r1988: releasing version 5.0.45

[debhelper.git] / doc / PROGRAMMING

diff --git a/doc/PROGRAMMING b/doc/PROGRAMMING
index 45456787a0d789ef3f819f701ee8dbf157307ddf..97f85650f5c6bb2e420ac4cdc644f389e894cc0c 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/PROGRAMMING
+++ b/doc/PROGRAMMING
@@ -222,6 +222,8 @@ autoscript($package, $scriptname, $snippetname, $sedcommands)
           (optional)
        This command automatically adds shell script snippets to a debian
        maintainer script (like the postinst or prerm).
+       Note that in v6 mode and up, the snippets are added in reverse
+       order for the removal scripts.
 dirname($pathname)
        Return directory part of pathname.
 basename($pathname)