[Pkg-phototools-devel] Bug#531979: Bug#531979: libgphoto2: Please create hal fdi at build time

[Cyril Brulebois]

Martin Pitt <martin.pitt at ubuntu.com> (05/06/2009):
> In https://launchpad.net/bugs/352271 and a couple of duplicates it was
> reported that print-camera-list often crashes when the postinst runs.

Would be nice to know why (since it might happen as well in other
environments, like buildds, but well, we'll find out in that case…).

> This might be due to some half-configured libraries, but it's quite
> dubious. But either way, the hal fdi should be statically shipped in
> the package; it's much more robust than having to fiddle with it in
> postinst and postrm.

Sounds sane. As said in a previous answer, I'm happy to move to
something that I can actually (understand|maintain|have pleasure to work
on).

> Attached debdiff moves fdi creation into debian/rules to do it at
> build time.

Will probably implement that at the same time I tweak the udev thingy
(i.e. new upstream release, or find-time-and-rush-it-through-experimental.)

Mraw,
KiBi.
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