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authorDavid Prévot <david@tilapin.org>2010-10-19 18:54:32 -0400
committerJoey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2010-11-02 22:22:46 -0400
commit0952ac2e9995da8abe149f3e42b3b8d9d2797112 (patch)
tree06af28756b07653e12b9d2e425599080730eb763 /dh_auto_build
parent4e30945a188944232cec97f8aac8902ec9d56530 (diff)
Apply manual pages conventions
As advised in man(1), always use: B<bold text> type exactly as shown. I<italic text> replace with appropriate argument. s/debian/Debian/ if needed. s/ / / also. s/perl/Perl/ s/python/Python/ and s/emacs/Emacs/ too.
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diff --git a/dh_auto_build b/dh_auto_build
index 250c7d93..dccd04a0 100755
--- a/dh_auto_build
+++ b/dh_auto_build
@@ -15,27 +15,27 @@ B<dh_auto_build> [S<I<build system options>>] [S<I<debhelper options>>] [S<B<-->
=head1 DESCRIPTION
-dh_auto_build is a debhelper program that tries to automatically build a
+B<dh_auto_build> is a debhelper program that tries to automatically build a
package. It does so by running the appropriate command for the build system
-it detects the package uses. For example, if a Makefile is found, this is
-done by running make (or MAKE, if the environment variable is set). If
-there's a setup.py, or Build.PL, it is run to build the package.
+it detects the package uses. For example, if a F<Makefile> is found, this is
+done by running B<make> (or B<MAKE>, if the environment variable is set). If
+there's a F<setup.py>, or F<Build.PL>, it is run to build the package.
This is intended to work for about 90% of packages. If it doesn't work,
-you're encouraged to skip using dh_auto_build at all, and just run the
+you're encouraged to skip using B<dh_auto_build> at all, and just run the
build process manually.
=head1 OPTIONS
-See L<debhelper(7)/BUILD SYSTEM OPTIONS> for a list of common build
+See L<debhelper(7)/B<BUILD SYSTEM OPTIONS>> for a list of common build
system selection and control options.
=over 4
=item B<--> I<params>
-Pass "params" to the program that is run. These can be used to supplement
-or override any standard parameters that dh_auto_build passes.
+Pass I<params> to the program that is run. These can be used to supplement
+or override any standard parameters that B<dh_auto_build> passes.
=back