+debhelper (0.72) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Applied patch from Yann Dirson <ydirson@a2points.com> to add a
+ --init-script parameter to dh_installinit. (#19227)
+ * Documented this new switch.
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 9 Mar 1998 17:12:04 -0800
+
debhelper (0.71) unstable; urgency=low
* dh_makeshlibs: -V flag was broken: if just -V was specified,
dh_installinit \- install init scripts into package build directories
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dh_installinit
-.I "[-v] [-a] [-i] [--no-act] [-ppackage] [-Ptmpdir] [-n] [-r] [-d] [-uparams]"
+.I "[-v] [-a] [-i] [--no-act] [--init-script=scriptname] [-ppackage] [-Ptmpdir] [-n] [-r] [-d] [-uparams]"
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
dh_installinit is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing
init scripts into package build directories.
.B \-d, \--remove-d
Remove trailing "d" from the name of the package, and use the result for the
filename the init script is installed as in etc/init.d/ . This may be useful
-for daemons with named ending in "d".
+for daemons with named ending in "d". (Note: this takes precidence over
+the --init-script parameter described below.)
.TP
.B \-uparams, \--update-rcd-params=params
Pass "params" to
.BR update-rc.d (8)
If not specified, "default" will be passed to
.BR update-rc.d (8)
+.TP
+.B \--init-script=scriptname
+Use "scriptname" as for the filename the init script is installed as in
+etc/init.d/ . This is useful if you need to have an init script with a name
+different from the package's name.
.SH NOTES
The
.B \-a
when it is installed.
.P
Any filenames specified as parameters will be registered in the first
-package dh_installdocs is told to act on. By default, this is the first
+package dh_suidregister is told to act on. By default, this is the first
binary package in debian/control, but if you use -p, -i, or -a flags,
it will be the first package specified by those flags.
.P