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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/PROGRAMMING')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/PROGRAMMING | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/PROGRAMMING b/doc/PROGRAMMING index 8ffd3d88..668455bf 100644 --- a/doc/PROGRAMMING +++ b/doc/PROGRAMMING @@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ print_and_doit([$options, ]@command) complex_doit($command) Pass this function a string that is a shell command, it will run it similarly to how doit() does. You can pass more complicated commands - to this (ie, commands involving piping redirection), however, you + to this (i.e. commands involving piping redirection), however, you have to worry about things like escaping shell metacharacters. verbose_print($message) Pass this command a string, and it will echo it if $dh{VERBOSE} is set. @@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ addsubstvar($package, $substvar, $deppackage, $verinfo, $remove) - binary package that gets the item - name of the substvar to add the item to - the package that will be depended on - - version info for the package (optional) (ie: ">= 1.1") + - version info for the package (optional) (i.e. ">= 1.1") - if this last parameter is passed, the thing that would be added is removed instead. This can be useful to ensure that a debhelper command is idempotent. (However, we generally don't bother, |