=head1 SYNOPSIS
- dh_installman [debhelper options] [manpage ...]
+B<dh_installman> [S<I<debhelper options>>] [S<I<manpage ...>>]
=head1 DESCRIPTION
man pages into the correct locations in package build directories. You tell
it what man pages go in your packages, and it figures out where to
install them based on the section field in their .TH line and their filename
-extention. It also supports translated man pages, by looking for extentions
+extension. It also supports translated man pages, by looking for extensions
like .ll.8 and .ll_LL.8
+If dh_installman seems to install a man page into the wrong section or with
+the wrong extension, this is because the man page has the wrong section
+listed in its .TH line. Edit the man page and correct the section, and
+dh_installman will follow suit. See to L<man(7)> for details about the .TH
+section.
+
Any man page filenames specified as parameters will be installed into the
first package dh_installman is told to act on. By default, this is the
first binary package in debian/control, but if you use -p, -i, or -a flags,
}
foreach my $page (@manpages) {
- my $basename=Debian::Debhelper::Dh_Lib::basename($page);
+ my $basename=basename($page);
# Support compressed pages.
my $gz='';
}
# Test first line of file for the .so thing.
- open (SOTEST,$_);
+ open (SOTEST,$_) || die "$_: $!";
my $l=<SOTEST>;
close SOTEST;
if ($l=~m/\.so\s+(.*)/) {
my $solink=$1;
# This test is here to prevent links like ... man8/../man8/foo.8
- if (Debian::Debhelper::Dh_Lib::basename($File::Find::dir) eq
- Debian::Debhelper::Dh_Lib::dirname($solink)) {
- $solink=Debian::Debhelper::Dh_Lib::basename($solink);
+ if (basename($File::Find::dir) eq
+ dirname($solink)) {
+ $solink=basename($solink);
}
else {
$solink="../$solink";