Add deprecation warnings for -u to the documentation, since putting options after -- is much more sane. (However, -u will not go away any time soon.) Closes: #554509

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/dh_gencontrol b/dh_gencontrol
index 726d0855..93f04594 100755
--- a/dh_gencontrol
+++ b/dh_gencontrol
@@ -27,12 +27,15 @@ useful flags.
 
 =over 4
 
-=item B<-u>I<params>, B<--dpkg-gencontrol-params>=I<params>
-
 =item B<--> I<params>
 
 Pass "params" to L<dpkg-gencontrol(1)>.
 
+=item B<-u>I<params>, B<--dpkg-gencontrol-params>=I<params>
+
+This is another way to pass I<params> to L<dpkg-deb(1)>.
+It is deprecated; use B<--> instead.
+
 =back
 
 =cut