Control: tags -1 moreinfo Drew Parsons: > Package: debhelper > Version: 13.3.4 > Severity: normal > > dh_missing reports an error if files in debian/tmp have not been > installed. But it seems to only check installation by dh_install. > > If doc files in debian/tmp are installed using dh_installdocs (e.g. by > setting debian/package.docs), then dh_missing marks these doc files as > "not-installed". > > It would make sense for dh_missing to check files installed via the > other debhelper install tools, not only dh_install (any of the > dh_install* tools I guess). > > [...] >
Hi, dh_missing already does this but requires support from the other dh-tools (see #972724 for details). The dh_installdocs tool _does_ its part in registering the files it installs. Given you are reporting this bug, I assume you got into a situation where it does not work for you. But the bug report does not not provide context of your concrete situation, so I can only wonder what has gone wrong. My best guess is that the package has the "wrong" file name in the .docs file. A common example is to use "src/.../doc-file" rather than "usr/share/.../doc-file", which can make dh_missing report an "false issue" if doc-file ends up being compressed by dh_compress. However, I hope you will follow up with additional details - including a concrete debian directory (link to web browable git is fine) as well as a build log. Without this, the bug is not actionable for me. Thanks, ~Niels
