dh_install: Handle correctly the case where a glob expands to a dangling symlink, installing the dangling link as requested. Closes: #534565

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 941331d1..85cdfe89 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+debhelper (7.2.19) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * dh_install: Handle correctly the case where a glob expands to
+    a dangling symlink, installing the dangling link as requested.
+    Closes: #534565
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:46:22 -0400
+
 debhelper (7.2.18) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * dh_shlibdeps: Ensure DEBIAN directory exists, as dpkg-shlibdeps
diff --git a/dh_install b/dh_install
index c83ec81b..3d9a562d 100755
--- a/dh_install
+++ b/dh_install
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ foreach my $package (@{$dh{DOPACKAGES}}) {
 			my @found = glob "$srcdir/$glob";
 			if (! compat(6)) {
 				# Fall back to looking in debian/tmp.
-				if (! @found || ! -e $found[0]) {
+				if (! @found || ! (-e $found[0] || -l $found[0])) {
 					@found = glob "debian/tmp/$glob";
 				}
 			}