=head1 SYNOPSIS
-B<dh_installdocs> [S<I<debhelper options>>] [B<-A>] [B<-n>] [B<-X>I<item>] [S<I<file ...>>]
+B<dh_installdocs> [S<I<debhelper options>>] [B<-A>] [B<-X>I<item>] [S<I<file ...>>]
=head1 DESCRIPTION
dh_installdocs is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing
documentation into usr/share/doc/package in package build directories.
-dh_installdocs automatically installs debian/copyright if it exists. If
-dh_installdocs is acting on multiple packages, debian/copyright files will be
-installed into all packages. However, if you need to have separate copyright
-files for different binary packages, you can use files named
-debian/package.copyright.
-
-Any filenames specified as parameters will be installed into the first
-package dh_installdocs is told to act on. By default, this is the first
-binary package in debian/control, but if you use B<-p>, B<-i>, or B<-a> flags, it
-will be the first package specified by those flags.
-
-Also, debian/README.Debian (or debian/README.debian) and debian/TODO, if
-they exist, will be installed into the first binary package listed in
-debian/control, if dh_installdocs is acting on that package. Note that
-debian/TODO will be installed named TODO.Debian, if the package is not a
-debian native package. Also note that README.debian is installed as
-README.Debian, for consistency. Note that debian/package.README.Debian and
-debian/package.TODO can be used to specify files for subpackages.
-
-Files named debian/package.docs can list other files to be installed.
-
-Files named debian/package.doc-base, will be installed as doc-base control
-files, and will make this program automatically generate the postinst and
-prerm commands needed to interface with the doc-base package. Note that the
-doc-id will be determined from the "Document:" entry in the
-doc-base control file in question.
+=head1 FILES
+
+=over 4
+
+=item debian/I<package>.docs
+
+List documentaton files to be installed into I<package>.
+
+=item debian/copyright
+
+=item debian/README.Debian
+
+=item debian/TODO
+
+=item debian/I<package>.copyright
+
+=item debian/I<package>.README.Debian
+
+=item debian/I<package>.TODO
+
+Each of these files is automatically installed if present. Use the package
+specific name if I<package> needs a different version of the file.
+
+Note that debian/README.debian is also installed as README.Debian,
+and debian/TODO will be installed as TODO.Debian in non-native packages.
+
+=item debian/I<package>.doc-base
+
+Installed as doc-base control files. Note that the doc-id will be
+determined from the "Document:" entry in the doc-base control file in
+question.
+
+=item debian/I<package>.doc-base.*
If your package needs to register more than one document, you need multiple
-files. To accomplish this, you can use files named debian/package.doc-base.*
+doc-base files, and can name them like this.
+
+=back
=head1 OPTIONS
Install all files specified by command line parameters in ALL packages
acted on.
-=item B<-n>, B<--noscripts>
-
-Do not modify postinst/prerm scripts.
-
=item B<-Xitem>, B<--exclude=item>
Exclude files that contain "item" anywhere in their filename from
being installed. Note that this includes doc-base files.
+=item B<--link-doc=>I<package>
+
+Make the documentation directory of all packages acted on be a symlink to
+the documentation directory of I<package>. This has no effect when acting on
+I<package> itself, or if the documentation directory to be created already
+exists when B<dh_installdocs> is run. To comply with policy, I<package> must
+be a binary package that comes from the same source package.
+
+debhelper will try to avoid installing files into linked documentation
+directories that would cause conflicts with the linked package. The B<-A>
+option will have no effect on packages with linked documentation
+directories, and copyright, changelog, README.Debian, and TODO files will
+not be installed.
+
+(An older method to accomplish the same thing, which is still supported,
+is to make the documentation directory of a package be a dangling symlink,
+before calling dh_installdocs.)
+
=item I<file ...>
Install these files as documentation into the first package acted on. (Or
=cut
-init();
+my %docdir_created;
+# Create documentation directories on demand. This allows us to use dangling
+# symlinks for linked documentation directories unless additional files need
+# to be installed.
+sub ensure_docdir {
+ my $package=shift;
+ return if $docdir_created{$package};
+ my $tmp=tmpdir($package);
+
+ my $target;
+ if ($dh{LINK_DOC} && $dh{LINK_DOC} ne $package) {
+ $target="$tmp/usr/share/doc/$dh{LINK_DOC}";
+ }
+ else {
+ $target="$tmp/usr/share/doc/$package";
+ }
+
+ # If this is a symlink, leave it alone.
