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Diffstat (limited to 'dh_movefiles')
| -rwxr-xr-x | dh_movefiles | 38 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/dh_movefiles b/dh_movefiles index 03957a03..b146b8e9 100755 --- a/dh_movefiles +++ b/dh_movefiles @@ -11,17 +11,17 @@ use Debian::Debhelper::Dh_Lib; =head1 SYNOPSIS -B<dh_movefiles> [S<I<debhelper options>>] [B<--sourcedir=>I<dir>] [B<-X>I<item>] S<I<file ...>>] +B<dh_movefiles> [S<I<debhelper options>>] [B<--sourcedir=>I<dir>] [B<-X>I<item>] S<I<file> ...>] =head1 DESCRIPTION -dh_movefiles is a debhelper program that is responsible for moving files -out of debian/tmp or some other directory and into other package build -directories. This may be useful if your package has a Makefile that installs -everything into debian/tmp, and you need to break that up into subpackages. +B<dh_movefiles> is a debhelper program that is responsible for moving files +out of F<debian/tmp> or some other directory and into other package build +directories. This may be useful if your package has a F<Makefile> that installs +everything into F<debian/tmp>, and you need to break that up into subpackages. -Note: dh_install is a much better program, and you are recommended to use -it instead of dh_movefiles. +Note: B<dh_install> is a much better program, and you are recommended to use +it instead of B<dh_movefiles>. =head1 FILES @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ it instead of dh_movefiles. =item debian/I<package>.files Lists the files to be moved into a package, separated by whitespace. The -filenames listed should be relative to debian/tmp/. You can also list +filenames listed should be relative to F<debian/tmp/>. You can also list directory names, and the whole directory will be moved. =back @@ -41,35 +41,35 @@ directory names, and the whole directory will be moved. =item B<--sourcedir=>I<dir> -Instead of moving files out of debian/tmp (the default), this option makes +Instead of moving files out of F<debian/tmp> (the default), this option makes it move files out of some other directory. Since the entire contents of -the sourcedir is moved, specifying something like --sourcedir=/ is very +the sourcedir is moved, specifying something like B<--sourcedir=/> is very unsafe, so to prevent mistakes, the sourcedir must be a relative filename; -it cannot begin with a `/'. +it cannot begin with a `B</>'. =item B<-Xitem>, B<--exclude=item> -Exclude files that contain "item" anywhere in their filename from +Exclude files that contain B<item> anywhere in their filename from being installed. -=item I<file ...> +=item I<file> ... Lists files to move. The filenames listed should be relative to -debian/tmp/. You can also list directory names, and the whole directory will -be moved. It is an error to list files here unless you use -p, -i, or -a to -tell dh_movefiles which subpackage to put them in. +F<debian/tmp/>. You can also list directory names, and the whole directory will +be moved. It is an error to list files here unless you use B<-p>, B<-i>, or B<-a> to +tell B<dh_movefiles> which subpackage to put them in. =back =head1 NOTES -Note that files are always moved out of debian/tmp by default (even if you +Note that files are always moved out of F<debian/tmp> by default (even if you have instructed debhelper to use a compatibility level higher than one, which does not otherwise use debian/tmp for anything at all). The idea behind this is that the package that is being built can be told to install -into debian/tmp, and then files can be moved by dh_movefiles from that +into F<debian/tmp>, and then files can be moved by B<dh_movefiles> from that directory. Any files or directories that remain are ignored, and get -deleted by dh_clean later. +deleted by B<dh_clean> later. =cut |