reopen 576850 found 576850 0.4.77 retitle 576850 Support shell expansion severity 576850 wishlist thanks
From: Jonas Smedegaard <[email protected]> > Hi Felipe, Hi Jonas, > > On Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 02:33:30PM -0400, Felipe Sateler wrote: >> >> When generating debian/control, cdbs used to invoke shell commands in >> backticks. This is no longer the case. From my csound package: >> >> Package: libcsnd-java >> -Architecture: alpha amd64 armel hppa hurd-i386 i386 ia64 kfreebsd-amd64 >> kfreebs >> +Architecture: `sh debian/pkgarchs.sh default-jre-headless` >> Section: java > > Ah, you noticed before I got around to work on this for the csound package. > > This is not a bug, but a feature[1]: CDBS never promised to support shell > expansion of the control.in file - that was just the way build-dependencies > was expanded until a safer approach replaced it recently. I think it is one of the key features of autogenerating debian/control, since it helps in automating the annoying parts of writing it. > > I am aware of this hurting the csound package, since I help maintain > csound and we put in that mechanism together :-) - > > Perhaps it makes sense for CDBS to generally support this feature of > resolving build-dependencies using rmadison. Suggestions for syntax > in control.in is most welcome. I think it's overly specific. A more general mechanism is best. I would suggest: 1. (Re)Introduce some way to run shell commands from debian/control.in 2. Support arbitrary variable expansion in debian/control.in (not just @cdbs@). -- Saludos, Felipe Sateler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
