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-rw-r--r--Debian/Debhelper/Dh_Buildsystems.pm51
1 files changed, 51 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Debian/Debhelper/Dh_Buildsystems.pm b/Debian/Debhelper/Dh_Buildsystems.pm
index 83017ece..6748a746 100644
--- a/Debian/Debhelper/Dh_Buildsystems.pm
+++ b/Debian/Debhelper/Dh_Buildsystems.pm
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ my $opt_buildsys;
my $opt_sourcedir;
my $opt_builddir;
my $opt_list;
+my $opt_help_buildsys;
sub create_buildsystem_instance {
my $system=shift;
@@ -121,6 +122,8 @@ sub buildsystems_init {
"l" => \$opt_list,
"list" => \$opt_list,
+
+ "help-buildsystem" => \$opt_help_buildsys,
);
$args{options}{$_} = $options{$_} foreach keys(%options);
Debian::Debhelper::Dh_Lib::init(%args);
@@ -151,6 +154,50 @@ sub buildsystems_list {
if ! defined $auto && ! defined $specified;
}
+sub help_buildsystem {
+ my $step=shift;
+
+ # Print build system help page to standard output
+
+ my $inst = load_buildsystem($opt_buildsys, $step);
+ if ($inst) {
+ my $pmfile = ref $inst;
+ $pmfile =~ s#::#/#g;
+ $pmfile = $INC{"$pmfile.pm"};
+
+ # Display help with perldoc if it is installed and output is
+ # a tty
+ my $perldoc;
+ if (-t STDOUT) {
+ eval "use Pod::Perldoc";
+ $perldoc = "Pod::Perldoc" if (!$@);
+ }
+ if ($perldoc) {
+ $perldoc = new Pod::Perldoc();
+ $perldoc->{args} = [ '-oman',
+ '-w', 'section=7" "--name=dh_auto_'.lc($inst->NAME()),
+ '-w', 'center=Dh_auto build system documentation',
+ '-w', 'release=',
+ '-F', $pmfile ];
+ $perldoc->process();
+ }
+ else {
+ # No perldoc on the system. Use Pod::Usage to emit simple text
+ eval "use Pod::Usage";
+ pod2usage( -message => "Help page for the ".$inst->NAME()." build system\n" .
+ '<' . '-'x74 . '>',
+ -input => $pmfile, -exitval => 'NOEXIT',
+ -verbose => 2, -noperldoc => 1 );
+ print '<', '-'x74, '>', "\n";
+ }
+ return 0;
+ }
+ else {
+ print STDERR "No system auto-selected or specified. Try using --buildsystem option\n";
+ return 1;
+ }
+}
+
sub buildsystems_do {
my $step=shift;
@@ -168,6 +215,10 @@ sub buildsystems_do {
exit 0;
}
+ if ($opt_help_buildsys) {
+ exit help_buildsystem($step);
+ }
+
my $buildsystem = load_buildsystem($opt_buildsys, $step);
if (defined $buildsystem) {
$buildsystem->pre_building_step($step);