[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#842450: protocol elements not (always) built from source

[Ian Jackson]

Package: libvirt
Version: 2.3.0-3

While debugging a build problem which turned out to be unrelated,
I discovered that:
  * the source package contains protocol input files *protocol.x
  * the source package contains also generated files *.[ch] etc.
  * whether the protocol outputs are rebuilt depends on the
    timestamps in the usual way (via the Makefile)

With the source package in sid, a simple "apt-get source", followed by
dpkg-buildpackage -uc -b, results in *not* rebuilding these protocols.
In my tests, it appears at least that the build succeeds if the
protocols _are_ regenerated so this isn't a crisis.

But IMO it would be considerably better if these were rebuilt.

I suggest that debian/rules should do something like
   find src -name '*.x' | xargs touch
or perhaps run a suitable bit of the clean target, or something.

I haven't checked whether the package rules clean target always
arranges for these protocols to be regenrated.  If it doesn't, I think
it should.

Thanks,
Ian.

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