[debhelper-devel] Bug#783165: debhelper: dh_installdocs --link-doc does not install copyright if doc directory is already present

[Ferenc Wágner]

Package: debhelper
Version: 9.20120909
Severity: normal

Hi,

man dh_installdocs says:

  --link-doc=package
      [...] This has no effect when [...] the documentation directory to
      be created already exists when dh_installdocs is run. [...]

Based on this I expected dh_installdocs to install (eg.) debian/copyright
into an already existing documentation directory.  This does not seem to
happen, I had to add debian/copyright to debian/package.docs.  Is the bug
in debhelper or in my interpretation of the manual?
-- 
Thanks,
Feri.