Quoting Sean Whitton (2025-12-04 11:23:17) > Hello, > > On Wed 03 Dec 2025 at 09:45pm +01, Niels Thykier wrote: > > > Jonas Smedegaard: > >> Quoting Sean Whitton (2025-12-03 20:10:19) > >>> On Wed 03 Dec 2025 at 07:12pm +01, Niels Thykier wrote: > >>>> For the `if $(compat 14 is available); then`, the `dh_assistant` command > >>>> might > >>>> be useful (in case you were not aware of its functionality). > >>> > >>> Thanks, I wasn't! > >> ...but beware that according to the changelog, dh_assistant was > >> introduced in release 13.5 which is not in bullseye. > >> - Jonas > >> > > > > True, had not considered that. > > > > Though, git history suggests that the absence of `dh_assistant` is > > sufficient > > as "no compat 14" for this particular case. The `dh_installsystemduser` > > change > > is from 13.5.3, so `dh_assistant` will always be present for this case. :) > > This is what I implemented: > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > # At debhelper compat level 14, dh_installsystemduser will handle restarting > # tag2upload-oracled on package upgrade: see #1117735. > # We want this for the live service, but don't want to upgrade the whole > # package to compat 14 to preserve buildability on older releases of Debian. > # Debian::Debhelper::Dh_Lib::MAX_COMPAT_LEVEL has been available for a long > # time; if it isn't, that won't go by silently because intcmp will exit the > # build when it gets a non-numeric argument. > MAX_COMPAT_LEVEL=$(shell perl -MDebian::Debhelper::Dh_Lib \ > -we'print Debian::Debhelper::Dh_Lib::MAX_COMPAT_LEVEL') > override_dh_installsystemduser: > $(intcmp $(MAX_COMPAT_LEVEL),14,,DH_COMPAT=14) \ > dh_installsystemduser --name=tag2upload-oracled --no-enable > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
Possibly relevant: the make function intcmp was introduced in make 2022. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ * Sponsorship: https://ko-fi.com/drjones [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
