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| -rwxr-xr-x | dh_builddeb | 3 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | dh_gencontrol | 13 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/dh_builddeb b/dh_builddeb index 3eb0811f..3be83dfe 100755 --- a/dh_builddeb +++ b/dh_builddeb @@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ B<dh_builddeb> [S<I<debhelper options>>] [B<--destdir=>I<directory>] [B<--filena =head1 DESCRIPTION B<dh_builddeb> simply calls L<dpkg-deb(1)> to build a Debian package or -packages. +packages. It will also build packages for ddebs when L<dh_strip(1)> +and L<dh_gencontrol(1)> have prepared them. It supports building multiple binary packages in parallel, when enabled by DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS. diff --git a/dh_gencontrol b/dh_gencontrol index 702f5473..01e897f2 100755 --- a/dh_gencontrol +++ b/dh_gencontrol @@ -19,9 +19,16 @@ B<dh_gencontrol> is a debhelper program that is responsible for generating control files, and installing them into the I<DEBIAN> directory with the proper permissions. -This program is merely a wrapper around L<dpkg-gencontrol(1)>, which calls -it once for each package being acted on, and passes in some additional -useful flags. +This program is merely a wrapper around L<dpkg-gencontrol(1)>, which +calls it once for each package being acted on (plus related ddebs), +and passes in some additional useful flags. + +B<Note> that if you use B<dh_gencontrol>, you must also use +L<dh_builddeb(1)> to build the packages. Otherwise, your build may +fail to build as B<dh_gencontrol> (via L<dpkg-gencontrol(1)>) declares +which packages are built. As debhelper automatically generates ddebs, +it some times adds additional packages, which will be built by L<dh_builddeb(1)>. + =head1 OPTIONS |