Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> > >> I'd propose that: >> > >> /usr/share/doc/pkg be the real directory and >> > >> /usr/share/doc/pkg-byte be a symlink to it. > > $ ls -l /usr/share/doc/spamoracle* > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2002-12-22 12:59 > /usr/share/doc/spamoracle-byte -> spamoracle > > /usr/share/doc/spamoracle: > total 16 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 374 2002-12-22 12:57 > changelog.Debian.gz > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 489 2002-10-20 11:38 copyright > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5163 2002-08-26 14:33 README.gz > > And this did the trick : > > $ cat debian/rules > ... > dh_installdocs -i > mv $(CURDIR)/debian/spamoracle-byte/usr/share/doc/spamoracle-byte \ > $(CURDIR)/debian/spamoracle-byte/usr/share/doc/spamoracle > ln -sf spamoracle > $(CURDIR)/debian/spamoracle-byte/usr/share/doc/spamoracle-byte > dh_installexamples -i > ... > > In truth, you should maybe do this later on, since at least > dh_installexamples will also put things in the /usr/share/doc directory. Yes. However, you cannot change spamoracle-byte that way because dpkg won't let you replace /usr/share/doc/spamoracle-byte by a symlink. You need trick (I know of) to make it possible. > Sounds good, no ? I will add it to the next ocaml_packaging_policy, > unless someone objects. > > Could you fill a bug against debhelper for an option to do this directly > from dh_installdocs ? Could we wait first for everyone to agree about this? Cheers, -- Jérôme Marant http://marant.org
