On Fri, 01 Jun 2012 23:37:16 +0200, Ole Wolf wrote: > > PACKAGE = $(shell dh_listpackages) > > TMP = $(CURDIR)/debian/$(PACKAGE) > > Using this method, you can substitute $(PACKAGE) for the package name, > > which may make your rules file a little prettier... > Thanks! It turns out I wasn't entirely off then, because in my original > rules file I used $(CURDIR) and a hard-coded package name.
:)
> The $(shell dh_listpackages) adds some additional generality, but I was
> actually thinking that there might be some further generalization
> options that might even eliminate the directory structure. That is,
> although man pages currently go to /usr/share/man/man?/.+[0-8](.gz)?,
> somehow I thought some "MANDIR" or similar variable would be more
> appropriate. Still, I'm glad to learn it's Debian kosher to hard-code
> the paths.
That's fine, yes.
If you'd like to avoid the paths in debian/rules, you could also do
something like:
1) create the manpage in d/rules and save it under debian/:
override_dh_auto_build:
dh_auto_build
/script/to/create/manpage > $(CURDIR)/debian/manpage.1
2) let dh_installman install it:
echo debian/manpage.1 > debian/package.manpages
3) make sure the generated manpage gets removed during clean:
echo debian/manpage.1 > debian/clean
More complicated than just writing it into the temporary
$(CURDIR)/debian/$(PACKAGE)/... path during build, but also works and
makes debian/rules shorter.
Cheers,
gregor, who prefers the first option
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