Changeset 90414 in vbox for trunk/src/VBox/Installer/linux/debian/rules

Timestamp:

Jul 29, 2021 5:45:26 PM (4 years ago)

Author:

vboxsync

svn:sync-xref-src-repo-rev:

146012

Message:

debian/control, src/VBox/Installer/linux/debian/control: Remove dependency on python (intentionally left out!), and add comments making clear that this shouldn't re-added even if it fixes a warning.

File:

• trunk/src/VBox/Installer/linux/debian/rules (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/src/VBox/Installer/linux/debian/rules

@@ -354 +354 @@
         dh_installdeb
         dh_perl
-        # for some reason, the Qt libraries couldn't be found on newer releases (e.g. Ubuntu hardy)
+        # For some reason, the Qt libraries couldn't be found on newer releases (e.g. Ubuntu hardy).
+        # Python is deliberately not listed as a dependency (see also comment in the "control" file.
+        # It is expected that dh_gencontrol shows a warning "substitution variable ${python:Versions}
+        # used, but is not defined" because of this.
         LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(prefix)/usr/lib/virtualbox dh_shlibdeps --exclude=VBoxPython
         dh_gencontrol -- \