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| -rwxr-xr-x | dh_installdirs | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/dh_installdirs b/dh_installdirs index 6797458f..dc4999e5 100755 --- a/dh_installdirs +++ b/dh_installdirs @@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ B<dh_installdirs> [S<I<debhelper options>>] [B<-A>] [S<I<dir> ...>] B<dh_installdirs> is a debhelper program that is responsible for creating subdirectories in package build directories. +Many packages can get away with omitting the call to B<dh_installdirs> +completely. Notably, other B<dh_*> commands are expected to create +directories as needed. + =head1 FILES =over 4 @@ -27,6 +31,10 @@ subdirectories in package build directories. Lists directories to be created in I<package>. +Generally, there is not need to list directories created by the +upstream build system or directories needed by other B<debhelper> +commands. + =back =head1 OPTIONS |