[pkg-go] Bug#839108: Bug#839108: dh-golang: Please document behavior and variables used

[Michael Stapelberg]

On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 1:21 AM, Ian Campbell <ijc at debian.org> wrote:

> On Wed, 2017-06-21 at 06:28 +0200, Guillem Jover wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > On Tue, 2017-06-20 at 09:49:26 +0200, Michael Stapelberg wrote:
> > > > > Guillem Jover <guillem at debian.org> writes:
> > > > Please document at least the variables from the environment that
> > > > directly affect the behavior such as GOPATH, DH_GOPKG,
> > > > DH_GOLANG_INSTALL_ALL, DH_GOLANG_INSTALL_EXTRA, DH_GOLANG_BUILDPKG,
> > > > DH_GOLANG_GO_GENERATE. And the field control field Go-Import-Path.
> > >
> > > What’s the correct place to document them? Stuffing this buildsystem
> > > related documentation into the dh_golang(1) manpage seems
> inappropriate,
> > > as that manpage should only document the dh_golang executable, right?
> >
> > Yeah, that was my initial reaction as well. And I'm not sure where
> > the buildsystem and sequence behavior is supposed to be documented, or
> > whether debhelper maintainers would recommend doing so, so I've CCed
> > them in case they have any input.
> >
> > OTOH, dh_golang(1p) already contains a brief note about the golang
> > buildsystem, so perhaps that man page is not such a bad idea after
> > all? Also because that's the entry point for the command, but yeah
> > as mentioned above I also see why it feels wrong.
>
> Are DH_GOLANG_* not as specific to dh_golang as the name would suggest?
>

They’re specific to the debhelper golang buildsystem
(/usr/share/perl5/Debian/Debhelper/Buildsystem/golang.pm). Should they be
named differently?


>
> Ian.
>



-- 
Best regards,
Michael
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