Re: [PATCH v5] debianize: set appropriate Standards-Version for each debian suite

["'Jan Kiszka' via isar-users" <isar-users@googlegroups.com>]

On 04.11.25 10:50, srinuvasan.a via isar-users wrote:
> From: srinuvasan <srinuvasan.a@siemens.com>
> 
> The Standards-Version field in debian/control declares the Debian Policy
> version that the package complies with. Currently, the custom source packages
> use a hard-coded Standards-Version: 3.9.6, which is obsolete and does not align
> with the policies of newer Debian releases
> 
> Update the packaging to set the correct Standards-Version dynamically based on
> the target Debian suite, ensuring compliance with the appropriate Debian Policy
> version for each release.
> 
> Debian Policy evolves over time, newer versions may add, remove, or deprecate
> control fields and packaging behaviors. Using an outdated Standards-Version
> can miss required or recommended fields, leading to QA or functional issues.
> 
> Examples:
>   - Rules-Requires-Root (Policy 4.1.0): declares if root privileges are needed
>     during debian/rules execution, improves reproducibility and isolation.
>   - Homepage (Policy 3.9.3): provides upstream project link for better metadata.
> 
> Older Standards-Version(Policy 3.9.6) may trigger lintian warnings such as:
>   W: source: missing-rules-requires-root-field
>   W: source: missing-homepage-field
> 
> Keeping Standards-Version current ensures clean builds, QA compliance,
> and future compatibility.
> 
> Signed-off-by: srinuvasan <srinuvasan.a@siemens.com>
> ---
>  RECIPE-API-CHANGELOG.md        |  8 ++++++++
>  meta/classes/debianize.bbclass | 12 ++++++++++--
>  2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/RECIPE-API-CHANGELOG.md b/RECIPE-API-CHANGELOG.md
> index cf04fa5c..31512561 100644
> --- a/RECIPE-API-CHANGELOG.md
> +++ b/RECIPE-API-CHANGELOG.md
> @@ -242,6 +242,14 @@ consumption by imaging classes.
>  Additional build dependencies of auto-debianized packages can now be defined
>  by setting DEBIAN_BUILD_DEPENDS.
>  
> +### Add DEBIAN_STANDARDS_VERSION as a deb_debianize parameter
> +
> +By default, the Standards-Version field in the debian/control file is automatically
> +set based on the corresponding Debian suite.
> +If you need to override this default value, you can do so by defining
> +the DEBIAN_STANDARDS_VERSION variable in your recipe.
> +E.x: `DEBIAN_STANDARDS_VERSION:<suite-name> = <version>`
> +
>  ### Separation of ${S} and ${D} in dpkg-raw
>  
>  ${S} can now be used for checking out sources without being linked implicitly
> diff --git a/meta/classes/debianize.bbclass b/meta/classes/debianize.bbclass
> index 1f54e8f9..247489ea 100644
> --- a/meta/classes/debianize.bbclass
> +++ b/meta/classes/debianize.bbclass
> @@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ MAINTAINER ??= "Unknown maintainer <unknown@example.com>"
>  
>  DEBIANIZE_BUILD_DEPENDS ?= "debhelper-compat (= ${DEBIAN_COMPAT}), ${DEBIAN_BUILD_DEPENDS}"
>  
> +DEBIAN_STANDARDS_VERSION:buster ?= "4.3.0"
> +DEBIAN_STANDARDS_VERSION:bullseye ?= "4.5.1"
> +DEBIAN_STANDARDS_VERSION:bookworm ?= "4.6.2"
> +DEBIAN_STANDARDS_VERSION:trixie ?= "4.7.2"
> +DEBIAN_STANDARDS_VERSION:sid ?= "4.7.2"
> +DEBIAN_STANDARDS_VERSION ?= "3.9.6"
> +

Maybe even put that into meta/conf/distro/debian*.conf, similar to
DISTRO_GCC? Or define DEBIAN_STANDARDS_VERSION_DEFAULT there and do

DEBIAN_STANDARDS_VERSION ?= "${DEBIAN_STANDARDS_VERSION_DEFAULT}"

here.

>  deb_add_changelog() {
>  	changelog_v="${CHANGELOG_V}"
>  	timestamp="${DEBIAN_CHANGELOG_TIMESTAMP}"
> @@ -80,14 +87,15 @@ deb_create_control[vardeps] += "DEBIANIZE_BUILD_DEPENDS \
>                                  DEBIAN_BREAKS \
>                                  DEBIAN_BUILT_USING \
>                                  DEBIAN_CONFLICTS \
> -                                DEBIAN_RULES_REQUIRES_ROOT"
> +                                DEBIAN_RULES_REQUIRES_ROOT \
> +                                DEBIAN_STANDARDS_VERSION"
>  deb_create_control() {
>  	# Add Source section
>  	cat << EOF > ${S}/debian/control
>  Source: ${BPN}
>  Section: ${@ deb_list_beautify(d, 'DEBIAN_SECTION')}
>  Priority: optional
> -Standards-Version: 3.9.6
> +Standards-Version: ${DEBIAN_STANDARDS_VERSION}
>  Maintainer: ${MAINTAINER}
>  Build-Depends: ${@ deb_list_beautify(d, 'DEBIANIZE_BUILD_DEPENDS')}
>  EOF

Jan

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