Quoting Alex Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > As others have said there is no need to compile the source when > building a "source as binary" package. Hence there is no need to have > depandancies on specific users when building the qmail-src deb from > the qmail source deb. > > There are two ways of solving this... > [1] the same way as pine by only having a source deb in the archive. > (The difference here is that we would need to build depend on a > trivial package which adds the required users in it's postinst) > > [2] (and more like the package presently tries) the same way as kernel > module packages. > Here we tar up a debianised source tree into a binary deb with a > postinst that adds the required users. For insperation look at some > kernel module source packages... eg: qla2x00 from sarge. From memory a > different debian/rules is copied into the debianised source tree > which ends up in the "binary" than exists in the "source". > > Currently the issue seems to be that the qmail source deb really wants > to build the qmail deb directly and the qmail-src debv seems to have > been hacked in to debian/rules. It also seems that the SAME > debian/rules is used BOTH the qmail-src deb and the qmail deb. This > is in my opinion asking for trouble. See earlier comment about looking > a kernel-module source packages for insparation. > > I hope this analysis helps!?! > Alex Owen
I worked up a possible fix for the problem, and sent it to Steve, but he hasn't tried it yet. I don't have a system that replicates the behavior, so it always works for me. I believe I found the offending single line of code, and made an updated package. It looks like you're analysis was spot-on. The debian/rules file would build the qmail package in tandem with the -src package. A one-line fix in the debain/rules file makes that unwanted behavior stop. If I don't hear back from Steve in a day or two, I'll just upload it and he can re-open the bug if it isn't fixed. Cheers! Jon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
