Correct docs about multiarch and v9. Closes: #630826

[debhelper.git] / debhelper.pod

diff --git a/debhelper.pod b/debhelper.pod
index f541a7e9745e8d3de1d2d85365a4b79b30fc3887..2dbd4a54ba0ba7aab4cc07f37d7d2f0df16c5850 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.
@@ -534,6 +538,31 @@ B<dh_auto_>I<*> prefer to use Perl's B<Module::Build> in preference to F<Makefil
 
 =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.
+
+=item -
+
+dh supports use of standard targets in debian/rules without needing
+to manually define the dependencies between targets there.
+
+=item -
+
+<dh_auto_configure> does not include the source package name
+in --libexecdir when using autoconf.
+
+=back
+
 =back
 
 =head2 udebs