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author | Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net> | 2020-05-09 19:29:16 +0000 |
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committer | Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net> | 2020-05-09 19:29:16 +0000 |
commit | 91c8f49c31a925295dbd13b0b9571d1b14f3e498 (patch) | |
tree | be7564f42dcd6c1968977b606f237de7601b0e2a /dh_clean | |
parent | a2e694a1408552cb7ec63100ee7dfdc55bdce182 (diff) |
dh_clean.1: Rephrase some documentation
Signed-off-by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'dh_clean')
-rwxr-xr-x | dh_clean | 15 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions
@@ -18,19 +18,18 @@ B<dh_clean> [S<I<debhelper options>>] [B<-k>] [B<-d>] [B<-X>I<item>] [S<I<path> =head1 DESCRIPTION -B<dh_clean> is a debhelper program that is responsible for cleaning up after a -package is built. It removes the package build directories, and removes some -other files including F<debian/files>, and any detritus left behind by other -debhelper commands. It also removes common files that should not appear in a -Debian diff: +B<dh_clean> is a debhelper program that is responsible for cleaning up. It should +be the last step of the B<clean> target and other debhelper commands generally +assume that B<dh_clean> will clean up after them. + +It removes the package build directories, and removes some other files including +F<debian/files>, and any detritus left behind by other debhelper commands. It +also removes common files that should not appear in a Debian diff: #*# *~ DEADJOE *.orig *.rej *.SUMS TAGS .deps/* *.P *-stamp It does not run "make clean" to clean up after the build process. Use L<dh_auto_clean(1)> to do things like that. -B<dh_clean> should be the last debhelper command run in the -B<clean> target in F<debian/rules>. - =head1 FILES =over 4 |