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| author | Joey Hess <joey@gnu.kitenet.net> | 2009-09-08 17:58:18 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joey@gnu.kitenet.net> | 2009-09-08 17:58:18 -0400 |
| commit | 1c5a972e96705d4157117bf9e854ddf06c340adc (patch) | |
| tree | 4feef06168e0a2b90861ad1913454a0dad93e29a /debhelper.pod | |
| parent | 7e3a133029e9cbb6fb133c7074ad1bb53a5947e9 (diff) | |
dh_installdocs: Add --link-doc option that can be used to link documentation directories. This is easier to use and more flexible than the old method of running dh_link first to make a broken symlink. Closes: #545676 Thanks, Colin Watson
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diff --git a/debhelper.pod b/debhelper.pod index a903620c..de390572 100644 --- a/debhelper.pod +++ b/debhelper.pod @@ -471,17 +471,6 @@ none is specified. =back -=head2 Doc directory symlinks - -Sometimes it is useful to make a package not contain a /usr/share/doc/package -directory at all, instead placing just a dangling symlink in the binary -package, that points to some other doc directory. Policy says this is ok if -your package depends on the package whose doc directory it uses. To -accomplish this, just don't tell debhelper to install any documentation -files into the package, and use dh_link to set up the symlink (or do it by -hand), and debhelper should do the right thing: notice it is a dangling -symlink and not try to install a copyright file or changelog. - =head2 udebs Debhelper includes support for udebs. To create a udeb with debhelper, |