Re: Build-Depends for a Python wrapper
> On Dec 25, 2018, at 02:41, Geert Stappers <stappers@debian.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Dec 24, 2018 at 06:09:04PM -0800, Matthew Fernandez wrote:
>> Hello Debian Mentors,
>>
>> I???m preparing to request a piece of software I maintain be made
>> available on Debian and have been doing my homework trying to package
>> it correctly.
>>
>> It???s a C++ binary, but comes with a Python wrapper for invoking it
>> [0]. This script should run with either Python 2 or Python 3 and
>> requires no non-standard modules, but I???m having trouble getting
>> lintian to approve of it.
>>
>> In trying to pacify its warnings, I seem to keep causing new
>> ones. The latest is missing-build-dependency-for-dh-addon which seemed
>> straightforward, but I???m having trouble resolving it.
>>
>> Is it possible I???m just going about this the wrong way? You can see my
>> current fumblings around in the dark for the light switch at [1]. I have
>> not packaged something for Debian before, so apologies if this question
>> is answered elsewhere and my search skills failed me. If you have any
>> time to point me in the right direction, I would be very grateful.
>>
>> Thanks, Matthew
>>
>> [0]: https://github.com/Smattr/rumur/blob/packaging/debian/rumur/src/rumur-run
>> [1]: https://github.com/Smattr/rumur/blob/packaging/debian/debian/control
>
> Multiline Build-Depends
>
> --- a/debian/control
> +++ b/debian/control
> @@ -2,7 +2,13 @@ Source: rumur
> Section: devel
> Priority: optional
> Maintainer: Matthew Fernandez <matthew.fernandez@gmail.com>
> -Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10), bison (>= 3.0), cmake (>= 3.1), dh-python, flex (>= 2.5.35), libgmp-dev, python (>= 2.7)
> +Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10)
> + , bison (>= 3.0)
> + , cmake (>= 3.1)
> + , dh-python
> + , flex (>= 2.5.35)
> + , libgmp-dev
> + , python (>= 2.7)
> Standards-Version: 3.9.8
> Homepage: https://github.com/Smattr/rumur
> Vcs-Git: https://github.com/Smattr/rumur.git
>
>
>
>
> |
> | $ lintian --info ../rumur_2018.12.20_amd64.changes
> | E: rumur source: missing-build-dependency-for-dh-addon python3 => python3:any | python3-all:any | python3-dev:any | python3-all-dev:any
> | N:
> | N: The source package appears to be using a dh addon but doesn't build
> | N: depend on the package that actually provides it. If it uses it, it must
> | N: build depend on it.
> | N:
> | N: Severity: important, Certainty: possible
> | N:
> | N: Check: debhelper, Type: source
> | N:
> |
>
>
> --- a/debian/control
> +++ b/debian/control
> @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10)
> , flex (>= 2.5.35)
> , libgmp-dev
> , python (>= 2.7)
> + , python3
> Standards-Version: 3.9.8
> Homepage: https://github.com/Smattr/rumur
> Vcs-Git: https://github.com/Smattr/rumur.git
>
>
>
> Find attached two patches that you may apply with `git am *.patch`
>
>
> Groeten
> Geert Stappers
Ah, perfect! It did not occur to me that python and python3 are separate packages, and then I misinterpreted lintian’s output. Much appreciated, Geert!
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