06-01-2005
I seem recall similar weird thing a long time ago.... Carefully check the script code file. In my past experience, it was caused by invisible/unprintable characters in script file. Or end of line is incorrect. vi does not help much. od/xd is the tool.
Good luck,
Tom
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NAME
dh_installmenu - install Debian menu files into package build directories
SYNOPSIS
dh_installmenu [debhelperoptions] [-n]
DESCRIPTION
dh_installmenu is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing files used by the Debian menu package into package build
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SEE ALSO
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