Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 8 years ago
A control file is needed for this error to disappear.
Torchat is now available in the official Debian repository (thanks to Ulises
Vitulli)[1]. You could use that package for now, it should work in Ubuntu too.
Some of the changes made for the Debian packaging could be backported, the
source code is the same though (except python-socksipy isn't shipped in the
package itself).
[1] http://packages.debian.org/sid/torchat
Original comment by erik.est...@googlemail.com
on 8 May 2011 at 8:56
I just learned about the package in sid 5 minutes ago though this issue report
here. I alrady contacted the maintainer to see if I can include his version of
the build script in my svn to make it easier to produce conforming packages.
The debian .deb package has removed socksipy and made it depend on the debian
version of socksipy. But the socksipy that ships with torchat was patched by me
2 years ago to fix a small error (it cost me a few hours and many nerves to
find it) in one of the supported socks protocol versions and I simply included
the patched version since it is only one small file anyways to make it easier
and also included its license which is compatible to gpl.
Regarding the control file, there is a control file already with most (all?) of
the required fields but missing many optional ones. It seems that some of the
optional fields are no longer optional and produce warnings. This should be
easy to fix in the make_debian_package.py file if I had a list of required
fields (not all possible fields, only the ones that went from optional to
required and produce warnings nowadays).
Original comment by prof7...@gmail.com
on 9 May 2011 at 8:36
Thank you for your answers, but i am a beginner.
What should i do ?
Original comment by areza...@yahoo.fr
on 9 May 2011 at 9:25
Debian Policy[1]:
"5.6.20 Installed-Size
This field appears in the control files of binary packages, and in the Packages
files. It gives an estimate of the total amount of disk space required to
install the named package. Actual installed size may vary based on block size,
file system properties, or actions taken by package maintainer scripts.
The disk space is given as the integer value of the estimated installed size in
bytes, divided by 1024 and rounded up."
That field is not mandatory for Debian (as of Debian Policy 5.3[1]), but might
be for Ubuntu.
@ areza...@yahoo.fr: download the .deb file from Debian (link is above) and
install it or wait for it to be fixed here.
[1] http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html
Original comment by erik.est...@googlemail.com
on 9 May 2011 at 10:39
ok thank you, i succeeded, i had not well searched on the page :
http://packages.debian.org/sid/torchat
Original comment by areza...@yahoo.fr
on 10 May 2011 at 5:43
Original issue reported on code.google.com by
areza...@yahoo.fr
on 8 May 2011 at 4:51