bill Ricker
> release):
>
> http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/perl/ack-grep
D'oh, I didn't check there. Peter is there.
And since Hardy Heron is LTS, no need for backport.
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Andy Lester
On Mar 21, 2008, at 12:04 PM, Bill Ricker wrote:
>> http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/perl/ack-grep
>
> D'oh, I didn't check there. Peter is there.
>
> And since Hardy Heron is LTS, no need for backport.
I don't know squat about this packaging stuff. Can one of you please
write something that I can slap on the ack homepage? Including a link?
Thanks,
xoxo,
Andy
Shlomi Fish
> On Mar 21, 2008, at 12:04 PM, Bill Ricker wrote:
> >> http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/perl/ack-grep
> >
> > D'oh, I didn't check there. Peter is there.
> >
> > And since Hardy Heron is LTS, no need for backport.
>
> I don't know squat about this packaging stuff. Can one of you please
> write something that I can slap on the ack homepage? Including a link?
>
Here's something about Mandriva:
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Recent editions of the Mandriva Linux distribution (
http://www.mandriva.com/ ) contains the ack package in the "contrib"
repository. To install it, configure the contrib repository using
http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/ (if you hadn't already) and type "urpmi ack" at
the command line.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
> Thanks,
> xoxo,
> Andy
>
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Ori Avtalion
executable is installed as /usr/bin/ack-grep
Bill Ricker
Debian, Ubuntu, and their derivative linuxes -
Ack stand-alone is available pre-built as 'ack-grep', for Debian
(Lenny: Testing) and Ubuntu (Hardy Heron 8.04, Beta) which will soon
be the Stable versions of their repective distros. For Ubuntu, you
need to enable the "universe" repository (in Synaptic or your sources
file). Use your standard add programs utikity, e.g. Synaptic gui
install or 'sudo apt-get install ack-grep'
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