Re: Splitting in /usr/lib/<arch> and /usr/share
+++ Thibaut Paumard [2014-03-10 10:59 +0100]:
> Hi,
>
> Le 10/03/2014 10:45, Andrey Rahmatullin a écrit :
> > On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 10:19:29AM +0100, Thibaut Paumard wrote:
> >> What I would try is to compile the package on two distinct architectures
> >> (or more) and compare the result. That would work unless the build for
> >> these files is non-deterministic or includes timestamps or information
> >> on the build machine.
> > ... or files can be same on some different architectures and different on
> > others (e.g. because of endianness).
>
> Thanks for clarifying that. Indeed you need to check the files at least
> on a 32bit arch, a 64bit arch, a little-endian arch and a big-endian arch.
>
> Actually one way to go would be to upload the package without making the
> split, downloading all the binaries, and comparing the files. This is
> easier than manually building on porterboxes and covers all the
> architectures on which the package compiles.
This service exists to help you find such issues: http://dedup.debian.net/
So far as I know it only works on things already uploaded to the
archive, so you can't use it to check things are correct before the
first upload. But I could be wrong - check the wiki.
Wookey
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