Hello everyone.
I wrote dh_splitpackage, a helper script that unambiguously splits the
files of a binary package into multiple packages based on a
configuration file.
The configuration file may point the primary package (the one that gets
leftover files by default) as well as any number of additional packages
with any number of inclusion and exclusion patterns.
The new script can be called instead of dh_install (assuming all the
files you are interested in are already in debian/tmp/) or afterwards.
The biggest advantage compared to existing tools is clear and
not-that-error-prone classification of files to packages. Any file that
would be classified to more than one package (hitting patterns in both
files) is clearly reported and prevents the package from building
properly. In addition running the script displays each file from
debian/tmp and the package it was classified to.
Using this script could greatly simplify many packages that currently
rely on numerous *.install files and custom dh_install overrides in
debian/rules.
You can find the code at lp:~zkrynicki/+junk/dh_splitpackage (tag:
release-0.1) The source tree also includes debian packaging that makes
use of the new script.
Best regards
Zygmunt Krynicki
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