BenTheTechGuy:
>> [...]
>> debian/rules is missing a lot of functionality: mandatory targets like
>> {build,binary}-arch; passing build flags, handling cross builds, etc.
>> All of this would be much better done with dh (like the vast majority
>> of packages in Debian do) -- it does know how to use cargo, etc.
>> Likewise, there's no need to run install by hand.
>
> I can't get it to work without manually telling dh_build to run cargo.
> If someone can point me in the right direction of how to format my
> debian/rules to build with cargo then put binaries, config files, and
> such in the right place (there is nothing about that in Cargo.toml)
> that would be very helpful.
>
> Thank you so much Adam for helping me get some things straightened
> out, the latest upload
> https://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/p/proton-caller/proton-caller_2.3.2-2.dsc
> fixes all the problems you pointed out!
>
Indeed, the core debhelper tool stack does *not* support cargo out of
the box. There is a `dh-cargo` add-on that may (or may not) be helpful.
>From a quick look, it should be a better of "Build-Depends: dh-cargo"
and then passing --buildsystem=cargo to dh (or to each of the dh_auto_*
tools). But I have never used it and I could not spot any obvious
"getting started" documentation for it.
I hope that was useful as a "drive-by remark".
~Niels
