Re: sources to both contrib & main packages
Hi,
>>"Hamish" == Hamish Moffatt <hamish@debian.org> writes:
Hamish> The problem I see is that with the source in main, although
Hamish> you can build www-pgsql just fine, calling "debian/rules
Hamish> binary" would have to make www-mysql too (if the same sources
Hamish> are to be used), and making www-mysql requires non-free
Hamish> components. So although the source for www-sql can go into
Hamish> main, the same source will always try to build both a main and
Hamish> a contrib package.
Hamish> But, having written that, I think you're trying to tell me
Hamish> that it doesn't matter. Building www-mysql might fail if the
Hamish> mysql package is not installed, but that doesn't matter
Hamish> because www-pgsql can be built successfully. Is that what you
Hamish> meant? Does anyone disagree?
Correct. If you feel strongly about that, create a
binary-non-fre target in the rules file, as well as binaty-main. Let
binary-indep (or binary-arch) depend on both.
People can then call
dpkg-source -b; debian/rules build-main; debian/rules binary-main;
dpkg-genchanges; pgp -u user +clearsig=on .dsc;
pgp -u user +clearsig=on .changes
See? deb file, nothing in non-free needed.
End of story?
manoj
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