Bug#1098969: DebFile scripts ignore DEBIAN/templates file

[Niels Thykier]

Resent, this time with the submitter included, so they also get the mail.

Niels Thykier:
> Control: tags -1 moreinfo
> 
> On Wed, 26 Feb 2025 17:02:08 -0300 "Gabriel B. Sant'Anna" 
> <gabriel.santanna at canonical.com> wrote:
>> Package: python3-debian
>> Version: 0.1.52
>>
>> The `scripts` method in `debfile.DebFile` doesn't list templates
>> files, which might be required by config scripts.
>>
>> Reproduction:
>>
>> >>> from debian import debfile
>> >>> deb = debfile.DebFile('xserver-xorg- 
>> legacy_21.1.12-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb')
>> >>> print(deb.scripts().keys())
>> dict_keys(['postinst', 'postrm', 'config'])
>>
>> The particular package is not important; this one just happens to
>> include a DEBIAN/templates file which is not being listed by the
>> scripts() method above.
>>
>> Fixing this requires only appending 'templates' to the MAINT_SCRIPTS
>> array in src/debian/debfile.py, a change which doesn't cause any
>> regressions in the test suite.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Gabriel B. Sant'Anna
>>
>>
> 
> I believe the current behaviour is correct. Since `DEBIAN/templates` is 
> not a `maintscript`, it should not be included in `scripts()`. It is the 
> same reason why `DEBIAN/control` is also not present in that value.
> 
> If you want to see if the file is present, 
> `deb.control.has_file('templates')` would be the way to go about it. 
> Beyond that, `deb.control` also has accessors for the actual contents.
> 
> Best regards,
> Niels
> 

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