Support files with spaces in exclude mode. Closes: #459426

[debhelper.git] / dh_installexamples

diff --git a/dh_installexamples b/dh_installexamples
index dcd37ad5a08315084b241f0493274767c50530fb..0f3651cfa85c68dd5277164219ffbd89c038ce9a 100755 (executable)
--- a/dh_installexamples
+++ b/dh_installexamples
@@ -87,10 +87,9 @@ foreach my $package (@{$dh{DOPACKAGES}}) {
                        next if excludefile($example);
                        if (-d $example && $exclude) {
                                my ($dir_basename) = basename($example);
-                               # Pity there's no cp --exclude ..
                                my $pwd=`pwd`;
                                chomp $pwd;
-                               complex_doit("cd $example/.. && find $dir_basename -type f$exclude -exec cp --parents -dp {} $pwd/$tmp/usr/share/doc/$package/examples \\;");
+                               complex_doit("cd '$example/..' && find '$dir_basename' -type f$exclude -exec cp --parents -dp {} $pwd/$tmp/usr/share/doc/$package/examples \\;");
                        }
                        else {
                                doit("cp", "-a", $example, "$tmp/usr/share/doc/$package/examples");