Bug#80506: debian-policy: suggest s/INSTALL/&_PROGRAM/ for install -s
Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.2.1.0
Severity: normal
Chapter `Files', section `Binaries', the paragraphs on DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS:
Adding `-s' to the general INSTALL command is bad, since it will give
an error when applied to non-binaries. (INSTALL_DATA is of course by
default formed from ${INSTALL}.) Better is to apply -s to
INSTALL_PROGRAM directly. I.e. replace each occurrence of `INSTALL' in
this section with `INSTALL_PROGRAM'.
pjm.
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