Hi.
A trick which usually works is to generate the desired file using
a different filename, then error if the files differ.
The attached diff will give you an idea, but it's untested.
(I failed to see how the code in GNUmakefile is reached from debian/rules)
Thanks.
--- pcp-6.3.7/debian/GNUmakefile 2025-03-27 07:22:34.000000000 +0100
+++ pcp-6.3.7.new/debian/GNUmakefile 2025-04-07 12:57:35.586662524 +0200
@@ -333,27 +333,28 @@
# always remake control from control.* pieces
#
-.PHONY: mycontrol
-mycontrol control:
- ./fixcontrol >control
+# .PHONY: mycontrol
+mycontrol:
+ ./fixcontrol > mycontrol
ifeq ($(ENABLE_PYTHON2), true)
- cat control.python2 >>control
+ cat control.python2 >> mycontrol
endif
ifeq ($(ENABLE_PYTHON3), true)
- cat control.python3 >>control
+ cat control.python3 >> mycontrol
endif
ifeq ($(ENABLE_QT), true)
- cat control.pcpgui >>control
+ cat control.pcpgui >> mycontrol
endif
ifeq ($(HAVE_PYTHON_OPENPYXL), true)
- cat control.pcp2xlsx >>control
+ cat control.pcp2xlsx >> mycontrol
endif
ifeq ($(HAVE_PYTHON_PYARROW), true)
- cat control.pcp2arrow >>control
+ cat control.pcp2arrow >> mycontrol
endif
ifeq ($(PMDA_INFINIBAND), true)
- cat control.pmdaib >>control
+ cat control.pmdaib >> mycontrol
endif
ifeq ($(HAVE_PERL), true)
- cat control.perl >>control
+ cat control.perl >> mycontrol
endif
+ @cmp -s control mycontrol || (echo error: debian/control needs to be
updated && false)
