[ITP] biosig [was: Re: newcomer issues when packaging biosig, stimfit, etc.]

[Brian Inglis]

On 2022-01-18 14:50, Alois Schlögl wrote:
> Am 1/18/22 um 06:32 schrieb Brian Inglis:
>> On 2022-01-17 14:44, Alois Schlögl wrote:
>>> Am 1/15/22 um 21:44 schrieb Achim Gratz:
>>>> Marco Atzeri writes:
>>
>>>>> add DIFF_EXCLUDES="Makefile" to avoid the artifact
>>
>>>> DISTCLEANFILES would be more appropriate it seems.
>>
>> DISTCLEANFILES is deleted immediately after downloading and unpacking 
>> the *UPSTREAM* source:
>>
>>     https://cygwin.github.io/cygport/src_prep_cygpart.html#robo112
>>
>> "A list of files to be deleted immediately upon unpacking sources, 
>> relative to $S. This is intended to be used with buildsystem-generated 
>> files which are incorrectly included in the source tarball."
>>
>>> I tried this (see attachment), but I'm not sure this is what you meant.
>>
>> DIFF_EXCLUDES is a list of files generated in $S not automatically 
>> excluded from the source package:
>>
>>     https://cygwin.github.io/cygport/pkg_pkg_cygpart.html#robo384
>>
>> "A list of file names, directory names, or glob patterns in $S which 
>> will be excluded when creating the .src.patch file. This should be 
>> used for files automatically generated in $S to avoid polluting the 
>> patch.
>> NOTE
>> Files generated by various buildsystem infrastructures, such as 
>> autoconf, automake, gettext, and libtool are already excluded 
>> automatically and need not be listed here."

>> Add to DIFF_EXCLUDES the names of any files you see after the output 
>> header:
>>
>>>>> Creating source patches

> Ok, thanks for these clear hints. I've now added these files as 
> suggested. The revised version is attached.
> Moreover, I've removed (commented) all aspects for building of 
> python-biosig bindings, in order not to delay the inclusion of Biosig in 
> Cygwin.
> Is there anything else that need to be considered ?

CATEGORY is a *space* separated list in quotes.

Before SRC_URI and PATCH_URI normally comes:

	HOMEPAGE=https://sourceforge.net/projects/biosig/files/

you don't need to add quotes for nonspaced strings.

You may also test your cygport and any other source patches and files 
you require by creating and committing them into a local git repo named 
the same as the package (preferably all lower case) and pushing to the 
git-cygwin-packages playground repo and branch:

git push --set-upstream ssh://cygwin/git/cygwin-packages/playground.git
playground -f

which will submit the build to the Cygwin GitHub Action CI and print the 
link for you to monitor the CI job, view the build logs for noarch, x86, 
and x86_64, and download them.

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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