Control: tags -1 moreinfo Xavier Guimard: > Package: debhelper > Version: 12.9 > Severity: wishlist > > Hi, > > I'm maintaining pkg-js-tools which provides a nodejs-module > auto-installer. I'd like to automatically `chmod +x` files declared as > "bin" in package.json. > * I don't want to automatically install them to /usr/bin because: > * `require` command is related to current directory, then nodejs > binaries must be installed in nodejs dirs and linked to /usr/bin > * I don't want to automatically link them all to /usr/bin since this > will change packages during rebuild and can create conflicts (same > binary names) > * I don't want to "remove_command" dh_fixperms since it is not safe > * I don't want to "insert_after" dh_fixperms since it will be launched > even if maintainer sets a "overrides_dh_fixperms' > > For now, maintainers are using "override_dh_fixperms" but I think we can > use more automatisation. Is it possible to write a dh_auto_fixperms > target or giving values using environment variables ? > > Cheers, > Xavier > > NB: sorry for my poor English, tell me if my query is not clear ;-) >
Would it be solved by dh_fixperms leaving the exec bit alone in some directory and rely on pkg-js-tools's auto-installer to set that correctly? If not, is there a trivial way to determine which file should have exec bit and which should not (as a "new" general rule to replace #953638)? Or will this require nodejs knowledge (like parsing an upstream file)? ~Niels
