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| author | Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net> | 2022-10-08 15:56:39 +0000 |
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| committer | Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net> | 2022-10-08 15:56:39 +0000 |
| commit | d733559ad93681d87367fa5872962f2e2f17aeb1 (patch) | |
| tree | 8b8e928738e1276aee34ee81c8676d883b116ddc | |
| parent | 05a56612735ab5b68742347b052100eb0fe544a6 (diff) | |
dh_installexamples: Explicit recommend `examples/*` over `examples`
Closes: #1000384
Signed-off-by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
| -rw-r--r-- | debian/changelog | 4 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | dh_installexamples | 4 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 4c5b0e05..cbb69b58 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ debhelper (13.10) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium installed. Third-party tools should use the `--on-behalf-of-cmd` to have their tool name recorded. (Closes: #972724) + * dh_installexamples: Explicitly recommend `examples/*` over + `examples` as content for the `debian/<pkg>.examples` file + to avoid the triggering `.../examples/examples` case. + (Closes: #1000384) [ Translations ] * Update Portuguese translation (Américo Monteiro) diff --git a/dh_installexamples b/dh_installexamples index f0c0b4fb..ce970ac8 100755 --- a/dh_installexamples +++ b/dh_installexamples @@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ directory (or wherever you've told it to look using B<--sourcedir>). Lists example files or directories to be installed. +If upstream provides an F<examples> directory, you will often want to use B<examples/*> rather +than B<examples> in this file. The latter would create +F<< /usr/share/doc/I<package>/examples/examples >>, which is rarely what you want. + Supports substitution variables in compat 13 and later as documented in L<debhelper(7)>. |