Merge branch 'dh_overrides'

[debhelper.git] / doc / PROGRAMMING

diff --git a/doc/PROGRAMMING b/doc/PROGRAMMING
index 0d96457fff6cc4114d5726affe4082eef778ca0a..3cea384f787101e83eb1ec42d11423f79ee03bf3 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/PROGRAMMING
+++ b/doc/PROGRAMMING
@@ -106,27 +106,19 @@ switch            variable        description
 -X             EXCLUDE         exclude a something from processing (you
                                decide what this means for your program)
                                (This is an array)
-                EXCLUDE_FIND   same as DH_EXCLUDE, except all items are put
+-X              EXCLUDE_FIND   same as EXCLUDE, except all items are put
                                into a string in a way that they will make
                                find find them. (Use ! in front to negate
                                that, of course) Note that this should
                                only be used inside complex_doit(), not in
                                doit().
--x             INCLUDE_CONFFILES
-                               include conffiles. It's -x for obscure
-                               historical reasons.
 -d             D_FLAG          you decide what this means to your program
--r             R_FLAG          you decide what this means to your program
--k             K_FLAG          you decide what this means to your program
+-k             K_FLAG          used to turn on keeping of something
 -P             TMPDIR          package build directory (implies only one
                                package is being acted on)
 -u             U_PARAMS        will be set to a string, that is typically
                                parameters your program passes on to some
                                other program. (This is an array)
--m             M_PARAMS        will be set to a string, you decide what it
-                               means to your program
--l             L_PARAMS        will be set to a string, you decide what it
-                               means to your program
 -V             V_FLAG          will be set to a string, you decide what it
                                means to your program
 -V             V_FLAG_SET      will be 1 if -V was specified, even if no
@@ -136,23 +128,14 @@ switch            variable        description
                                those processed here), will apply to all 
                                binary packages the program acts on, not just
                                the first
---init-script  INIT_SCRIPT     will be set to a string, which specifies an
-                               init script name (probably only
-                               dh_installinit will ever use this)
---sourcedir    SOURCEDIR       will be set to a string (probably only
-                               dh_movefiles will ever use this)
---destdir      DESTDIR         will be set to a string (probably only
-                               dh_builddeb will ever use this)
---filename     FILENAME        will be set to a string
---flavor       FLAVOR          will be set to a string (probably only
-                               dh_installemacsen will ever use this)
---number       PRIORITY        will be set to a number (deprecated)
+--sourcedir    SOURCEDIR       will be set to a string
+--destdir      DESTDIR         will be set to a string
 --priority     PRIORITY        will be set to a number
+--mainpackage  MAINPACKAGE     controls which package is treated as the
+                               main package to act on
 --name         NAME            a name to use for installed files, instead of
                                the package name
 --error-handler        ERROR_HANDLER   a function to call on error
---language     LANGUAGE        specify what language a file is in
---add-udeb     SHLIBS_UDEB     used by dh_makeshlibs
 
 Any additional command line parameters that do not start with "-" will be 
 ignored, and you can access them later just as you normally would.