r409: * Corrected globbing issue with dh_movefiles in v3 mode. Closes: #81431

[debhelper.git] / dh_installdeb.1

diff --git a/dh_installdeb.1 b/dh_installdeb.1
index d0f814879d2528d802c5a7fbdfa4d45b84a27fee..78f1d7c60a5776a6cf7b41bbfed3c76a3d59af82 100644 (file)
--- a/dh_installdeb.1
+++ b/dh_installdeb.1
@@ -6,34 +6,31 @@ dh_installdeb \- install files into the DEBIAN directory
 .I "[debhelper options]"
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 dh_installdeb is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing
-files into the DEBIAN directory in package build directories with the
+files into the DEBIAN directories in package build directories with the
 correct permissions.
 .P
 dh_installdeb automatically installs the following files from debian/ into
 the DEBIAN directory:
-       postinst
-       preinst
-       postrm
-       prerm
-       shlibs
-       conffiles
-       config
-       templates
+       package.postinst
+       package.preinst
+       package.postrm
+       package.prerm
+       package.shlibs
+       package.conffiles
 .P
-(For packages other than the first binary package listed in debian/control,
-you must prefix these filenames with then name of the "package.", for example,
-"foo.postinst". You can also prefix the filenames the same way for the first
-binary package, for consitency.)
-.P
-The files postinst, preinst, postrm, and prerm are handled specially: If a
-corresponding file named debian/script.debhelper exists, the contents of that 
-file are merged into the script as follows: If the script exists, then 
+The postinst, preinst, postrm, and prerm are handled specially: If a
+corresponding file named debian/script.debhelper exists, the contents of that
+file are merged into the script as follows: If the script exists, then
 anywhere in it that "#DEBHELPER#" appears, the text of the .debhelper file is
-inserted. If the script does not exist, then a script is generated from 
-the .debhelper file. The .debhelper files are created by other debhelper 
-programs, such as 
+inserted. If the script does not exist, then a script is generated from
+the .debhelper file. The .debhelper files are created by other debhelper
+programs, such as
 .BR dh_installmenu (1)
 , and are shell script fragments.
+.P
+If DH_COMPAT is set to 3 or higher, all files in the etc/ directory in a
+package will automatically be flagged as conffiles by this program, so
+there is no need to list them manually in package.conffiles.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 .B debhelper options
@@ -49,4 +46,4 @@ for a list of environment variables that affect all debhelper commands.
 .SH "CONFORMS TO"
 Debian policy, version 3.0.1
 .SH AUTHOR
-Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org>
+Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>