Re: [debhelper style] install target
On Sun, Oct 20, 2002 at 12:26:54PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 19, 2002 at 05:23:48PM -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > The 'install' target is a convenient way to separate the installation
> > (from the perspective of the upstream source) from installation of
> > packaging metadata.
> >
> > So, upstream stuff is installed by 'install', and Debian stuff is
> > installed by the binary targets ("build a binary package").
>
> But what is the limit between data and meta-data? Does dh_intalldocs
> install data or meta-data ? And what about Debian native packages?
The line is not between data and metadata, but between upstream installation
and Debian installation. If upstream does not install it, and you must
install it yourself, then it is part of the packaging process. That is my
view anyway; there is no hard and fast rule that I know of.
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- mdz
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