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authorJoey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2012-03-22 17:37:54 -0400
committerJoey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2012-03-22 17:37:54 -0400
commitbf8aa790612fdce15a68b62356d1c06f2c190e0a (patch)
tree6afdc3ff9e43ded6b33d0a5a392ad733968aeecd /doc
parent928b13014c9e0cf3ed8352f87e4a83caba0547f3 (diff)
Revert avoid expanding shell metacharacters in sed call in autoscript(). It breaks dh_usrlocal and must be considered part of its interface. Added to interface documentation. Closes: #665263
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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/PROGRAMMING b/doc/PROGRAMMING
index b6d3d16e..bcf1c13c 100644
--- a/doc/PROGRAMMING
+++ b/doc/PROGRAMMING
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ autoscript($package, $scriptname, $snippetname, $sedcommands)
- script to add to
- filename of snippet
- sed commands to run on the snippet. Ie, s/#PACKAGE#/$PACKAGE/
- (optional)
+ (optional) Note: Passed to the shell inside double quotes.
This command automatically adds shell script snippets to a debian
maintainer script (like the postinst or prerm).
Note that in v6 mode and up, the snippets are added in reverse