-.TH DH_INSTALLINIT 1
+.TH DH_INSTALLINIT 1 "" "Debhelper Commands" "Debhelper Commands"
.SH NAME
dh_installinit \- install init scripts into package build directories
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dh_installinit
-.I "[-v] [-a] [-i] [--no-act] [-ppackage] [-Ptmpdir] [-n] [-r] [-d] [-uparams]"
+.I "[debhelper options] [--init-script=scriptname] [-n] [-r] [-d] [-uparams]"
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
dh_installinit is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing
init scripts into package build directories.
needed to set up the symlinks in /etc/rc*.d/ and to start and stop the init
scripts.
.P
-If a file named debian/package.init exists, then it is installed into
+If a file named debian/package.init (or debian/package.init.d for backwards
+compatibility with debstd) 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, \--verbose
-Verbose mode; show all commands that modify the package build directory.
-.TP
-.B \-a, \--arch
-Install init scripts into all architecture dependent packages.
-.TP
-.B \-i, \--indep
-Install init scripts into all architecture independent packages.
-.TP
-.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, \--tmpdir=tmpdir
-Use "tmpdir" for package build directory.
+.B debhelper options
+See
+.BR debhelper (1)
+for a list of options common to all debhelper commands.
.TP
.B \-n, \--noscripts
Do not modify postinst/postrm/prerm scripts.
.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 names ending in "d". (Note: this takes precedence over
+the --init-script parameter described below.)
.TP
.B \-uparams, \--update-rcd-params=params
Pass "params" to
.BR update-rc.d (8)
-If not specified, "default" will be passed to
+If not specified, "defaults" will be passed to
.BR update-rc.d (8)
-.SH NOTES
-The
-.B \-a
-.B \-i
-and
-.B \-p
-arguments are cumulative. If none are specified, then all packages listed in
-the control file will be effected.
-.SH ENVIRONMENT
.TP
-.I DH_VERBOSE
-Enables verbose mode
-.TP
-.I DH_NO_ACT
-Enables no-act mode (see above).
+.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. Note that if you use this parameter,
+dh_installinit will look to see if a file in the debian/ directory exists
+that looks like "scriptname" or "package.scriptname" and if so will install
+it as the inist script in preference to the files it normally installs. This
+feature is really only useful if you need a single package to install more
+than one init script.
+.SH ENVIRONMENT
+See
+.BR debhelper (1)
+for a list of environment variables that affect all debhelper commands.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-.BR /usr/doc/debhelper/README
+.BR debhelper (1),
+.BR update_rc.d (8)
.SH AUTHOR
Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org>