Re: [PATCH 3/6] kbuild: deb-pkg: set DEB_* variables if debian/rules is directly executed

From: Nicolas Schier
Date: Wed Dec 27 2023 - 03:08:40 EST


On Tue, Dec 26, 2023 at 10:52:40PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> Since commit 491b146d4c13 ("kbuild: builddeb: Eliminate debian/arch
> use"), direct execution of debian/rules results in the following error:
>
> dpkg-architecture: error: unknown option 'DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH'
>
> The current code:
>
> dpkg-architecture -a$DEB_HOST_ARCH -qDEB_HOST_MULTIARCH
>
> ... does not look sensible because:
>
> - For this code to work correctly, DEB_HOST_ARCH must be pre-defined,
> which is true when the packages are built via dpkg-buildpackage.
> In this case, DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH is also likely defined, hence there
> is no need to query DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH in the first place.
>
> - If DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH is undefined, DEB_HOST_ARCH is likely undefined
> too. So, you cannot query DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH in this way. This is
> mostly the case where debian/rules is directly executed.
>
> When debian/rules is directly executed, querying DEB_HOST_MUCHARCH is
> not enough because we need to know DEB_{BUILD,HOST}_GNU_TYPE as well.
>
> All DEB_* variables are defined when the package build is initiated by
> dpkg-buildpackage, but otherwise, let's call dpkg-architecture to set
> all DEB_* environment variables.
>
> This implementation relies on dpkg commit 7c54fa2b232e
> ("dpkg-architecture: Add a --print-format option").
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> scripts/package/builddeb | 5 ++---
> scripts/package/debian/rules | 12 +++++++++++-
> 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/package/builddeb b/scripts/package/builddeb
> index 2fe51e6919da..2eb4910f0ef3 100755
> --- a/scripts/package/builddeb
> +++ b/scripts/package/builddeb
> @@ -171,9 +171,8 @@ install_libc_headers () {
>
> # move asm headers to /usr/include/<libc-machine>/asm to match the structure
> # used by Debian-based distros (to support multi-arch)
> - host_arch=$(dpkg-architecture -a$DEB_HOST_ARCH -qDEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)
> - mkdir $pdir/usr/include/$host_arch
> - mv $pdir/usr/include/asm $pdir/usr/include/$host_arch/
> + mkdir "$pdir/usr/include/${DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH}"
> + mv "$pdir/usr/include/asm" "$pdir/usr/include/${DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH}"
> }
>
> rm -f debian/files
> diff --git a/scripts/package/debian/rules b/scripts/package/debian/rules
> index 529b71b55efa..8f24a8e84bf2 100755
> --- a/scripts/package/debian/rules
> +++ b/scripts/package/debian/rules
> @@ -30,5 +30,15 @@ build-arch:
>
> .PHONY: clean
> clean:
> - rm -rf debian/files debian/linux-*
> + rm -rf debian/files debian/linux-* debian/deb-env.vars
> $(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/Makefile ARCH=$(ARCH) clean
> +
> +# If DEB_HOST_ARCH is empty, it is likely that debian/rules was executed
> +# directly. Run 'dpkg-architecture --print-set --print-format=make' to
> +# generate a makefile construct that exports all DEB_* variables.
> +ifndef DEB_HOST_ARCH
> +-include debian/deb-env.vars
> +
> +debian/deb-env.vars:
> + dpkg-architecture -a$$(cat debian/arch) --print-set --print-format=make > $@
> +endif
> --
> 2.40.1

Thanks!

Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier <n.schier@xxxxxx>