dh_illumos_gate --create-orig is really smart

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/dh_illumos_gate b/dh_illumos_gate
index d336861..5e81879 100755
--- a/dh_illumos_gate
+++ b/dh_illumos_gate
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ make any changes in there instead of the current directory.
 
 =item B<--create-orig>
 
-Create I<.orig> tarball.
+Create I<.orig> tarball out of the listed files and directories.
+Note that part of path before F<usr/src> will be stripped.
 
 =back
 
@@ -92,9 +93,9 @@ then add F<usr/src/uts/common/sys/>
 
     dh_illumos_gate -- --wildcards-match-slash usr/src/uts/*.h
 
-=item Create source tarball out of F<usr/src/cmd> excluding F<*.mf> files
+=item Create source tarball out of F<usr/src/cmd> excluding F<*.xml> files
 
-    dh_illumos_gate --create-orig usr/src/cmd -X*.mf
+    dh_illumos_gate --create-orig [path/to/]usr/src/cmd -X*.xml
 
 =back
 
@@ -149,11 +150,11 @@ if ( $dh{CREATE_ORIG} ) {
     my $source         = $changelog->{'Source'};
     my $source_version = $version =~ s!^(.*)-[^-]+$!$1!r;
     my $tarball        = "$cwd/../${source}_${source_version}.orig.tar.xz";
-    my $base           = "$source-$source_version";
+    my $transform      = "s,.*usr/src,$source-$source_version/usr/src,";
     doit(
-        'tar',         '-c',          '-J',          '--owner',
-        '0',           '--group',     '0',           '--mode',
-        'u=rwX,go=rX', '--transform', "s,^,$base/,", '-f',
+        'tar',         '-c',          '-J',       '--owner',
+        '0',           '--group',     '0',        '--mode',
+        'u=rwX,go=rX', '--transform', $transform, '-f',
         $tarball,      @tar_X,        @ARGV
     );
     exit;