Fix two Lintian errors in generated Debian package by lewart3 · Pull Request #594 · wp-cli/wp-cli-bundle

lewart3 · 2023-10-31T07:20:00Z

Fixes #593 Lintian reports php-wpcli_2.9.0_all.deb has two errors

Thank you!
Daniel Lewart
Urbana, Illinois

danielbachhuber · 2023-11-04T12:19:17Z

 Maintainer: Alain Schlesser <alain.schlesser@gmail.com>
 Section: php
 Priority: optional
-Depends: php5-cli (>= 5.6) | php-cli | php7-cli, php5-mysql | php5-mysqlnd | php7.0-mysql | php7.1-mysql | php7.2-mysql | php7.3-mysql | php7.4-mysql | php8.0-mysql | php8.1-mysql | php8.2-mysql | php-mysql, mysql-client | mariadb-client


What's the significance of dropping all of these dependencies?

Fix Lintian errors

Drop support for PHP 5.6 (EOL Dec 31, 2018)

Keep support for legacy PHP 7 thanks to Provides fields

Simplify dependencies to make it easier to maintain

Please note that I have revised one dependency (php-mysqlnd -> php-mysql | php-mysqlnd)

Hmm not sure about dropping PHP 5.6 support for this package, as WP-CLI in fact still supports PHP 5.6. Could we restore that part somehow?

@swissspidy, Yes ... commit 54056c0 restores PHP 5.6 support.
Downside is that Lintian reports the php-script-but-no-php-cli-dep error again.

WordPress 6.3 “Lionel” discontinued support for PHP 5 (Aug 8, 2023).
Are there any plans for WP-CLI to do the same?
If it is not imminent, I can create a lintian-override file.

Are there any plans for WP-CLI to do the same?

Not until Aug 8, 2024. See https://make.wordpress.org/cli/2019/01/15/wp-cli-php-requirements-strategy/

lewart3 · 2023-11-07T04:56:15Z

Thank you, @swissspidy !
Commit bbc405d creates the Lintian override file.

swissspidy · 2023-11-07T08:48:05Z

Not sure we want to actually have a hardcoded date in there... I imagine next August we'll release a new version of WP-CLI that officially drops support. Then we can remove the support here.

szepeviktor · 2023-11-10T12:35:39Z

It is nice to have zero lintian warnings.
The root cause of all these is that a Debian package is released for each Debian release but we release only 1 package.

So modifying dependencies is not a good idea.

lewart3 · 2023-11-13T12:55:00Z

@szepeviktor,

The new overrides file takes care of the Lintian warning.
I agree about the root cause.
WP-CLI requires "PHP 5.6 or later". The current version of my dependencies should match that exactly:
Depends: php-cli | php5-cli (>= 5.6), php-mysql | php-mysqlnd | php5-mysql, default-mysql-client | virtual-mysql-client
I don't understand why this "is not a good idea".

For some numbers, here is a table based on the Debian Popularity Contest:

popcon version            %  PHP
-----------------------  --  ---
1.49 (squeeze)            1  5.3
1.56 (wheezy)             2  5.4
1.61 (jessie)             4  5.6
1.64 (stretch)            7  7.0
1.67 (buster)            16  7.3
1.71 (bullseye)          33  7.4
1.76 (bookworm/stable)   34  8.2
1.77 (testing/unstable)   4  8.2

szepeviktor · 2023-11-13T13:01:41Z

@lewart3 WP-CLI should be packaged as if it was the time of Debian jessie but be compatible with current stable.
After dropping PHP 5.6 support we should move to the era when Debian had PHP 7.0.
Please understand.

lewart3 · 2023-11-13T13:28:00Z

@szepeviktor, I completely agree.
What exactly is missing from my current dependencies?

szepeviktor · 2023-11-13T13:45:36Z

What exactly is missing from my current dependencies?

I do not know that.
One must go through all 5 Debian releases and check virtual PHP packages etc.

lewart3 · 2023-12-23T10:58:00Z

@szepeviktor,

I do not know that. One must go through all 5 Debian releases and check virtual PHP packages etc.

This Pull request says:

All checks have passed
36 successful and 1 skipped checks

Does that suffice?

szepeviktor · 2023-12-23T11:42:12Z

I do not know what to add here as an answer.

schlessera · 2024-02-05T13:12:57Z

@szepeviktor I'd love to better understand your dependencies objection.

Here's what I'm hearing so far:

fixing the lintian errors makes the package compatible with latest Debian release
HOWEVER, it also therefore drops compatibility with older Debian releases
to properly support PHP 5.6, WP-CLI should be packaged so it can be used on these older Debian releases that are typically running on WordPress servers running PHP 5.6.
THEREFORE, we should stick with the lintian warnings, as they are only pointing to issues we require for BC reasons

Am I understanding this correctly?

szepeviktor · 2024-02-05T15:29:33Z

Am I understanding this correctly?

YESS!!

