make standard targets support a v9 feature

[debhelper.git] / debhelper.pod

diff --git a/debhelper.pod b/debhelper.pod
index f541a7e9745e8d3de1d2d85365a4b79b30fc3887..301f0472663019fa59f9143d6781eba0003005d3 100644 (file)
--- a/debhelper.pod
+++ b/debhelper.pod
@@ -534,6 +534,29 @@ 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,
+while B<dh_makeshlibs> detects packages containing multiarch
+directories and sets a Pre-Dependency on multiarch-support in
+${misc:Pre-Depends}
+
+=item -
+
+dh supports use of standard targets in debian/rules without needing
+to manually define the dependencies between targets there.
+
+=back
+
 =back
 
 =head2 udebs