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Re: Getting dh_install to do what we need



]] Russ Allbery 

> Peter Samuelson <peter@p12n.org> writes:
> 
> > Not for native packages.
> > Not for packages in format 3.0 (quilt).
> 
> > In both cases, execute permission in debian/ is preserved, with the
> > obvious exception of debian/rules, for which dpkg-source forces the +x
> > bit.
> 
> But still, how do you end up with random text files being executable in
> the debian directory?

At a guess: because you're careless and don't notice that you've run
chmod +x debian/* instead of chmod +x debian/rules.

-- 
Tollef Fog Heen
UNIX is user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are


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