On Tue, 7 Jul 2009 02:18:34 +0300 George Danchev <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Mon, 6 Jul 2009 21:02:47 +0300 > > > > George Danchev <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Everything looks fine, except that `move-all-then-remove-some' > > > installation method [1] (which could be hazardous sometimes) could be > > > avoided by using dh_install(1) next time. > > > > > > [1] $(MAKE) DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/roxterm install > > > cp -f $(CURDIR)/debian/roxterm.xpm > > > $(CURDIR)/debian/roxterm/usr/share/pixmaps/ > > > $(RM) $(CURDIR)/debian/roxterm/usr/share/doc/roxterm/COPYING > > > $(RM) $(CURDIR)/debian/roxterm/usr/share/doc/roxterm/AUTHORS > > > $(RM) $(CURDIR)/debian/roxterm/usr/share/doc/roxterm/README > > > > Do you mean change DESTDIR to $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp then run dh_install > > with --exclude (can you use more than one --exclude per invocation?) > > and/or a roxterm.install file? > > --exclude means it won't even move the file into package directory, not that > it > will remove it after moving it there. > > Generally, if you have a too noisy `make install', you can completely skip > it, > and use dh_install instead which reads the contents of: > > debian/<binary_package>.install > > which in your case might look something like (reading from memory, so please > adjust;-): > > usr/bin/* > usr/share/man/man1/* > > Yes, multiple -X are allowed (dh_install -XITEM1 -XITEM2) Do you mean I should expand the *s and list all the files rather than include the *s literally? Otherwise how would it know what to install in /usr/bin if it hadn't run make install? There are also the glade, desktop, svg and locale files to be installed in various subdirectories of /usr/share. -- TH * http://www.realh.co.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