+ if (! -d $target && ! -l $target) {
+ doit("install","-g",0,"-o",0,"-d",$target);
+ }
+ $docdir_created{$package}=1;
+}
+
+init(options => {
+ "link-doc=s" => \$dh{LINK_DOC},
+});
foreach my $package (@{$dh{DOPACKAGES}}) {
next if is_udeb($package);
my $tmp=tmpdir($package);
my $file=pkgfile($package,"docs");
+ my $link_doc=($dh{LINK_DOC} && $dh{LINK_DOC} ne $package);
- # If this is a symlink, leave it alone.
- if ( ! -d "$tmp/usr/share/doc/$package" &&
- ! -l "$tmp/usr/share/doc/$package") {
- doit("install","-g",0,"-o",0,"-d","$tmp/usr/share/doc/$package");
+ if ($link_doc) {
+ # Make sure that the parent directory exists.
+ if (! -d "$tmp/usr/share/doc" && ! -l "$tmp/usr/share/doc") {
+ doit("install","-g",0,"-o",0,"-d","$tmp/usr/share/doc");
+ }
+ # Create symlink to another documentation directory if
+ # necessary.
+ if (! -d "$tmp/usr/share/doc/$package" &&
+ ! -l "$tmp/usr/share/doc/$package") {
+ doit("ln", "-sf", $dh{LINK_DOC}, "$tmp/usr/share/doc/$package");
+ # Policy says that if you make your documentation
+ # directory a symlink, then you have to depend on
+ # the target.
+ addsubstvar($package, "misc:Depends", $dh{LINK_DOC});
+ }
+ }
+ else {
+ ensure_docdir($package);
}
my @docs;
@docs=filearray($file, ".");
}
- if (($package eq $dh{FIRSTPACKAGE} || $dh{PARAMS_ALL}) && @ARGV) {
+ if (($package eq $dh{FIRSTPACKAGE} || ($dh{PARAMS_ALL} && ! $link_doc)) && @ARGV) {
push @docs, @ARGV;
}
foreach my $doc (@docs) {
next if excludefile($doc);
next if -e $doc && ! -s $doc && ! compat(4); # ignore empty files
+ ensure_docdir($package);
if (-d $doc && length $exclude) {
my $basename = basename($doc);
my $dir = ($basename eq '.') ? $doc : "$doc/..";
if (! $readme_debian) {
$readme_debian=pkgfile($package,'README.debian');
}
- if ($readme_debian && ! excludefile($readme_debian)) {
+ if (! $link_doc && $readme_debian && ! excludefile($readme_debian)) {
+ ensure_docdir($package);
doit("install","-g",0,"-o",0,"-m","644","-p","$readme_debian",
"$tmp/usr/share/doc/$package/README.Debian");
}
my $todo=pkgfile($package,'TODO');
- if ($todo && ! excludefile($todo)) {
+ if (! $link_doc && $todo && ! excludefile($todo)) {
+ ensure_docdir($package);
if (isnative($package)) {
doit("install","-g",0,"-o",0,"-m","644","-p",$todo,
"$tmp/usr/share/doc/$package/TODO");
# If the "directory" is a dangling symlink, then don't install
# the copyright file. This is useful for multibinary packages
# that share a doc directory.
- if (-d "$tmp/usr/share/doc/$package") {
+ if (! $link_doc && (! -l "$tmp/usr/share/doc/$package" || -d "$tmp/usr/share/doc/$package")) {
# Support debian/package.copyright, but if not present, fall
# back on debian/copyright for all packages, not just the
# main binary package.
$copyright="debian/copyright";
}
if ($copyright && ! excludefile($copyright)) {
- doit("install","-g",0,"-o",0,"-m","644","-p",$copyright,
- "$tmp/usr/share/doc/$package/copyright");
+ ensure_docdir($package);
+ doit("install","-g",0,"-o",0,"-m","644","-p",$copyright,
+ "$tmp/usr/share/doc/$package/copyright");
}
}
# Parse the file to get the doc id.
open (IN, "debian/$fn") || die "Cannot read debian/$fn.";
while (<IN>) {
- if (/^Document:\s+([-+.a-z0-9]+)/) {
+ s/\s*$//;
+ if (/^Document\s*:\s*(.*)/) {
$doc_ids{$fn}=$1;
last;
}
foreach my $fn (keys %doc_ids) {
doit("install","-g",0,"-o",0,"-m644","-p","debian/$fn",
"$tmp/usr/share/doc-base/$doc_ids{$fn}");
- if (! $dh{NOSCRIPTS}) {
- autoscript($package,"postinst","postinst-doc-base",
- "s/#DOC-ID#/$doc_ids{$fn}/",
- );
- autoscript($package,"prerm","prerm-doc-base",
- "s/#DOC-ID#/$doc_ids{$fn}/",
- );
- }
}
}