Re: Licenses not in /usr/share/common-licenses
Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> writes:
> Gergely Nagy wrote:
>> debian/$package.docs:
>> | #! /usr/bin/dh-exec --with=copyright-magic
>> | debian/copyright.in | copyright-magic
>> | README.md
>> | whatever-else-you want
>
> On the off chance this is not another long-delayed April 1 post,
> let me mention that, since this relies on undocumented debhelper
> internals (order dh_installdocs does stuff), I will not hesitate
> to break it at any time.
It only depends on the order if there is a debian/copyright, and .docs
is used to override it. If there isn't one, then the order in
dh_installdocs does not matter, I believe.
I do agree though, that there are far superior ways to accomplish pretty
much the same thing.
My caffeine level was below a healthy amount yesterday, apologies! In
light of that, please disregard my former mail, thanks!
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