From 1e6b8a860b2641cf47eec1ba0f09d6149d747dfa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: joey Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 18:38:41 +0000 Subject: r535: updates --- debian/changelog | 8 ++++++++ dh_installman | 12 +++++++++--- doc/TODO | 3 +++ 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index b7d86363..8a29fb32 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +debhelper (4.0.16) unstable; urgency=low + +UNRE + * Pound home in dh_installman's man page that yet, it really does do the + right thing. Closes: #150644 + + -- Joey Hess Fri, 21 Jun 2002 16:21:06 -0400 + debhelper (4.0.15) unstable; urgency=low * Stupid, evil typo. diff --git a/dh_installman b/dh_installman index cc94843e..402f4a94 100755 --- a/dh_installman +++ b/dh_installman @@ -19,15 +19,21 @@ B [S>] [S>] 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 -extension. It also supports translated man pages, by looking for extensions +install them based on the section field in their .TH line. If you have a +properly formatted .TH line, your man page will be installed into the right +directory, with the right name (this includes proper handling of pages +with a subsection, like "3perl", which are placed in man3, and given an +extention of ".3perl"). If your .TH line is incorrect or missing, the program +may guess wrong based on the file extention. + +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 the wrong section listed in its .TH line. Edit the man page and correct the section, and dh_installman will follow suit. See to L for details about the .TH -section. If dh_installman seems to install a man page into a directory +section. If dh_installman seems to install a man page into a directory like /usr/share/man/pl/man1/, that is because your program has a name like "foo.pl", and dh_installman assumes that means it is translated into Polish. There is currently no support for resolving this ambiguity; diff --git a/doc/TODO b/doc/TODO index e5ee0b7a..71534ea2 100644 --- a/doc/TODO +++ b/doc/TODO @@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ Wishlist items: * Add a switch to dh_installdeb to allow it to do user defined substitutions. OTOH, maybe it's better if people just sed postinst.in before debhelper gets its hands on it... (#25235) +* install-info, as of dpkg 1.10, parses the info file for section if + --section is not given. So I should be able to stop parsing it myself for + section, after dpkg 1.10 has been around long enough. Deprecated: -- cgit v1.2.3