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Re: RFC: Make dh_makeshlibs auto-detect udebs in common cases



Hi,

Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net> (2019-02-24):
> (Please CC me on replies per mail).

(Done.)

> I am seeing feedback on a PoC patch for dh_makeshlibs to have it
> auto-detect udebs in the common case, where the udeb has the same name
> as the deb followed by the suffix "-udeb".  AFAICT, this will make
> --add-udeb obsolete in many cases as many udebs follow the previous
> mentioned naming convention.
> 
> The patch is available at [SALSA].  Please let me know what you think
> about it.
> 
> Thanks,
> ~Niels
> 
> [SALSA]: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/debhelper/merge_requests/21

Did you test rebuilding packages using that option against said
debhelper, and were the results identical?

Slightly worried by people possibly blindly dropping --add-udeb and not
checking what happens to their packages. Would be nice to double-check
up-front that everything works as intended.


Cheers,
-- 
Cyril Brulebois (kibi@debian.org)            <https://debamax.com/>
D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant

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