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Diffstat (limited to 'dh_auto_install')
| -rwxr-xr-x | dh_auto_install | 37 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/dh_auto_install b/dh_auto_install index 5c772245..db2c6e90 100755 --- a/dh_auto_install +++ b/dh_auto_install @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ =head1 NAME -dh_auto_install - install built files into the temporary directory under debian/ +dh_auto_install - automatically runs make install or similar =cut @@ -13,15 +13,14 @@ use Cwd; =head1 SYNOPSIS -B<dh_auto_install> [S<I<debhelper options>>] [S<I<dh_auto options>>] [S<B<--> I<params>>] +B<dh_auto_install> [S<I<debhelper options>>] [S<B<--> I<params>>] =head1 DESCRIPTION -dh_auto_install is a debhelper program that is responsible for the I<install> -step of the L<dh_auto(7)> building process. dh_auto_install tries to run -original package installation routine to install built files into the proper -places of the file system hierarchy recreated under the (temporary) directory -in debian/. +dh_auto_install is a debhelper program that tries to automatically install +built files. If there's a Makefile and it contains a "install" 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 used. The files are installed into debian/<package>/ if there is only one binary package. In the multiple binary package case, the files are instead @@ -29,10 +28,13 @@ installed into debian/tmp/, and should be moved from there to the appropriate package build directory using L<dh_install(1)> or L<dh_movefiles(1)>. -If dh_auto_install does not meet your needs or does not work, it is safe to -skip/override it entirely and just run C<make install> or the like manually. +DESTDIR is used to tell make where to install the files. +If the Makefile was generated by MakeMaker from a Makefile.PL, it will +automatically set PREFIX=/usr too, since such Makefiles need that. -#DH_AUTO SHARED OPTIONS# +This is intended to work for about 90% of packages. If it doesn't work, or +tries to use the wrong install target, you're encouraged to skip using +dh_auto_install at all, and just run make install manually. =head1 OPTIONS @@ -45,11 +47,6 @@ or override the any standard parameters that dh_auto_install passes. =back -=head1 SUPPORTED BUILD SYSTEMS - -#SUPPORTED BUILD SYSTEMS INTRO# -#SUPPORTED BUILD SYSTEMS LIST# - =cut buildsystems_init(); @@ -68,16 +65,12 @@ buildsystems_do("install", $destdir); =head1 SEE ALSO -L<dh_auto(7)> - L<debhelper(7)> -This program is a part of debhelper and its dh_auto package source building -suite. +This program is a part of debhelper. -=head1 AUTHORS +=head1 AUTHOR - Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> - Modestas Vainius <modestas@vainius.eu> +Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> =cut |