Re: [PATCH] meta/debianize: do not create compat file when new style is in control

[Henning Schild <henning.schild@siemens.com>]

Am Tue, 13 Jul 2021 16:09:33 +0200
schrieb Henning Schild <henning.schild@siemens.com>:

> The modern way to set the compat level is a Build-Depends on
> debhelper-compat, in which case a compat file must not exist.
> 
> So if there is a control file using that new way, skip the creation
> of a compat file.
> 
> Reported-by: Adriaan Schmidt <adriaan.schmidt@siemens.com>
> Signed-off-by: Henning Schild <henning.schild@siemens.com>
> ---
>  meta/classes/debianize.bbclass | 6 +++++-
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/meta/classes/debianize.bbclass
> b/meta/classes/debianize.bbclass index dad1cb48fa40..878aaca89543
> 100644 --- a/meta/classes/debianize.bbclass
> +++ b/meta/classes/debianize.bbclass
> @@ -89,7 +89,11 @@ deb_debianize() {
>  	if [ -f ${WORKDIR}/compat ]; then
>  		install -v -m 644 ${WORKDIR}/compat
> ${S}/debian/compat else
> -		deb_create_compat
> +		# new style compat level could be in control
> +		# do not create a compat file in that case
> +		if ! grep "debhelper-compat" ${WORKDIR}/control; then

In fact we would also need to look for that in DEBIAN_BUILD_DEPENDS

will send a v2.

Henning

> +			deb_create_compat
> +		fi
>  	fi
>  	# create the control-file if there is no control-file in
> WORKDIR if [ -f ${WORKDIR}/control ]; then