On 02/09/14 08:34, Michael Stapelberg wrote: > Did you try whether it actually works already?
Yes I did, and no it doesn't. > In dh_compress and dh_fixperms I see -X is documented but I don’t see > special code to support it. Library code in Debian::Debhelper parses -X options and $DH_ALWAYS_EXCLUDE and puts them in $dh{EXCLUDE}, then converts them into find(1) syntax and puts that in $dh{EXCLUDE_FIND}, but it's up to individual dh_* utilities to make use of one or the other of those. In dh_compress: if (@files && defined($dh{EXCLUDE}) && $dh{EXCLUDE}) { my @new=(); foreach (@files) { my $ok=1; foreach my $x (@{$dh{EXCLUDE}}) { if (/\Q$x\E/) { $ok=''; last; } } push @new,$_ if $ok; } @files=@new; } and in dh_fixperms: my $find_options=''; if (defined($dh{EXCLUDE_FIND}) && $dh{EXCLUDE_FIND} ne '') { $find_options="! \\( $dh{EXCLUDE_FIND} \\)"; } Regards, S -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org