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author | Joey Hess <joey@gnu.kitenet.net> | 2009-06-28 15:01:04 -0400 |
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committer | Joey Hess <joey@gnu.kitenet.net> | 2009-06-28 15:01:04 -0400 |
commit | e0ed03ff224ee3a8053094f02bcd02d4dd3fa358 (patch) | |
tree | 985fc37dc455372b3857a6d302860bcbf4b5bbdb /dh_auto_build | |
parent | 55a176113de2b1923c62774779bb9e069d88021d (diff) | |
download | debhelper-e0ed03ff224ee3a8053094f02bcd02d4dd3fa358.tar.gz |
Revert "Update dh_auto documentation."
I'm reverting the documentation addition to try doing it
myself, more simply and less verbosely.
This reverts commit 962a2e10c930e3504ea1c0327be2fdf70d53023e.
Conflicts:
dh_auto.pod
Diffstat (limited to 'dh_auto_build')
-rwxr-xr-x | dh_auto_build | 34 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/dh_auto_build b/dh_auto_build index d16694cf..56b9b5f0 100755 --- a/dh_auto_build +++ b/dh_auto_build @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ =head1 NAME -dh_auto_build - build package sources +dh_auto_build - automatically builds a package =cut @@ -11,21 +11,18 @@ use Debian::Debhelper::Dh_Buildsystems; =head1 SYNOPSIS -B<dh_auto_build> [S<I<debhelper options>>] [S<I<dh_auto options>>] [S<B<--> I<params>>] +B<dh_auto_build> [S<I<debhelper options>>] [S<B<--> I<params>>] =head1 DESCRIPTION -dh_auto_build is a debhelper program that is responsible for the I<build> step -of the L<dh_auto(7)> building process. Typically, this is the point when -package sources are compiled into binaries or otherwise transformed into ready -to use format. Files produced throughout this step are put to the build -directory. +dh_auto_build is a debhelper program that tries to automatically +build a package. If a Makefile is found, this is done by running make (or +MAKE, if the environment variable is set). +If there's a setup.py, or Build.PL, it is run to build the package. -You can pass additional parameters via I<params>. However, if dh_auto_build -does not meet your needs or does not work, it is safe to skip/override it -entirely and build the package with custom commands. - -#DH_AUTO SHARED OPTIONS# +This is intended to work for about 90% of packages. If it doesn't work, +you're encouraged to skip using dh_auto_build at all, and just run the +build process manually. =head1 OPTIONS @@ -38,11 +35,6 @@ or override any standard parameters that dh_auto_build passes. =back -=head1 SUPPORTED BUILD SYSTEMS - -#SUPPORTED BUILD SYSTEMS INTRO# -#SUPPORTED BUILD SYSTEMS LIST# - =cut buildsystems_init(); @@ -50,16 +42,12 @@ buildsystems_do(); =head1 SEE ALSO -L<dh_auto(7)> - L<debhelper(7)> -This program is a part of debhelper and its dh_auto package source building -suite. +This program is a part of debhelper. =head1 AUTHOR - Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> - Modestas Vainius <modestas@vainius.eu> +Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> =cut |