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Diffstat (limited to 'dh_installchangelogs')
-rwxr-xr-x | dh_installchangelogs | 36 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/dh_installchangelogs b/dh_installchangelogs index 3749d523..27e433c0 100755 --- a/dh_installchangelogs +++ b/dh_installchangelogs @@ -18,18 +18,6 @@ B<dh_installchangelogs> [S<I<debhelper options>>] [B<-k>] [B<-X>I<item>] [I<upst dh_installchangelogs is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing changelogs into package build directories. -dh_installchangelogs determines if the package is a debian native package, -and if so, it installs debian/changelog into usr/share/doc/package/changelog -in the package build directory. Otherwise, it installs debian/changelog -into usr/share/doc/package/changelog.Debian in the package build directory. (If -files named debian/package.changelog exist, they will be used in preference -to debian/changelog.) - -Parallelling the debian changelog handling, this program also takes care of -NEWS.Debian files. If there is a debian/NEWS file, it is installed as -usr/share/doc/package/NEWS.Debian. debian/package.NEWS files can also be -used. - An upstream changelog file may be specified as an option. If none is specified, a few common filenames are tried. (In compatibility level 7 and above.) @@ -41,6 +29,30 @@ installed as usr/share/doc/package/changelog.html instead, and will be converted to plain text with html2text to generate usr/share/doc/package/changelog. +=head1 FILES + +=over 4 + +=item debian/changelog + +=item debian/NEWS + +=item debian/I<package>.changelog + +=item debian/I<package>.NEWS + +Automatically installed into usr/share/doc/I<package>/ +in the package build directory. + +Use the package specific name if I<package> needs a different +NEWS or changelog file. + +The changelog file is installed with a name of changelog +for native packages, and changelog.Debian for non-native packages. +The NEWS file is always installed with a name of NEWS.Debian. + +=back + =head1 OPTIONS =over 4 |