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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_installdirs.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.
Diffstat (limited to 'dh_installdirs.1')
-rw-r--r--dh_installdirs.17
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/dh_installdirs.1 b/dh_installdirs.1
index 29e39059..c2ce94cf 100644
--- a/dh_installdirs.1
+++ b/dh_installdirs.1
@@ -10,11 +10,10 @@ subdirectories in package build directories.
.P
Any directory names specified as parameters will be created in the package
build directory of the first package dh_installdirs is told to act on. By
-default, this is the first binary package in debian/control, but if you use
+default, this is the first binary package in debian/control, but if you use
-p, -i, or -a flags, it will be the first package specified by those flags.
.P
-A file named debian/package.dirs (debian/dirs may be used for the first
-binary package in debian/control) can list other directories to be created.
+A file named debian/package.dirs can list other directories to be created.
Separate the directory names with whitespace.
.P
Be sure to only use directory names relative to the package build
@@ -41,6 +40,6 @@ for a list of environment variables that affect all debhelper commands.
.BR debhelper (1)
.SH BUGS
It's impossible to specify filenames with spaces or other whitespace in them
-in debian/dirs file. This is more a historical design flaw than a bug.
+in debian/package.dirs file. This is more a historical design flaw than a bug.
.SH AUTHOR
Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>