clojure package - missing clj script from /usr/bin

[Benjamin Howell]

Clojure 1.9 and later include additional executables (scripts) that are not currently being packaged and distributed as part of the clojure Ubuntu package. Notably missing is the 'clj' script/executable that should be present at /usr/bin/clj. Manually installing Clojure from the official clojure.org shell script installs these executables. It also looks like the clojure-tools-x.x.x.jar library is not being packaged.

From https://clojure.org/reference/deps_and_cli

Contents:
    bin/clojure - main tool
    bin/clj - wrapper for interactive repl use (uses rlwrap)
    deps.edn - install level deps.edn file, with some default deps (Clojure, etc) and provider config
    example-deps.edn - commented example that gets copied to <config_dir>/deps.edn
    libexec/clojure-tools-X.Y.Z.jar - uberjar invoked by clojure to construct classpaths

[Elana Hashman (ehashman)]

Hello Benjamin,

The upstream bug for this is https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=902763

I haven't taken a look at it in a while. There's a number of dependencies and patches required to get the clj CLI scripts included in Debian/Ubuntu, as detailed in the bug.

I will see if I can at least give a status update in the near future.

[Elana Hashman (ehashman)]

Okay, I have updated the blocking bugs https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=891141 (tracks upload of the new CLI) and https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=891136 (tracks status of tools.deps.alpha).

Summary:

- There are a couple relatively easy clojure dep version bumps required. One of those two is also a dependency of Leiningen. Previously, lein depended on an older version, but that's now been bumped, so I can go ahead and complete those uploads \o/
- There is a NEW upload required for a Clojure gitlibs dep. That package itself is relatively straightforward. However,
- The java deps of the gitlibs package require significant upgrades to make this happen.
- This summary also assumes I patch out support for talking to AWS, which will require a bunch of NEW uploads I'm not up for doing right now.

Is anyone in the Ubuntu community able/willing to tackle the Java version bumps
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=905547
and
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=905546
?

I'm confident that once those Java updates are complete, I should be able to finish the rest without issue.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Elana Hashman (ehashman)]

Debian now has a GSoC student working on this: https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/projects/#5194169531760640