On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 5:16 PM, Gergely Nagy <[email protected]> wrote: > Mathieu Malaterre <[email protected]> writes: > >> On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Gergely Nagy <[email protected]> wrote: >>> What exactly would you want to put in the Provides field in this case? >> >> Right now it would be something like: >> >> Package: libactiviz.net-cil >> Provides: libactiviz.net${`apt-cache policy libvtk5-dev | grep >> Installed | cut -d: -f2 | cut -d- -f1`}-cil >> >> Of course I am not looking for "Installed version" per say, but the >> idea is there: I need to compute the soversion of a package from >> another package version. This would allow me to request binNMU instead >> of doing source upload modifying one number in d/control. > > The -V option of dpkg-gencontrol is what you seek, in this case. You can > do something like the following (assuming short-form dh7+): > > override_dh_gencontrol: > dh_gencontrol -- -VVTK_VERSION=$(shell ...) > > Then in debian/control, you can use > Provides: libactiviz.net${VTK_VERSION}-cil > > Just figure out a better way to get the version than the apt-cache > policy parsing. > > If not using short-form dh7+, have a look at the dpkg-gencontrol manpage > (and dh_gencontrol, if using debhelper long form).
magnificent ! -- Mathieu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/ca+7wusxdu9vxj2kmma0-kat1gjm93+h9tg+5-i_alwg2+3a...@mail.gmail.com
