Debian Packaging fails to build

[rcurtin]

Reported by jeremysalwen on 19 Jul 44269039 01:47 UTC
I downloaded the debian packaging from svn, but it fails to build when trying to install the documentation. This is because make doc is never called.

To fix this, you can modify the end of debian/rules to add

override_dh_auto_build:
        dh_auto_build
        dh_auto_build -B -Smakefile -- doc

[rcurtin]

Commented by rcurtin on 25 Nov 44284796 20:32 UTC
Hello there,

Thank you for pointing this out and providing a solution. I've committed your suggested change in r16420. However, the mlpack debian packages as built in Jenkins were never completed or stable; there are some issues with them. On the other hand, a volunteer recently started working on packaging mlpack and claimed ownership of the Debian bug about packaging mlpack:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=660925

So I think that when mlpack finally enters Debian it will be through his package and not through the sorely neglected Jenkins-built package.

[rcurtin]

Commented by jeremysalwen on 7 Mar 44286317 19:52 UTC
I noticed that bug report too. It seems that it's been inactive for a long time. The package is also unavailable for download as it has been removed from debian mentors, so I think it's unlikely to be added to debian without further action. Just a heads up :)

[rcurtin]

Commented by rcurtin on 30 Aug 44289394 19:15 UTC
Yeah; I've been in touch with Barak (Pearlmutter), the new bug owner, in the past week or two. I'm hoping that there will be some activity there soon. My understanding is that he'll be taking care of it relatively soon.

[rcurtin]

Commented by rcurtin on 2 Dec 44390625 05:38 UTC
Hi there,

I just thought I'd let you know that mlpack hit Debian sid today:

$ apt-cache search mlpack
libmlpack-dev - intuitive, fast, scalable C++ machine learning library (development libs)
libmlpack1 - intuitive, fast, scalable C++ machine learning library (runtime library)
mlpack-bin - intuitive, fast, scalable C++ machine learning library (binaries)
mlpack-doc - intuitive, fast, scalable C++ machine learning library (documentation)

Hopefully this will be helpful for you. :)