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[debhelper.git] / dh_installmodules.1

diff --git a/dh_installmodules.1 b/dh_installmodules.1
index 6d9016fe8d7b0ee1a676a740bbc0c3e4b26c275a..0f7627b8cc6a27becdca28525e4b142b3df02081 100644 (file)
--- a/dh_installmodules.1
+++ b/dh_installmodules.1
@@ -8,14 +8,15 @@ dh_installmodules \- register modules with modutils
 dh_installmodules is a debhelper program that is responsible for registering
 kernel modules with modutils.
 .P
-A file named debian/package.modules (debian/modules my be used for the first
-binary package in debian/control) will be installed as etc/modutils/package
+Files named debian/package.modules will be installed as etc/modutils/package
 in the package build directory.
 .P
 Then postinst and postrm commands are automatically generated to register
 the modules when the package is installed. See
 .BR dh_installdeb (1)
-for an explanation of how this works.
+for an explanation of how this works. Note that this will be done for any
+package this program acts on which has either the above-mentioned file, or
+has .o files in /lib/modules.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 .B debhelper options
@@ -29,7 +30,11 @@ Do not modify postinst/postrm scripts.
 See
 .BR debhelper (1)
 for a list of environment variables that affect all debhelper commands.
+.SH NOTES
+Note that this command is not idempotent. "dh_clean -k" should be called
+between invocations of this command. Otherwise, it may cause multiple
+instances of the same text to be added to maintainer scripts.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .BR debhelper (1)
 .SH AUTHOR
-Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org>
+Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>