Merge branch 'master' into buildsystems

[debhelper.git] / doc / PROGRAMMING

diff --git a/doc/PROGRAMMING b/doc/PROGRAMMING
index f1bc7a0de72f52d6adfff392114b14356de7c1b8..4e7ea463dfed10678a65e62bba35998c501d4b85 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/PROGRAMMING
+++ b/doc/PROGRAMMING
@@ -120,8 +120,6 @@ switch              variable        description
                                those processed here), will apply to all 
                                binary packages the program acts on, not just
                                the first
---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
@@ -276,7 +274,11 @@ and are derived from Debian::Debhelper::Buildsystem, or other, related
 classes.
 
 A buildsystem class needs to inherit or define these methods: DESCRIPTION,
-check_auto_buildable, build, test, install, clean. See the comments
-inside Debian::Debhelper::Buildsystem for details.
+check_auto_buildable, configure, build, test, install, clean. See the comments
+inside Debian::Debhelper::Buildsystem for details. Note that this interface
+is still subject to change.
+
+Note that third-party buildsystems will not automatically be used by default,
+but can be forced to be used via the --buildsystem parameter.
 
 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>