On 08/03/17 21:16, Daniel Reurich wrote:
> On 08/03/17 20:51, Svante Signell wrote:
>> On Wed, 2017-03-08 at 17:38 +1300, Daniel Reurich wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I need a bit of advice with regards to the specific usage of overrides
>>> in debian/rules.
>>>
>>> The situation I have is I want to rename an installed in the debian
>>> package so I can use dpkg alternatives. I know I can do this using a
>>> quilt patch on the original source, but would rather do this in
>>> debian/rules if that is possible.
>>
>> Hi Daniel,
>>
>> Take a look at dh-exec.
>>
> so I use dh-exec to move the file after dh-install runs?
>
> I did look at that a little while back but didn't seem to really fit...
>
hmmm another look at dh-exec's manpage reveals that it is what I
probably need!!

Thanks for the pointer svante!




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