r1632: * Clarify dh_install's autodest behavior with wildcards. Closes: #224707

[debhelper.git] / dh_install

diff --git a/dh_install b/dh_install
index 779b9d6e73564033aa3b63d5c840a16654cff801..e43229a5cf20413838d71a151fe9681357238010 100755 (executable)
--- a/dh_install
+++ b/dh_install
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ filename. So if the filename is debian/tmp/usr/bin, then that directory
 will be copied to debian/package/usr/. If the filename is
 debian/tmp/etc/passwd, it will be copied to debian/package/etc/.
 
-Note that if you list only a filename on a line by itself in a
+Note that if you list exactly one filename or wildcard-pattern on a line by
+itself in a
 debian/package.install file, with no explicit destination, then dh_install
 will automatically guess the destination even if this flag is not set.