Re: CDBS duplicate docs installation
Thanks :)
2008/9/16 Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>:
> Le Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 08:56:45PM -0500, William Vera a écrit :
>> 2008/9/16 Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>:
>> >
>> > it is probably that debhelper installs the docs (README AUTHORS
>> > ChangeLog TODO) in /usr/share/docs/foo and the makefile in /usr/doc/foo
>> > (see Makefile.am). The file names of the docs are generic enough that
>> > Debhelper guesses them.
>> >
>>
>> Thanks, that appears it is the problem, so I guess just need patch Makefile.am
>> I'm correct?
>
> Patches are a higher work overhead than we suspect. If you are not in a
> hurry, I would recommend to ask Upstream he can change the path to the
> docs. That would make him do the work for you ;)
>
> Other alternatives to patching are to delete
> $(CURDIR)/debian/yourpackage/usr/doc, or to try to override the path at
> build time.
>
> If you chose to patch, I suggest that you forward it upstream and
> indicate this in the patch header.
>
> Have a nice day,
>
> --
> Charles Plessy
> Debian Med packaging team,
> Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan
>
>
> --
> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-REQUEST@lists.debian.org
> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
>
>
--
William Vera <billy@billy.com.mx>
PGP Key: 1024D/F5CC22A4
Fingerprint: 3E73 FA1F 5C57 6005 0439 4D75 1FD2 BF96 F5CC 22A4
Reply to: