Raphael Hertzog wrote:
So yes, *.a, *.la, *.o and *.so are ignored by default in native source package
and this is is so for as long as I can remember.
Afaict if I leave a .so or similar file in the source tree (and don't
override anything) the different source formats currently behave as follows
1.0 native: include the file in the tarball
1.0 non-native: scream and die
3.0 (native): quietly ignore the file
3.0 (quilt): scream and die
I can see the justification for quietly ignoring VCS files, they are
unlikely to be used by the build and screaming and dying on them could
be a pain since people may want to build from VCS checkouts.
But for *.a, *.la, *.o and *.so . If they are present in the source
tree then most likely one of two things is true.
1: The files are built as part of the package build process. In this
case they should be removed by the clean target to ensure that freshly
built versions are used in the package build.
2: The files are not built as part of the package build process and
therefore need to be included in the source package (which of course
makes the package unsuitable for Debian main).
In both of these cases quietly ignoring the files is broken behaviour.
So I don't see any justification for quietly ignoring them being the
default. Screaming and dieing would be a more sane behaviour and would
be more consistent with the behaviour of non-native package builds.
If you are unhappy with the default, please change it for your package
with debian/source/options:
The problem is noticing the breakage in the first place. The packager
takes his source tree, runs dpkg-buildpackage and the build completes
succesfully so he assumes everything is ok. It's only later when someone
(either the original packager or someone else) goes to work on the
package again and unpacks the "source" package that they realise it does
not contain everything needed for a successful build.
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