r74: Initial Import

[debhelper.git] / dh_installinit.1

diff --git a/dh_installinit.1 b/dh_installinit.1
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--- a/dh_installinit.1
+++ b/dh_installinit.1
@@ -3,55 +3,62 @@
 dh_installinit \- install init scripts into package build directories
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B dh_installinit
-.I "[-v] [-a] [-i] [-ppackage] [-Ptmpdir] [-n] [-r] [-d] [-u params]"
+.I "[-v] [-a] [-i] [--no-act] [--init-script=scriptname] [-ppackage] [-Ptmpdir] [-n] [-r] [-d] [-uparams]"
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
-dh_installmenu is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing
+dh_installinit is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing
 init scripts into package build directories. 
 .P
 It also automatically generates the postinst and postrm and prerm commands 
 needed to set up the symlinks in /etc/rc*.d/ and to start and stop the init
 scripts.
 .P
-If a file named debian/init exists, then it is installed into
-etc/init.d/package in the package build directory (with "package" replaced
-by the package name, unless the -d flag is specified, see below)
-.P
-For packages other than the first binary package listed in
-the control file, use debian/package.init instead (replace "package" with 
-the name of the package.)
+If a file named debian/package.init exists, then it is installed into
+etc/init.d/package in the package build directory, with "package" replaced
+by the packagename. (You may use debian/init for the first binary package
+listed in the control file.)
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
-.B \-v
+.B \-v, \--verbose
 Verbose mode; show all commands that modify the package build directory.
 .TP
-.B \-a
+.B \-a, \--arch
 Install init scripts into all architecture dependent packages.
 .TP
-.B \-i
+.B \-i, \--indep
 Install init scripts into all architecture independent packages.
 .TP
-.B \-ppackage
+.B \--no-act
+Do not really do anything. If used with -v, the result is that this command
+will output a list of what it would have done.
+.TP
+.B \-ppackage, \--package=package
 Install init scripts into the package named "package".
 .TP
-.B \-Ptmpdir
+.B \-Ptmpdir, \--tmpdir=tmpdir
 Use "tmpdir" for package build directory. 
 .TP
-.B \-n
+.B \-n, \--noscripts
 Do not modify postinst/postrm/prerm scripts.
 .TP
-.B \-r
+.B \-r, \--no-restart-on-upgrade
 Do not restart daemon on upgrade.
 .TP
-.B \-d
+.B \-d, \--remove-d
 Remove trailing "d" from the name of the package, and use the result for the
 filename the init script is installed as in etc/init.d/ . This may be useful
-for daemons with named ending in "d".
+for daemons with named ending in "d". (Note: this takes precidence over
+the --init-script parameter described below.)
 .TP
-.B \-u params
+.B \-uparams, \--update-rcd-params=params
 Pass "params" to 
 .BR update-rc.d (8)
 If not specified, "default" will be passed to
 .BR update-rc.d (8)
+.TP
+.B \--init-script=scriptname
+Use "scriptname" as for the filename the init script is installed as in
+etc/init.d/ . This is useful if you need to have an init script with a name
+different from the package's name.
 .SH NOTES
 The
 .B \-a
@@ -64,6 +71,9 @@ the control file will be effected.
 .TP
 .I DH_VERBOSE
 Enables verbose mode
+.TP
+.I DH_NO_ACT
+Enables no-act mode (see above).
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .BR /usr/doc/debhelper/README
 .SH AUTHOR