[debhelper-devel] Bug#885745: dh_installdocs: install PKG-doc.docs list in PKG (not PKG-doc)

[Niels Thykier]

Control: tags -1 wontfix

On Fri, 29 Dec 2017 20:30:51 +0400 Jerome Benoit <calculus at rezozer.net>
wrote:
> Package: debhelper
> Version: 11~bpo9+1
> Severity: important
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> 	while upgrading normaliz-3.5.0+ds-2 to debhelp 11 , I realized that
> 	the files listed in normaliz-doc.docs were installed in
> 	/usr/share/doc/normaliz but not in /usr/share/doc/normaliz-doc as it
> 	had been with debhelp 10. (Note that I will downgrade to debhelp 10).
> 
> hth,
> Jerome
> 
> 
> [...]
Hi,

That is indeed the case.  However, it is documented in the change for
compat 11 and "by design" to comply with Debian Policy §12.3 (since
version 3.9.7).

You can overrule this by using --doc-main-package if you believe that
your case is not subject to Policy §12.3.


Thanks,
~Niels