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| author | Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net> | 2015-05-20 21:25:50 +0200 |
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| committer | Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net> | 2015-05-20 21:25:50 +0200 |
| commit | 22c2213f5985b42dfd4d6af2b4b93d0fbcd6b977 (patch) | |
| tree | 327e2f90a8fa4155394acaee2cadebf910494255 /doc/PROGRAMMING | |
| parent | 4f3d84e3b2c1b7a56c411c4951252dea2fa5d426 (diff) | |
| download | debhelper-22c2213f5985b42dfd4d6af2b4b93d0fbcd6b977.tar.gz | |
PROGRAMMING: Document the use of debian/.debhelper
Signed-off-by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
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diff --git a/doc/PROGRAMMING b/doc/PROGRAMMING index bca2312a..760b730f 100644 --- a/doc/PROGRAMMING +++ b/doc/PROGRAMMING @@ -43,9 +43,10 @@ The autoscript() function (see below) is one easy way to do this. dh_installdeb is an exception, it will run after the other commands and merge these modifications into the actual postinst scripts. -In general, files named debian/*.debhelper are internal to debhelper, and -their existence or use should not be relied on by external programs such as -the build process of a package. These files will be deleted by dh_clean. +In general, files named debian/*.debhelper and all content in +debian/.debhelper are internal to debhelper, and their existence or +use should not be relied on by external programs such as the build +process of a package. These files will be deleted by dh_clean. Debhelper programs should default to doing exactly what policy says to do. |