Re: Install /usr/bin/something from upstream source to /usr/bin/something on hdd?

[Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@wrar.name>]

On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 12:23:38PM +0000, Patrick Schleizer wrote:
> I am upstream as well as would like to become a debian maintainer some
> day. Still learning packaging.
> 
> Due to the luxury of being upstream as well, the upstream source package
> can be formatted in any way I wish. [In this case it is a simple package
> with shell scripts only.]
> 
> Personally I find it useful to have a folder layout like this:
> upstream_source_folder/usr/bin/some_script
> upstream_source_folder/usr/bin/another_script
> upstream_source_folder/etc/some_config
> upstream_source_folder/etc/init.d/some_init
> 
> Those should get installed to /usr/bin/some_script etc.
> 
> Is it possible to simplify packaging? I mean, is it possible to automate
> this without using a package.install file? In other words, is it
> possible to tell debhelper, "use the
> upstream_source_folder/usr/bin/some_script and install it to
> /usr/bin/some_script"?
The proper way is to write upstream build scripts so that `make install`
(and `make install DESTDIR=foo`) would work properly.

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WBR, wRAR