Package: dh-exec
Version: 0.2
Severity: wishlist
I'm having a bit of trouble coming up with reasonable use cases for
dh-exec, so it would be good to have some examples in the man pages,
and maybe in /usr/share/doc/dh-exec/examples/.
To explain what I mean, why would I not just put, say, something like
the following in debian/libfubar1.install
#! /bin/sh
cat <<EOF
usr/lib/${DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH}/lib*.so.*
instead of using dh-exec? The "cat <<EOF" is no more verbose, allows
smooth escape to the full power of the shell when necessary via $(...)
or whatever, does not require the packager to learn any new programs,
and basically seems both simpler and more powerful. So what's the
catch? (I'm sure there's a good reason, but please don't explain in
this bug, or by private email. Put it in the documentation!)
The above wish does not apply to the install "=>" syntax, which is on
its face a good idea ... albeit one that would seem more natural in
debhelper proper.
Cheers,
--Barak.
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Barak A. Pearlmutter
Hamilton Institute & Dept Comp Sci, NUI Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland
http://www.bcl.hamilton.ie/~barak/
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