On 2017-11-01 21:46 -0400, Afif Elghraoui wrote: > Hello, > > The BuildProfileSpec on the wiki [1] defines the `nocheck` profile as: > > > > No test suite should be run, and build dependencies used only for that > purpose should be ignored. Builds that set this profile must also add > `nocheck` to `DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS` > ``` > > I understand this as saying that the debhelper step for dh_auto_test or > override_dh_auto_test would be automatically skipped if this profile is > defined. Am I mistaken?
Yes. Somewhat discussed in https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=568897 and marked willnotfix. Debhelper doesn't automagically do anything due to profiles SFAIK. Hmm. actually it recently learned how to do nodoc automatically: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=865869 so having started down that slippery slope maybe it's time to ponder 568897 again as its under new management :-) > I'm asking because I've seen the following > pattern in a couple of packages already: > > ``` > ifeq (,$(findstring nocheck, $(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS))) > override_dh_auto_test: > commands... > commands... > else > override_dh_auto_test: > endif > ``` Right, I generally expect the packaging to have to deal with DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS, which deals with actions. DEB_BUILD_PROFILES deals with dependencies (so dpkg and apt do some things automagically for you). Helmut and Josch have a lot more to with this recently than me and will no doubt be along soon with chapter and verse. Wookey -- Principal hats: Linaro, Debian, Wookware, ARM http://wookware.org/
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