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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/PROGRAMMING')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/PROGRAMMING | 11 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/PROGRAMMING b/doc/PROGRAMMING index df9a7287..ca10ca38 100644 --- a/doc/PROGRAMMING +++ b/doc/PROGRAMMING @@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ pollute the name space too much. Debhelper programs should never output anything to standard output except error messages, important warnings, and the actual commands they run that -modify files under debian/ and debian/tmp, etc (this last only if they are -passed -v, and if you output the commands, you should indent them with 1 tab). -This is so we don't have a lot of noise output when all the debhelper commands -in a debian/rules are run, so the important stuff is clearly visible. +modify files under debian/ (this last only if they are passed -v, and if you +output the commands, you should indent them with 1 tab). This is so we don't +have a lot of noise output when all the debhelper commands in a debian/rules +are run, so the important stuff is clearly visible. Debhelper programs should accept all options listed in the "SHARED DEBHELPER OPTIONS" section of debhelper(1), including and any long forms of @@ -171,8 +171,7 @@ warning() tmpdir() Pass this command the name of a binary package, it will return the name of the tmp directory that will be used as this package's - package build directory. Typically, this will be "debian/tmp" or - "debian/package". + package build directory. Typically, this will be "debian/package". compat() Pass this command a number, and if the current compatability level equals that number, it will return true. Looks at DH_COMPAT to get |