[Build-common-hackers] Bug#499726: Bug#499726: Bug#499726: please provide an install target

[Felipe Sateler]

On Sat, 2009-10-03 at 10:12 +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 04:21:00PM -0400, Felipe Sateler wrote:
> >On Fri, 2009-10-02 at 13:51 +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> >> On Thu, Oct 01, 2009 at 01:56:07PM -0400, Felipe Sateler wrote:
> >> >I'm not sure if this should be a new bug, but this one is close 
> >> >enough.
> >> >
> >> >cdbs (debhelper.mk) provides install/binarypackage targets for each 
> >> >binary package. However, it does not provide the install target 
> >> >which sometimes is very useful. Adding it should be a matter of 
> >> >adding:
> >> >
> >> >install:: $(patsubst %,install/%,$(DEB_ALL_PACKAGES))
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >Somewhere in debhelper.mk
> >>
> >> Providing a new make target has a risk of clashing with existing 
> >> target of same name but of different type - i.e. above will break 
> >> packages currently crestihng an install: target (using single colon).
> >
> >Hmm. A different name is an option. The important thing is to have a 
> >convenient way to perform the install stage, but not create the binary 
> >debs. cdbs-install
> 
> Ahh, so it is not because you want some rules attached to that target, 
> just that you want a single target that all install targets depend on?

Neither. I want to populate debian/tmp/*. Any multi-binary package may
have several install/package:: rules, and I want a way to conveniently
perform all of them.

> 
> I think that is a good idea idea for cdbs v2 but I do not imagine an 
> elegant way to add it to current cdbs structure without risk of causing 
> surprises.

I think common-install-impl does what you are explaining. I want some
sort of post-install target, not necessarily to add rules (since
install/package is usually sufficient for that), but to populate
debian/tmp/* and see if my rules and *.install files are working
correctly.


-- 
Saludos,
Felipe Sateler
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