Actually it *does* seem to expand wildcards, relative to debian/tmp/. See adolc 2.3.0-1 (just uploaded) scripts debian/libadolc*.install which do not expand their wildcards.
$ cd adolc $ cat debian/libadolc2.install #! /bin/sh cat <<EOF usr/lib/${DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH}/lib*.so.* EOF $ env DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH=x86_64-linux-gnu debian/libadolc2.install usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lib*.so.* $ env DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH=x86_64-linux-gnu dh_install It would seem like a shame to prevent access to this functionality, so maybe the current (contrary-to-documentation) behaviour is best. --Barak. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org