r1988: releasing version 5.0.45

[debhelper.git] / doc / PROGRAMMING

diff --git a/doc/PROGRAMMING b/doc/PROGRAMMING
index a33daeb065e32d67279599cdc9411731798d4d54..97f85650f5c6bb2e420ac4cdc644f389e894cc0c 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/PROGRAMMING
+++ b/doc/PROGRAMMING
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ switch              variable        description
 --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.
@@ -220,6 +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)