On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:42:03 +0100 Bernd Zeimetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > nocheck | notest should also be supported whether or not the package is
> > actually being cross-built. emdebuild currently passes 'nocheck' as
> > part of the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS for all Emdebian builds.
>
> Imho this should be either nocheck or notest,
Agreed - I'm just not sure which because both are in use.
> > As far as nodocs is concerned, it should be straightforward - no
> > package documentation either in the arch dependent binaries or the
> > -doc, -data or -common packages.
>
> It would probably make things more easy if dh_install{docs,examples,man}
> would check for that, similar to dh_strip checking for nostrip.
Except that many packages install docs without using dh_installfoo and
these need to be covered too. If dh_installfoo was DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS
-nodocs aware, that would help the other packages though.
Ideally, all debhelper packages would stop using manual install rules
and just use debhelper.
> > package-includes-docs-without-supporting-nodocs
> > and
> > package-runs-make-check-without-supporting-nocheck
>
> Not sure how lintian should check for this, nodocs could be handled in a
> completely different file which is included/called/... somehow from
> debian/rules.
If debian/rules contains a manual install rule to /usr/share/doc or
creates such a directory manually, then -nodocs should be supported
(i.e. exist in debian/rules).
Similarly with -nocheck, if debian/rules includes a $(MAKE) check or
similar construct, that should be wrapped in a -nocheck conditional.
lintian should be able to spot that - Russ?
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