Hello Niels, On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 11:22:39AM +0100, Niels Thykier wrote: > Helge Kreutzmann: > > Package: debhelper > > Version: 13.11.1 > > Severity: wishlist > > Tags: l10n > > X-Debbugs-Cc: Marc Haber <mh+debian-packa...@zugschlus.de> > > > [...] > > > > Depending on the translator's work, man pages might appear or vanish > > (if they are not translated enough, see po4a(1) for details). > > Therefore, creating and maintaining static .links files for dh_link is > > not an option. [...] > > > > > > [...]
> This sounds like a case for having your .links file be executable with a
> custom generator. In this case, your .links file will be run as a script
> and its output (stdout) will be used as the .links file (albeit, debhelper
> is more strict with generated output - e.g., no comments).
>
>
> Something like:
> """
> cat > debian/pkg.links <<EOF
> #!/bin/sh
> for LINE in $(cat "${path_to}/links.txt") ; do
> source=$(...)
> if [ -f "${source}" ]; then
> link_target=$(...)
> link_dest=$(...)
> echo "${link_target} ${link_dest}"
> fi
> done
> EOF
> chmod +x debian/pkg.links
> """
>
>
> Should work as a starting point (though I have left some $(...) parts for
> you to fill in).
>
> This feature is already supported by debhelper and enables you to have
> package specific custom logic that match exactly your needs.
Thank you very much for this proposal. I wasn't aware that something
like this is possible.
I will try this out, this looks quite promising.
Thanks again.
Greetings
Helge
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