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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_installexamples.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_installexamples.1 b/dh_installexamples.1
index 650fabab..0bbf43a5 100644
--- a/dh_installexamples.1
+++ b/dh_installexamples.1
@@ -8,13 +8,12 @@ dh_installexamples \- install example files into package build directories
dh_installexamples is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing
examples into usr/share/doc/package/examples in package build directories.
.P
-Any file names specified as parameters will be installed into the first
-package dh_installexamples is told to act on. By default, this is the first
+Any file names specified as parameters will be installed into the first
+package dh_installexamples is told to act on. By 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.examples (debian/examples may be used for the
-first binary package in debian/control) can list other files to be installed.
+Files named debian/package.examples can list other files to be installed.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B debhelper options
@@ -41,7 +40,8 @@ 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/examples file. This is more a historical design flaw than a bug.
+in debian/package.examples file. This is more a historical design flaw than a
+bug.
.SH "CONFORMS TO"
Debian policy, version 3.0.1
.SH AUTHOR