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Re: How exactly can I use add_command_options to prevent compressing pdfs



On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 01:32:35PM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I found in the log of #543392 that there is now a way implemented since
> debhelper 7.3.16 to prevent dh_compress from zipping everything in the
> doc directory (especially I want to do an --exclude=.pdf).  But I have
> actually no idea how to *use* this command.  Is there any example syntax
> in a rules file?

If you're using the dh sequencer, since 7.0.50 you can override specific
targets:

override_dh_compress:
	dh_compress -X.pdf

Joey's full explanation is at
http://kitenet.net/~joey/blog/entry/debhelper_dh_overrides/

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