Am 27.10.2015 um 11:53 schrieb Gianfranco Costamagna: > Hi, > > (let me say, based on your answers I have difficulties in understanding how > possibly > your first package can be so good :) )
Hmm, I'm not really sure what you mean with that, but alright. > well, first there is a dh_auto_install step, where everything is moved to > debian/tmp > (via DESTDIR), and then a dh_install where packages are split Ok, that explains why the man page said I could install directly into debian/package if I only build one binary package. > Let me assume in the future you will like to split the package, that way > I guess you might just tweak the dh_install and nothing more > (but as soon as there is no automatic install by running "make install" > they are both equivalent) > > [...] > > I guess the politically correct way is: > install in dh_auto_install everything into debian/tmp, and add an .install > file > to make sure files are moved into dh_install. > > that way a future package split will be easier > (this is how I would do it, but if you don't want to do I can live happy to) That makes sense, I did that now. Turns out this doesn't add much overhead, since the .install file is just a one-liner using a wildcard (at least as long as there is just one binary package). The new version is now uploaded to mentors. > > cheers, > > G. > -- Tim
