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Diffstat (limited to 'dh_auto_clean')
| -rwxr-xr-x | dh_auto_clean | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/dh_auto_clean b/dh_auto_clean index 8603b111..e736c9a7 100755 --- a/dh_auto_clean +++ b/dh_auto_clean @@ -15,28 +15,28 @@ B<dh_auto_clean> [S<I<build system options>>] [S<I<debhelper options>>] [S<B<--> =head1 DESCRIPTION -dh_auto_clean is a debhelper program that tries to automatically clean up +B<dh_auto_clean> is a debhelper program that tries to automatically clean up after a package build. It does so by running the appropriate command for the build system it detects the package uses. For example, if there's a -Makefile and it contains a "distclean", "realclean", or "clean" target, -then this is done by running make (or MAKE, if the environment variable is -set). If there is a setup.py or Build.PL, it is run to clean the package. +F<Makefile> and it contains a B<distclean>, B<realclean>, or B<clean> target, +then this is done by running B<make> (or B<MAKE>, if the environment variable is +set). If there is a F<setup.py> or F<Build.PL>, it is run to clean the package. This is intended to work for about 90% of packages. If it doesn't work, or tries to use the wrong clean target, you're encouraged to skip using -dh_auto_clean at all, and just run make clean manually. +B<dh_auto_clean> at all, and just run B<make clean> manually. =head1 OPTIONS -See L<debhelper(7)/BUILD SYSTEM OPTIONS> for a list of common build +See L<debhelper(7)/B<BUILD SYSTEM OPTIONS>> for a list of common build system selection and control options. =over 4 =item B<--> I<params> -Pass "params" to the program that is run. These can be used to supplement -or override the any standard parameters that dh_auto_clean passes. +Pass I<params> to the program that is run. These can be used to supplement +or override the any standard parameters that B<dh_auto_clean> passes. =back |