Merge branch 'master' into buildsystems

[debhelper.git] / dh_auto_build

diff --git a/dh_auto_build b/dh_auto_build
index a3c95211847441751d16fa277ae6400032cecb20..250c7d93333b70663502e42ae14dc6f80a719792 100755 (executable)
--- a/dh_auto_build
+++ b/dh_auto_build
@@ -7,18 +7,19 @@ dh_auto_build - automatically builds a package
 =cut
 
 use strict;
-use Debian::Debhelper::Dh_Lib;
+use Debian::Debhelper::Dh_Buildsystems;
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
-B<dh_auto_build> [S<I<debhelper options>>] [S<B<--> I<params>>]
+B<dh_auto_build> [S<I<build system options>>] [S<I<debhelper options>>] [S<B<--> I<params>>]
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-dh_auto_build is a debhelper program that tries to automatically
-build a package. If a Makefile is found, this is done by running make (or
-MAKE, if the environment variable is set).
-If there's a setup.py, or Build.PL, it is run to build the package.
+dh_auto_build is a debhelper program that tries to automatically build a
+package. It does so by running the appropriate command for the build system
+it detects the package uses. For example, if a Makefile is found, this is
+done by running make (or MAKE, if the environment variable is set). If
+there's a setup.py, or Build.PL, it is run to build the package.
 
 This is intended to work for about 90% of packages. If it doesn't work,
 you're encouraged to skip using dh_auto_build at all, and just run the
@@ -26,6 +27,9 @@ build process manually.
 
 =head1 OPTIONS
 
+See L<debhelper(7)/BUILD SYSTEM OPTIONS> for a list of common build
+system selection and control options.
+
 =over 4
 
 =item B<--> I<params>
@@ -37,17 +41,8 @@ or override any standard parameters that dh_auto_build passes.
 
 =cut
 
-init();
-
-if (-e "Makefile" || -e "makefile" || -e "GNUmakefile") {
-       doit(exists $ENV{MAKE} ? $ENV{MAKE} : "make", @{$dh{U_PARAMS}});
-}
-elsif (-e "setup.py") {
-       doit("python", "setup.py", "build", @{$dh{U_PARAMS}});
-}
-elsif (-e "Build.PL" && -e "Build") {
-       doit("perl", "Build", @{$dh{U_PARAMS}});
-}
+buildsystems_init();
+buildsystems_do();
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO