Hi, Wookey and Chris, Many thanks for the detailed answer and the links!
على الأربعاء 1 تشرين الثاني 2017 23:19، كتب Wookey: > On 2017-11-01 21:46 -0400, Afif Elghraoui wrote: [...] >> 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 agree--I think I'll follow up on 568897. I found it surprising that debhelper doesn't do anything about this. That then requires adding boilerplate code to d/rules in every package trying to support this profile. > [...] > > 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. > Thanks and regards Afif -- Afif Elghraoui | عفيف الغراوي http://afif.ghraoui.name
