Re: Is dh_install doesn't rm the files?
On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 03:35:01PM +0300, Shaul Karl wrote:
> According to the dh_movefiles man page,
>
> dh_install is a much better program that can do everything this
> one can, and more'.
>
> Yet with dh_install I was only able to cp -a files without the addition
> of rm them out of their current place.
I didn't check the manpage but I can image this is because policy
requires targets in debian/rules to be idempotent. If you remove
files at their original location then a second invocation of this
target is likely to fail.
-Ralf.
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