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authorNiels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>2015-01-03 12:49:00 +0100
committerNiels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>2015-01-03 12:49:00 +0100
commit84c0a76c7d528873f1c8e7c800e026bfdfc8def2 (patch)
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downloaddebhelper-84c0a76c7d528873f1c8e7c800e026bfdfc8def2.tar.gz
Add install_dh_config_file and exec lintian-overrides (compat 9)
Add a install_dh_config_file to install or execute and create a file from the output of a debhelper config file (e.g. debian/lintian-overrides). Use this subroutine in dh_lintian to install the lintian-overrides. Signed-off-by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
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@@ -267,6 +267,11 @@ make_symlink($src, $dest, $tmp)
Creates a Policy compliant sytem link called $dest pointing to
$src. If $tmp is given, then $tmp will be prefixed to $dest when
creating the actual symlink.
+install_dh_config_file($src, $dest[, $mode])
+ Installs $src into $dest with $mode (defaults to 0644). If
+ compat is 9 (or later) and $src is executable, $src will be
+ executed instead and its output will be used to generate the
+ $dest file.
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