dh_installinit: rework upstart handling to comply with new policy proposal; packages...

[debhelper.git] / doc / PROGRAMMING

diff --git a/doc/PROGRAMMING b/doc/PROGRAMMING
index ca76b9c9bf346dd8a40b46aefdfb295139e3b572..bcf1c13caaadfdc16d168ced6afabda9a9d9f0c1 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/PROGRAMMING
+++ b/doc/PROGRAMMING
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ autoscript($package, $scriptname, $snippetname, $sedcommands)
         - script to add to
         - filename of snippet
         - sed commands to run on the snippet. Ie, s/#PACKAGE#/$PACKAGE/
-          (optional)
+          (optional) Note: Passed to the shell inside double quotes.
        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
@@ -235,7 +235,9 @@ getpackages($type)
        Returns a list of packages in the control file.
        Pass "arch" or "indep" to specify arch-dependent or
        -independent. If nothing is specified, returns all
-       packages.
+       packages (including packages that are not built
+       for this architecture). Pass "both" to get the union
+       of "arch" and "indep" packages.
        As a side effect, populates %package_arches and %package_types with
        the types of all packages (not only those returned).
 inhibit_log()