autoscript: Support hashref for substitution

Signed-off-by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/doc/PROGRAMMING b/doc/PROGRAMMING
index 1115d998..5befe565 100644
--- a/doc/PROGRAMMING
+++ b/doc/PROGRAMMING
@@ -239,16 +239,18 @@ isnative($package)
 	is a native debian package.
 	As a side effect, $dh{VERSION} is set to the version number of the
 	package.
-autoscript($package, $scriptname, $snippetname, $sedcommands || $sub)
+autoscript($package, $scriptname, $snippetname, $substparam)
 	Pass parameters:
 	 - binary package to be affected
 	 - script to add to
 	 - filename of snippet
-	 - (optional) EITHER sed commands to run on the snippet. Ie,
-	   s/#PACKAGE#/$PACKAGE/ Note: Passed to the shell inside double
-           quotes.
-	   OR a perl sub to invoke with $_ set to each line of the snippet in
-           turn.
+	 - (optional) A substitution parameter, which is one of 3 times:
+	   * sed commands to run on the snippet. E.g. s/#PACKAGE#/$PACKAGE/
+	     Note: Passed to the shell inside double quotes.
+	   * a perl sub to invoke with $_ set to each line of the snippet
+	     in turn.
+	   * a hashref, where each key will substitute "#${key}#" with the
+	     value that $key points to.  [debhelper (>= 10.7)]
 	This command automatically adds shell script snippets to a debian
 	maintainer script (like the postinst or prerm).
 	Note that in v6 mode and up, the snippets are added in reverse