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Asheesh Laroia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 20 Mar 2007, Ben Finney wrote: > > Writing a bunch of 'cp' or 'install' commands in the > > 'debian/rules' file seems like drudgery and is certainly prone to > > error. What tools are there to assist Debian packagers in making > > this task more automated? > > Well, "make install" typically puts them somewhere I'm thinking specifically of packages that don't have such a concept already; especially for interpreted languages, many packages have instructions along the lines of "put the files where you need them", and they don't generally have a Makefile to do that. > Does that help some? You should check out > http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ if you haven't yet. I have, but I should probably read it some more. Thanks. -- \ "What if the Hokey Pokey IS what it's all about?" -- Anonymous | `\ | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
