Hi Max, When using two columns for a line in a debian/*.install file, you actually pick from the source tree - not from the installed files! The first column specify which files in the source tree to pick, the second column specify where it will be installed. See https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/dother.en.html#install

Should we be worried that it might break some time in future? Should we move those headers away from noinst_* section?

So this should always work - as long as the files are not moved to another place in the source tree.. No need to worry. Cheers Ruben 2017-03-14 14:20 GMT+01:00 Max <msuraev@sysmocom.de>:

Hi.

There's strange thing about the way autoconf and debian/rules interact for OpenBSC: - in openbsc/include/openbsc/Makefile.am gsm_data_shared.h and common_cs.h are in noinst_HEADERS - in debian/openbsc-dev.install they are marked for installation

And this actually works! If you run "dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us -tc" you'll get openbsc-dev*.deb with those headers properly installed.

It's nice but feels a bit too much like magic. Any ideas how dh_install (or smth else?) manages to work around it? Should we be worried that it might break some time in future? Should we move those headers away from noinst_* section?

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