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authorjoey <joey>2000-08-21 02:04:06 +0000
committerjoey <joey>2000-08-21 02:04:06 +0000
commite3534180b30e6f5e546078105bedfd5341664118 (patch)
tree60a635600b9df4b5854e3745f0d3e73c9fb98f51 /dh_installdebconf.1
parenta4664178e1e455907c0ae2c9caf089ee6b8d0cc2 (diff)
r367: * debian/package.filename.arch is now checked for first, before
debian/package.filename. Closes: #69453 * Added a section to debhelper(1) about files in debian/ used by debhelper, which documents this. Removed scattered references to debian/filename from all over the man pages.
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diff --git a/dh_installdebconf.1 b/dh_installdebconf.1
index b423679c..18ccf57b 100644
--- a/dh_installdebconf.1
+++ b/dh_installdebconf.1
@@ -8,17 +8,14 @@ dh_installdebconf \- install debconf files into package build directories
dh_installdebconf is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing
files used by the debconf package into package build directories.
.P
-It also automatically generates the postrm commands needed to
-interface with debconf. See
+It also automatically generates the postrm commands needed to
+interface with debconf. See
.BR dh_installdeb (1)
for an explanation of how this works.
.P
Files named debian/package.config and debian/package.templates are installed
into the DEBIAN directory in the package build directory.
.P
-For the first first binary package listed in the control file, you may use
-debian/config and debian/templates instead.
-.P
Note that if you use debconf, your package probably needs to depend on it.
.SH "LOCALIZED TEMPLATE FILES"
Debconf also supports localized template files, and this program has some
@@ -27,14 +24,14 @@ translations in separate files, and merge them only at build time. See
.BR debconf-mergetemplate (1)
for details.
.P
-This program will automatically call
+This program will automatically call
.BR debconf-mergetemplate (1)
and merge templates on the fly if it finds your template files are accompnied
by translated files that have the same name as the template file, with a
dot and two letters prepended.
.P
For example, if you have a German translation,
-debian/templates.de is merged with debian/templates.
+debian/package.templates.de is merged with debian/package.templates.
.P
If you use this feature, your package should build-depend on debconf-utils.
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