[Pkg-javascript-devel] twemoji: Only node.js library?

[Felix Natter]

Felix Natter <fnatter at gmx.net> writes:

> Pirate Praveen <praveen at onenetbeyond.org> writes:
>
>> On Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 13:54, Felix Natter <fnatter at gmx.net> wrote:
>>> How do I build twemoji.js in the first place? Using dh --with nodejs?
>>> Will it run without node.js dependencies?
>>>
>>> As expected, this:
>>>
>>> override_dh_auto_build:
>>> 	uglifyjs.terser -o twemoji.min.js twemoji.js
>>>
>>> fails because twemoji.js has not been built. If it's supposed to be
>>> built by --with nodejs, can you recommend a similar package?
>
> h Pirate,
>
> thanks for the help.
>
>> pkg-js-tools (--with nodejs) tries to automate some build tools, it cannot
>> handle every node module. So you have to find the build command from
>> package.json#scripts#build and run this in an override like above or add in
>> debian/nodejs/build (which keeps rules file cleaner).
>>
>> https://github.com/twitter/twemoji/blob/master/package.json#L36
>
> Ok, great, now the build is triggered. Now I need to embed twemoji-parser:
>
> Error: Cannot find module 'twemoji-parser/dist/lib/regex'
>
> On #debian-js, I was told to use pkg-js-tools' add-node-component for
> this.
>
> #had to run this multiple times to get it right:
> $ add-node-component -i twemoji-parser
> No vcs repo found for 13.0.0 version
> [...]
>
> the watch file contains:
> # It is not recommended use npmregistry. Please investigate more.
> -> is this a problem?
>
> Now I need to change debian/changelog:
>
> felix at debianunstable:~/twemoji-stable/node-twemoji$ gbp buildpackage -us -uc
> gbp:error: Couldn't find upstream tree 'upstream/13.0.1^{tree}' to
> create orig tarball via pristine-tar
>
> https://wiki.debian.org/Javascript/GroupSourcesTutorial#pkg-js-tools_way. suggests
> something like:
>
> dch -v 3.1.4+~3.0.2+~3.1.3-1 'Import upstream version
> 3.1.4+~3.0.2+~3.1.3-1'
>
> So the node-twemoji version is 13.0.1, the twemoji-parser version seems
> to be 13.0.0, so I tried:
> dch -v 13.0.1+~13.0.0-1
>
> But it seems I have lost all my upstream/* tags:
> $ git tag
> debian/13.0.1-1
>
> $ gbp buildpackage -us -uc --git-ignore-new
> gbp:error: Couldn't find upstream tree 'upstream/13.0.1+_13.0.0^{tree}' to create orig tarball via pristine-tar
>
> Any idea? Do I need start from scratch?

I was able to recover the upstream/13.0.1 tag, but still I get the above
error for the other tag.

Any idea?

Many Thanks and Best Regards,
--
Felix Natter
debian/rules!