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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/PROGRAMMING | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/PROGRAMMING b/doc/PROGRAMMING index 0fca4722..ca76b9c9 100644 --- a/doc/PROGRAMMING +++ b/doc/PROGRAMMING @@ -216,9 +216,10 @@ addsubstvar($package, $substvar, $deppackage, $verinfo, $remove) - version info for the package (optional) (ie: ">= 1.1") - if this last parameter is passed, the thing that would be added is removed instead. This can be useful to ensure that a debhelper - command is idempotent. Note that without this parameter, if you - call the function twice with the same values it will only add one - item to the substvars file. + command is idempotent. (However, we generally don't bother, + and rely on the user calling dh_prep.) Note that without this + parameter, if you call the function twice with the same values it + will only add one item to the substvars file. delsubstvar($package, $substvar) This function removes the entire line for the substvar from the package's shlibs file. |