Co-authored-by: Alain Schlesser <alain.schlesser@gmail.com>

lewart3 · 2024-02-07T11:37:00Z

@schlessera , allow me to address your second point:

HOWEVER, it also therefore drops compatibility with older Debian releases

This is what you are hearing, but it is not true.
The Workflow, which includes PHP 5.6, passed.

schlessera · 2024-02-07T11:50:31Z

@lewart3 This is not about staying compatible with PHP 5.6, but rather about the package staying compatible with the earliest version of Debian that supports PHP 5.6 and with its entire package ecosystem.

lewart3 · 2024-02-07T12:25:39Z

@schlessera , I installed it, with some difficulty, on Debian 8.11 (jessie).

$ cat go
#!/bin/sh
set -x
dpkg -l base-files
sudo dpkg --force-depends -i php-wpcli_2.9.1_all.deb
sudo apt-get --fix-broken -y install
wp cli version
wp cli info

$ ./go
+ dpkg -l base-files
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-==============================-====================-====================-==================================================================
ii base-files 8+deb8u11 amd64 Debian base system miscellaneous files

+ sudo dpkg --force-depends -i php-wpcli_2.9.1_all.deb
Selecting previously unselected package php-wpcli.
(Reading database ... 31141 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack php-wpcli_2.9.1_all.deb ...
Unpacking php-wpcli (2.9.0) ...
dpkg: php-wpcli: dependency problems, but configuring anyway as you requested:
php-wpcli depends on php-cli | php5-cli (>= 5.6); however:
Package php-cli is not installed.
Package php5-cli is not installed.
php-wpcli depends on php-mysql | php-mysqlnd | php5-mysql; however:
Package php-mysql is not installed.
Package php-mysqlnd is not installed.
Package php5-mysql is not installed.
php-wpcli depends on default-mysql-client | virtual-mysql-client; however:
Package default-mysql-client is not installed.
Package virtual-mysql-client is not installed.

Setting up php-wpcli (2.9.0) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.0.2-5) ...

+ sudo apt-get --fix-broken -y install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libdbd-mysql-perl libdbi-perl libmysqlclient18 libonig2 libperl4-corelibs-perl libqdbm14 libterm-readkey-perl lsof mysql-client-5.5
mysql-common php5-cli php5-common php5-json php5-mysql php5-readline
Suggested packages:
libclone-perl libmldbm-perl libnet-daemon-perl libsql-statement-perl php-pear php5-user-cache
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libdbd-mysql-perl libdbi-perl libmysqlclient18 libonig2 libperl4-corelibs-perl libqdbm14 libterm-readkey-perl lsof mysql-client-5.5
mysql-common php5-cli php5-common php5-json php5-mysql php5-readline
0 upgraded, 15 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/7,173 kB of archives.
After this operation, 55.9 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously unselected package mysql-common.
(Reading database ... 31147 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../mysql-common_5.5.62-0+deb8u1_all.deb ...
Unpacking mysql-common (5.5.62-0+deb8u1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libmysqlclient18:amd64.
Preparing to unpack .../libmysqlclient18_5.5.62-0+deb8u1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libmysqlclient18:amd64 (5.5.62-0+deb8u1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libonig2:amd64.
Preparing to unpack .../libonig2_5.9.5-3.2+deb8u4_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libonig2:amd64 (5.9.5-3.2+deb8u4) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libperl4-corelibs-perl.
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Preparing to unpack .../libdbi-perl_1.631-3+b1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libdbi-perl (1.631-3+b1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libdbd-mysql-perl.
Preparing to unpack .../libdbd-mysql-perl_4.028-2+deb8u2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libdbd-mysql-perl (4.028-2+deb8u2) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libqdbm14.
Preparing to unpack .../libqdbm14_1.8.78-5+b1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libqdbm14 (1.8.78-5+b1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libterm-readkey-perl.
Preparing to unpack .../libterm-readkey-perl_2.32-1+b1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libterm-readkey-perl (2.32-1+b1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package mysql-client-5.5.
Preparing to unpack .../mysql-client-5.5_5.5.62-0+deb8u1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking mysql-client-5.5 (5.5.62-0+deb8u1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package php5-common.
Preparing to unpack .../php5-common_5.6.40+dfsg-0+deb8u12_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking php5-common (5.6.40+dfsg-0+deb8u12) ...
Selecting previously unselected package php5-json.
Preparing to unpack .../php5-json_1.3.6-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking php5-json (1.3.6-1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package php5-cli.
Preparing to unpack .../php5-cli_5.6.40+dfsg-0+deb8u12_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking php5-cli (5.6.40+dfsg-0+deb8u12) ...
Selecting previously unselected package php5-mysql.
Preparing to unpack .../php5-mysql_5.6.40+dfsg-0+deb8u12_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking php5-mysql (5.6.40+dfsg-0+deb8u12) ...
Selecting previously unselected package php5-readline.
Preparing to unpack .../php5-readline_5.6.40+dfsg-0+deb8u12_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking php5-readline (5.6.40+dfsg-0+deb8u12) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.0.2-5) ...
Setting up mysql-common (5.5.62-0+deb8u1) ...
Setting up libmysqlclient18:amd64 (5.5.62-0+deb8u1) ...
Setting up libonig2:amd64 (5.9.5-3.2+deb8u4) ...
Setting up libperl4-corelibs-perl (0.003-1) ...
Setting up lsof (4.86+dfsg-1) ...
Setting up libdbi-perl (1.631-3+b1) ...
Setting up libdbd-mysql-perl (4.028-2+deb8u2) ...
Setting up libqdbm14 (1.8.78-5+b1) ...
Setting up libterm-readkey-perl (2.32-1+b1) ...
Setting up mysql-client-5.5 (5.5.62-0+deb8u1) ...
Setting up php5-common (5.6.40+dfsg-0+deb8u12) ...

