debianizing directories?

in the source directory - a bit of Googling suggested that might be a problem. I'm at a loss here. I need a way to automatically distribute a directory full of files to these boxen in the field. Is dpkg/apt not the way to do it?Kit Peters

specific question about non-compiled files

OK. Here's a specific situation that I'm having trouble with. I'm trying to work with the instructions in the New Maintainer's Guide, but they're not helping.There is a PHP library that I maintain at work. It was internally developed, and it's called MSS_Library. In that library are a number of

Packaging non-compiled files

with an empty 'all' target and having an 'install' target that installs the various files in the application to their proper locations. This works, for the most part, but I'm wondering if there's a better way to do it. Kit Peters