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Diffstat (limited to 'dh_installdeb')
| -rwxr-xr-x | dh_installdeb | 14 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/dh_installdeb b/dh_installdeb index 25ed4e82..d662b68c 100755 --- a/dh_installdeb +++ b/dh_installdeb @@ -56,13 +56,13 @@ earlier. In compat 10, please use L<dh_makeshlibs(1)>. =item I<package>.conffiles -Historically, this file was needed to manually mark files files as -conffiles. However, it has become de facto obsolete since debhelper -automatically computed which files should be marked as conffiles. +This file will be installed into the F<DEBIAN> directory. The +provided file will be enriched by debhelper to include all the +B<conffiles> auto-detected by debhelper (the maintainer should +not list there as debhelper assumes it should handle that part). -In compatibility level up and including 11, this control file will be -installed into the F<DEBIAN> directory. In compatibility level 12 and -later, the file is silently ignored. +This file is primarily useful for using "special" entries such as +the B<< remove-on-upgrade >> feature from dpkg. =item I<package>.maintscript @@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ foreach my $package (@{$dh{DOPACKAGES}}) { # Install non-executable files my @non_exec_files; # Removed in compat 12. - push(@non_exec_files, 'conffiles') if compat(11); + push(@non_exec_files, 'conffiles'); # In compat 10, we let dh_makeshlibs handle "shlibs". push(@non_exec_files, 'shlibs') if compat(9); foreach my $file (@non_exec_files) { |