dh_install: Read d/not-installed with --list-missing

Signed-off-by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>

2 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index e78e3be6..b815f360 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ debhelper (9.20150811+unreleased) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * dh_fixperms: Reset permissions to 0644 for .js, .css,
     .jpeg, .jpg, .png, and .gif files.  Thanks to Ernesto
     Hernández-Novich for the suggestion.  (Closes: #595097)
+  * dh_install: Read debian/not-installed if present as a
+    list of files that are deliberately not installed.
+    Files listed here will not cause dh_install to complain
+    with --list-missing.  Thanks to Peter Eisentraut for the
+    suggestion.  (Closes: #436240)
 
   [ Paul Tagliamonte ]
   * dh_gencontrol: Put debug debs back in the "debug" section.
diff --git a/dh_install b/dh_install
index 7f8391e7..9c8d23cb 100755
--- a/dh_install
+++ b/dh_install
@@ -55,6 +55,15 @@ itself, with no explicit destination, then B<dh_install>
 will automatically guess the destination to use, the same as if the
 --autodest option were used.
 
+=item debian/not-installed
+
+List the files that are deliberately not installed in any package.
+This is used with B<--list-missing> (or B<--fail-missing>) as an
+exclude file.
+
+Please keep in mind that dh_install will B<not> expand wildcards in
+this file.
+
 =back
 
 =head1 OPTIONS
@@ -229,6 +238,10 @@ if ($dh{LIST_MISSING} || $dh{FAIL_MISSING}) {
 	}
 	
 	my @missing;
+	if ( -f 'debian/not-installed') {
+		# Pretend that these are also installed.
+		push(@installed, filearray('debian/not-installed'));
+	}
 	my $installed=join("|", map {
 		# Kill any extra slashes, for robustness.
 		y:/:/:s;