[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#977742: Fwd: Bug#977742: Build-Depends-Indep: dh-sequence-nodejs is unsupported

[Niels Thykier]

Xavier:
> Hi,
> 
> could you help me here ? It seems that "add_command_option" is no more
> usable for dh-sequence-nodejs, how can I replace it? I didn't find from
> where comes this error anywhere in debhelper code.
> 
> Cheers,
> Xavier
> 
> 
> [...]

Hi,

I believe you have misunderstood the request.  The "dh-sequence-nodejs"
works fine when put in Build-Depends.

What Jonas is requesting is that dh-sequence-nodejs can moved to
Build-Depends-Indep - this requires that the add-on supports the more
restricted "conditional add-on" API from dh.  However, not all add-ons
can support this functionality because of the restricted API.

>From a quick glance, I doubt that the nodejs sequence can support it at
all.  As an example, the moment you need to do anything in the "clean"
sequence, then it is impossible (as Build-Depends-Indep is not satisfied
during clean, so the add-on must not modify the clean sequence at all).

My recommendation is to tag the bug wontfix for now.

~Niels