Merge branch 'master' into buildsystems

[debhelper.git] / dh_install

diff --git a/dh_install b/dh_install
index bd17e3abc48bac100f2f2ec0cefcae3420c4e383..c5647c6b7ba693b28a9edeed17941c2f768e12b8 100755 (executable)
--- a/dh_install
+++ b/dh_install
@@ -42,35 +42,12 @@ directories and files from there into the proper package build directories.
 
 From debhelper compatibility level 7 on, dh_install will fall back to
 looking in debian/tmp for files, if it doesn't find them in the current
-directory (or whereever you've told it to look using --srcdir).
+directory (or whereever you've told it to look using --sourcedir).
 
 =head1 OPTIONS
 
 =over 4
 
-=item B<--autodest>
-
-Guess as the destination directory to install things to. If this is
-specified, you should not list destination directories in
-debian/package.install files or on the command line. Instead, dh_install
-will guess as follows:
-
-Strip off debian/tmp (or the sourcedir if one is given) from the front of
-the filename, if it is present, and install into the dirname of the
-filename. So if the filename is debian/tmp/usr/bin, then that directory
-will be copied to debian/package/usr/. If the filename is
-debian/tmp/etc/passwd, it will be copied to debian/package/etc/.
-
-Note that if you list exactly one filename or wildcard-pattern on a line by
-itself in a
-debian/package.install file, with no explicit destination, then dh_install
-will automatically guess the destination even if this flag is not set.
-
-=item B<--fail-missing>
-
-This option is like --list-missing, except if a file was missed, it will
-not only list the missing files, but also fail with a nonzero exit code. 
-
 =item B<--list-missing>
 
 This option makes dh_install keep track of the files it installs, and then at
@@ -84,22 +61,43 @@ you don't miss installing newly added files in new upstream releases.
 Note that files that are excluded from being moved via the -X option are not
 warned about.
 
-=item B<--sourcedir=dir>
-
-Makes all source files be found under dir. If this is specified, it is
-akin to all the source filenames having "dir/" prepended to them.
+=item B<--fail-missing>
 
-To make dh_install behave like the old dh_movefiles, move your
-package.files file to package.install and call dh_install with
-"--sourcedir=debian/tmp" appended to the command. This will
-approximate dh_movefiles behaviour, except it will copy files instead
-of moving them.
+This option is like --list-missing, except if a file was missed, it will
+not only list the missing files, but also fail with a nonzero exit code. 
 
 =item B<-Xitem>, B<--exclude=item>
 
 Exclude files that contain "item" anywhere in their filename from
 being installed.
 
+=item B<--sourcedir=dir>
+
+Look in the specified directory for files to be installed.
+
+Note that this is not the same as the --sourcedirectory option used
+by the dh_auto_* commands. You rarely need to use this option, since
+dh_install automatically looks for files in debian/tmp in debhelper
+compatibility level 7 and above.
+
+=item B<--autodest>
+
+Guess as the destination directory to install things to. If this is
+specified, you should not list destination directories in
+debian/package.install files or on the command line. Instead, dh_install
+will guess as follows:
+
+Strip off debian/tmp (or the sourcedir if one is given) from the front of
+the filename, if it is present, and install into the dirname of the
+filename. So if the filename is debian/tmp/usr/bin, then that directory
+will be copied to debian/package/usr/. If the filename is
+debian/tmp/etc/passwd, it will be copied to debian/package/etc/.
+
+Note that if you list exactly one filename or wildcard-pattern on a line by
+itself in a
+debian/package.install file, with no explicit destination, then dh_install
+will automatically guess the destination even if this flag is not set.
+
 =item I<file [...] dest>
 
 Lists files (or directories) to install and where to install them to.
@@ -113,12 +111,13 @@ init(options => {
        "autodest" => \$dh{AUTODEST},
        "list-missing" => \$dh{LIST_MISSING},
        "fail-missing" => \$dh{FAIL_MISSING},
+       "sourcedir=s" => \$dh{SOURCEDIR},       
 });
 
 my @installed;
 
 my $srcdir = '.';
-$srcdir = $dh{SOURCEDIR}."/" if defined $dh{SOURCEDIR};
+$srcdir = $dh{SOURCEDIR} if defined $dh{SOURCEDIR};
 
 foreach my $package (@{$dh{DOPACKAGES}}) {
        my $tmp=tmpdir($package);
@@ -152,7 +151,7 @@ foreach my $package (@{$dh{DOPACKAGES}}) {
                        my @found = glob "$srcdir/$glob";
                        if (! compat(6)) {
                                # Fall back to looking in debian/tmp.
-                               if (! @found || ! -e $found[0]) {
+                               if (! @found || ! (-e $found[0] || -l $found[0])) {
                                        @found = glob "debian/tmp/$glob";
                                }
                        }
@@ -171,12 +170,8 @@ foreach my $package (@{$dh{DOPACKAGES}}) {
                        if (! defined $dest) {
                                # Guess at destination directory.
                                $dest=$src;
-                               my $strip=$srcdir;
-                               if ($strip eq '.') {
-                                       $strip = "debian/tmp";
-                               }
-                               $dest=~s/^(.*\/)?\Q$strip\E//;
-                               $dest=dirname($dest);
+                               $dest=~s/^(.*\/)?(\Q$srcdir\E|debian\/tmp)\///;
+                               $dest=dirname("/".$dest);
                                $tmpdest=1;
                        }