Re: Problem with debuild and changelog
On 4/12/06, Gerhard Brauer <gerhard.brauer@web.de> wrote:
> Gruesse!
> * Eddy Petri?or <eddy.petrisor@gmail.com> schrieb am [12.04.06 17:39]:
> > >
> > > Then i run autogen.sh which builds a changelog from the above template. Or i
> > > create a new with dch --create foo bar
> >
> > autogen does not have to do with debian/changelog;
>
> Here it has. The run of autogen.sh creates the debian/changelog from the
> template debian/changelog.in. For explain (my english ist not the best)
> if i mentioned template debian/changelog.in i mean it is already in the source
> tree; not on my system.
As I told you, that is broken; debian/changelog should be maintained by hand.
> No, cause this package comes from an cvs root and is already a
> debian-native source (erg. debian/* exist). I wish to backport this for
> stable.
That shouldn't be an issue; just remove the debian directory if the
upstream debian packaging stuff is broken (and it is from what you
describe)
> But there must be some heavy mistakes in the debian-Tree and also in the
> source root Makefile/Configure/autogen scripts.
of course, first being to automatically create a debian/changelog...
> > I wonder how is that possible
>
> In debian/rules is the entry (for configure:):
> test -x autogen.sh && ./autogen.sh $(CONFIGUREOPTS) || ./configure $(CON
> FIGUREOPTS)
>
> This calls ./configure which generates the debian/changelog mentioned
> above because in configure.in in AC_OUTPUT is "debian/changelog"
>
> And debuild binary doesn't run any "clean" rule in debian/rules. But
> debuild does this clean and delete the debian/changelog - and so we are
> still at the beginning of the problem ;-)
that is one more reason to remove the upstream broken package part and
make a new one ;-)
> For test i delete the complete debian dir in the source tree and make a
> new with dh_make. Same problem:
> a ./configure or autogen.sh deletes the debian/changlog again.
>
> It comes from this f**cky
> CONFIG_CLEAN_FILES = e_modules.spec debian/changelog
> in Makefile.in
>
> And i have no idea who or what creates this entry. Thats my problem.
>
> > only one, you use a broken model
>
> Sure, but how to fix this? These packages are the enlightenment e17
> release from their cvs and most packages in there have this problem.
With autotools things should be changed in Makefile.am to have changes
persistent; how to do that I can't say and I would prefer you to fix
that properly...
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Regards,
EddyP
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