From 3c36c2532c3907f0a315d9010654176e8e9fc319 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: joey <joey>
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 01:31:47 +0000
Subject: r532:    * Added --mainpackage= option, of use in some kernel modules
 packages.    * dh_gencontrol only needs to pass -p to dpkg-gencontrol if
 there is more      than one package in debian/control. This makes it a bit
 more flexible in      some cases.

---
 debhelper.pod | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

(limited to 'debhelper.pod')

diff --git a/debhelper.pod b/debhelper.pod
index 7cf755c0..dae701c9 100644
--- a/debhelper.pod
+++ b/debhelper.pod
@@ -113,6 +113,13 @@ the package as one that should be acted on.
 
 Use "tmpdir" for package build directory. The default is debian/<package>
 
+=item B<--mainpackage=>I<package>
+
+This little-used option changes the package which debhelper considers the
+"main package", that is, the first one listed in debian/control, and the
+one for which debian/foo files can be used instead of the usual
+debian/package.foo files.
+
 =back
 
 =head1 COMMON DEBHELPER OPTIONS
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