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Re: debhelper and multiple README files



Manfred Wassmann wrote:
> Here is my suggestion (as I am currently in the NM-queue any comments are
> greatly appreciated):
> 
> In debian/rules create a temporary doc (it should not be in the source
> already) and copy the files into that directory. Then you can install the
> directory with debhelper like that:
> dh_installdocs doc
> 
> The copying could be done quite easily with a little makefile magic:
> 
> files=foo/README bar/README
> 
> all: $(files)
> 
> %/README:
> 	echo cp $@ doc/$(@F).$(@D)

I don't see the point; why not just copy the files to
debian/package/usr/share/doc instead?

-- 
see shy jo



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