Revert "Improvements in DH_OPTIONS handling and DH_AUTO_OPTIONS envvar support."

[debhelper.git] / debhelper.pod

diff --git a/debhelper.pod b/debhelper.pod
index 8c232d2859bac1e3caac44cfed1beefb7a63cf21..388453c3005c2442b3c026cc9eea3ecf324cdc6a 100644 (file)
--- a/debhelper.pod
+++ b/debhelper.pod
@@ -491,14 +491,8 @@ Anything in this variable will be prepended to the command line arguments
 of all debhelper commands. Command-specific options will be ignored by 
 commands that do not support them. 
 
-Arguments are separated by whitespaces unless a whitespace is escaped
-with a backslash character (\). Then the whitespace is treated literally.
-Likewise, the backslash character is treated literally unless it is followed
-by a single whitespace. If a backslash is followed by two or more spaces,
-it will be considered as the last symbol of the argument.
-
-DH_OPTIONS is useful in some situations, for example, if you need to pass -p
-to all debhelper commands that will be run. One good way to set DH_OPTIONS is
+This is useful in some situations, for example, if you need to pass -p to
+all debhelper commands that will be run. One good way to set DH_OPTIONS is
 by using "Target-specific Variable Values" in your debian/rules file. See
 the make documentation for details on doing this.