r1988: releasing version 5.0.45

[debhelper.git] / doc / PROGRAMMING

diff --git a/doc/PROGRAMMING b/doc/PROGRAMMING
index b87a8c6002eb5576bb386090af1872d4063ee7e7..97f85650f5c6bb2e420ac4cdc644f389e894cc0c 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/PROGRAMMING
+++ b/doc/PROGRAMMING
@@ -102,7 +102,9 @@ switch              variable        description
                 EXCLUDE_FIND   same as DH_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)
+                               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.
@@ -142,6 +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.
@@ -218,6 +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)