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Diffstat (limited to 'dh_install')
| -rwxr-xr-x | dh_install | 28 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ specified, you should not list destination directories in debian/package.install files or on the command line. Instead, dh_install will guess as follows: -Strip off debian/tmp from the front of the filename, of it is present, and +Strip off debian/tmp from the front of the filename, if it is present, and install into the dirname of the filename. So if the filename is debian/tmp/usr/bin, then that directory will be copied to debian/package/usr/. If the filename is debian/tmp/etc/passwd, it will be @@ -81,9 +81,8 @@ warned about. =item B<--sourcedir=dir> -Makes all source files relative to "dir". If this is specified, it is akin -to all the source files having "dir" prepended to them. By default, "dir" -is '.'. +Makes all source files be found under dir. If this is specified, it is akin +to all the source filenames having "dir/" prepended to them. To make dh_install behave like the old dh_movefiles, move your package.files file to package.install and call dh_install with @@ -185,6 +184,27 @@ if ($dh{LIST_MISSING}) { } } +=head1 EXAMPLE + +Suppose your package's upstream Makefile installs a binary, a man page, and +a library into appropriate subdirectories of debian/tmp. You want to put +the library into package libfoo, and the rest into package foo. Your rules +file will run "dh_install --sourcedir=debian/tmp". Make debian/foo.install +contain: + + usr/bin + usr/share/man/man1 + +While debian/libfoo.install contains: + + usr/libfoo*.so.* + +If you want a libfoo-dev package too, debian/libfoo-dev.install might contain: + + usr/include + usr/lib/libfoo*.so + usr/share/man/man3 + =head1 SEE ALSO L<debhelper(1)> |