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authorDavid Prévot <david@tilapin.org>2010-10-19 18:54:32 -0400
committerJoey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2010-11-02 22:22:46 -0400
commit0952ac2e9995da8abe149f3e42b3b8d9d2797112 (patch)
tree06af28756b07653e12b9d2e425599080730eb763 /dh_installdocs
parent4e30945a188944232cec97f8aac8902ec9d56530 (diff)
Apply manual pages conventions
As advised in man(1), always use: B<bold text> type exactly as shown. I<italic text> replace with appropriate argument. s/debian/Debian/ if needed. s/ / / also. s/perl/Perl/ s/python/Python/ and s/emacs/Emacs/ too.
Diffstat (limited to 'dh_installdocs')
-rwxr-xr-xdh_installdocs34
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/dh_installdocs b/dh_installdocs
index 640848f9..581d6353 100755
--- a/dh_installdocs
+++ b/dh_installdocs
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ use Debian::Debhelper::Dh_Lib;
=head1 SYNOPSIS
-B<dh_installdocs> [S<I<debhelper options>>] [B<-A>] [B<-X>I<item>] [S<I<file ...>>]
+B<dh_installdocs> [S<I<debhelper options>>] [B<-A>] [B<-X>I<item>] [S<I<file> ...>]
=head1 DESCRIPTION
-dh_installdocs is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing
-documentation into usr/share/doc/package in package build directories.
+B<dh_installdocs> is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing
+documentation into F<usr/share/doc/package> in package build directories.
=head1 FILES
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ documentation into usr/share/doc/package in package build directories.
List documentation files to be installed into I<package>.
-=item debian/copyright
+=item F<debian/copyright>
-=item debian/README.Debian
+=item F<debian/README.Debian>
-=item debian/TODO
+=item F<debian/TODO>
=item debian/I<package>.copyright
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@ List documentation files to be installed into I<package>.
Each of these files is automatically installed if present. Use the package
specific name if I<package> needs a different version of the file.
-Note that debian/README.debian is also installed as README.Debian,
-and debian/TODO will be installed as TODO.Debian in non-native packages.
+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.
=item debian/I<package>.doc-base
Installed as doc-base control files. Note that the doc-id will be
-determined from the "Document:" entry in the doc-base control file in
+determined from the B<Document:> entry in the doc-base control file in
question.
=item debian/I<package>.doc-base.*
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ doc-base files, and can name them like this.
Install all files specified by command line parameters in ALL packages
acted on.
-=item B<-Xitem>, B<--exclude=item>
+=item B<-X>I<item>, B<--exclude=>I<item>
-Exclude files that contain "item" anywhere in their filename from
+Exclude files that contain I<item> anywhere in their filename from
being installed. Note that this includes doc-base files.
=item B<--link-doc=>I<package>
@@ -82,14 +82,14 @@ be a binary package that comes from the same source package.
debhelper will try to avoid installing files into linked documentation
directories that would cause conflicts with the linked package. The B<-A>
option will have no effect on packages with linked documentation
-directories, and copyright, changelog, README.Debian, and TODO files will
+directories, and F<copyright>, F<changelog>, F<README.Debian>, and F<TODO> files will
not be installed.
(An older method to accomplish the same thing, which is still supported,
is to make the documentation directory of a package be a dangling symlink,
-before calling dh_installdocs.)
+before calling B<dh_installdocs>.)
-=item I<file ...>
+=item I<file> ...
Install these files as documentation into the first package acted on. (Or
in all packages if B<-A> is specified).
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ in all packages if B<-A> is specified).
=head1 EXAMPLES
-This is an example of a debian/package.docs file:
+This is an example of a F<debian/package.docs> file:
README
TODO
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ This is an example of a debian/package.docs file:
=head1 NOTES
-Note that dh_installdocs will happily copy entire directory hierarchies if
-you ask it to (similar to cp -a). If it is asked to install a
+Note that B<dh_installdocs> will happily copy entire directory hierarchies if
+you ask it to (similar to B<cp -a>). If it is asked to install a
directory, it will install the complete contents of the directory.
Note that this command is not idempotent. L<dh_prep(1)> should be called