Re: jh_build / maven build process

[Felix Natter <fnatter@gmx.net>]

Felix Natter <fnatter@gmx.net> writes:

> hi,

hello,

can I conclude from the absence of any replies that my hack:

> I can hack around the problem using this:
> override_dh_install:
>         (cd src/main/resources && jar uf ../../../jsyntaxpane.jar META-INF)
>         dh_install

is acceptable?

If not, could you please point me towards documentation?

Thanks!

Best Regards,
Felix

> I am in the process of updating the libjsyntaxpane-java package.
> The new version is built using maven ("mvn package") upstream.
>
> In the current libjsyntaxpane-java build, the META-INF/** files do not
> end up in jsyntaxpane.jar: e.g.:
> META-INF/services/jsyntaxpane/syntaxkits/bashsyntaxkit/config.properties
> is missing.
>
> The current build system calls jh_build which does this:
>   find src/main/java -name *.java -and -type f -print0 | xargs -0 /usr/lib/jvm/default-java/bin/javac -cp :debian/_jh_build.jsyntaxpane -d debian/_jh_build.jsyntaxpane -source 1.5 -target 1.5
>   [...]
>   /usr/lib/jvm/default-java/bin/jar cfm /tmp/y/libjsyntaxpane-java/jsyntaxpane.jar ../_jh_manifest.jsyntaxpane jsyntaxpane
>
> I tried to set JH_JAR_EXTRA=src/main/resources in debian/rules, but then
> I get this directory structure in the jar:
> src/main/resources/META-INF/services/jsyntaxpane/syntaxkits/bashsyntaxkit/config.properties
> (the src/main/resources needs to be stripped off)
>
> I can hack around the problem using this:
> override_dh_install:
>         (cd src/main/resources && jar uf ../../../jsyntaxpane.jar META-INF)
>         dh_install

> With this change, both packages depending on the new libjsyntaxpane-java
> (umlet and freeplane) work. But is there a cleaner solution?
>
> I also read here: http://wiki.debian.org/Java/Packaging that:
> "jh_build is a very simple build system provided by javahelper for
> packages which don't come with an upstream build system or come with a
> broken one"
> --> so shall I switch to maven-debian-helper for the package?
> I tried to run "mh_make", but it seems the maven-jflex-plugin is
> missing in debian :-/ => so maybe the solution above is ok?
>
> Thanks and Best Regards,
> -- 
> Felix Natter

-- 
Felix Natter