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-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" variables (parsed from the changelog). It would be really nice if the config files could use variable substitution, so the links file would look like: /usr/share/java/$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION).jar /usr/share/java/$(PACKAGE).jar Would anyone else find it useful to be able to use variable substitution in the debhelper config files? I know the Debian mantra: "A feature request with an attached patch is more likely to be implemented". But I don't know Perl so I'm a bit stuck! Joey - what do you think? Thanks, Paul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
