files not installed anymore after upgrading from dh 9 to dh 10, 12, or 13
Hi,
I am trying to upgrade a package, it seems I need to switch to a newer
debhelper version with it, 9 seems to be too old. I did the upgrade by
changing Build-Depends from debhelper (>= 9) to debhelper-compat (13) or 12,
10 and deleting debian/compat. The package builds fine (after dropping
automake from rules), however, some important files are missing from the
deb, and I am trying to understand why. The missing files are:
- glerc
- inittex.ini
- init.tex
- manip.hlp
and perhaps a few files from the font directory.
In the build log you can see that the files are installed during make
install from the upstream Makefile into this directory:
/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/gle-graphics/usr/share/gle-graphics/4.2.5
https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=gle-graphics&arch=amd64&ver=4.2.5-8%2Bb1&stamp=1593349513&raw=0
After switching to a newer debhelper, the files do not appear in the deb,
although they are still installed during make install. They do not seem to
appear in the gle directory though (adding ls <dir> in the Makefile shows
this), when I build with a debhelper newer than 9, and I would like to
understand why. Or where this is documented so I can do the change correctly.
I have created an .install file listing the missing files, and now, after
make install is "installing" these files, dh_install is installing them again,
and then the files end up in the deb. Do I _have_ to use install files with
current debhelper, even though files are installed by the upstream Makefile
in the correct location? Most of the files created by this package are
included in the deb, even without an install file, why are just these four
missing?
thanks,
Christian
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