add bug closure

[debhelper.git] / debhelper.pod

diff --git a/debhelper.pod b/debhelper.pod
index 7c88f368804f5384805e6d65226f04b45e6b4da5..2c7d62d7b0a9bff6fa6dfc11097b0f28b2a9f934 100644 (file)
--- a/debhelper.pod
+++ b/debhelper.pod
@@ -191,6 +191,10 @@ in ALL packages acted on, not just the first.
 
 =head1 BUILD SYSTEM OPTIONS
 
+All of the B<dh_auto_>I<*> debhelper programs sets environment variables
+listed by B<dpkg-buildflags>, unless they are already set. They
+support DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=noopt too.
+
 The following command line options are supported by all of the B<dh_auto_>I<*>
 debhelper programs. These programs support a variety of build systems,
 and normally heuristically determine which to use, and how to use them.
@@ -301,7 +305,7 @@ some other packages. For example, if you use L<dh_installdebconf(1)>, your
 package will generally need to depend on debconf. Or if you use
 L<dh_installxfonts(1)>, your package will generally need to depend on a
 particular version of xutils. Keeping track of these miscellaneous
-dependencies can be annoying since they are dependant on how debhelper does
+dependencies can be annoying since they are dependent on how debhelper does
 things, so debhelper offers a way to automate it.
 
 All commands of this type, besides documenting what dependencies may be
@@ -503,22 +507,6 @@ none is specified.
 
 =back
 
-=item v9
-
-This compatability level is still open for development; use with caution.
-
-Changes from v8 are:
-
-=over 8
-
-=item - 
-
-Multiarch support. In particular, B<dh_auto_configure> passes
-multiarch directories to autoconf in --libdir and --libexecdir,
-while B<dh_makeshlibs> detects packages containing multiarch
-directories and sets a Pre-Dependency on multiarch-support in
-${misc:Pre-Depends}
-
 =item v8
 
 This is the recommended mode of operation.
@@ -550,6 +538,35 @@ B<dh_auto_>I<*> prefer to use Perl's B<Module::Build> in preference to F<Makefil
 
 =back
 
+=item v9
+
+This compatibility level is still open for development; use with caution.
+
+Changes from v8 are:
+
+=over 8
+
+=item - 
+
+Multiarch support. In particular, B<dh_auto_configure> passes
+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.
+
+=item -
+
+B<dh_auto_configure> does not include the source package name
+in --libexecdir when using autoconf.
+
+=item -
+
+B<dh> does not default to enabling --with=python-support
+
+=back
+
 =back
 
 =head2 udebs