On Sat, Nov 07, 2020 at 11:07:54AM +0100, Niels Thykier wrote: > Niels Thykier: > > [...] > > > > Hi, > > > > I think a better solution would be if the janitor could fixup > > "\${prefix}/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu" in debian/*.install instead. If would > > often appear as "usr/lib/*/..." or "usr/lib/${...}/...". > > > > The tricky part here is that if it is a library, the original dh_install > > line needs to stay as well for the .so file. > > > > Admittedly, I am speaking from a "nice to have" or "in the perfect > > world" scenario. The proposed solution would work and that is relevant > > in itself. > > Follow up, my proposal has a caveat for "Multi-Arch: same" packages (in > that it will not work for those). Just mentioning it for completeness. > > I think the common argument is that these binaries do not belong in a > M-A: same package, but it is an uphill battle for the Janitor to figure > out how to solve that automatically.
Yeah, it's fine for it to give up and get a developer to manually handle complicated cases. That seems like a reasonable approach in the situations where the package is "Multi-Arch: same" jelmer -- Jelmer Vernooij <jel...@jelmer.uk> PGP Key: https://www.jelmer.uk/D729A457.asc
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