Axel Beckert <a...@debian.org> writes: > Package: dh-elpa > Version: 1.13 > > Hi, > > when trying to switch the package tpp (which also ships "tpp-mode.el" to > edit tpp files), dh_elpa expects a file named > debian/.debhelper/elpa/tpp.desc despite debian/elpa lists > "contrib/tpp-mode.el". > > The content of the debian/elpa file seems to be ignored when calculating > the path to the .desc file. > > Error message: > > dh_elpa > Using elpa package name tpp > emacs -batch -Q -l package --eval "(add-to-list > 'package-directory-list \"/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa\")" --eval > "(add-to-list 'package-directory-list > \"/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa-src\")" -f package-initialize -l dh-elpa.el > -f dhelpa-batch-install-file debian/tpp//usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa-src > contrib/tpp-mode.el /home/abe/tpp/tpp/debian/.debhelper/elpa 1533407657 > dh_elpa: failed to open /home/abe/tpp/tpp/debian/.debhelper/elpa/tpp.desc > make[1]: *** [debian/rules:23: override_dh_elpa] Error 2 > > Existing file: > > → ls -l debian/.debhelper/elpa/*.desc > -rw-r--r-- 1 abe abe 54 Aug 5 02:20 debian/.debhelper/elpa/tpp-mode.desc > > Since this is not primarily an emacs mode package but only ships an > emacs mode as an add-on, the package is not named elpa-tpp-mode or > tpp-mode but just tpp.
The assumption that the binary package is called elpa-foo (where is foo is deduced from the package.el metadata) is baked into dh-elpa at a pretty deep level. The assumption is that you will make a seperate binary package for the emacs stuff. So I guess this bug could be considered a feature request to support a different use-case. d
