Jeremy Laine wrote: > Hi Michael, > > Thanks for the hint on SVN support, I will update the Suggests field as > well as the README.Debian. > > I am currently working on packaging KDevelop 3.3.0, my main problem is > the same as for previous releases : the fact that kdevelop is renamed to > "kdevelop3" in Debian can have some side effects. I think I will do an > upload to experimental before uploading to unstable, will keep you posted.
Hi Jeremy, I just noticed that the new KDevelop has landed in unstable, great! I also noticed in the changelog that you now use the cdbs scripts from the Qt/KDE team. Unfortunately you missed to also copy the patches/common directory. One of the more important patches in this directory is 03_libtool_update.diff. This updates the libtool files to use the improved Debian version of libtool, please see [1] to read more why this is a good idea. More information on this topic is also on [2]. You will also notice that kdevelop3 is listed on this site. If you check the dependencies list of kdevelop3 you will see that it is unnecessary long. To fix this problem you can either update the libtool files manually yourself (see the debian/rules file of my kdesvn package as an example how it can be done on the fly during a package build) or use the patches in patches/common from the Qt/KDE team (the other patches besides 03_libtool_update.diff are not necessary but don't hurt either). Just copy this directory to your debian/patches directory, apply the patches, and update your aclocal.m4 and configure file. More infos on this procedure are at [3]. I prefer to update the libtool files during a package build because it keeps the diff.gz file small and readable and always uses the latest libtool version. But this is just a matter of taste. Both ways have its pros and cons. As a last point I noticed that kdevelop3-dev is set to Architecture:all, you should set it to Architecture:any as *.la files contain architecture specific information, e.g. linker flags. If you wish I can file a bug report. Cheers, Michael [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/11/msg00016.html [2] http://wiki.debian.org/FreetypeTransition [3] http://people.debian.org/~keybuk/libtool-updating.html -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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