Hello Javi and Julien.
You could do this instead, which I think it's cleaner:
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -83,11 +83,9 @@ install-archindep:
-name '*.so' ! -type d -delete , \
-type d -empty -delete
-override_dh_python2:
+override_dh_python2-arch:
dh_python2
- if test -d debian/mercurial; then \
- find debian/mercurial/usr/share -type d -empty -delete ; \
- fi
+ find debian/mercurial/usr/share -type d -empty -delete
override_dh_auto_clean: mercurial/__version__.py
cp -a mercurial/__version__.py mercurial/__version__.py.save
