Package: debhelper Version: 13.20 Severity: normalHi! I've just tried out compat 14 to start preparing one of my packages to it, but noticed that the dh-sequence-single-binary dependency doesn't work as expected. According to the manpage, if that addon is used, dh_auto_build should install files to debian/singlepackage/, not debian/tmp/, but this is not what I'm observing. Here's a reproducer:[...] If I build the package as-is, the build fails as follows: dh_auto_install -- PREFIX=/usr
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[...]As you can see, the files get installed in debian/tmp even if the addon is present, which then leads to a failure. The same exact package, under compat 13, builds fine.Am I misunderstanding what dh-sequence-single-binary should do? If I add a bare debian/install file then the build completes successfully under compat 14, but fails in compat 13.Bye!
Hi, Thanks for filing this bug report.I think this will end up being ratified as the correct behavior with a documentation change to better support it. What `dh-sequence-single-binary` does is to add `--destdir=debian/${PACKAGE}` to the `dh_auto_install` parameters as the way to implement the default.
The moment you override `dh_auto_install` that extra option is discarded and there is no good way to keep the "implicit" defaults (the override is intended to be a reset; do what is necessary).
Let me think about this a bit more... Best regards, Niels
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