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| author | joey <joey> | 1999-08-17 04:41:40 +0000 |
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| committer | joey <joey> | 1999-08-17 04:41:40 +0000 |
| commit | e742573dc1696f78dacb1cf36827e9a04f6f3514 (patch) | |
| tree | 0ecf4d789fedaa852608125eaa54f379e0e99e04 /dh_installdocs.1 | |
| parent | 2dc6b1e7754c88976aadefb20a4d387e8cf8b4ce (diff) | |
| download | debhelper-e742573dc1696f78dacb1cf36827e9a04f6f3514.tar.gz | |
r44: Initial Import
Diffstat (limited to 'dh_installdocs.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | dh_installdocs.1 | 20 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions
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 |