dh_installexamples is a debhelper program that is responsible for
installing examples into usr/share/doc/package/examples in package
build directories.
Any file names specified as parameters will be installed into the first
package dh_installexamples is told to act on. By default, this is the first
binary package in debian/control, but if you use -p, -i, or -a flags, it
will be the first package specified by those flags.
Files named debian/package.examples can list other files to be installed.
OPTIONS
-A, --all
Install any files specified by command line parameters in ALL packages
acted on.
file ...
Install these files as examples into the first package acted on. (Or into
all packages if -A is specified.)
-Xitem, --exclude=item
Exclude files that contain ``item'' anywhere in their filename from
being installed.
NOTES
Note that dh_installexamples will happily copy entire directory hierarchies
if you ask it to (similar to cp -a). If it is asked to install a
directory, it will install the complete contents of the directory.