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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 19 deletions
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ =head1 NAME -dh_perl - calculates perl dependencies and cleans up after MakeMaker +dh_perl - calculates Perl dependencies and cleans up after MakeMaker =cut @@ -13,20 +13,20 @@ use Debian::Debhelper::Dh_Lib; =head1 SYNOPSIS -B<dh_perl> [S<I<debhelper options>>] [B<-d>] [S<I<library dirs ...>>] +B<dh_perl> [S<I<debhelper options>>] [B<-d>] [S<I<library dirs> ...>] =head1 DESCRIPTION -dh_perl is a debhelper program that is responsible for generating -the ${perl:Depends} substitutions and adding them to substvars files. +B<dh_perl> is a debhelper program that is responsible for generating +the B<${perl:Depends}> substitutions and adding them to substvars files. -The program will look at perl scripts and modules in your package, -and will use this information to generate a dependency on perl or -perlapi. The dependency will be substituted into your package's control -file wherever you place the token "${perl:Depends}". +The program will look at Perl scripts and modules in your package, +and will use this information to generate a dependency on B<perl> or +B<perlapi>. The dependency will be substituted into your package's F<control> +file wherever you place the token B<${perl:Depends}>. -dh_perl also cleans up empty directories that MakeMaker can generate when -installing perl modules. +B<dh_perl> also cleans up empty directories that MakeMaker can generate when +installing Perl modules. =head1 OPTIONS @@ -34,26 +34,26 @@ installing perl modules. =item B<-d> -In some specific cases you may want to depend on perl-base rather than the -full perl package. If so, you can pass the -d option to make dh_perl generate +In some specific cases you may want to depend on B<perl-base> rather than the +full B<perl> package. If so, you can pass the -d option to make B<dh_perl> generate a dependency on the correct base package. This is only necessary for some packages that are included in the base system. -Note that this flag may cause no dependency on perl-base to be generated at -all. perl-base is Essential, so its dependency can be left out, unless a +Note that this flag may cause no dependency on B<perl-base> to be generated at +all. B<perl-base> is Essential, so its dependency can be left out, unless a versioned dependency is needed. =item B<-V> By default, scripts and architecture independent modules don't depend -on any specific version of perl. The -V option causes the current -version of the perl (or perl-base with -d) package to be specified. +on any specific version of B<perl>. The B<-V> option causes the current +version of the B<perl> (or B<perl-base> with B<-d>) package to be specified. =item I<library dirs> -If your package installs perl modules in non-standard -directories, you can make dh_perl check those directories by passing their -names on the command line. It will only check the vendorlib and vendorarch +If your package installs Perl modules in non-standard +directories, you can make B<dh_perl> check those directories by passing their +names on the command line. It will only check the F<vendorlib> and F<vendorarch> directories by default. =back |