W dniu 09.03.2014 16:55, Оlе Ѕtrеісhеr pisze:
> Osamu Aoki <osamu_aoki_h...@nifty.com> writes:
>> On Sat, Mar 08, 2014 at 08:47:41PM +0100, Оlе Ѕtrеісhеr wrote:
>>> Bartosz Feński <bart...@fenski.pl> writes:
>>>>> I am packaging some older software (eso-midas, [1]) that installs
>>>>> everything into a common directory (f.e. /usr/lib/eso-midas/). However,
>>>>> the FHS requires that this should be split between /usr/share/ and
>>>>> /usr/lib/<arch>/. In the majority of cases, this could be done
>>>>> automatically by recognizing the type with the "file" command: object
>>>>> files, libs etc. go to /usr/lib/<arch>/eso-midas/, all text and data
>>>>> files to /usr/share/eso-midas (with a link to
>>>>> /usr/lib/<arch>/eso-midas).
>> Is this some old package with autotools?  Then... this may be fixed by
>> reconfiguring build script, do so.
> No; that would be easy. The program is really old and installs all
> libraries and binaries within the source tree, with the option to remove
> the unneeded sources afterwards.
>
> It has simply no way to specify a data dir and/or a lib dir. The basic
> install instruction is:
>
> 1. unpack the sources to the place you want to have the package
> 2. point the environment variable (MIDASHOME) to that dir
> 3. start compilation
> 4. (optional) remove unneeded sources
Come on... it's oneliner in any shell to move those files to correct
locations.
I don't think we need special dh_helper to handle one exemption.

regards
fEnIo


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