[FLOSS] Installation of self-packaged packages fails on Debian (bullseye)

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Steps to Reproduce the Problem

I am trying to install self-packaged packages in Debian following the guide: https://www.libelektra.org/installation/installation#cpack

I ran the command in a container specified by the following file

FROM debian:bullseye-20221004

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --yes cmake build-essential git

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --yes debhelper d-shlibs

RUN git clone https://github.com/ElektraInitiative/libelektra.git /libelektra

RUN mkdir -p /libelektra/build

WORKDIR /libelektra/build

RUN cmake ..

RUN LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(pwd)/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH} make package -j2

After building the image

docker build -t libelektra-debianpackagetest .

I launch the container

docker run -it --rm libelektra-debianpackagetest

And then inside the container I do

cd package
apt install ./*

Expected Result

The packages should install with few or no errors and programs such as kdb should be available afterwards.

Actual Result

apt reports an error:

root@7fea9540d1ee:/libelektra/build/package# apt install ./*
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'elektra-bin-dbgsym' instead of './elektra-bin-dbgsym_0.9.11-1_amd64.ddeb'
Note, selecting 'elektra-bin-extra' instead of './elektra-bin-extra_0.9.11-1_amd64.deb'
Note, selecting 'elektra-bin' instead of './elektra-bin_0.9.11-1_amd64.deb'
Note, selecting 'elektra-dbg' instead of './elektra-dbg_0.9.11-1_amd64.deb'
Note, selecting 'elektra-doc' instead of './elektra-doc_0.9.11-1_all.deb'
Note, selecting 'elektra-misc' instead of './elektra-misc_0.9.11-1_all.deb'
Note, selecting 'elektra-tests-dbgsym' instead of './elektra-tests-dbgsym_0.9.11-1_amd64.ddeb'
Note, selecting 'elektra-tests' instead of './elektra-tests_0.9.11-1_amd64.deb'
Note, selecting 'libelektra-dev' instead of './libelektra-dev_0.9.11-1_amd64.deb'
Note, selecting 'libelektra5-all' instead of './libelektra5-all_0.9.11-1_amd64.deb'
Note, selecting 'libelektra5-dbgsym' instead of './libelektra5-dbgsym_0.9.11-1_amd64.ddeb'
Note, selecting 'libelektra5-experimental-dbgsym' instead of './libelektra5-experimental-dbgsym_0.9.11-1_amd64.ddeb'
Note, selecting 'libelektra5-experimental' instead of './libelektra5-experimental_0.9.11-1_amd64.deb'
Note, selecting 'libelektra5-full-dbgsym' instead of './libelektra5-extra-dbgsym_0.9.11-1_amd64.ddeb'
Note, selecting 'libelektra5-extra' instead of './libelektra5-extra_0.9.11-1_amd64.deb'
Note, selecting 'libelektra5-full' instead of './libelektra5-full_0.9.11-1_amd64.deb'
Note, selecting 'libelektra5' instead of './libelektra5_0.9.11-1_amd64.deb'
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 elektra-dbg : Depends: libelektra5-extra-dbgsym but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Note the problem persists when using apt-get instead of apt.

I have also verified that the shell (bash) expands the file names as needed:

root@7fea9540d1ee:/libelektra/build/package# echo ./*
./elektra-bin-dbgsym_0.9.11-1_amd64.ddeb ./elektra-bin-extra_0.9.11-1_amd64.deb ./elektra-bin_0.9.11-1_amd64.deb ./elektra-dbg_0.9.11-1_amd64.deb ./elektra-doc_0.9.11-1_all.deb ./elektra-misc_0.9.11-1_all.deb ./elektra-tests-dbgsym_0.9.11-1_amd64.ddeb ./elektra-tests_0.9.11-1_amd64.deb ./libelektra-dev_0.9.11-1_amd64.deb ./libelektra5-all_0.9.11-1_amd64.deb ./libelektra5-dbgsym_0.9.11-1_amd64.ddeb ./libelektra5-experimental-dbgsym_0.9.11-1_amd64.ddeb ./libelektra5-experimental_0.9.11-1_amd64.deb ./libelektra5-extra-dbgsym_0.9.11-1_amd64.ddeb ./libelektra5-extra_0.9.11-1_amd64.deb ./libelektra5-full_0.9.11-1_amd64.deb ./libelektra5_0.9.11-1_amd64.deb

System Information

• Elektra: master 930673f
• Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)

[0x6178656c]

Running the build script scripts/packaging/package.sh results in installable packages:

FROM debian:bullseye-20221004

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --yes cmake build-essential git

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --yes debhelper d-shlibs

RUN git clone https://github.com/ElektraInitiative/libelektra.git /libelektra

RUN mkdir -p /libelektra/build

WORKDIR /libelektra/build

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --yes lua5.4 python3

RUN bash ../scripts/packaging/package.sh

Note the additional dependencies on Lua and Python.

After that I could install the packages using apt.

So probably only the documentation needs to be updated.

[markus2330]

Thank you for reporting this issue!

So probably only the documentation needs to be updated.

I think you can omit the only. Writing clear and helpful documentation is an important task.

Please update the documentation as necessary. I am afraid "scripts/packaging/package.sh" is not referred to anywhere.

[markus2330]

@0x6178656c you are still assigned here, is this on purpose?

[0x6178656c]

@0x6178656c you are still assigned here, is this on purpose?

Not on purpose.

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