Re: Building in chroots hides bugs? (was: Successful and unsuccessful Debian development tools)
* martin f krafft [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060801 18:17]: also sprach Bernhard R. Link [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006.08.01.1701 +0100]: Missing $(DESTDIR)s in Makefiles are an example. Especially when the install part was DESTDIRified, but the test before if the file is already there (as make install does not want to overwrite a config file) was forgotten. This leads to a corrupt package when build on a system where the package is already installed, i.e. is hidden away in any clean chroot. This makes zero sense to me. Consider (in Makefile.in): install: [...] [...] -if [ ! -f $(sysconfdir)/Bla ]; then \ $(INSTALL) -m644 $(srcdir)/Bla $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/Bla \ fi This is clearly a bug, most likely someone added DESTDIR later and forgot it in the test. But unless that package build depends on itself, you will never find it when building in a clean chroot. Hochachtungsvoll, Bernhard R. Link -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Building in chroots hides bugs? (was: Successful and unsuccessful Debian development tools)
also sprach Marco d'Itri [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006.08.01.1221 +0100]: Building in chroots *hides* bugs. Uh, what? Please give an example. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft [EMAIL PROTECTED] : :' :proud Debian developer and author: http://debiansystem.info `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system emacs sucks, literally, not an insult, just a comment that it's large enough to have a noticeable gravitational pull... -- mercury on #debian-devel signature.asc Description: Digital signature (GPG/PGP)
Re: Building in chroots hides bugs? (was: Successful and unsuccessful Debian development tools)
On 8/1/06, martin f krafft [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: also sprach Marco d'Itri [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006.08.01.1221 +0100]: Building in chroots *hides* bugs. Uh, what? Please give an example. The only example I can think of is programs that use configure to include support for anything they can find installed. So you get different results depending on what's installed in the buildd. It's a bug in the packaging though, the maintainer should be doing --enable-* or --disable-* for every option. The point being that if you only build in a clean chroot you'll never notice the problem. That's how I understand it anyway, Have a nice day, -- Martijn van Oosterhout [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://svana.org/kleptog/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Building in chroots hides bugs? (was: Successful and unsuccessful Debian development tools)
* martin f krafft [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060801 15:29]: also sprach Marco d'Itri [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006.08.01.1221 +0100]: Building in chroots *hides* bugs. Uh, what? Please give an example. Missing $(DESTDIR)s in Makefiles are an example. Especially when the install part was DESTDIRified, but the test before if the file is already there (as make install does not want to overwrite a config file) was forgotten. This leads to a corrupt package when build on a system where the package is already installed, i.e. is hidden away in any clean chroot. Hochachtungsvoll, Bernhard R. Link -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Building in chroots hides bugs? (was: Successful and unsuccessful Debian development tools)
also sprach Bernhard R. Link [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006.08.01.1701 +0100]: Missing $(DESTDIR)s in Makefiles are an example. Especially when the install part was DESTDIRified, but the test before if the file is already there (as make install does not want to overwrite a config file) was forgotten. This leads to a corrupt package when build on a system where the package is already installed, i.e. is hidden away in any clean chroot. This makes zero sense to me. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft [EMAIL PROTECTED] : :' :proud Debian developer and author: http://debiansystem.info `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system eine schlechte sache erregt, eine gute vertrÃĪgt viel kritik. -- charles tschopp signature.asc Description: Digital signature (GPG/PGP)
