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Re: RFS: clewn



On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 11:13:36AM +0000, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 01:46:01AM +0100, Remy Dautriche wrote:
> > It builds these binary packages:
> > clewn      - GDB support for the vim editor
> 
> Please make it more clear in the short description (the bit I see in
> package searches) that this only works with gVim.
>

I will modify the short description.

> Your package also FTBFS in a pbuilder chroot because upstream's makefile
> appears to call vim (therefore it should be a build-dep):
> 
> ---8<---
> make[4]: Entering directory `/tmp/buildd/clewn-1.14/runtime'
> clewn help tags file generation
> /bin/sh: vim: command not found
> make[4]: *** [help-tags-generation] Error 127
> make[4]: Leaving directory `/tmp/buildd/clewn-1.14/runtime'
> make[3]: *** [install-data-am] Error 2
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/buildd/clewn-1.14/runtime'
> make[2]: *** [install-am] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/buildd/clewn-1.14/runtime'
> make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/buildd/clewn-1.14'
> make: *** [install] Error 2
> dpkg-buildpackage: failure: fakeroot debian/rules binary gave error exit
> status 2
> --->8---
> 
> You could simplify your rules file a lot with debhelper 7's nice
> shortening features, you have a compat level 7 already but don't use
> them. For example, you could use a clewn.manpages file and avoid calling
> dh_installman yourself, and rely on dh7 to be intelligent about it. See
> [1] for example rules files. Then when build problems occur it's much easier 
> to see why.
> 

Ok. I will fix this problem and try to simplify the rules file.

> Note: once you've fixed these, most sponsors IME prefer to have the same
> version number uploaded again to mentors. Good luck finding a sponsor :)
> 
> [1] /usr/share/doc/debhelper/examples/*
> 
> -- 
> Jonathan Wiltshire
> 
> PGP/GPG: 0xDB800B52 / 4216 F01F DCA9 21AC F3D3  A903 CA6B EA3E DB80 0B52

Thanks for your review.

Rémy Dautriche

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