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diff --git a/debhelper.pod b/debhelper.pod index 8b26ca61..83e67830 100644 --- a/debhelper.pod +++ b/debhelper.pod @@ -325,6 +325,15 @@ files into the package, and use dh_link to set up the symlink (or do it by hand), and debhelper should do the right thing: notice it is a dangling symlink and not try to install a copyright file or changelog. +=head2 udebs + +Debhelper includes support for udebs. To create a udeb with debhelper, +add "XC-Package-Type: udeb" to the package's stanza in debian/control, and +build-depend on debhelper (>= 4.2). Debhelper will try to create udebs that +comply with debian-installer policy, by making the generated package files +end in ".udeb", not installing any documentation into a udeb, skipping over +preinst, postrm, prerm, and config scripts, etc. + =head2 Other notes In general, if any debhelper program needs a directory to exist under |