Re: debhelper and multiple README files

2001-02-24 Thread Joey Hess
Manfred Wassmann wrote: > > Well, um, partly so that if dh_installdocs does not do what you want, > > you can work around it and still be assured of proper permissions once > > you run dh_fixperms? > > But if it was done in the first place dh_fixperms was not required. In > other words, it would b

Re: debhelper and multiple README files

2001-02-24 Thread Joey Hess
Manfred Wassmann wrote: > > Well, um, partly so that if dh_installdocs does not do what you want, > > you can work around it and still be assured of proper permissions once > > you run dh_fixperms? > > But if it was done in the first place dh_fixperms was not required. In > other words, it would

Re: debhelper and multiple README files

2001-02-23 Thread Manfred Wassmann
On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Joey Hess wrote: > Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 09:31:52 -0800 > From: Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Manfred Wassmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: debian-mentors@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: debhelper and multiple README files > > Manfred

Re: debhelper and multiple README files

2001-02-23 Thread Manfred Wassmann
On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Joey Hess wrote: > Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 09:31:52 -0800 > From: Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Manfred Wassmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: debhelper and multiple README files > > Manfred Wassmann wrote

Re: debhelper and multiple README files

2001-02-22 Thread Joey Hess
Manfred Wassmann wrote: > Well, I'm not that familiar with debhelper yet. I mistakenly assumed that > dh_installdocs would set the permissions of the installed files. > If it just copies that's nuts. > BTW I think it would be more suggestive if a command that installs doc > files would set the per

Re: debhelper and multiple README files

2001-02-22 Thread Manfred Wassmann
On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, Joey Hess wrote: > Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 17:00:28 -0800 > From: Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Manfred Wassmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: debian-mentors@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: debhelper and multiple README files > >

Re: debhelper and multiple README files

2001-02-22 Thread Joey Hess
Manfred Wassmann wrote: > Well, I'm not that familiar with debhelper yet. I mistakenly assumed that > dh_installdocs would set the permissions of the installed files. > If it just copies that's nuts. > BTW I think it would be more suggestive if a command that installs doc > files would set the pe

Re: debhelper and multiple README files

2001-02-22 Thread Manfred Wassmann
On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, Joey Hess wrote: > Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 17:00:28 -0800 > From: Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Manfred Wassmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: debhelper and multiple README files > > Manfred Wassmann wr

Re: debhelper and multiple README files

2001-02-21 Thread Manfred Wassmann
On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, Joey Hess wrote: Manfred Wassmann wrote: > > Here is my suggestion (as I am currently in the NM-queue any comments are > > greatly appreciated): > > > > In debian/rules create a temporary doc (it should not be in the source > > already) and copy the files into that director

Re: debhelper and multiple README files

2001-02-21 Thread Manfred Wassmann
On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Joey Hess wrote: > Jochen Voss wrote: > > I have a question about debhelper: > > I try to pack a package which has multiple README files, > > scattered over several sub-directories. > > README > > foo/README > > bar/README > > My plan is to install them in the doc direc

Re: debhelper and multiple README files

2001-02-21 Thread Joey Hess
Manfred Wassmann wrote: > Does dh_installdocs know about this? I couldn't find anything like that in > the docs. That's where dh_installdocs puts it. If the tool doesn't do everything you need (and it'd be pretty hard to make debhelper handle this edge case any better), there's nothing wrong with

Re: debhelper and multiple README files

2001-02-21 Thread Joey Hess
Manfred Wassmann wrote: > Does dh_installdocs know about this? I couldn't find anything like that in > the docs. That's where dh_installdocs puts it. If the tool doesn't do everything you need (and it'd be pretty hard to make debhelper handle this edge case any better), there's nothing wrong with

Re: debhelper and multiple README files

2001-02-21 Thread Manfred Wassmann
On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, Joey Hess wrote: Manfred Wassmann wrote: > > Here is my suggestion (as I am currently in the NM-queue any comments are > > greatly appreciated): > > > > In debian/rules create a temporary doc (it should not be in the source > > already) and copy the files into that directory

Re: debhelper and multiple README files

2001-02-21 Thread Joey Hess
Manfred Wassmann wrote: > Here is my suggestion (as I am currently in the NM-queue any comments are > greatly appreciated): > > In debian/rules create a temporary doc (it should not be in the source > already) and copy the files into that directory. Then you can install the > directory with debhel

Re: debhelper and multiple README files

2001-02-21 Thread Manfred Wassmann
On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Joey Hess wrote: > Jochen Voss wrote: > > I have a question about debhelper: > > I try to pack a package which has multiple README files, > > scattered over several sub-directories. > > README > > foo/README > > bar/README > > My plan is to install them in the doc direct

Re: debhelper and multiple README files

2001-02-21 Thread Joey Hess
Manfred Wassmann wrote: > Here is my suggestion (as I am currently in the NM-queue any comments are > greatly appreciated): > > In debian/rules create a temporary doc (it should not be in the source > already) and copy the files into that directory. Then you can install the > directory with debhe

Re: debhelper and multiple README files

2001-02-20 Thread Joey Hess
Jochen Voss wrote: > I have a question about debhelper: > I try to pack a package which has multiple README files, > scattered over several sub-directories. > README > foo/README > bar/README > My plan is to install them in the doc directory as > doc/README > doc/README.foo > doc/README

Re: debhelper and multiple README files

2001-02-20 Thread Joey Hess
Jochen Voss wrote: > I have a question about debhelper: > I try to pack a package which has multiple README files, > scattered over several sub-directories. > README > foo/README > bar/README > My plan is to install them in the doc directory as > doc/README > doc/README.foo > doc/READM

debhelper and multiple README files

2001-02-20 Thread Jochen Voss
Hi, I have a question about debhelper: I try to pack a package which has multiple README files, scattered over several sub-directories. README foo/README bar/README My plan is to install them in the doc directory as doc/README doc/README.foo doc/README.bar Is there a way to do this wit

debhelper and multiple README files

2001-02-20 Thread Jochen Voss
Hi, I have a question about debhelper: I try to pack a package which has multiple README files, scattered over several sub-directories. README foo/README bar/README My plan is to install them in the doc directory as doc/README doc/README.foo doc/README.bar Is there a way to do this wi