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authorjoey <joey>1999-10-01 20:24:16 +0000
committerjoey <joey>1999-10-01 20:24:16 +0000
commit21c8f1231d3605308af089d97ad1f367285e5bb1 (patch)
tree124d2789dcf0fd88a9ca0a651585ebd4f7a4fcb3 /dh_installinfo.1
parent49f593eb4832f2d3c3101fba5a4d4c99e37d86a3 (diff)
r289: * Added note to man pages of commands that use autoscript to note they are
not idempotent.
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@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ for a list of environment variables that affect all debhelper commands.
.BR debhelper (1)
.TP
.BR install-info (8)
+.SH NOTES
+Note that this command is not idempotent. "dh_clean -k" should be called
+between invocations of this command. Otherwise, it may cause multiple
+instances of the same text to be added to maintainer scripts.
.SH BUGS
It's impossible to specify filenames with spaces or other whitespace in them
in debian/info file. This is more a historical design flaw than a bug.