From 6693ccf9146d8d9bb29e99276f6e30af3eab02c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 23:20:08 -0400 Subject: doc tweak re target dependencies If a rules file has a custom install or binary target, those targets still need to explicitly depend on the build target. Unless dh is used in such a target (which it probably is of course). It's not possible to avoid the need for those dependencies. A rules file with a hand-written binary target simply does not run dh, so dh can do nothing to help it run the build target. Reword the docs to not give the wrong impression that dh somehow magically makes that work. --- debhelper.pod | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'debhelper.pod') diff --git a/debhelper.pod b/debhelper.pod index 45d9241f..9000d69a 100644 --- a/debhelper.pod +++ b/debhelper.pod @@ -476,8 +476,9 @@ multiarch directories to autoconf in --libdir and --libexecdir. =item - -dh supports use of standard targets in debian/rules without needing -to manually define the dependencies between targets there. +dh allows defining custom build, build-arch, and build-indep targets +in debian/rules, without needing to manually define the other targets +that depend on them. =item - -- cgit v1.2.3