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authorjoey <joey>1999-08-17 04:41:40 +0000
committerjoey <joey>1999-08-17 04:41:40 +0000
commite742573dc1696f78dacb1cf36827e9a04f6f3514 (patch)
tree0ecf4d789fedaa852608125eaa54f379e0e99e04 /dh_installdocs.1
parent2dc6b1e7754c88976aadefb20a4d387e8cf8b4ce (diff)
downloaddebhelper-e742573dc1696f78dacb1cf36827e9a04f6f3514.tar.gz
r44: Initial Import
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diff --git a/dh_installdocs.1 b/dh_installdocs.1
index 9724635e..86195b79 100644
--- a/dh_installdocs.1
+++ b/dh_installdocs.1
@@ -9,14 +9,19 @@ dh_installdocs is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing
documentation into usr/doc/package in package build directories.
.P
dh_installdocs automatically installs debian/copyright if it exists. If
-dh_installdocs is acting on multiple packages, debian/copyright files will be
+dh_installdocs is acting on multiple packages, debian/copyright files will be
installed into all packages.
.P
-Any filenames specified as parameters, as well as debian/README.Debian (or
-debian/README.debian) and debian/TODO, if they exist, will be installed into
-the first binary package listed in debian/control, if dh_installdocs is acting
-on that package. Note that debian/TODO will be installed named TODO.Debian,
-if the package is not a debian native package.
+Any filenames specified as parameters will be installed into the first
+package dh_installdocs 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.
+.P
+Also, debian/README.Debian (or debian/README.debian) and debian/TODO, if
+they exist, will be installed into the first binary package listed in
+debian/control, if dh_installdocs is acting on that package. Note that
+debian/TODO will be installed named TODO.Debian, if the package is not a
+debian native package.
.P
A file named debian/docs (for the first binary package in debian/control),
or debian/package.docs (for each additional package in debian/control) can
@@ -39,8 +44,7 @@ Install files for the package named "package".
Use "tmpdir" for package build directory.
.TP
.B file ...
-Install these files as documentation into the first binary package listed in
-debian/control, if we are acting on that package.
+Install these files as documentation into the first package acted on.
.SH NOTES
The
.B \-a