| Message ID | 20251016094326.4192938-1-srinuvasan.a@siemens.com |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted, archived |
| Headers | show |
| Series | debianize: introduce DEBIAN_SECTION | expand |
Applied to next, thanks. Best regards, Zhihang On 10/16/25 11:43, srinuvasan.a via isar-users wrote: > From: srinuvasan <srinuvasan.a@siemens.com> > > Add support for setting the Section field in auto-generated control files. > This allows users to specify a custom section for their packages, making > it easier to categorize and identify them within the Debian archive. > > By default, the section is set to "misc". > > Also update the section for the isar-exclude-docs package as a demonstration. > > Example: > DEBIAN_SECTION = "ui" # For UI-related packages > DEBIAN_SECTION = "utils" # For miscellaneous utilities > > Signed-off-by: srinuvasan <srinuvasan.a@siemens.com> > --- > doc/user_manual.md | 1 + > meta/classes/debianize.bbclass | 4 +++- > .../isar-exclude-docs/isar-exclude-docs_0.2.2.bb | 2 ++ > 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/doc/user_manual.md b/doc/user_manual.md > index 6778d15c..4d81370e 100644 > --- a/doc/user_manual.md > +++ b/doc/user_manual.md > @@ -1006,6 +1006,7 @@ Other (optional) customization variables include: > - `DEBIAN_PROVIDES` - declare a virtual package to satisfy dependencies > - `DEBIAN_REPLACES` - to replace a package with another > - `DEBIAN_BREAKS` - Packages which break other packages > + - `DEBIAN_SECTION` - Specifies the category under which the package is classified > > ### Prebuilt .deb packages from somewhere > > diff --git a/meta/classes/debianize.bbclass b/meta/classes/debianize.bbclass > index 4989c601..dff7110b 100644 > --- a/meta/classes/debianize.bbclass > +++ b/meta/classes/debianize.bbclass > @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ > CHANGELOG_V ??= "${PV}" > DPKG_ARCH ??= "any" > DEBIAN_BUILD_DEPENDS ??= "" > +DEBIAN_SECTION ??= "misc" > DEBIAN_DEPENDS ??= "" > DEBIAN_PROVIDES ??= "" > DEBIAN_REPLACES ??= "" > @@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ EOF > > > deb_create_control[vardeps] += "DEBIANIZE_BUILD_DEPENDS \ > + DEBIAN_SECTION \ > DEBIAN_DEPENDS \ > DEBIAN_PROVIDES \ > DEBIAN_REPLACES \ > @@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ deb_create_control[vardeps] += "DEBIANIZE_BUILD_DEPENDS \ > deb_create_control() { > cat << EOF > ${S}/debian/control > Source: ${BPN} > -Section: misc > +Section: ${@ deb_list_beautify(d, 'DEBIAN_SECTION')} > Priority: optional > Standards-Version: 3.9.6 > Maintainer: ${MAINTAINER} > diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/isar-exclude-docs/isar-exclude-docs_0.2.2.bb b/meta/recipes-support/isar-exclude-docs/isar-exclude-docs_0.2.2.bb > index 2b844bed..acca67c8 100644 > --- a/meta/recipes-support/isar-exclude-docs/isar-exclude-docs_0.2.2.bb > +++ b/meta/recipes-support/isar-exclude-docs/isar-exclude-docs_0.2.2.bb > @@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ inherit dpkg-raw > DESCRIPTION = "Configuration to exclude most documentation" > MAINTAINER = "isar-users <isar-users@googlegroups.com>" > > +DEBIAN_SECTION = "utils" > + > SRC_URI = "file://${BPN} \ > file://postinst" >
diff --git a/doc/user_manual.md b/doc/user_manual.md index 6778d15c..4d81370e 100644 --- a/doc/user_manual.md +++ b/doc/user_manual.md @@ -1006,6 +1006,7 @@ Other (optional) customization variables include: - `DEBIAN_PROVIDES` - declare a virtual package to satisfy dependencies - `DEBIAN_REPLACES` - to replace a package with another - `DEBIAN_BREAKS` - Packages which break other packages + - `DEBIAN_SECTION` - Specifies the category under which the package is classified ### Prebuilt .deb packages from somewhere diff --git a/meta/classes/debianize.bbclass b/meta/classes/debianize.bbclass index 4989c601..dff7110b 100644 --- a/meta/classes/debianize.bbclass +++ b/meta/classes/debianize.bbclass @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ CHANGELOG_V ??= "${PV}" DPKG_ARCH ??= "any" DEBIAN_BUILD_DEPENDS ??= "" +DEBIAN_SECTION ??= "misc" DEBIAN_DEPENDS ??= "" DEBIAN_PROVIDES ??= "" DEBIAN_REPLACES ??= "" @@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ EOF deb_create_control[vardeps] += "DEBIANIZE_BUILD_DEPENDS \ + DEBIAN_SECTION \ DEBIAN_DEPENDS \ DEBIAN_PROVIDES \ DEBIAN_REPLACES \ @@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ deb_create_control[vardeps] += "DEBIANIZE_BUILD_DEPENDS \ deb_create_control() { cat << EOF > ${S}/debian/control Source: ${BPN} -Section: misc +Section: ${@ deb_list_beautify(d, 'DEBIAN_SECTION')} Priority: optional Standards-Version: 3.9.6 Maintainer: ${MAINTAINER} diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/isar-exclude-docs/isar-exclude-docs_0.2.2.bb b/meta/recipes-support/isar-exclude-docs/isar-exclude-docs_0.2.2.bb index 2b844bed..acca67c8 100644 --- a/meta/recipes-support/isar-exclude-docs/isar-exclude-docs_0.2.2.bb +++ b/meta/recipes-support/isar-exclude-docs/isar-exclude-docs_0.2.2.bb @@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ inherit dpkg-raw DESCRIPTION = "Configuration to exclude most documentation" MAINTAINER = "isar-users <isar-users@googlegroups.com>" +DEBIAN_SECTION = "utils" + SRC_URI = "file://${BPN} \ file://postinst"