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RobotHumans
Asked: 2013-01-20 06:17:48 +0800 CST

What is the "right" way to debianize software that uses the scons build-system?

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What specific tools are available, if any, or should we just use a fake Makefile that runs scons?

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    The debian/rules file is a Makefile. Anything you might want to do in a "fake" Makefile, you can just do there. The dh command Manpage icon is a helper that will run most build systems with Debian defaults for you. I believe it supports scons If so, all you need is:

    #!/usr/bin/make -f

%:
    dh $@

    You can override its default behavior if you need to pass custom options (or if it doesn't really support scons). Then your rules file might look like:

    #!/usr/bin/make -f

SCONS=scons 

%:
    dh $@

override_dh_auto_build:
    $(SCONS) --prefix=$(DEB_DESTDIR)/usr

override_dh_auto_clean:
    dh_auto_clean
    $(SCONS)  -c

override_dh_auto_install:
    $(SCONS) install --prefix=$(DEB_DESTDIR)/usr

    Sometimes, the best way to learn how to do something is to look at how other packages do it. The command:

    reverse-depends -b scons

    will list all packages that Build-Depend on scons Grab their source and see the different ways they build.

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