[debhelper-devel] Bug#372310: dh_install: Please provide a new way to install files only when available

[Niels Thykier]

On Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:23:26 +0100 Josselin Mouette <joss at debian.org> wrote:
> reopen 372310
> found 372310 8.9.12
> thanks
> 
> Le mercredi 07 décembre 2011 à 19:34 +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System a
> écrit : 
> > #372310: dh_install: Please provide a new way to install files only when available
> 
> > > * Debhelper config files may be made executable programs that output the
> > >      desired configuration. No further changes are planned to the config file
> > >      format; those needing powerful syntaxes may now use a programming language
> > >      of their choice. (Be careful aiming that at your feet.)
> > >      Closes: #235302, #372310, #235302, #614731,
> > >      Closes: #438601, #477625, #632860, #642129
> 
> This change doesn'€™t bring anything useful regarding this bug report. The
> request was for something making things *easier*, not making them more
> complicated than what can already be done within debian/rules.
> 
> -- 
>  .''`.      Josselin Mouette
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>   `-

Hi Joss,

At this point, dh-exec now provides architecture based filters.  Is this
sufficient for you or did you envision something different?

~Niels