From 3c36c2532c3907f0a315d9010654176e8e9fc319 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: joey <joey>
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 01:31:47 +0000
Subject: r532:    * Added --mainpackage= option, of use in some kernel modules
 packages.    * dh_gencontrol only needs to pass -p to dpkg-gencontrol if
 there is more      than one package in debian/control. This makes it a bit
 more flexible in      some cases.

---
 Debian/Debhelper/Dh_Getopt.pm | 2 ++
 Debian/Debhelper/Dh_Lib.pm    | 9 ++++++---
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

(limited to 'Debian')

diff --git a/Debian/Debhelper/Dh_Getopt.pm b/Debian/Debhelper/Dh_Getopt.pm
index 16851a04..37d6f475 100644
--- a/Debian/Debhelper/Dh_Getopt.pm
+++ b/Debian/Debhelper/Dh_Getopt.pm
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ sub parseopts {
 		"autodest" => \$options{AUTODEST},
 
 		"h|help" => \&showhelp,
+
+		"mainpackage=s" => \$options{MAINPACKAGE},
 		
 		"<>" => \&NonOption,
 	);
diff --git a/Debian/Debhelper/Dh_Lib.pm b/Debian/Debhelper/Dh_Lib.pm
index d1c67b53..f22e8171 100644
--- a/Debian/Debhelper/Dh_Lib.pm
+++ b/Debian/Debhelper/Dh_Lib.pm
@@ -72,10 +72,13 @@ sub init {
 		$dh{NO_ACT}=1;
 	}
 
-	# Get the name of the main binary package (first one listed in
-	# debian/control).
 	my @allpackages=GetPackages();
-	$dh{MAINPACKAGE}=$allpackages[0];
+	# Get the name of the main binary package (first one listed in
+	# debian/control). Only if the main package was not set on the
+	# command line.
+	if (! exists $dh{MAINPACKAGE} || ! defined $dh{MAINPACKAGE}) {
+		$dh{MAINPACKAGE}=$allpackages[0];
+	}
 
 	# Check if packages to build have been specified, if not, fall back to
 	# the default, doing them all.
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