added check for disabling shared lib deps.

Author: zeyus

.github/workflows/cppcmake.yml

@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ jobs:
         # ARM Linux builds - cross-compiled with QEMU testing (Jetson, Raspberry Pi compatible)
         # SHLIBDEPS must be disabled for cross-compiled packages as the host system
         # does not have the target architecture libraries installed
-        - {name: "ubuntu-22.04-arm64", os: "ubuntu-22.04", arch: "aarch64", cross_compile: true, cmake_extra: "-DLSL_BUNDLED_PUGIXML=ON -DCPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_SHLIBDEPS=OFF -DCPACK_DEBIAN_LIBLSL_PACKAGE_SHLIBDEPS=OFF" }
-        - {name: "ubuntu-22.04-armhf", os: "ubuntu-22.04", arch: "armv7", cross_compile: true, cmake_extra: "-DLSL_BUNDLED_PUGIXML=ON -DCPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_SHLIBDEPS=OFF -DCPACK_DEBIAN_LIBLSL_PACKAGE_SHLIBDEPS=OFF" }
+        - {name: "ubuntu-22.04-arm64", os: "ubuntu-22.04", arch: "aarch64", cross_compile: true, cmake_extra: "-DLSL_BUNDLED_PUGIXML=ON -DLSL_DISABLE_PACKAGE_SHLIBDEPS=ON" }
+        - {name: "ubuntu-22.04-armhf", os: "ubuntu-22.04", arch: "armv7", cross_compile: true, cmake_extra: "-DLSL_BUNDLED_PUGIXML=ON -DLSL_DISABLE_PACKAGE_SHLIBDEPS=ON" }
 
         # Native ARM build
         # - {name: "ubuntu-24.04-arm64-native", os: "ubuntu-24.04-arm", arch: "aarch64", cmake_extra: "-DLSL_BUNDLED_PUGIXML=OFF" }
@@ -177,13 +177,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: Package
       run: |
         echo "Creating package for ${{ matrix.config.arch }}"
-
-        # For cross-compiled builds, explicitly disable shlibdeps before packaging
-        if [[ "${{ matrix.config.cross_compile }}" == "true" ]]; then
-          # Reconfigure with SHLIBDEPS explicitly OFF for cross-compilation
-          cmake -DCPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_SHLIBDEPS=OFF -DCPACK_DEBIAN_LIBLSL_PACKAGE_SHLIBDEPS=OFF build
-        fi
-
         cmake --build build --target package --config Release -j
 
         # On Debian / Ubuntu the dependencies can only be resolved for
@@ -195,7 +188,6 @@ jobs:
           dpkg -I package/liblsl*.deb
         fi
 
-        # For cross-compiled ARM packages, add architecture to package metadata
         if [[ "${{ matrix.config.cross_compile }}" == "true" ]]; then
           echo "Cross-compiled ${{ matrix.config.arch }} package created"
           ls -lh package/

cmake/LSLCMake.cmake

@@ -312,7 +312,10 @@ macro(LSLGenerateCPackConfig)
 			set(CPACK_DEBIAN_ENABLE_COMPONENT_DEPENDS ON)
 			set(CPACK_DEB_COMPONENT_INSTALL ON)
 			set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_PRIORITY optional)
-			set(CPACK_DEBIAN_LIBLSL_PACKAGE_SHLIBDEPS ON)
+			# Allow disabling SHLIBDEPS for cross-compilation (dpkg-shlibdeps can't analyze ARM binaries on x86 host)
+			if(NOT LSL_DISABLE_PACKAGE_SHLIBDEPS)
+				set(CPACK_DEBIAN_LIBLSL_PACKAGE_SHLIBDEPS ON)
+			endif()
 			set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_GENERATE_SHLIBS ON)
 
 			# include distribution name (e.g. trusty or xenial) in the file name