Package: apt-build
Version: 0.12.37
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Hi,
apt-build uses "debchange --append" to add entries on the changelog
file. Therefore, the change (build infos) is logged into the same log
entry as the official maintainer's one.
- First, the change is expected to be logged in a new entry, tagged
"non-maintainer upload" since it is generally indeed the case.
- Second, it means that the version of the local-built package will be the
same as the one from the official repository. This leads to a very
annoying bug with apt (see #351056). Indeed, after you've built all your
"world" and have stored them in your local repository, apt will want to
upgrade *all* your installed packages to the same version - the one from
your local repository - again and again...
These two issues are fixed by modifying "debchange --append" into
"debchange". This will add a new entry in the change log, tag it as
"non-maintainer upload" if you're not recognized as author of the
package and increment the minor version as expected.
I've attached a patch to fix this that way (though it's not very
useful given the small size of the adjustment).
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.35-rc6-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages apt-build depends on:
ii apt 0.7.25.3 Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii apt-utils 0.7.25.3 APT utility programs
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.33 Debian configuration management sy
ii devscripts 2.10.66 scripts to make the life of a Debi
ii dpkg-dev 1.15.8.3 Debian package development tools
ii g++ 4:4.4.4-2 The GNU C++ compiler
ii gcc 4:4.4.4-2 The GNU C compiler
ii libappconfig-perl 1.56-2 Perl module for configuration file
ii libapt-pkg-perl 0.1.24 Perl interface to libapt-pkg
ii libc6 2.11.2-2 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii perl 5.10.1-13 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
Versions of packages apt-build recommends:
ii build-essential 11.5 Informational list of build-essent
ii fakeroot 1.14.4-1 Gives a fake root environment
apt-build suggests no packages.
-- Configuration Files:
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/apt-build [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
u'/etc/apt/sources.list.d/apt-build'
-- debconf information excluded
Index: apt-build-0.12.37/apt-build
===================================================================
--- apt-build-0.12.37.orig/apt-build 2010-08-06 21:41:42.000000000 +0200
+++ apt-build-0.12.37/apt-build 2010-08-06 21:44:26.000000000 +0200
@@ -288,11 +288,11 @@
chdir "$src_name-$upver";
# Add an entry in changelog
- system "debchange --append 'Built by apt-build'";
+ system "debchange 'Built by apt-build'";
for (@{$conf->patch})
{
$_ =~ s[.*/(.*)\n$][$1]gio; # basename + chomp
- system "debchange --append 'Patched with $_'";
+ system "debchange 'Patched with $_'";
}
# Patch if asked
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@
$buildoptions = "Build options: ".
$conf->Olevel." ".$conf->mtune." ".$conf->options;
- system "debchange --append \"$buildoptions\"";
+ system "debchange \"$buildoptions\"";
# Now build
$r = !system $conf->build_command;
