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Diffstat (limited to 'dh_auto_install')
| -rwxr-xr-x | dh_auto_install | 37 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/dh_auto_install b/dh_auto_install index db2c6e90..5c772245 100755 --- a/dh_auto_install +++ b/dh_auto_install @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ =head1 NAME -dh_auto_install - automatically runs make install or similar +dh_auto_install - install built files into the temporary directory under debian/ =cut @@ -13,14 +13,15 @@ use Cwd; =head1 SYNOPSIS -B<dh_auto_install> [S<I<debhelper options>>] [S<B<--> I<params>>] +B<dh_auto_install> [S<I<debhelper options>>] [S<I<dh_auto options>>] [S<B<--> I<params>>] =head1 DESCRIPTION -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. +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/. The files are installed into debian/<package>/ if there is only one binary package. In the multiple binary package case, the files are instead @@ -28,13 +29,10 @@ 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)>. -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. +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. -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. +#DH_AUTO SHARED OPTIONS# =head1 OPTIONS @@ -47,6 +45,11 @@ 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(); @@ -65,12 +68,16 @@ buildsystems_do("install", $destdir); =head1 SEE ALSO +L<dh_auto(7)> + L<debhelper(7)> -This program is a part of debhelper. +This program is a part of debhelper and its dh_auto package source building +suite. -=head1 AUTHOR +=head1 AUTHORS -Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> + Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> + Modestas Vainius <modestas@vainius.eu> =cut |