Dear Maintainer,
Building a custom template fails:
$ bash -x debian/build-template.sh
+ '[' -z '' ']'
+ TEMPLATE=debiangis
++ dirname debian/build-template.sh
+ DEBIANDIR=debian
++ dirname debian
+ PACKAGEDIR=.
+ TEMPLATEDIR=./templates
+ cd ./templates
+ ocamlbuild -pkg ben debiangis.cmx
+ /usr/bin/ocamlc.opt -c -I /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ocaml/5.3.0/ben -I /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ocaml/5.3.0/bigarray -I /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ocaml/5.3.0/dynlink -I /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ocaml/5.3.0/extlib -I /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ocaml/5.3.0/fileutils -I /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ocaml/5.3.0/ocamlgraph -I /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ocaml/5.3.0/parmap -I /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ocaml/5.3.0/postgresql -I /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ocaml/5.3.0/re -I /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ocaml/5.3.0/seq -I /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ocaml/5.3.0/stdlib-shims -I /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ocaml/5.3.0/threads -I /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ocaml/5.3.0/tyxml -I /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ocaml/5.3.0/tyxml/functor -I /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ocaml/5.3.0/unix -I /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ocaml/5.3.0/uutf -o debiangis.cmo debiangis.ml
File "debiangis.ml", line 30, characters 2-43:
30 | Ben_frontends.Templates.register_template
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Error: Unbound module "Ben_frontends"
Command exited with code 2.
Hint: Recursive traversal of subdirectories was not enabled for this build,
as the working directory does not look like an ocamlbuild project (no
'_tags' or 'myocamlbuild.ml' file). If you have modules in subdirectories,
you should add the option "-r" or create an empty '_tags' file.
To enable recursive traversal for some subdirectories only, you can use the
following '_tags' file:
true: -traverse
<dir1> or <dir2>: traverse
Compilation unsuccessful after building 3 targets (0 cached) in 00:00:00.
Using dune seems to work after adding the new template to templates/dune: dune build templates/debiangis.cmxs This does require installing libppx-yojson-conv-ocaml-dev which was not pulled in via the libben-ocaml-dev dependencies. Copying the .cmxs file to /usr/lib/ben/templates no longer works. This did work: su -c "mkdir /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ocaml/5.3.0/ben/templates/debiangis" su -c "cp -v _build/default/templates/debiangis.* /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ocaml/5.3.0/ben/templates/debiangis/" What is the recommended way to build & install a custom template? Kind Regards, Bas
Hello, Le 15/08/2025 à 12:15, Sebastiaan Couwenberg a écrit : Good idea. This way, you might rebuild the whole ben, hence you may need all its build-dependencies including this one. Even after setting BEN_TEMPLATES_DIR? Its default value is $(ocamlc -where)/ben/templates, as you've figured out. There is no "recommended" way, the way you did seems fine. If you do not want to fiddle with ben sources: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/ben/-/tree/master/examples/custom-template Cheers,
Setting BEN_TEMPLATES_DIR didn't work, possibly because a subdirectory with the template name was not used. Should this replace the "HTML Templates" section in the reference manual? https://debian.pages.debian.net/ben/#_html_templates Those instructions no longer work, but I'm not sure what to replace it with. Kind Regards, Bas
Le 20/08/2025 à 12:49, Sebastiaan Couwenberg a écrit : I completely forgot about these instructions... I've updated them. Cheers,
Thanks. With that we can consider this issue fixed. Kind Regards, Bas
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of ben, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive. A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to 1111165@bugs.debian.org, and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Stéphane Glondu <glondu@debian.org> (supplier of updated ben package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org) Format: 1.8 Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2025 08:00:31 +0200 Source: ben Architecture: source Version: 1.10 Distribution: unstable Urgency: medium Maintainer: Debian OCaml Maintainers <debian-ocaml-maint@lists.debian.org> Changed-By: Stéphane Glondu <glondu@debian.org> Closes: 1111165 Changes: ben (1.10) unstable; urgency=medium . * Add a custom template example (Closes: #1111165) * Remove mips64el from defaults and examples Checksums-Sha1: 486de9f1b41db1da5eca113c02554871b40c1dc2 1898 ben_1.10.dsc e464f9f20f18f2df0c1b3805dc9e5886ef26c7d3 75376 ben_1.10.tar.xz Checksums-Sha256: 98539346c5380b757d9922f18af7c1bbcc2d69588e66407c0add2a6e43afea2d 1898 ben_1.10.dsc 9bf9eb27343cd2886ff3e948bb218014a05e35d4c031eb40bdbf56cd66dbc476 75376 ben_1.10.tar.xz Files: 5877cd61777152d1c8ed3ab0418897cd 1898 devel optional ben_1.10.dsc 03cba45e3bbf0ea2c12974958ac7b340 75376 devel optional ben_1.10.tar.xz -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQFGBAEBCgAwFiEEbeJOl+yohsxW5iUOIbju8bGJMIEFAmimtvcSHGdsb25kdUBk ZWJpYW4ub3JnAAoJECG47vGxiTCBCnYIALDav+5g6aZ+2v+vPH8XvfSebDjhzEKo o0QTJNb1+ClDmChb553bYBx0QpxY1a17cPU5S/i7nX7/q3qFh+NggqFkdva9aTiK Iyz0ElwT9qRcuHip/TqwKs56asclxgSUbxXpshGbqRYex+IwXiZk5Fgw5OsEleEe SgZ04o7qrgjTyBLrrYV27CCDgUDrfOr3mTpHGpyLwAedtaDudk5x2Yx/jgqhoGNw FKN0b7Mt3Wu3bNHHqUrlE2fzuYAITu1hI3vUBR989mE5nIDh2TxtcC8/BRgQfMuY ZA4VKgdoLHbraNMfMn9O5zNNY0AtubacYkNvhGCWFDGfQrEsqcWznPA= =j6KP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----