Christoph Biedl: > Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote... > >> One thing with compat 10 that doesn't make a lot of sense to me is how >> dh_missing is enabled by default but a no-op. It'd make more sense to me to >> change that in compat 11 to be enabled by default and run with --list-missing >> (--fail-missing is probably too much at this point), or make it run with >> --list >> or --fail-missing, but not enabled by default, and make it an addon. > > As I planned to create a related wishlist bug report about that issue: > Agreed. > > The --fail-missing option saved my lower back many times in the past, > even when it was placed in dh_install. Therefore I'm certain it would > help other people as well. In other words, I was about to suggest to > make --list-missing the default in 11, and switch to --fail-missing > in 12.
Noted. :) > Those who somehow manage to trigger a false negative (possibly > dracut is one of these) would have to use a --ignore-missing override > (not yet implemented) then, or use a more elaborate ignore mechanism: > They have two options (both are already implemented): dh_missing --exclude <string> echo '<path>' >> debian/not-installed > That is debian/not-installed which should no longer ignore file paths > then, also drop the warning on the usage of this file. What made you consider the use of debian/not-installed discouraged? I am not aware of any intentional warning against using debian/not-installed. The only two "warnings" related to not-installed are: * Wildcards are not supported. * It is not a fancy global "--exclude" mechanism; only a list of files that are (intentionally) missing. I.e. it will not make dh_install ignore the file. > There are often > files that should not go into a package, *.la files from library > packaging to begin with. Given the suggested policy change above, their > number will increase. Overriding dh_install defeats readability of > debian/rules, also -X might hit more files than intended. > > Christoph > Your concrete example suggests this could be solved by wildcard support in debian/not-installed. Would that work for you? :) > PS: Talking about "planned to create a wishlist bug report" ... after > losing several hours while fiddling with dh_systemd_* I saw the need for > a cleanup. Glad to see it's already underway. > You are welcome. :) I was considering to punt this until compat 12, but then I found several bugs in the interaction between dh_systemd_enable and dh_installinit. The fixes caused a handful of RC bugs in other packages, which made me realise that we should fix this sooner rather than later. Thanks, ~Niels
