I've updated the stage-build patch for current dpkg 1.16.4.3 and included Patrick's dpkg-gencontrol patch: http://odin1.pehjota.net/~pj/debian-bootstrap/dpkg/dpkg-gencontrol.patch
However on testing, whilst this does the desired job of adding Build-Stage: N if the package was built with DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=stage=N it puts it right at the end of the control file after the description, which looks silly, and dpkg-deb complains about this user-defined field: dpkg-deb: building package krb5-pkinit' in ../krb5-pkinit_1.10.1+dfsg-1_amd64.deb'. dpkg-deb: warning: 'debian/libkrb5-3/DEBIAN/control' contains user-defined field 'Build-Stage' I've just wandered about the dpkg source a bit looking to improve this but have decided I don't understand it and it'll be much quicker to ask someone than spend hours trying to work out how it all works. So. 1) Default ordering: scripts/Dpkg/Control/Hash.pm has set_output_order() which only seems to be used in scripts/Dpkg/Control/Control.pm Hash.pm makes the output order the same as the input order unless overridden, but that doesn't help me because we are creating this field anew in dpkg-gencontrol (which seems to mean it defaults to 'the end'). So I see all this machinery, but I have failed to grok how and where I specify what the ordering should be, which is something like 'definately before Description', and maybe it's a good idea to put it somewhere near the top so it's noticed if present. (after 'Architecture', or 'Maintainer'?). How do I express that? 2) dpkg-deb To stop dpkg-deb whinging I presumably need the C half of dpkg to know that the 'Build-Stage' field exists. It's listed in scripts/Dpkg/Control/Fields.pm but is there another place fields need to be listed? I can't find one, and it would seem like a bad plan to have two lists. So why does dpkg-deb think the field is user-defined? Any pointers are welcome. http://wookware.org/software/cyclicdeps/patches/dpkg-1.16.4.3-bootstrap3.patch ( A better patch to reduce the ridiculous list of static field names will be along soon, but that's not finished - just close your eyes and ignore that bit) Wookey -- Principal hats: Linaro, Emdebian, Wookware, Balloonboard, ARM http://wookware.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
