Hello,
I would like to ask if it is a good idea to have some code in cdbs
implementing the get-orig-source target which could then be included in
debian/rules.
Rationale:
* Since it is a common target I think it could be provided by cdbs or
any similar package and should not be reinvented every now and then.
* This target is optional, but providing it if possible is a good idea
as
said in Policy 4.8.
* Could be handy for the pkg-* projects keeping *only* their debian/
directories on a SCM to get the orig-source ... just a target away.
The bad thing is that it (cdbs) should depend on some fetching tool like wget
or probably http or ftp methods (/usr/lib/apt/methods) of apt could be used as
downloaders to fetch the tarballs ?
Here is a sample illustrating /*not tested and probably insane*/ code.
These variables should be set in debian/rules
( if any of these is not set we can stop ?:
# debuild expects to find orig tarball in ../
UDIR = ..
UPATH=url://host/dir
UFILE=file1.tar.gz
UFILE_ORIG=file1.orig.tar.gz
MD5TRU=af8f830baf081e3a1cf39e9299cf1b86
MD5CUR=`md5sum $(UDIR)/$(UFILE) | awk '{print $$1}'`
This target could be provided by some cdbs file and included in debian/rules:
get-orig-source:
if [ ! -f $(UDIR)/$(UFILE_ORIG) ] ; then \
wget -O $(UDIR)/$(UFILE_ORIG) $(UPATH)/$(UFILE) ; \
else \
echo "Upstream source tarball have been already downloaded" ; \
fi
if [ "$(MD5CUR)" != "$(MD5TRU)" ] ; then \
echo "md5sum mismatch!" ; \
false ; \
else \
echo "md5sum is ok!" ; \
fi
Again, I'm not sure if cdbs is the best place to provide this target, and if
not which other package could be considered as well.
P.S. Also sent to cdbs ML.
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