debian/changelog

+libbpp-core (2.4.0-3) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Provide symbols file only for amd64
+
+ -- Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>  Sat, 07 Apr 2018 11:50:58 +0200
+
 libbpp-core (2.4.0-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Provide full license text of CeCILL license

debian/copyright

@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ Upstream-Contact: Julien Yann Dutheil <julien.dutheil@univ-montp2.fr>
 Source: https://github.com/BioPP/bpp-core/
 
 Files: *
-Copyright: 2010-2016 Julien Yann Dutheil <julien.dutheil@univ-montp2.fr>
+Copyright: 2010-2018 Julien Yann Dutheil <julien.dutheil@univ-montp2.fr>
                      Bio++ Development Team
 License: CeCILL
 
 Files: debian/*
-Copyright: 2014 Julien Yann Dutheil <julien.dutheil@univ-montp2.fr>
+Copyright: 2014-2018 Julien Yann Dutheil <julien.dutheil@univ-montp2.fr>
                      Bio++ Development Team
-           2016 Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>
+           2016-2018 Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>
 License: GPL-2+
 
 Files: src/Bpp/Numeric/Matrix/EigenValue.h

debian/rules

@@ -9,6 +9,23 @@ CMAKE_EXTRA_FLAGS += -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF
 %:
 	dh $@
 
+override_dh_makeshlibs:
+ifeq ($(DEB_BUILD_ARCH),amd64)
+	echo "Architecture amd64 is the only one where a symbols file is provided"
+else
+	echo "Symbols file for architecture $(DEB_BUILD_ARCH) is not provided"
+	mkdir -p debian/hidesymbols
+	mv debian/*.symbols debian/hidesymbols
+endif
+	dh_makeshlibs
+ifeq ($(DEB_BUILD_ARCH),amd64)
+	echo "dh_makeshlibs for architecture amd64 including symbols done"
+else
+	# restore original debian/ dir to enable building twice in a row
+	mv debian/hidesymbols/*.symbols debian
+	rmdir debian/hidesymbols
+endif
+
 override_dh_install:
 	dh_install
 	d-shlibmove --commit \