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diff --git a/dh_installdebconf.1 b/dh_installdebconf.1 index 176d61aa..b423679c 100644 --- a/dh_installdebconf.1 +++ b/dh_installdebconf.1 @@ -20,6 +20,23 @@ For the first first binary package listed in the control file, you may use debian/config and debian/templates instead. .P Note that if you use debconf, your package probably needs to depend on it. +.SH "LOCALIZED TEMPLATE FILES" +Debconf also supports localized template files, and this program has some +support to aid working with them. You may find it easiest to keep the +translations in separate files, and merge them only at build time. See +.BR debconf-mergetemplate (1) +for details. +.P +This program will automatically call +.BR debconf-mergetemplate (1) +and merge templates on the fly if it finds your template files are accompnied +by translated files that have the same name as the template file, with a +dot and two letters prepended. +.P +For example, if you have a German translation, +debian/templates.de is merged with debian/templates. +.P +If you use this feature, your package should build-depend on debconf-utils. .SH OPTIONS .TP .B debhelper options |