Bug#41729: PROPOSAL] Modify dpkg-buildpackage to handle FHS move

[Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>]

Julian Gilbey wrote:
> The dpkg-buildpackage program (and maybe autobuilders as well?) could
> be modified so that after the .deb is built, before anything is signed
> or similar, something like the following is done (within any necessary
> fakeroot-type environment, of course):

This ignores the issue of partial upgrades. That is the issue, modifying
packages to use the new directories is not going to be a large problem.

This is also rather pointless, as once debhelper is modified to use
/usr/share/ a simple rebuild will make about 70% of the packages in debian
use it. Debheper does it cleanly. Your proposal is a horrid hack. It will
also render md5sums files incorrect BTW.

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