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diff --git a/dh_installman.1 b/dh_installman.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d77a524b --- /dev/null +++ b/dh_installman.1 @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +.TH DH_INSTALLMAN 1 "" "Debhelper Commands" "Debhelper Commands" +.SH NAME +dh_installman \- install man pages into package build directories +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B dh_installman +.I "[debhelper options] [manpage ...]" +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +dh_installman is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing +man pages into the correct locations in package build directories. You tell +it what man pages go in your package(s), and it figure out where to install +them based on the section field in their .TH line and their filename +extention. +.P +Any man page filenames specified as parameters will be installed into the +first package dh_installman is told to act on. By default, this is the +first binary package in debian/control, but if you use -p, -i, or -a flags, +it will be the first package specified by those flags. +.P +Files named debian/package.manpages can list other man pages to be installed. +.P +After the man page installation step, dh_installman will check to see if +any of the man pages in the temporary directories of any of the packages it +is acting on contain ".so" links. If so, it changes them to symlinks. +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +.B debhelper options +See +.BR debhelper (1) +for a list of options common to all debhelper commands. +.TP +.B \-A, \--all +Install all files specified by command line parameters in ALL packages +acted on. +.TP +.B manpage ... +Install these man pages into the first package acted on. (Or in all packages +if -A is specified). +.SH NOTES +An older version of this program, +.BR dh_installmanpages (1) +, is still used by some packages, and so is still included in debhelper. +It is, however, deprecated, due to its counterintuiitive and inconsistent +interface. Use this program instead. +.SH ENVIRONMENT +See +.BR debhelper (1) +for a list of environment variables that affect all debhelper commands. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR debhelper (1) +.SH BUGS +It's impossible to specify filenames with spaces or other whitespace in +them in debian/package.manpages file. This is more a historical design +flaw than a bug. +.SH AUTHOR +Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> |