Bug#560423: debhelper: Add debian/dh_norun file to list, commands not to run (ver 8?)

2012-07-12 Thread Niels Thykier
X-Enigmail-Version: 1.4.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Joey Hess wrote: There is some potential for speeding up dh. Josh Tripplet and I once discussed: * Having dh optimize out calls to debhelper commands that will be no-ops. For a subset of

Bug#560423: debhelper: Add debian/dh_norun file to list, commands not to run (ver 8?)

2012-07-12 Thread Niels Thykier
On 2012-07-12 12:41, Niels Thykier wrote: Joey Hess wrote: There is some potential for speeding up dh. Josh Tripplet and I once discussed: * Having dh optimize out calls to debhelper commands that will be no-ops. For a subset of commands, this can be determined just by looking for

Bug#560423: debhelper: Add debian/dh_norun file to list commands not to run (ver 8?)

2010-03-20 Thread Jari Aalto
Modestas Vainius modes...@vainius.eu writes: * Detect noop (empty) override targets when parsing debian/rules and avoid make calls for them. Patch attached. Any progress with this patch? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe.

Bug#560423: debhelper: Add debian/dh_norun file to list commands not to run (ver 8?)

2009-12-21 Thread Jari Aalto
retitle 560423 debhelper: Add debian/dh.norun file to list commands not to run (ver 8?) thanks debian/dh_norun As the files under debian/* use the dot(.) notation, like in: debian/package.install Perhaps it is better to use similar convention for dh specific instructions:

Bug#560423: debhelper: Add debian/dh_norun file to list commands not to run (ver 8?)

2009-12-11 Thread Modestas Vainius
Hello, On penktadienis 11 Gruodis 2009 03:41:44 Jari Aalto wrote: The debhelper 7 is good and in some ways excessive. To build a simple package, it churns over all possible commands (see below). SUGGESTION Please add support for file debian/dh_norun The file would list those

Bug#560423: debhelper: Add debian/dh_norun file to list commands not to run (ver 8?)

2009-12-11 Thread Jari Aalto
Modestas Vainius modes...@vainius.eu writes: SUGGESTION Please add support for file c debian/dh_norun The file would list those commands that do not need to be run for the current package. Commands would be listed one at a line. Comments would be allowed with #. IMHO, this would be

Bug#560423: debhelper: Add debian/dh_norun file to list commands not to run (ver 8?)

2009-12-11 Thread Joey Hess
Modestas Vainius wrote: If debhelper program has nothing to do, it will exit fast. Slow down should be minimal. There is some potential for speeding up dh. Josh Tripplet and I once discussed: * Having dh optimize out calls to debhelper commands that will be no-ops. For a subset of

Bug#560423: debhelper: Add debian/dh_norun file to list commands not to run (ver 8?)

2009-12-11 Thread Modestas Vainius
Hello, On penktadienis 11 Gruodis 2009 20:58:44 Joey Hess wrote: Modestas Vainius wrote: If debhelper program has nothing to do, it will exit fast. Slow down should be minimal. There is some potential for speeding up dh. Josh Tripplet and I once discussed: * Having dh optimize out

Bug#560423: debhelper: Add debian/dh_norun file to list commands not to run (ver 8?)

2009-12-11 Thread Modestas Vainius
Hello, On penktadienis 11 Gruodis 2009 13:23:27 Jari Aalto wrote: That's good for finer tuning, but a simple debian/dh_norun file would just announce these commands are not used by this package; they have no relevance I don't understand why you want another file for this. Sequence setup

Bug#560423: debhelper: Add debian/dh_norun file to list commands not to run (ver 8?)

2009-12-11 Thread Jari Aalto
Modestas Vainius modes...@vainius.eu writes: I don't understand why you want another file for this. Sequence setup naturally *belongs* to debian/rules, it should be visible from there. If dh(1) is in use, there are not many sequences in debian/rules. The point of moving to single dh(1) is to

Bug#560423: debhelper: Add debian/dh_norun file to list commands not to run (ver 8?)

2009-12-10 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: debhelper Version: 7.4.3 Severity: wishlist The debhelper 7 is good and in some ways excessive. To build a simple package, it churns over all possible commands (see below). SUGGESTION Please add support for file debian/dh_norun The file would list those commands that do not