Fix underescaped $ in Makefile. Closes: #478475

[debhelper.git] / dh_auto_build

diff --git a/dh_auto_build b/dh_auto_build
index 21798cc2e58997d42e38041cb82cbc03fea03d06..d35dfc636e53b862337befbfc1b462bfc99bcd30 100755 (executable)
--- a/dh_auto_build
+++ b/dh_auto_build
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ B<dh_auto_build> [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.
-If there's a setup.py, it is run to build the package.
+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.
 
 This is intended to work for about 90% of packages. If it doesn't work,
 you're encoruaged to skip using dh_auto_build at all, and just run the
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ build process manually.
 =item B<--> I<params>
 
 Pass "params" to the program that is run. These can be used to suppliment
-or override the standard parameters that dh_auto_build passes.
+or override any standard parameters that dh_auto_build passes.
 
 =back
 
@@ -39,10 +40,13 @@ or override the standard parameters that dh_auto_build passes.
 init();
 
 if (-e "Makefile" || -e "makefile" || -e "GNUmakefile") {
-       doit($ENV{MAKE}, @{$dh{U_PARAMS}});
+       doit(exists $ENV{MAKE} ? $ENV{MAKE} : "make", @{$dh{U_PARAMS}});
 }
 elsif (-e "setup.py") {
-       doit("python setup.py", "build", @{$dh{U_PARAMS}});
+       doit("python", "setup.py", "build", @{$dh{U_PARAMS}});
+}
+elsif (-e "Build.PL" && -e "Build") {
+       doit("perl", "Build", @{$dh{U_PARAMS}});
 }
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO