On 11/3/20 8:50 AM, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > I am trying to use the following dh_link command: > > $ cat d/rules > [...] > dh_link -p$(pkg_dev) usr/include/charls usr/include/CharLS > > Which gives: > > $ dpkg -c ../libcharls-dev_2.1.0+dfsg-5_amd64.deb > [...] > lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2020-10-29 17:58 ./usr/include/CharLS -> charls > > It seems that the above *only* works (give expected results of > directory symlink) when there is no existing /usr/include/CharLS > directory. > > What is the right black magic to get a nice upgrade path for > libcharls-dev 2.0 (which provides a /usr/include/CharLS directory), to > libcharls-dev 2.1 which provides a /usr/include/CharLS symlink to > /usr/include/charls.
dpkg-maintscript-helper dir_to_symlink may do what you want, see: https://manpages.debian.org/unstable/dpkg/dpkg-maintscript-helper.1.en.html#Switching_a_directory_to_symlink Kind Regards, Bas -- GPG Key ID: 4096R/6750F10AE88D4AF1 Fingerprint: 8182 DE41 7056 408D 6146 50D1 6750 F10A E88D 4AF1
