[OE-core] [PATCH 19/22] package_deb: Dependencies with a ( or ) in them are invalid in debs

Mark Hatle mark.hatle at windriver.com
Tue Dec 4 17:14:51 UTC 2012


Replace ( or ) with __.  This allows RPM style dependencies to be satisfied
in deb style packages.

Signed-off-by: Mark Hatle <mark.hatle at windriver.com>
---
 meta/classes/package_deb.bbclass |   10 ++++++++++
 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/meta/classes/package_deb.bbclass b/meta/classes/package_deb.bbclass
index d273cb0..eed9b8a 100644
--- a/meta/classes/package_deb.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/package_deb.bbclass
@@ -335,12 +335,22 @@ python do_package_deb () {
         mapping_rename_hook(localdata)
 
         def debian_cmp_remap(var):
+            # dpkg does not allow for '(' or ')' in a dependency name
+            # replace these instances with '__' and '__'
+            #
             # In debian '>' and '<' do not mean what it appears they mean
             #   '<' = less or equal
             #   '>' = greater or equal
             # adjust these to the '<<' and '>>' equivalents
             #
             for dep in var:
+                if '(' in dep:
+                    newdep = dep.replace('(', '__')
+                    newdep = newdep.replace(')', '__')
+                    if newdep != dep:
+                        var[newdep] = var[dep]
+                        del var[dep]
+            for dep in var:
                 for i, v in enumerate(var[dep]):
                     if (v or "").startswith("< "):
                         var[dep][i] = var[dep][i].replace("< ", "<< ")
-- 
1.7.3.4





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