X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=dh_movefiles;h=b146b8e90f1d313e8c1a086091cc4efe5abdaf9b;hb=0952ac2e9995da8abe149f3e42b3b8d9d2797112;hp=03957a03ef99a335ef783d8de86bb9cc5dac7d90;hpb=4e30945a188944232cec97f8aac8902ec9d56530;p=debhelper.git diff --git a/dh_movefiles b/dh_movefiles index 03957a0..b146b8e 100755 --- a/dh_movefiles +++ b/dh_movefiles @@ -11,17 +11,17 @@ use Debian::Debhelper::Dh_Lib; =head1 SYNOPSIS -B [S>] [B<--sourcedir=>I] [B<-X>I] S>] +B [S>] [B<--sourcedir=>I] [B<-X>I] S ...>] =head1 DESCRIPTION -dh_movefiles is a debhelper program that is responsible for moving files -out of debian/tmp or some other directory and into other package build -directories. This may be useful if your package has a Makefile that installs -everything into debian/tmp, and you need to break that up into subpackages. +B is a debhelper program that is responsible for moving files +out of F or some other directory and into other package build +directories. This may be useful if your package has a F that installs +everything into F, and you need to break that up into subpackages. -Note: dh_install is a much better program, and you are recommended to use -it instead of dh_movefiles. +Note: B is a much better program, and you are recommended to use +it instead of B. =head1 FILES @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ it instead of dh_movefiles. =item debian/I.files Lists the files to be moved into a package, separated by whitespace. The -filenames listed should be relative to debian/tmp/. You can also list +filenames listed should be relative to F. You can also list directory names, and the whole directory will be moved. =back @@ -41,35 +41,35 @@ directory names, and the whole directory will be moved. =item B<--sourcedir=>I -Instead of moving files out of debian/tmp (the default), this option makes +Instead of moving files out of F (the default), this option makes it move files out of some other directory. Since the entire contents of -the sourcedir is moved, specifying something like --sourcedir=/ is very +the sourcedir is moved, specifying something like B<--sourcedir=/> is very unsafe, so to prevent mistakes, the sourcedir must be a relative filename; -it cannot begin with a `/'. +it cannot begin with a `B'. =item B<-Xitem>, B<--exclude=item> -Exclude files that contain "item" anywhere in their filename from +Exclude files that contain B anywhere in their filename from being installed. -=item I +=item I ... Lists files to move. The filenames listed should be relative to -debian/tmp/. You can also list directory names, and the whole directory will -be moved. It is an error to list files here unless you use -p, -i, or -a to -tell dh_movefiles which subpackage to put them in. +F. You can also list directory names, and the whole directory will +be moved. It is an error to list files here unless you use B<-p>, B<-i>, or B<-a> to +tell B which subpackage to put them in. =back =head1 NOTES -Note that files are always moved out of debian/tmp by default (even if you +Note that files are always moved out of F by default (even if you have instructed debhelper to use a compatibility level higher than one, which does not otherwise use debian/tmp for anything at all). The idea behind this is that the package that is being built can be told to install -into debian/tmp, and then files can be moved by dh_movefiles from that +into F, and then files can be moved by B from that directory. Any files or directories that remain are ignored, and get -deleted by dh_clean later. +deleted by B later. =cut