[debhelper-devel] Bug#868998: debhelper: dh_installman doesn't support paths with space characters

[Sven Joachim]

On 2017-07-20 11:47 +0800, 林博仁 wrote:

> Package: debhelper
> Version: 10.6.4
> Severity: normal
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
>    * What led up to the situation?
>
> I am practicing maint-guide chapter 5 and implemented a manpage after the
> template
>
>    * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
>      ineffective)?
> I placed the manpage at "Manual Pages" directory under the source root
> directory and added the following line(s) to debian/<package>.manpages:
>
> * Manual Pages/<command>.1
>
>    * What was the outcome of this action?
>
> dh_installman complains of missing "Manual" file:
>
> ```
> dh_installman
> "Manual: No such file or directory at /usr/bin/dh_installman line 131.
> debian/rules:19: recipe for target 'binary' failed
> make: *** [binary] Error 2
> ```
>
>    * What outcome did you expect instead?
>
> manpage correctly installed either in the following forms in
> debian/<package>.manpages:
>
> * Manual Pages/<command>.1
> * Manual\ Pages/<command>.1
> * "Manual Pages/<command>.1"

I don't think any of these have ever worked in dh_installman (or other
dh_* utilities, for that matter).  What _should_ work is the following:

dh_installman 'Manual Pages/<command>.1'

However, in debhelper 10.6.4 this is currently broken because of bug
#868649, for which I have just sent a patch.

Cheers,
       Sven