On Tuesday 01 September 2015 19:49:06 Dmitry Shachnev wrote: > Hi Gergely, > > On Tue, 01 Sep 2015 10:56:17 +0200, Gergely Nagy wrote: > > This can easily be done with dh-exec now, with much nicer syntax than > > what I proposed two years ago: > > > > Instead of foo.install-common, foo.install.$os, foo.install.$arch, one > > > can use a single executable foo.install file, with some special markup: > Yes, we (the Qt maintainers) have already been thinking about using dh-exec. > We don't want to change existing packages as our current code works fine, > but we will definitely look at it if we need it in our next packages. > > Since I have a little bit of free time, how about this: > > > > If foo.install.common exists, auto-include foo.install.$arch and > > foo.install.$os (if they exist), provided that foo.install is executable > > and uses dh-exec. > > > > Alternatively, an executable foo.install, and executable > > foo.install.$arch/$os could also be a trigger, so foo.install.common > > wouldn't be required, and could be rolled into foo.install. > > I don't think this is needed. A single file with architecture- or > OS-specific lines is much simplier to use and maintain.
Just for the record: we are currently using a hacked -common -arch approach, but having a special syntax in .install files would be just awesome. Having the possibility to add negations like [!linux] would also be just cool. Ie, much in the current way we can manage build dependencies. -- Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer http://perezmeyer.com.ar/ http://perezmeyer.blogspot.com/
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