Bug#990829: dh_missing: check doc installations (other dh_install*)
Control: tags -1 moreinfo Drew Parsons: > Package: debhelper > Version: 13.3.4 > Severity: normal > > dh_missing reports an error if files in debian/tmp have not been > installed. But it seems to only check installation by dh_install. > > If doc files in debian/tmp are installed using dh_installdocs (e.g. by > setting debian/package.docs), then dh_missing marks these doc files as > "not-installed". > > It would make sense for dh_missing to check files installed via the > other debhelper install tools, not only dh_install (any of the > dh_install* tools I guess). > > [...] > Hi, dh_missing already does this but requires support from the other dh-tools (see #972724 for details). The dh_installdocs tool _does_ its part in registering the files it installs. Given you are reporting this bug, I assume you got into a situation where it does not work for you. But the bug report does not not provide context of your concrete situation, so I can only wonder what has gone wrong. My best guess is that the package has the "wrong" file name in the .docs file. A common example is to use "src/.../doc-file" rather than "usr/share/.../doc-file", which can make dh_missing report an "false issue" if doc-file ends up being compressed by dh_compress. However, I hope you will follow up with additional details - including a concrete debian directory (link to web browable git is fine) as well as a build log. Without this, the bug is not actionable for me. Thanks, ~Niels
Bug#990829: dh_missing: check doc installations (other dh_install*)
Package: debhelper Version: 13.3.4 Severity: normal dh_missing reports an error if files in debian/tmp have not been installed. But it seems to only check installation by dh_install. If doc files in debian/tmp are installed using dh_installdocs (e.g. by setting debian/package.docs), then dh_missing marks these doc files as "not-installed". It would make sense for dh_missing to check files installed via the other debhelper install tools, not only dh_install (any of the dh_install* tools I guess). -- System Information: Debian Release: 11.0 APT prefers testing-security APT policy: (500, 'testing-security'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-8-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads) Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_AU:en Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages debhelper depends on: ii autotools-dev20180224.1+nmu1 ii dh-autoreconf20 ii dh-strip-nondeterminism 1.12.0-1 ii dpkg 1.20.9 ii dpkg-dev 1.20.9 ii dwz 0.14-1 ii file 1:5.39-3 ii libdebhelper-perl13.3.4 ii libdpkg-perl 1.20.9 ii man-db 2.9.4-2 ii perl 5.32.1-4 ii po-debconf 1.0.21+nmu1 debhelper recommends no packages. Versions of packages debhelper suggests: ii dh-make 2.202003 -- no debconf information
