Re: Target path variables in debian/rules

["Barak A. Pearlmutter" <barak@cs.nuim.ie>]

> Why not reverse the two commands:

> override_dh_installman:
> 	/somepath/create-a-man-page > debian/packagename.1
> 	dh_installman --

> .... Let dh_installman install the generated manpage.

To my mind this violates modularity, in that *building* the man page
is happening during what is supposed to be just *installing* it.

I'd write either:

 override_dh_auto_build:
	dh_auto_build
	/somepath/create-a-man-page > debian/packagename.1

Or maybe just let "make" do its job and allow parallelism and be clear
about dependencies with

 override_dh_installman: debian/packagename.1
	dh_installman

 debian/packagename.1:
	/somepath/create-a-man-page > $@

assuming the man page creation does not require some built executable.

					Cheers,

					--Barak.
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Barak A. Pearlmutter
 Hamilton Institute & Dept Comp Sci, NUI Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland
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