linux-perf: Override lintian errors for perf-read-vdso{,x}32 in 64-bit packages

debian/bin/gencontrol.py

@@ -51,6 +51,13 @@ class gencontrol(Gencontrol):
         main = self.templates["control.main"]
         packages.extend(self.process_packages(main, self.vars))
 
+        def substitute_file(template, target):
+            with codecs.open(target, 'w', 'utf-8') as f:
+                f.write(self.substitute(self.templates[template], self.vars))
+        substitute_file('lintian-overrides.perf',
+                        'debian/linux-perf-%s.lintian-overrides' %
+                        self.vars['version'])
+
     def process_changelog(self):
         changelog = Changelog(version = VersionLinux)
         self.version = version = changelog[0].version

debian/changelog

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ linux-tools (4.4.6-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   [ Ben Hutchings ]
   * debian/control: Update policy version to 3.9.7; no changes required
+  * linux-perf: Override lintian errors for perf-read-vdso{,x}32 in
+    64-bit packages
 
  -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Sun, 20 Mar 2016 15:35:32 +0000
 

debian/rules.real

@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ install-perf: $(STAMPS_DIR)/build
 	dh_python2 /usr/share/perf_$(VERSION)-core/scripts/python/Perf-Trace-Util/lib/
 	dh_installchangelogs
 	dh_installdocs
+	dh_lintian
 	dh_strip
 	dh_compress
 	dh_fixperms

debian/templates/lintian-overrides.perf.in

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# These executables are needed to handle processes running in compat mode
+linux-perf-@version@: binary-from-other-architecture usr/lib/perf_@version@-core/perf-read-vdso32
+linux-perf-@version@: binary-from-other-architecture usr/lib/perf_@version@-core/perf-read-vdsox32