On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 11:52:05AM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > On Mon, 14 Jun 2010, Harald Jenny wrote: > > > It should be possible to parse debian/changelog later in the process but > > > I'm not convinced that it's a good idea. > > > > Well to be honest I don't know the script enough to guess what problem a > > later > > parsing would imply :-/. > > The problem is not really in dpkg-buildpackage, but having the version > number changes between the various steps (clean, build, binary) is not a > good idea IMO.
I could also call a target directly from binary, would that be better? > > > patch: > > dh_testdir > > dpatch apply-all > > sed -e "$(SED_SCRIPT)" debian/changelog.in > debian/changelog > > sed -e "$(SED_SCRIPT)" debian/NEWS.in > debian/NEWS > > How do you decide of the version number ? VERSION=$(shell if [ "`which git`" ] && [ "`git describe 2>/dev/null`" ]; then git describe | sed 's/^v//' ; else basename `pwd` | sed 's/^openswan-//' ; fi) SED_SCRIPT=s!\$$VERSION!$(VERSION)! > > > > What set of commands do you want your users to have to type and where do > > > they get the sources from? > > > > I want to keep it as simple as possible - dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b. > > The source can be downloaded as tar or via git checkout. > > You could write a "build-snapshot" target in debian/rules that does: > 1/ generate the changelog/NEWS file > 2/ call dpkg-buildpackage -b That is an interesting idea... > > And you tell the users to call "debian/rules build-snapshot" instead. Well I somehow thought I could avoid this as "special threatment" is normally exactly the kind of threatment that causes problems (users not reading README etc...). > > Wouldn't that suit your needs? It is for sure a good solution but more "things to think about" for the user which was exactly what I wanted to omit ;-). > > BTW, I guess most end users do not need the .changes file anyway. Ok maybe here the best technical solution is not the easiest solution for the user - above all, as this packaged is not even supposed to build a completely clean Debian paket I guess I will just change the when and not the how. > > Cheers, > -- > Raphaël Hertzog So thanks for your help and the ideas you gave me and I wish you a nice day Harald > > Like what I do? Sponsor me: > http://ouaza.com/wp/2010/01/05/5-years-of-freexian/ > My Debian goals: http://ouaza.com/wp/2010/01/09/debian-related-goals-for-2010/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
