Bug#971439: Build procedure is incorrect and produces invalid files
Hello,
On Thu, Oct 01, 2020 at 07:50:13AM +0200, Stéphane Glondu wrote:
> Le 30/09/2020 à 18:12, Emilio Jesús Gallego Arias a écrit :
> > and either:
> >
> > - using the officially released .tbz archive that for example
> > dune-release produces, which will contain the right metadata for
> > version numbers, etc...
> >
> > - or if using a git checkout, `dune subst` _must_ be run before the
> > build so the metadata is update prior build.
>
> Oh... I wasn't aware of that. The policy in Debian is to take the
> officially released .tbz. On the other hand, it is common to take a git
> checkout, either because it is easier to monitor newer versions, or
> because generated stuff are a pain. I don't know what motivated Ralf to
> take a git checkout in the case of lablgtk3.
that was indeed the reason. I will see wheather I succeed to tweak
the debian/watch file to look for the official release tarballs.
-Ralf.
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