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| -rwxr-xr-x | dh_installman | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/dh_installman b/dh_installman index 3882188b..d61a2fa3 100755 --- a/dh_installman +++ b/dh_installman @@ -20,9 +20,15 @@ dh_installman is a debhelper program that handles installing man pages into the correct locations in package build directories. You tell it what man pages go in your packages, and it figures out where to install them based on the section field in their .TH line and their filename -extention. It also supports translated man pages, by looking for extensions +extension. It also supports translated man pages, by looking for extensions like .ll.8 and .ll_LL.8 +If dh_installman seems to install a man page into the wrong section or with +the wrong extension, this is because the man page has thw wrong section +listed in its .TH line. Edit the man page and correct the section, and +dh_installman will follow suit. See to L<man(7)> for details about the .TH +section. + 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, |