dh_auto_configure: Clarify man page re adding configure parameters. Closes: #527256

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 3b9e42ae3239a9dc3e493b6b5f3e12e460898dcd..05369192bae5ff2d63f99e84d198906af02121fc 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 debhelper (7.2.10) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
   * Close COMPAT_IN filehandle. Closes: #527464
+  * dh_auto_configure: Clarify man page re adding configure
+    parameters. Closes: #527256
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Thu, 07 May 2009 16:33:25 -0400
 

diff --git a/dh_auto_configure b/dh_auto_configure
index f06bf72f4bf286f734f48cb3dc351c549d5c5de3..da1f75119c268fe80184bd13d4bbf72b34d74f6c 100755 (executable)
--- a/dh_auto_configure
+++ b/dh_auto_configure
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ you're encouraged to skip using dh_auto_configure at all, and just run
 
 Pass "params" to the program that is run, after the standard
 parameters that dh_auto_configure passes. This can be used to supplement
-or override those parameters.
+or override those parameters. For example:
+
+  dh_auto_configure -- --with-foo --enable-bar
 
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