On Sat, Nov 07, 2020 at 11:07:54AM +0100, Niels Thykier wrote:
> Niels Thykier:
> > [...]
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I think a better solution would be if the janitor could fixup
> > "\${prefix}/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu" in debian/*.install instead. If would
> > often appear as "usr/lib/*/..." or "usr/lib/${...}/...".
> >
> > The tricky part here is that if it is a library, the original dh_install
> > line needs to stay as well for the .so file.
> >
> > Admittedly, I am speaking from a "nice to have" or "in the perfect
> > world" scenario. The proposed solution would work and that is relevant
> > in itself.
>
> Follow up, my proposal has a caveat for "Multi-Arch: same" packages (in
> that it will not work for those). Just mentioning it for completeness.
>
> I think the common argument is that these binaries do not belong in a
> M-A: same package, but it is an uphill battle for the Janitor to figure
> out how to solve that automatically.Yeah, it's fine for it to give up and get a developer to manually handle complicated cases. That seems like a reasonable approach in the situations where the package is "Multi-Arch: same" jelmer -- Jelmer Vernooij <[email protected]> PGP Key: https://www.jelmer.uk/D729A457.asc
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