Hi, Adriaan Peeters wrote:
sysinfodocdir = ${prefix}/doc/sysinfo
sysinfodoc_DATA = \
README\
COPYING\
AUTHORS\
ChangeLog\
INSTALL\
NEWS
EXTRA_DIST = \
$(sysinfodoc_DATA)\
How should I advise upstream to fix this (and remove the files from /usr/doc/sysinfo)?
Upstream should just be aware that noone has ever heard of $(prefix)/doc being used for anything, especially not the INSTALL file. :-)
For the package, I think it is best if you just remove the entire block and install README and NEWS by hand or via dh_installdocs and ChangeLog via dh_installchangelogs. COPYING, AUTHORS and INSTALL are not interesting, the former because debian/copyright already summarizes them, the latter because the package is already installed.
Simon Simon
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