On Wed, 20 Jul 2016, Nathan Scott wrote:
> > > Actually some advice would be great, having had an initial look into
> > > this one now. Patch below shows the basic split we'll need to make
> > > the architecture independent packages generated separately, but I'm
> > > not sure how to fit that split into the rest of the rules file (I get
> > > the same sort of errors with a change like this in place no matter
> > > what I try - maybe its obvious to someone more deb knowledgeable?).
> >
> > I have not tested the patch but I see why it would not work.
> >
> > Try putting "dh_builddeb" somewhere in binary-indep, otherwise the
> > actual .deb packages will not be created.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
>
> Taa. I see problems in the binary-indep target before the build reaches
> that stage though. The debian/rules uses dh_install(1) - in particular,
> it relies on this behaviour from the man page...
>
> On the other hand, maybe you have a large package that builds
> multiple binary packages. You can use the upstream Makefile to
> install it all into debian/tmp, and then use dh_install to copy
> directories and files from there into the proper package build
> directories.
>
> And dh_install fails when used by the binary-indep target - it requires
> files from both binary-indep and binary-arch, I think.
That should not happen unless you are creating packages that have to
conflict at each other because they contain the same files.
> Does that mean dh_install can no longer be used for these targets
> as described above or does that stage need to done elsewhere?
> (before dh_builddeb I'm sure)
You can probably use dh_install here, but I see that you are using
dh_install with --sourcedir. While this is supported, I would
recommend that you do "make install" to debian/tmp first
(not to debian/firstpackage) and use the already existing
debian/*.install files to tell dh_install which files go to which
packages.
This usually makes debian/rules to be more simple and easier to
understand, and it also makes the future switch to "dh" easier.
Thanks.
|