On 2025-05-30 11:19, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > control: tag -1 + patch > > > Hi, > > On 2025-05-30 09:00, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote: > > * Theodore Ts'o <ty...@mit.edu> [250530 02:15]: > > > On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 10:53:20PM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > > > > Package: e2fsck-static > > > > Version: 1.40.4-1 > > > > Severity: serious > > > > Justification: Policy 7.8 > > > > > > > > Dear maintainer, > > > > > > > > The e2fsck-static package provides /usr/sbin/e2fsck.static which is > > > > statically linked against glibc. > > > > > > > > glibc is mostly is mostly licensed under the LGPL, which requires that > > > > the full source code of the incorporating binary package be made > > > > available. According to Debian Policy ยง7.8 [1] such a binary package > > > > MUST list the glibc source package (and possibly others) in the > > > > Built-Using: field. > > > > > > Is there an idiomatic way to automatically determine in debian/rules > > > what version of glib was used to build the binary package, so the > > > exact version can be specified in Built-Using? > > > > Here's an example I found using codesearch, from the grub package: > > > > https://sources.debian.org/src/grub2/2.12-7/debian/rules/?hl=593#L593 > > > > BUILT_USING=$(shell dpkg-query -f '$${source:Package} (= > > $${source:Version}), \n' -W liblzo2-dev) > > > > ... > > > > override_dh_gencontrol: > > dh_gencontrol -- -VBuilt-Using="$(BUILT_USING)" > > Yep, that's the way to do it, but you also need to define Built-Using in > debian/control. Please find attached a full patch to do that.
I have been pointed out at dh-builtusing, which is another way to achieve the same result. I have attached a patch with that alternative, at the end it's mostly a question of taste. Regards Aurelien -- Aurelien Jarno GPG: 4096R/1DDD8C9B aurel...@aurel32.net http://aurel32.net
--- e2fsprogs-1.47.2/debian/control +++ e2fsprogs-1.47.2/debian/control @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Section: admin Priority: important Maintainer: Theodore Y. Ts'o <ty...@mit.edu> -Build-Depends: dpkg-dev (>= 1.22.5), gettext, texinfo, pkgconf, libarchive-dev <!nocheck>, libfuse3-dev [linux-any kfreebsd-any] <!pkg.e2fsprogs.no-fuse2fs>, debhelper-compat (= 12), dh-exec, libblkid-dev, uuid-dev, m4, udev [linux-any], systemd [linux-any], systemd-dev [linux-any], cron [linux-any], dh-sequence-movetousr +Build-Depends: dpkg-dev (>= 1.22.5), gettext, texinfo, pkgconf, libarchive-dev <!nocheck>, libfuse3-dev [linux-any kfreebsd-any] <!pkg.e2fsprogs.no-fuse2fs>, debhelper-compat (= 12), dh-exec, libblkid-dev, uuid-dev, m4, udev [linux-any], systemd [linux-any], systemd-dev [linux-any], cron [linux-any], dh-sequence-movetousr, dh-sequence-builtusing Rules-Requires-Root: no Standards-Version: 4.7.0 Homepage: http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net @@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ Priority: optional Depends: ${misc:Depends} Recommends: sash | bash-static | zsh-static | busybox-static +Built-Using: ${dh-builtusing:libc-dev-bin} Architecture: any Description: statically-linked version of the ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem checker This may be of some help to you if your filesystem gets corrupted enough
