Bug#859659: lintian: version-substvar-for-external-package raised for dbgsym packages from same source
On Wed, 2017-04-05 at 16:21 +, Niels Thykier wrote: > On Wed, 5 Apr 2017 17:15:20 +0100 Luca Boccassi > wrote: > > Package: lintian > > Version: 2.5.50.1 > > Severity: normal > > > > Dear Maintainer, > > > > TL;DR: Lintian reports the version-substvar-for-external-package > > error when the > > "external package" in question is actually a dbgsym package > > generated by the > > same source package. > > > > I maintain a source package, dpdk [1], which builds a great many > > libraries. > > Consequently, in stretch, a lot of dbgsym packages are generated. > > > > As a shortcut, a colleague wanted to add an empty metapackage, > > libdpdk-dbgsym, > > which depends on all the generated -dbgsym packages. Unfortunately > > Lintian > > raises the (unoverridable) error mentioned above due to a line > > similar to this: > > > > Package: libfoo > > ... > > > > Package: libbar > > ... > > > > Package: foobar-dbg-meta > > Depends: libfoo-dbgsym (= ${binary:Version}), libbar-dbgsym (= > > ${binary:Version}) > > > > Given all the dbgsym packages have predictable names, and are > > created from > > packages listed in debian/control (ie: libfoo will be in > > d/control), could > > Lintian perhaps recognize this and avoid raising this error? > > > > Thank you! > > > > Kind regards, > > Luca Boccassi > > > > [1] https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/dpdk > > > > [...] > > Hi Luca, > > Unfortunately, you would just trade one issue for another (at least > in > Debian). The dbgsym packages is going to a separate archive and the > original packages are therefore not permitted to depend on them (the > debug archive is optional, dependencies being satisfiable is not). > > That said, I can appreciate this might make sense for third-party > packages. > > Thanks, > ~Niels Hi Niels, I understand, makes sense. In our specific case at work, as you correctly guessed, we don't have a separate archive (build and repository management system is Suse's OBS) so it does work. Of course being an external use case from Debian I can't ask for it to be supported, so please feel free to close the bug if you wish. Thanks! Kind regards, Luca Boccassi signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Bug#859659: lintian: version-substvar-for-external-package raised for dbgsym packages from same source
On Wed, 5 Apr 2017 17:15:20 +0100 Luca Boccassi wrote: > Package: lintian > Version: 2.5.50.1 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > TL;DR: Lintian reports the version-substvar-for-external-package error when > the > "external package" in question is actually a dbgsym package generated by the > same source package. > > I maintain a source package, dpdk [1], which builds a great many libraries. > Consequently, in stretch, a lot of dbgsym packages are generated. > > As a shortcut, a colleague wanted to add an empty metapackage, libdpdk-dbgsym, > which depends on all the generated -dbgsym packages. Unfortunately Lintian > raises the (unoverridable) error mentioned above due to a line similar to > this: > > Package: libfoo > ... > > Package: libbar > ... > > Package: foobar-dbg-meta > Depends: libfoo-dbgsym (= ${binary:Version}), libbar-dbgsym (= > ${binary:Version}) > > Given all the dbgsym packages have predictable names, and are created from > packages listed in debian/control (ie: libfoo will be in d/control), could > Lintian perhaps recognize this and avoid raising this error? > > Thank you! > > Kind regards, > Luca Boccassi > > [1] https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/dpdk > > [...] Hi Luca, Unfortunately, you would just trade one issue for another (at least in Debian). The dbgsym packages is going to a separate archive and the original packages are therefore not permitted to depend on them (the debug archive is optional, dependencies being satisfiable is not). That said, I can appreciate this might make sense for third-party packages. Thanks, ~Niels
Bug#859659: lintian: version-substvar-for-external-package raised for dbgsym packages from same source
Package: lintian Version: 2.5.50.1 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, TL;DR: Lintian reports the version-substvar-for-external-package error when the "external package" in question is actually a dbgsym package generated by the same source package. I maintain a source package, dpdk [1], which builds a great many libraries. Consequently, in stretch, a lot of dbgsym packages are generated. As a shortcut, a colleague wanted to add an empty metapackage, libdpdk-dbgsym, which depends on all the generated -dbgsym packages. Unfortunately Lintian raises the (unoverridable) error mentioned above due to a line similar to this: Package: libfoo ... Package: libbar ... Package: foobar-dbg-meta Depends: libfoo-dbgsym (= ${binary:Version}), libbar-dbgsym (= ${binary:Version}) Given all the dbgsym packages have predictable names, and are created from packages listed in debian/control (ie: libfoo will be in d/control), could Lintian perhaps recognize this and avoid raising this error? Thank you! Kind regards, Luca Boccassi [1] https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/dpdk -- System Information: Debian Release: 9.0 APT prefers testing-proposed-updates APT policy: (500, 'testing-proposed-updates'), (500, 'testing-debug'), (500, 'testing'), (103, 'unstable'), (102, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages lintian depends on: ii binutils 2.28-2 ii bzip2 1.0.6-8.1 ii diffstat 1.61-1+b1 ii file 1:5.29-3 ii gettext 0.19.8.1-2 ii intltool-debian 0.35.0+20060710.4 ii libapt-pkg-perl 0.1.32 ii libarchive-zip-perl 1.59-1 ii libclass-accessor-perl0.34-1 ii libclone-perl 0.38-2+b1 ii libdpkg-perl 1.18.23 ii libemail-valid-perl 1.202-1 ii libfile-basedir-perl 0.07-1 ii libipc-run-perl 0.94-1 ii liblist-moreutils-perl0.416-1+b1 ii libparse-debianchangelog-perl 1.2.0-12 ii libperl5.24 [libdigest-sha-perl] 5.24.1-2 ii libtext-levenshtein-perl 0.13-1 ii libtimedate-perl 2.3000-2 ii liburi-perl 1.71-1 ii libyaml-libyaml-perl 0.63-2 ii man-db2.7.6.1-2 ii patchutils0.3.4-2 ii perl 5.24.1-2 ii t1utils 1.39-2 ii xz-utils 5.2.2-1.2+b1 Versions of packages lintian recommends: ii dpkg 1.18.23 ii libperlio-gzip-perl 0.19-1+b2 ii perl 5.24.1-2 ii perl-modules-5.24 [libautodie-perl] 5.24.1-2 Versions of packages lintian suggests: ii binutils-multiarch 2.28-2 ii dpkg-dev 1.18.23 ii libhtml-parser-perl3.72-3 ii libtext-template-perl 1.46-1 -- no debconf information