Bug#621857: dh sequencing isn't the same as cdbs sequencing

[Niels Thykier]

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On 2011-04-09 16:38, Vincent Fourmond wrote:
> Package: javahelper
> Version: 0.32
> Severity: normal
> 
>   Hello,
> 

Hi :)

>   I've just been hit by a problem with respect to the sequencing in
> dh:
> 
> insert_after("jh_installlibs", "jh_classpath");
> insert_after("jh_classpath", "jh_manifest");
> 

Actually this was a deliberate choice, but we failed to convert cdbs to
this as well (see the 0.32 changelog entry).  I will reorder the cdbs
sequence to match the DH one with the next upload.

>   This means that all manifest-related actions will be taken *AFTER*
> the installation of the jars, which is bad since that means that in
> the debian/package.classpath file for instance, one must specify the
> target rather than the source. While one would normally write
> 
>   stuff.jar first-dep.jar second.jar
> 
>   one has to write
> 
>   debian/stuff/usr/share/java/stuff-version.jar ...
> 
>   This is pretty painful at best ;-)...
>

If you use the package files (debian/<pkg>.jlibs) then you can skip the
debian/<pkg> part and you do not have to include the version either,
since jh_manifest/jh_classpath are able to update manifests via a symlink.
  I am not sure how jh_manifest handled it before 0.32, but I rewrote it
in perl, I made sure it worked correctly if it was passed a symlink (and
jh_classpath uses jh_manifest).

NB: The dependencies do not change in this case.

>   BTW, I'm grateful for javahelper ! I think that eventually all java
> libs should be transitioned to use it (well, at least those in control
> of the java team), that would make java packaging a great deal easier.
> 
>   Cheers,
> 
> 	Vincent
> 
> -- System Information:
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I would also very much like to see greater adoption of javahelper
through the java packages.  Particularly if we get the Java Library
Transition part implemented (debated at DebConf10 and on list).

~Niels

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