X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=debhelper.pod;h=de2a053a4d7df3a645c4c3ae8b24e6b98246b869;hb=737cfe63eb82fc5d4d8efe54315b0408cbae1ceb;hp=3313d573b650a3d25dae2b93a4b6bdfe32af5cbc;hpb=1c190a957c78e22e49c2430c078e82809899c31f;p=debhelper.git diff --git a/debhelper.pod b/debhelper.pod index 3313d57..de2a053 100644 --- a/debhelper.pod +++ b/debhelper.pod @@ -366,8 +366,8 @@ Changes from V5 are: =item - -Commands that generate maintainer script fragements will order the -fragements in reverse order for the prerm and postrm scripts. +Commands that generate maintainer script fragments will order the +fragments in reverse order for the prerm and postrm scripts. =item - @@ -477,10 +477,13 @@ Set to 1 to enable no-act mode. =item DH_OPTIONS Anything in this variable will be prepended to the command line arguments -of all debhelper commands. This is useful in some situations, for example, -if you need to pass -p to all debhelper commands that will be run. One good -way to set DH_OPTIONS is by using "Target-specific Variable Values" in your -debian/rules file. See the make documentation for details on doing this. +of all debhelper commands. Command-specific options will be ignored by +commands that do not support them. + +This is useful in some situations, for example, if you need to pass -p to +all debhelper commands that will be run. One good way to set DH_OPTIONS is +by using "Target-specific Variable Values" in your debian/rules file. See +the make documentation for details on doing this. =item DH_ALWAYS_EXCLUDE