On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:30:38 -0700 Russ Allbery <[email protected]> wrote:
> Tony Houghton <[email protected]> writes: > > Josue Abarca <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> I use > >> debian/rules: > >> ... > >> # Do not use language-specific extension (policy). > >> mv $(CURDIR)/debian/siege/usr/bin/siege2csv.pl > >> $(CURDIR)/debian/siege/usr/bin/siege2csv > >> ... > > > TBH I had seen $(CURDIR) used like this before, and even used it myself, > > but I wasn't sure whether it was officially supported/approved of etc. > > You can use it but it's sort of pointless. Unless you're embedding cd in > the command, it's equivalent to just debian/siege/usr/bin/siege2csv.pl and > so forth. It's only really useful if you need to make the path absolute > for some reason, normally because you're changing the working directory or > doing something else complicated in the command. OK, but more to the point I was wondering whether it's considered good practice to use a simple cp in install rules like this, or whether it would be better to add a quilt patch to make the upstream Makefile use the names I want in the package. -- TH * http://www.realh.co.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
