Re: installation with opam install files
On 20/07/2017 22:53, Hendrik Tews wrote:
> I am looking into packaging topkg ... The topkg build system does
> not seem to support installation (i.e., make install) but leaves
> an opam install file
> (https://opam.ocaml.org/doc/Manual.html#packagenameinstall)
> behind, which can be used by opam-installer to install files.
>
> Do we have a package that uses opam-installer for installation? I
> guess I need something like
>
> override_dh_auto_install:
> opam-installer --prefix ./debian/package topkg.install
>
> in debian/rules?
$ grep opam-installer */debian/rules
> bin-prot/debian/rules: opam-installer --prefix=debian/tmp --libdir=.$(OCAML_STDLIB_DIR) --stubsdir=.$(OCAML_DLL_DIR) bin_prot.install
> eliom/debian/rules: opam-installer --prefix=debian/tmp/usr --libdir=$(subst /usr/,,$(OCAML_STDLIB_DIR)) --mandir=share/man --docdir=share/doc eliom.install
> fieldslib/debian/rules: opam-installer --prefix=debian/tmp --libdir=.$(OCAML_STDLIB_DIR) fieldslib.install
> js-build-tools/debian/rules: opam-installer --prefix=debian/libjs-build-tools-ocaml-dev --libdir=.$(OCAML_STDLIB_DIR) js-build-tools.install
> ppx-core/debian/rules: opam-installer --prefix=debian/tmp --libdir=.$(OCAML_STDLIB_DIR) ppx_core.install
> ppx-driver/debian/rules: opam-installer --prefix=debian/tmp --libdir=.$(OCAML_STDLIB_DIR) ppx_driver.install
> ppx-optcomp/debian/rules: opam-installer --prefix=debian/tmp --libdir=.$(OCAML_STDLIB_DIR) ppx_optcomp.install
> ppx-sexp-conv/debian/rules: opam-installer --prefix=debian/tmp --libdir=.$(OCAML_STDLIB_DIR) ppx_sexp_conv.install
> ppx-type-conv/debian/rules: opam-installer --prefix=debian/tmp --libdir=.$(OCAML_STDLIB_DIR) ppx_type_conv.install
> react/debian/rules: opam-installer --prefix=debian/tmp --libdir=.$(OCAML_STDLIB_DIR) --docdir=usr/share/doc react.install
> reactivedata/debian/rules: opam-installer --prefix=debian/tmp --libdir=.$(OCAML_STDLIB_DIR) reactiveData.install
> sexplib310/debian/rules: opam-installer --prefix=debian/tmp --libdir=.$(OCAML_STDLIB_DIR) sexplib.install
> variantslib/debian/rules: opam-installer --prefix=debian/tmp --libdir=.$(OCAML_STDLIB_DIR) variantslib.install
But this adds opam to bdeps, whitch itself bdeps on cmdliner...
This may pose problems on bytecode architectures during transitions...
at least if we add a runtime package to cmdliner.
By the way, it makes me think that the dependencies automatically filled
by dh_ocaml are too coarse. If pkg ocaml-depends on Module and provides
it, there is (probably) no need to depend on libmodule-ocaml.
Cheers,
--
Stéphane
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