make debian paackage with a makedeb script instead. install stuff to the right directories

Makefile.am

@@ -363,7 +363,6 @@ dist_rc_DATA = \
 	data/menu.xml
 
 edit = $(SED) \
-	-e 's!@time\@!$(shell date "+%a, %d %B %Y %T %z")!' \
 	-e 's!@version\@!$(VERSION)!' \
 	-e 's!@bindir\@!$(bindir)!'
 
@@ -456,10 +455,4 @@ distclean-local:
 		done \
 	done
 
-deb:	Makefile
-	$(edit) $(srcdir)/debian/changelog.in >$(srcdir)/debian/changelog
-	fakeroot debian/rules binary
-
-#	dpkg-buildpackage -b -rfakeroot -f openbox-$(VERSION).tar.gz
-
-.PHONY: doc deb
+.PHONY: doc

debian/rules

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ endif
 config.status: configure
 	dh_testdir
 	# Add here commands to configure the package.
-	./configure --host=$(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE) --build=$(DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE) --prefix=/usr --mandir=\$${prefix}/share/man --infodir=\$${prefix}/share/info CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-z,defs"
+	./configure --host=$(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE) --build=$(DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE) --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --mandir=\$${prefix}/share/man --infodir=\$${prefix}/share/info CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-z,defs"
 
 
 build: build-stamp

makedeb

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/sh -x
+
+# get the version from configure.ac
+VERSION=$(grep AC_INIT\(\\\[openbox\\] configure.ac|cut -d [ -f 3-|cut -d ] -f 1)
+
+TIME="$(date '+%a, %d %B %Y %T %z')"
+
+IN=debian/changelog.in
+OUT=debian/changelog
+
+# make sure configure gets run with the right parameters
+make distclean || rm -f config.status
+
+rm -f $OUT
+
+sed -e "s!@time@!$TIME!" -e "s!@version@!$VERSION!" $IN >$OUT && \
+fakeroot debian/rules binary