Package: debhelper Version: 13.23~bpo12+1 Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-Cc: cru...@debian.org
As the primary maintainer of a header-only C/C++ package, I'm really happy to
see the progress in formalizing the use of 'Static-Built-Using' [0] to aid in
determining when packages that use header-only libraries [1] need a binNMU
rebuild.
However I'm concerned about the cost of implementing this manually and I would
like to find an automatic solution so that we don't have to manually update
every packaged that Build-Depends on a header-only library.
While `dh_builtusing`[2] makes this a lot easier, maintainers still have to
identify which of their dependencies are header-only libraries, not to mention
which of their packages need upgrading.
I would like to help extend debhelper to detect these automatically, and add
the appropriate 'Static-Built-Using' lines to the binary package control file
(DEBIAN/control)[3], so that no effort is required for the maintainers of
packages that Build-Depend on header-only libraries.
While I don't have any experience writing Perl or working on debhelper, I'm
happy to help in any other way.
Here is my initial algorithm for detecting header-only libraries in
'Build-Depends'
1. The packages is in section 'libdevel` and the package name ends in "-dev"
2. The package is "Architecture: all"
3. The package contains one or more "*.h" or "*.hpp" files
LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 dpkg-query -L ${package} | grep -E '\.(h|hpp)$'
4. The package does NOT contain any "*.so" files/symlinks
[0] https://bugs.debian.org/1069256
[1] and other situations, see Maytham Alsudany's current proposed policy
changes at
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?att=1;bug=1069256;filename=0001-Require-use-of-Static-Built-Using-to-declare-statica.patch;msg=95
[2] https://manpages.debian.org/testing/dh-builtusing/dh_builtusing.1.en.html
[3]
https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#debian-binary-package-control-files-debian-control
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Many thanks in advance
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