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-rw-r--r-- | debian/changelog | 1 | ||||
-rwxr-xr-x | dh_prep | 10 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 38923d55..25bbb61a 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ debhelper (7.4.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low [ Joey Hess ] * Add FILES sections to man pages. Closes: #545041 + * dh_prep(1): Clarify when it should be called. Closes: #544969 -- Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:01:43 -0700 @@ -16,10 +16,12 @@ B<dh_prep> [S<I<debhelper options>>] [B<-X>I<item>] =head1 DESCRIPTION dh_prep is a debhelper program that performs some file cleanups in -preparation for building a package. (This is what dh_clean -k used to do.) -It removes the package build directories, debian/tmp, and some temp files -that are generated during the build. Putting this at the start of the build -process makes the build process idempotent. +preparation for building a binary package. (This is what dh_clean -k +used to do.) It removes the package build directories, debian/tmp, +and some temp files that are generated when building a binary package. + +It is typically run at the top of the binary-arch and binary-indep targets, +or at the top of a target such as install that they depend on. =head1 OPTIONS |