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authorjoey <joey>2004-01-13 02:38:03 +0000
committerjoey <joey>2004-01-13 02:38:03 +0000
commit4366a26a9c0c1d41597ee9f5c4b1eebaf2ac8eb3 (patch)
tree99e315022019f668255ea586ccaac11af52aecd1 /doc/PROGRAMMING
parentaaa199cf6663b331be56db1dccb21c784c86344c (diff)
r1635: * Added dh_gconf command from Ross Burton. Closes: #180882
* dh_scrollkeeper: Make postinst fragment test for scrollkeeper-update. Closes: #225337 * Copyright update. * Include full text of the GPL in the source package, because goodness knows, I need another copy of that in subversion..
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@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ checked for config information for the first binary package in
debian/control. Also, debhelper commands should accept the same sort of
information that appears in the config files, on their command lines, if
possible, and apply that information to the first package they act on.
+The config file format should be as simple as possible, generally just a
+list of files to act on.
Debhelper programs should never modify the debian/postinst, debian/prerm,
etc scripts. Instead, they can add lines to debian/postinst.debhelper, etc.
@@ -237,4 +239,3 @@ excludefile($filename)
to be excluded.
-- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
-