Re: Please help translate old rules file on the installation rules

[T o n g <mlist4suntong@yahoo.com>]

On Mon, 14 Jul 2014 00:26:22 +0200, Ross Gammon wrote:

>> On Sun, 13 Jul 2014 22:29:37 +0600, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote:
>> 
>>> dh_install(1) is a program, not a target.
>>> 
>>>> install -m 755 ddclient \ $(DESTDIR)/usr/sbin/ddclient
>>>> 
>>>> install -D -m 755 debian/ddclient.NetworkManager \
>>>> $(DESTDIR)/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/50-ddclient
>>> Writing proper *.install would be enough.
>> 
>> Please point me to where I can do further reading on this (exact url
>> appreciated), because I've spent a lot of time find it myself but
>> haven't found how to do it yet. Or -- an example is better than a
>> thousand words.
>> 
> https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/dother.en.html#install

On reviewing it, I think it won't solve my problem, because as said 
before, I saw in the log,

   ...
   dh_installdirs
   debian/rules override_dh_auto_install
make[1]: Entering directory '/export/build/pkg/ddclient/bld/
ddclient-3.8.2'
install -m 755 ddclient \
  /usr/sbin/ddclient
install -D -m 755 debian/ddclient.NetworkManager \
  /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/50-ddclient
dh_auto_install
make[1]: Leaving directory '/export/build/pkg/ddclient/bld/ddclient-3.8.2'
   dh_installdocs
   ...

I.e., the problem is that DESTDIR is empty. so $(DESTDIR)/usr/sbin/
ddclient becomes /usr/sbin/ddclient. Having a install file won't fix this 
problem I am afraid. 

Comments?

Thanks