[Build-common-hackers] Using CDBS' flavors mechanism to build packages

[Jonas Smedegaard]

On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 06:38:52PM +0000, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote:
>I'm now doing
>
>DEB_DESTDIR = $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp$(if $(findstring udeb,$(cdbs_make_curflavor)),/udeb)
>
>Without setting DEB_MAKE_DESTDIRSKEL. It's working great and the 
>dh_install issue only affects libvte9-udeb.install, so it's not a big 
>deal.

Try this instead:

DEB_DESTDIR_$(udeb) = $(DEB_DESTDIR)udeb


Per-flavor is expanded during build, and per-package during install.

They use same "namespace" (string after last slash) so per-flavor cannot 
exist during install too as it is currently implemented.


>Note that DEB_MAKE_DESTDIRSKEL is set in makefile-vars.mk but is not 
>used anywhere (unlike DEB_MAKE_BUILDDIRSKEL). Should it be used to 
>set cdbs_make_curdestdir in makefile.mk ?

Oh, you are right.

No, I think it should be dropped: If I recall correctly, it was when 
trying to implement that that I realized the clashing namespace of 
per-flavor and per-package (that is, I knew it already, but had 
forgotten when I got excited implementing per-flavor).


>Attached my current debian/rules, and a patch against git master to 
>make it work.


>PS: I've subscribed to the list, no need to CC me either ;)

Excellent.

Perhaps you want to apply it yourself: The packaging is maintained in 
the git collab-maint area so you should have write access already.


And please do help summarize what is still left to do here.  An awful 
lot of details, and I have lost track of which parts we've solved along 
the way here...


 - Jonas

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