[Bug 326899] Re: provide lighttpd-dev package

Morten Kjeldgaard mok at bioxray.au.dk
Thu Jun 18 15:36:09 BST 2009


Hi Andreas,

I sponsored your lighttpd patch into karmic. IMHO it is definitely a
packaging error not to include a -dev package. However, I had to change
a few things in your patches. I see from the debbug that you are asking
for feedback, so here it is (public so others can benefit):

It is not correct to patch the Makefile.in's like you have done. You
have correctly patched configure.in and Makefile.am, but then you need
to rerun the autotools (libtool, aclocal, autoconf, autoheader,
automake) to regenerate configure and the Makefiles. This has to be done
before running configure, and it's a bit inconvenient with CDBS that
this package uses. But it can be done with some variables.

It can be debated if it's a bit overkill to invoke the autotools system
just to produce the lighttpd.pc file with the proper values set. Another
way would be to put the .pc file in debian and just copy it to the
destination using the .install file. Much simpler and merges better, but
of course you need to hardwire the version number and remember to update
it.

Cheers, & thx for your work!

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provide lighttpd-dev package
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