From: Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 03:02:14 +0000 (-0400) Subject: update X-Git-Tag: 8.9.8~7 X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7a9f2fad6a8fe3d3dbd1a0b095690b2f1d84d186;p=debhelper.git update --- diff --git a/debhelper.pod b/debhelper.pod index a896bb5..50f0e16 100644 --- a/debhelper.pod +++ b/debhelper.pod @@ -615,13 +615,10 @@ Set to B<1> to enable no-act mode. =item B<DH_OPTIONS> Anything in this variable will be prepended to the command line arguments -of all debhelper commands. Command-specific options will be ignored by -commands that do not support them. +of all debhelper commands. -This is useful in some situations, for example, if you need to pass B<-p> to -all debhelper commands that will be run. One good way to set B<DH_OPTIONS> is -by using "Target-specific Variable Values" in your F<debian/rules> file. See -the make documentation for details on doing this. +When using L<dh(1)>, it can be passed options that will be passed on to each +debhelper command, which is generally better than using DH_OPTIONS. =item B<DH_ALWAYS_EXCLUDE>