[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#961111: Bug#961111: add an option to specify build-only components in watch

[Xavier]

Le 20/05/2020 à 10:53, Pirate Praveen a écrit :
> Package: pkg-js-tools
> Version: 0.9.36
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> Currently we use debian/build_modules to add build only modules, but
> that is manual and we cannot use uscan like other components. Can we add
> an option to watch file to specify a component is build-only and need
> not be installed in the binary package?
> 
> For example katex-fonts in node-katex, I'd like to use uscan to download
> the compnent, but I don't want it installed in node_modules in the final
> package. May be an option to specify which directory it should be
> symlinked to, for example, in this case, I want it symlinked to
> submodules and not node_modules (node_modules can be the default if
> nothing is specified).

Hi,

you can do it: if you list components in debian/nodejs/submodules, only
listed components will be installed