[Pkg-xen-devel] [PATCH 04/16] debian/rules: Correct shim install step for current Xen

[Hans van Kranenburg]

On 1/15/21 2:28 PM, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Hans van Kranenburg writes ("Re: [PATCH 04/16] debian/rules: Correct shim install step for current Xen"):
>> Can you take a look at this? There are too many intricacies involved in
>> the shim story for me to figure out what's actually happening.
> 
> I think the right way to test this would be to do a debdiff.
> Specifically, to compare
>   1. i386 and amd64 buster packages
>   2. experimental packages build with these patches, not cross build
> 
> There result should show that the patch has no effect on which
> packages contain shims, and where those shims are found.
> 
> If that is the case then it won't break anyone's install.
> 
> In general, debdiff off non-cross-built results is a good way to test
> fixes that are supposed to fix cross building but not break anything
> else.

Aha, yes. Ok, will do.

Hans