On Thu, 2013-10-24 at 13:11 -0400, Scott Howard wrote: > On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 2:42 AM, Andreas Tille <[email protected]> wrote: > > d/*.install: > > The files are starting by a line "#!/usr/bin/dh-exec" I admit > > I have never seen this before even if I suspect this might be > > somewhere in the docs which you have definitely read in a way more > > recent version than me. The line does not harm but to the best of > > my knowledge you can safely remove it. > > I just wanted to point out that line extends dh_install. From the manpage: > > "The purpose of the program is to extend dh_install(1)'s functionality, > by allowing to specify a destination filename. >
Which I probably don't need since I am not renaming anything. Thanks for the clarification. > This can be accomplished by a special syntax: the " => " mark between a > source and a destination means that the source file should be installed > with the specified destination name." > Lintian is supposed to pick up on if you are using it superfluously > http://lintian.debian.org/tags/dh-exec-script-without-dh-exec-features.html > > The package seemed to build fine with or without this line. I am not aware of lintian throwing me a warning about this though. I will double-check by curiosity. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
