[Pkg-pascal-devel] Using FPC backports to build src package

[Paul Gevers]

Hi,

On 06-10-2022 13:35, David Bannon wrote:
>> Why would you need fpc/lazarus at all to create a *source* package. I 
>> assume you are only talking about testing yourself?
> Yes, an issue that worried me too !  I run a script that builds the SRC 
> package, then builds the binaries from that SRC package and then runs an 
> aggressive lintian. Only then do I consider upload to mentors. But its 
> the first step, the debuild -S, that fails the dependencies test. I 
> considered it surprising but ....

I think that wants to call the clean target which needs the 
Build-Depends to be installed. But backports is special.

>> Can you show the output, because I don't follow why? I guess it 
>> depends on the tools you use to build, because apt by default will 
>> only install packages from backports if explicitly instructed. I'm not 
>> sure if *all* build tools tell apt that properly.
> 
> I did have trouble installing the backported Lazarus from the command 
> line so I installed FPC/Lazarus from Synaptic because I can tick all the 
> boxes. With both broken down to so many individual units, too hard from 
> he command line. Anyway, I end up running debuild -S in my script.

How about
apt install -t stable-backports lazurus fpc

> dbannon at debbulljune:~/JT$  dpkg --get-selections | grep lazarus
> lazarus-2.2                    install
> lazarus-doc-2.2                    install
> lazarus-ide                    install
> lazarus-ide-2.2                    install
> lazarus-ide-gtk2-2.2                install
> lazarus-src-2.2                    install
> 
> And on testing, it all works fine, note there is no meta package, 
> "lazarus" above, its there in Testing, I guess it would clash with the 
> "lazarus" in Bullseye.

lazarus is just a meta package, so no clashes as long as the lazarus-X.Y 
it depends on is installed. Without a lazarus, it's no surprise that 
debuild fails if you build-depend on lazarus.

Paul
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