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Implement token substitution in debconf files

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Project
debcraft
Number
#159
Type
issue
State
closed
Author
cmatsuoka
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Status: Triaged
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Current evaluation

Token substitution for dh_installdebconf files was merged in canonical/debcraft#162 (commit d3b754c), covering architecture, environment, and package tokens.

Resolution: closed resolved

Reason: PR canonical/debcraft#162 was merged as commit d3b754c, implementing strict token substitution for architecture, environment, and package values in debconf files.

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Issue body

When the `dh_installdebconf` debhelper processes the package.config script, it runs a token expansion search. All valid tokens must follow the strict regex format `#[A-Za-z0-9_.+]+#`. The installdebconf helper in Debcraft must also replace these tokens. The built-in tokens available for substitution inside package.config are: * `#DEB_HOST_NAME#`: The architecture name the package is being built for (e.g. amd64, arm64). * `#DEB_BUILD_NAME#`: The architecture name of the machine doing the building. * `#DEB_TARGET_NAME#`: The target architecture name (primarily used when building compiler toolchains). * `#ENV.NAME#`: The environment variable NAME exported at build time. * `#PACKAGE#`: Replaced by the concrete name of the binary package currently being processed. We can set `#DEB_TARGET_NAME#` to the build-for architecture for now. Support for custom tokens (defined with `-DTOKEN=value`) can be added later. `#DEBHELPER#` will be handled later by the installdeb helper.

Evaluation history

Date Model Scores Action Summary
stealth/space-bunny-alpha — closed resolved Token substitution for dh_installdebconf files was merged in canonical/debcraft#162 (commit d3b754c), covering architecture, environment, and package tokens.
stealth/space-bunny-alpha — closed resolved Implemented debconf token substitution for installdebconf via merged PR canonical/debcraft#162 (commit d3b754c).
stealth/space-bunny-alpha — closed resolved Token substitution in dh_installdebconf package.config files was implemented and merged in PR canonical/debcraft#162, closing #159.
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b — — Closed and synced to Jira as DEBCRAFT-71 without implementation. Token substitution support for debconf files remains unaddressed.
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b — — Closed and superseded by Jira ticket DEBCRAFT-71. Token substitution for debconf files was not implemented. The request was abandoned in this repository.
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b — — Closed and abandoned. Synced to Jira ticket DEBCRAFT-71 for tracking. No code was merged or implemented, leaving debconf token substitution unaddressed.

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Related work

  • Likely Fixed By: canonical/debcraft#162 (confidence 100%)

    Merged PR titled "feat(installdebconf): token substitution" directly implements and closes #159.

Related issues

Issue Project State Summary Similarity
#162 feat(installdebconf): token substitution debcraft merged Merged in #162 via commit d3b754c, adding token substitution for dh_installdebconf template config files and closing #159.
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