I used to build Debian packages (quilt), it supports applying patches while build process. Patches are stored in debian/patches
folder and they are usually used to add fixes not committed yet to the upstream source or add specific platform tunning.
My case is a package that needs custom build command:
make build; make install_api; make install_desktop
instead of standard way:
make; make install
Current proposed solution is to:
- modify
Makefile
and adddefault:
&install:
entries.
The error got when running snapcraft --no-parallel-build
without modifying source:
make install DESTDIR=/home/username/Desktop/sandbox/alfanous-snap/parts/alfanous-git/install
make: *** No rule to make target 'install'. Stop.
Command '['/bin/sh', '/tmp/tmp_f_u1ktl', 'make', 'install',
'DESTDIR=/home/username/Desktop/sandbox/alfanous-snap/parts/alfanous-git/install']'
returned non-zero exit status 2
So, is there any way to add a patch to snapcraft build? I'm open to any other solution/workaround.
Best Answer
This sounds like a good case for snapcraft "scriptlets". The
build:
stanza will let you replace the build step with your own shell commands (make build; make install_api; make install_desktop
).