Creating config file /etc/php5/mods-available/pdo.ini with new version
php5_invoke: Enable module pdo for cli SAPI

Creating config file /etc/php5/mods-available/opcache.ini with new version
php5_invoke: Enable module opcache for cli SAPI
Setting up php5-json (1.3.6-1) ...
php5_invoke: Enable module json for cli SAPI
Setting up php5-cli (5.6.40+dfsg-0+deb8u12) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/php5 to provide /usr/bin/php (php) in auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/phar5 to provide /usr/bin/phar (phar) in auto mode

Creating config file /etc/php5/cli/php.ini with new version
Setting up php5-mysql (5.6.40+dfsg-0+deb8u12) ...

Creating config file /etc/php5/mods-available/mysql.ini with new version
php5_invoke: Enable module mysql for cli SAPI

Creating config file /etc/php5/mods-available/mysqli.ini with new version
php5_invoke: Enable module mysqli for cli SAPI

Creating config file /etc/php5/mods-available/pdo_mysql.ini with new version
php5_invoke: Enable module pdo_mysql for cli SAPI
Setting up php5-readline (5.6.40+dfsg-0+deb8u12) ...

Creating config file /etc/php5/mods-available/readline.ini with new version
php5_invoke: Enable module readline for cli SAPI
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-18+deb8u10) ...

+ wp cli version
WP-CLI 2.9.0

+ wp cli info
OS: Linux debian 3.16.0-11-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.84-1 (2020-06-09) x86_64
Shell: /bin/bash
PHP binary: /usr/bin/php5
PHP version: 5.6.40-0+deb8u12
php.ini used: /etc/php5/cli/php.ini
MySQL binary: /usr/bin/mysql
MySQL version: mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.5.62, for debian-linux-gnu (x86_64) using readline 6.3
SQL modes:
WP-CLI root dir: phar://wp-cli.phar/vendor/wp-cli/wp-cli
WP-CLI vendor dir: phar://wp-cli.phar/vendor
WP_CLI phar path: /home/user
WP-CLI packages dir:
WP-CLI cache dir: /home/user/.wp-cli/cache
WP-CLI global config:
WP-CLI project config:
WP-CLI version: 2.9.0

swissspidy · 2025-11-02T14:17:32Z

The next release of WP-CLI will drop PHP 5.6 support and require PHP 7.2

szepeviktor · 2026-02-03T08:29:21Z

all my Enterprise servers run PHP 4.4
Please consider renewing support for it!

schlessera

Request changes.

utils/wp-cli-updatedeb.sh:34: the pipes make every dependency an alternative. php-cli alone now satisfies the package without a MySQL extension or client, and mariadb-client alone satisfies it without PHP. Keep main's three comma-separated groups and replace only mysql-client with default-mysql-client. That is the one Lintian error from #593 still open; php-script-but-no-php-cli-dep was fixed on main by #923 and the /usr/bin/wp shell launcher.
utils/wp-cli-updatedeb.sh:123-130: drop the override stanza. /usr/bin/wp is a shell script now and PHP 5.6 support is gone, so Lintian would report the override as unused.
.github/workflows/deployment.yml:355: the deb job only runs on release pushes, so green CI says nothing about this change. Run the script from a clean staging directory and paste the lintian output in the PR.

The Homepage: and reprepro hint changes are fine. Rename the PR to "Fix obsolete MySQL client dependency in Debian package". Milestone 3.0.0.

Fix two Lintian errors in generated Debian package

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lewart3 force-pushed the main branch 2 times, most recently from a990f5c to 1751452 Compare November 6, 2023 10:28

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Depends: prefer generic php-mysql to php-mysqlnd

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Restore PHP 5.6 support

54056c0

Create php-wpcli Lintian override file

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swissspidy requested review from a team, danielbachhuber and swissspidy November 7, 2023 08:41

Remove hardcoded date for when WP-CLI drops PHP 5.6 support

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Merge branch 'wp-cli:main' into main

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