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| author | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2011-09-26 23:02:14 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2011-09-26 23:02:14 -0400 |
| commit | 7a9f2fad6a8fe3d3dbd1a0b095690b2f1d84d186 (patch) | |
| tree | da68ee10f3ec4c1115949d6a0db2f696bee02dd1 | |
| parent | 1299ec87e7de326aadaf8a4e5e0645ddb5bd6f9b (diff) | |
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| -rw-r--r-- | debhelper.pod | 9 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/debhelper.pod b/debhelper.pod index a896bb54..50f0e163 100644 --- a/debhelper.pod +++ b/debhelper.pod @@ -615,13 +615,10 @@ Set to B<1> to enable no-act mode. =item B<DH_OPTIONS> Anything in this variable will be prepended to the command line arguments -of all debhelper commands. Command-specific options will be ignored by -commands that do not support them. +of all debhelper commands. -This is useful in some situations, for example, if you need to pass B<-p> to -all debhelper commands that will be run. One good way to set B<DH_OPTIONS> is -by using "Target-specific Variable Values" in your F<debian/rules> file. See -the make documentation for details on doing this. +When using L<dh(1)>, it can be passed options that will be passed on to each +debhelper command, which is generally better than using DH_OPTIONS. =item B<DH_ALWAYS_EXCLUDE> |