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@@ -56,6 +56,26 @@ EOF system ($temp) / 256 == 0 or die "Problem with debhelper scripts: $!\n"; +Building a package that doesn't have a doc directory: +---------------------------------------------------- + +Policy says that if a package depends on some other package, and they build +from the same source, the package can make its doc directory be a symlink to +the doc directory of the package it depends on. If you want to do this with +debhelper, do the following (assumes the package is foo-doc, which depends +on foo): + +dh_link usr/share/doc/foo usr/share/doc/foo-doc \ + usr/share/doc/foo usr/doc/foo-doc +... +dh_installdocs -N foo-doc +dh_installexamples -N foo-doc +dh_installchangelogs -N foo-doc + +So the dh_link actually sets up the symlinks. Then the three debhelper commands +that normally write into doc directory are told not to act on package +foo-doc. Voila! + Other notes: ----------- |