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authorJoey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2010-12-05 16:31:06 -0400
committerJoey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2010-12-05 16:31:06 -0400
commitf881e6908448707e8ec69fe1d3e2396996bb993f (patch)
tree039cffc7d7e62723171e59213d2a280a2082e1bf /dh_installdocs
parent412d5d42faab3dfc59d498ff538a9d5788adeac3 (diff)
dh_installdocs: Clarify that debian/README.Debian and debian/TODO are only installed into the first package listed in debian/control. Closes: #606036
Diffstat (limited to 'dh_installdocs')
-rwxr-xr-xdh_installdocs20
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/dh_installdocs b/dh_installdocs
index 581d6353..104b796e 100755
--- a/dh_installdocs
+++ b/dh_installdocs
@@ -28,9 +28,8 @@ List documentation files to be installed into I<package>.
=item F<debian/copyright>
-=item F<debian/README.Debian>
-
-=item F<debian/TODO>
+The copyright file is installed into all packages, unless a more
+specific copyright file is available.
=item debian/I<package>.copyright
@@ -38,11 +37,18 @@ List documentation files to be installed into I<package>.
=item debian/I<package>.TODO
-Each of these files is automatically installed if present. Use the package
-specific name if I<package> needs a different version of the file.
+Each of these files is automatically installed if present for a
+I<package>.
+
+=item F<debian/README.Debian>
+
+=item F<debian/TODO>
+
+These files are installed into the first binary package listed in
+debian/control.
-Note that F<debian/README.debian> is also installed as F<README.Debian>,
-and F<debian/TODO> will be installed as F<TODO.Debian> in non-native packages.
+Note that F<README.debian> files are also installed as F<README.Debian>,
+and F<TODO> files will be installed as F<TODO.Debian> in non-native packages.
=item debian/I<package>.doc-base