Hi Uladzimir,

Can you please merge this changes if no objection.

Thanks,
Srinu

On Wednesday, February 28, 2024 at 3:11:58 PM UTC+5:30 
srinuv...@siemens.com wrote:

> From: Srinuvasan A <srinuv...@siemens.com>
>
> Allow setting the Provides and Replaces field for auto generated control 
> files,
> with this changes now user can configure the provides and replaces in the 
> debian/control file.
>
> Recipes can simply setting the Provides and Replaces field now by defining 
> the
> DEBIAN_PROVIDES and DEBIAN_REPLACES variable.
>
> Signed-off-by: Srinuvasan A <srinuv...@siemens.com>
> ---
> doc/user_manual.md | 4 ++++
> meta/classes/debianize.bbclass | 4 ++++
> 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/user_manual.md b/doc/user_manual.md
> index 747b5ffe..bc730243 100644
> --- a/doc/user_manual.md
> +++ b/doc/user_manual.md
> @@ -936,6 +936,10 @@ For the variables please have a look at the previous 
> example, the following new
> Have a look at the `example-raw` recipe to get an idea how the `dpkg-raw` 
> class can be used to customize your image.
> Note that the package will be build using the whole debian package 
> workflow, so your package will be checked by many debhelper scripts. If 
> those helpers point out quality issues it might be a good idea to fix them. 
> But `example-raw` also shows how rules can still be violated.
>
> +Other (optional) customization variables include:
> + - `DEBIAN_PROVIDES` - declare a virtual package to satisfy dependencies
> + - `DEBIAN_REPLACES` - to replace a package with another
> +
> ### Prebuilt .deb packages from somewhere
>
> In some cases you might find yourself having a `.deb` that someone else 
> built,
> diff --git a/meta/classes/debianize.bbclass 
> b/meta/classes/debianize.bbclass
> index 7de98673..adbb5da4 100644
> --- a/meta/classes/debianize.bbclass
> +++ b/meta/classes/debianize.bbclass
> @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ CHANGELOG_V ??= "${PV}"
> DPKG_ARCH ??= "any"
> DEBIAN_BUILD_DEPENDS ??= ""
> DEBIAN_DEPENDS ??= ""
> +DEBIAN_PROVIDES ??= ""
> +DEBIAN_REPLACES ??= ""
> DEBIAN_CONFLICTS ??= ""
> DEBIAN_MULTI_ARCH ??= "no"
> DEBIAN_COMPAT ??= "10"
> @@ -74,6 +76,8 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= ${DEBIAN_COMPAT}), 
> ${DEBIAN_BUILD_DEPENDS}
> Package: ${BPN}
> Architecture: ${DPKG_ARCH}
> Depends: ${DEBIAN_DEPENDS}
> +Provides: ${DEBIAN_PROVIDES}
> +Replaces: ${DEBIAN_REPLACES}
> Conflicts: ${DEBIAN_CONFLICTS}
> Multi-Arch: ${DEBIAN_MULTI_ARCH}
> Description: ${DESCRIPTION}
> -- 
> 2.34.1
>
>