Re: [PATCH 3/3] builddeb: add make fastdeb-pkg target

[Riku Voipio <riku.voipio@linaro.org>]

Hi,

Thanks for taking time to review.

On 18 April 2017 at 17:31, Masahiro Yamada
<yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> wrote:
> Before expanding this even more,
> please help me understand this script.
>
> Commit 3716001b implemented source package build
> at the end of the builddeb script.
> However, the binary packages are still built in its own way.
> (So, debian/rules is not used in general workflows,
> so we need to test it explicitly somehow.)

Historic reasons.. since the builddeb already existed, the easiest way
to implement debian/rules was to make a skeleton debian/rules that
calls builddeb indrectly.

> Why do not we create a source package first,
> then build binary packages from it?

I wouldn't do a source package per se, but we could create a debian/
directory tree and the call dpkg-buildpackage. This would be a more
substantial overhaul that might break some expected behavior of
deb-pkg targets. If people think its worth, I can give it a shot.

> rpm-pkg does that way.
> (generate a spec-file, then run rpmbuild)

speaking of the mkspec script, it would be nice to refactor it to here
documents over endless lines of echo.

Riku