Package: debhelper
Version: 5.0.63
Severity: important
Tags: patch
dh_installexamples cannot handle directories with spaces in their names if
an exclude has been set. The code that handles the exclusion does not have
appropriate quotes.
A patch is attached to resolve the problem.
Regards, Richard.
-- System Information:
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Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.23-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
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Versions of packages debhelper depends on:
ii binutils 2.18.1~cvs20080103-1 The GNU assembler, linker and bina
ii coreutils 5.97-5.6 The GNU core utilities
ii dpkg-dev 1.14.14 package building tools for Debian
ii file 4.21-4 Determines file type using "magic"
ii html2text 1.3.2a-3 An advanced HTML to text converter
ii perl 5.8.8-12 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii po-debconf 1.0.11 manage translated Debconf template
debhelper recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
--- /usr/bin/dh_installexamples.orig 2007-10-22 20:09:00.000000000 +0100
+++ /usr/bin/dh_installexamples 2008-01-06 13:43:33.000000000 +0000
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
# Pity there's no cp --exclude ..
my $pwd=`pwd`;
chomp $pwd;
- complex_doit("cd $example/.. && find
$dir_basename -type f$exclude -exec cp --parents -dp {}
$pwd/$tmp/usr/share/doc/$package/examples \\;");
+ complex_doit("cd \"$example/..\" && find
\"$dir_basename\" -type f$exclude -exec cp --parents -dp {}
$pwd/$tmp/usr/share/doc/$package/examples \\;");
}
else {
doit("cp", "-a", $example,
"$tmp/usr/share/doc/$package/examples");
