* dh_link: -X can be used to avoid it modifying symlinks to be compliant

[debhelper.git] / dh_link

diff --git a/dh_link b/dh_link
index 84e6ba359bef31bebec1746f2ba61cd2020f8f79..dc396dd597fbae1516a9c7657e56c0a7f41dc9e1 100755 (executable)
--- a/dh_link
+++ b/dh_link
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use Debian::Debhelper::Dh_Lib;
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
-B<dh_link> [S<I<debhelper options>>] [B<-A>] [S<I<source destination ...>>]
+B<dh_link> [S<I<debhelper options>>] [B<-A>] [B<-X>I<item>] [S<I<source destination ...>>]
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ conform to debian policy, and corrects them (v4 or later).
 Create any links specified by command line parameters in ALL packages
 acted on, not just the first.
 
+=item B<-Xitem>, B<--exclude=item>
+
+Do not correct symlinks that contain "item" anywhere in their filename from
+being corrected to comply with debian policy.
+
 =item I<source destination ...>
 
 Create a file named "destination" as a link to a file named "source". Do
@@ -145,6 +150,7 @@ foreach my $package (@{$dh{DOPACKAGES}}) {
                find(
                        sub {
                                return unless -l;
+                               return if excludefile($_);
                                my $dir=$File::Find::dir;
                                $dir=~s/^\Q$tmp\E//;
                                my $target = readlink($_);