r356: * Documented the full list of extra files dh_clean deletes, since people

     are for some reason adverse to using -v to find it. Closes: #66883

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 2efc69dfdd9ba1ddf12329db76efb118d0b1322e..09fcf7c686078f1508ddbd1f0ed6f98e04c3e974 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+debhelper (2.0.102) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Documented the full list of extra files dh_clean deletes, since people
+    are for some reason adverse to using -v to find it. Closes: #66883
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Fri,  7 Jul 2000 12:40:43 -0700
+
 debhelper (2.0.101) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Killed the fixlinks stuff, since there are no longer any symlinks in

diff --git a/dh_clean.1 b/dh_clean.1
index 118a03c2adc470e8176017a9c931382f12db1256..5db26de0e01bc486da90adc4c14379bae755e5d0 100644 (file)
--- a/dh_clean.1
+++ b/dh_clean.1
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ dh_clean \- clean up package build directories
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 dh_clean is a debhelper program that is responsible for cleaning up after a
 package is built. It removes the package build directories, and removes some
-other files, such as debian/substvars, debian/files, DEADJOE, emacs backup 
-files, any detritus left behind by other debhelper commands, etc.
+other files, such as debian/substvars, debian/files, and any detritus left
+behind by other debhelper commands. It also removes common files that
+should not appear in a debian diff:
+  #*# *~ DEADJOE *.orig *.rej *.SUMS TAGS core .deps/* *.P
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 .B debhelper options