Re: Debhelper and variable substitution in *.install files etc.

2007-03-29 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 03:19:21PM +0100, Paul Cager wrote: > I can use debhelper's "package-name.install" and "package-name.links" > config files to set this up, but then I have to remember to amend them > for each new upstream version. > > The rules file already has "PACKAGE" and "VERSION" varia

Re: Debhelper and variable substitution in *.install files etc.

2007-03-29 Thread gregor herrmann
On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:19:21 +0100, Paul Cager wrote: >/usr/share/java/thing.jar -> /usr/share/java/thing-1.2.3.jar > The rules file already has "PACKAGE" and "VERSION" variables (parsed > from the changelog). It would be really nice if the config files could > use variable substitution, so t

Debhelper and variable substitution in *.install files etc.

2007-03-29 Thread Paul Cager
When packaging Java libraries it is necessary to install the "jar" file with an upstream version number e.g. /usr/share/java/thing-1.2.3.jar and have a symbolic link: /usr/share/java/thing.jar -> /usr/share/java/thing-1.2.3.jar I can use debhelper's "package-name.install" and "package-nam