doc/PROGRAMMING: Document install_{dir,file,prog,lib}

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

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/doc/PROGRAMMING b/doc/PROGRAMMING
index e16975f0..bca2312a 100644
--- a/doc/PROGRAMMING
+++ b/doc/PROGRAMMING
@@ -283,6 +283,21 @@ install_dh_config_file($src, $dest[, $mode])
 	compat is 9 (or later) and $src is executable, $src will be
 	executed instead and its output will be used to generate the
 	$dest file.
+install_dir($dir)
+	Create the directory denoted by the path $dir and all parent
+	entries as well (as needed).
+install_file($src, $dest)
+	Installs $src into $dest with mode 0644.  The parent dir of
+	$dest must exist (can be created with install_dir).
+	This is intended for installing regular non-executable files.
+install_prog($src, $dest)
+	Installs $src into $dest with mode 0755.  The parent dir of
+	$dest must exist (can be created with install_dir).
+	This is intended for installing scripts or binaries.
+install_lib($src, $dest)
+	Installs a library at the path $src into $dest.  The parent
+	dir of $dest must exist (can be created with install_dir).
+	This is intended for installing libraries.
 
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