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and subject line Re: debhelper: dh-sequence-single-binary not working with
compat 14
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Package: debhelper
Version: 13.20
Severity: normal
Hi! I've just tried out compat 14 to start preparing one of my packages
to it, but noticed that the dh-sequence-single-binary dependency doesn't
work as expected. According to the manpage, if that addon is used,
dh_auto_build should install files to debian/singlepackage/, not
debian/tmp/, but this is not what I'm observing. Here's a reproducer:
$ cat Makefile
.POSIX:
# Paths
PREFIX = /usr/local
BINDIR = bin
# Utilities
INSTALL = install
MKDIR = mkdir -p
RM = rm -f
all: main
main: main.o
main.o: main.c
install: main
$(MKDIR) $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/$(BINDIR)
$(INSTALL) main $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/$(BINDIR)
uninstall:
$(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/$(BINDIR)/main
clean:
$(RM) main main.o
.PHONY: all clean install uninstall
$ cat main.c
#include <stdio.h>
int main(void) {
puts("Hello, world!");
return 0;
}
$ cat debian/changelog
compat-14-test (1.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
* Initial release. (Closes: #XXXXXX)
-- Andrea Pappacoda <[email protected]> Tue, 24 Sep 2024 23:33:13 +0200
$ cat debian/control
Source: compat-14-test
Section: misc
Priority: optional
Maintainer: Andrea Pappacoda <[email protected]>
Build-Depends:
debhelper (>= 13~),
dh-sequence-single-binary,
dpkg-build-api (= 1),
Standards-Version: 4.7.0
X-DH-Compat: 14
X-Style: black
Package: compat-14-test
Architecture: any
Description: test for debhelper compat 14
$ cat debian/rules
#!/usr/bin/make -f
%:
dh $@
override_dh_auto_install:
dh_auto_install -- PREFIX=/usr
$ cat debian/source/format
3.0 (native)
If I build the package as-is, the build fails as follows:
dh_auto_install -- PREFIX=/usr
make -j12 install DESTDIR=/tmp/tmp.hKSeWe1Ril/compat-14-test/debian/tmp
AM_UPDATE_INFO_DIR=no "INSTALL=install --strip-program=true" PREFIX=/usr
make[2]: Entering directory '/tmp/tmp.hKSeWe1Ril/compat-14-test'
mkdir -p /tmp/tmp.hKSeWe1Ril/compat-14-test/debian/tmp/usr/bin
install --strip-program=true main
/tmp/tmp.hKSeWe1Ril/compat-14-test/debian/tmp/usr/bin
install: WARNING: ignoring --strip-program option as -s option was not
specified
make[2]: Leaving directory '/tmp/tmp.hKSeWe1Ril/compat-14-test'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/tmp.hKSeWe1Ril/compat-14-test'
dh_installdocs
dh_installchangelogs
dh_perl
dh_link
dh_missing
dh_missing: warning: usr/bin/main exists in debian/tmp but is not installed
to anywhere
The following debhelper tools have reported what they installed (with
files per package)
* dh_installdocs: compat-14-test (0)
If the missing files are installed by another tool, please file a bug
against it.
When filing the report, if the tool is not part of debhelper itself,
please reference the
"Logging helpers and dh_missing" section from the "PROGRAMMING" guide
for debhelper (10.6.3+).
(in the debhelper package: /usr/share/doc/debhelper/PROGRAMMING.md.gz)
Be sure to test with dpkg-buildpackage -A/-B as the results may vary
when only a subset is built
If the omission is intentional or no other helper can take care of this
consider adding the
paths to debian/not-installed.
dh_missing: error: missing files, aborting
make: *** [debian/rules:4: binary] Error 255
As you can see, the files get installed in debian/tmp even if the addon
is present, which then leads to a failure. The same exact package, under
compat 13, builds fine.
Am I misunderstanding what dh-sequence-single-binary should do? If I add
a bare debian/install file then the build completes successfully under
compat 14, but fails in compat 13.
Bye!
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Source: debhelper
Source-Version: 13.25
Closed in 13.25 but I forgot it in the changelog.
Best regards,
Niels
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