severity 971439 important thanks Le 30/09/2020 à 18:12, Emilio Jesús Gallego Arias a écrit : > Package: lablgtk3 > Version: 3.1.1-1 > > Dear OCaml maintainers, > > as far as I could see this is a general bug on quite a few Debian OCaml > packages; in particular submitting for lablgtk3 but this bug should be > assigned to more packages. > > It seems that the build procedure for lablgtk3 is incorrect, see for > example https://github.com/coq/coq/issues/13079 , where the package > contains and invalid META file; moreover as `-p` was not used the wrong > compiler settings were used to build the binaries [for example regarding > optimization] > > OCaml packages that use dune as a build system _must_ be built: > > - always with `dune build -p $pkg1,$pkg2` for the desired list of packages
I figured this out a while ago, and fix packages as I see them. Unfortunately, running "dune build -p " with multiple packages does not always work, and some times more convolutions are needed (see for example lwt). > and either: > > - using the officially released .tbz archive that for example > dune-release produces, which will contain the right metadata for > version numbers, etc... > > - or if using a git checkout, `dune subst` _must_ be run before the > build so the metadata is update prior build. Oh... I wasn't aware of that. The policy in Debian is to take the officially released .tbz. On the other hand, it is common to take a git checkout, either because it is easier to monitor newer versions, or because generated stuff are a pain. I don't know what motivated Ralf to take a git checkout in the case of lablgtk3. > Let us know if we can be of any help. Thank you for your report! It would actually help if you could submit a report (of severity important) for affected package if you find others. Cheers, -- Stéphane
