+debhelper (4.2.35) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+ * Man page typo fixes. Closes: #305809, #305804, #305815, #305810
+ Closes: #305812, #305814, #305819, #305818, #305817, #305822
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 22 Apr 2005 11:27:55 -0400
+
debhelper (4.2.34) unstable; urgency=low
* The infinite number of monkeys release.
This command automatically adds maintainer script snippets for
registering and unregistering the catalogs and "supercatalogs" (unless
-B<-n> is used). A dependancy on B<sgml-base> will be added to
+B<-n> is used). A dependency on B<sgml-base> will be added to
C<${misc:Depends}>, so be sure your package uses that variable in
-F<debian/control>. See L<dh_installdeb(1)> for an explantion of
+F<debian/control>. See L<dh_installdeb(1)> for an explanation of
Debhelper maintainer script snippets.
=head1 OPTIONS
dh_installdocs automatically installs debian/copyright if it exists. If
dh_installdocs is acting on multiple packages, debian/copyright files will be
-installed into all packages. However, if you need to have seperate copyright
+installed into all packages. However, if you need to have separate copyright
files for different binary packages, you can use files named
debian/package.copyright.
like /usr/share/man/pl/man1/, that is because your program has a
name like "foo.pl", and dh_installman assumes that means it is translated
into Polish. There is currently no support for resolving this ambiguity;
-programs in debian should proably not have extensions like that anyway.
+programs in debian should probably not have extensions like that anyway.
Any man page filenames specified as parameters will be installed into the
first package dh_installman is told to act on. By default, this is the
=head1 SYNOPSIS
-B<dh_makeshlibs> [S<I<debhelper options>>] [B<-m>I<major>] [B<-V>I<[dependancies]>] [B<-n>] [B<-X>I<item>]
+B<dh_makeshlibs> [S<I<debhelper options>>] [B<-m>I<major>] [B<-V>I<[dependencies]>] [B<-n>] [B<-X>I<item>]
=head1 DESCRIPTION
useful than it used to be, back in the bad old days when this program
looked at library filenames rather than using objdump.
-=item B<-V>, B<-V>I<dependancies>
+=item B<-V>, B<-V>I<dependencies>
-=item B<--version-info>, B<--version-info=>I<dependancies>
+=item B<--version-info>, B<--version-info=>I<dependencies>
By default, the shlibs file generated by this program does not make packages
depend on any particular version of the package containing the shared
library. It may be necessary for you to add some version dependancy
-information to the shlibs file. If -V is specified with no dependancy
+information to the shlibs file. If -V is specified with no dependency
information, the current upstream version of the package is plugged into a
-dependancy that looks like "packagename (>= packageversion)". Note that in
-debhelper compatability levels before v4, the debian part of the package
+dependency that looks like "packagename (>= packageversion)". Note that in
+debhelper compatibility levels before v4, the debian part of the package
version number is also included. If -V is specified with parameters, the
-parameters can be used to specify the exact dependancy information needed
+parameters can be used to specify the exact dependency information needed
(be sure to include the package name).
Beware of using -V without any parameters; this is a conservative setting
# as a side effect.
isnative($package);
my $version = $dh{VERSION};
- # Old compatability levels include the
+ # Old compatibility levels include the
# debian revision, while new do not.
if (! compat(3)) {
# Remove debian version, if any.
This command automatically adds maintainer script snippets for registering
and unregistering files with ScrollKeeper (unless B<-n> is used). See
-L<dh_installdeb(1)> for an explantion of Debhelper maintainer script
+L<dh_installdeb(1)> for an explanation of Debhelper maintainer script
snippets.
It will also change any DTD declarations in the OMF and DocBook files
=head1 DESCRIPTION
dh_shlibdeps is a debhelper program that is responsible for calculating
-shared library dependancies for packages.
+shared library dependencies for packages.
This program is merely a wrapper around L<dpkg-shlibdeps(1)> that calls it
once for each package listed in the control file, passing it
=item B<-X>I<item>, B<--exclude=>I<item>
Exclude files that contain "item" anywhere in their filename from being
-passed to dpkg-shlibdeps. This will make their dependancies be ignored.
+passed to dpkg-shlibdeps. This will make their dependencies be ignored.
This may be useful in some situations, but use it with caution. This option
may be used more than once to exclude more than one thing.
debugging.
This program examines your package build directories and works out what
-to strip on its own. It uses L<file(1)> and file permisions and filenames
+to strip on its own. It uses L<file(1)> and file permissions and filenames
to figure out what files are shared libraries (*.so), executable binaries,
and static (lib*.a) and debugging libraries (lib*_g.a, debug/*.so), and
strips each as much as is possible. (Which is not at all for debugging
=item B<-k>, B<--keep-debug>
-Debug symbols will be retained, but split into an independant
+Debug symbols will be retained, but split into an independent
file in usr/lib/debug/ in the package build directory. --dbg-package
is easier to use than this option, but this option is more flexible.
removes them, replacing them with maintainer script snippets (unless B<-n>
is used) to create the directories at install time, and remove them when
the package is removed, in a manner compliant with Debian policy. See
-L<dh_installdeb(1)> for an explantion of Debhelper maintainer script
+L<dh_installdeb(1)> for an explanation of Debhelper maintainer script
snippets.
If the directories found in the build tree have unusual owners, groups, or
-permisions, then those values will be preserved in the directories made by
+permissions, then those values will be preserved in the directories made by
the postinst script. However, as a special exception, if a directory is owned
by root.root, it will be treated as if it is owned by root.staff and is mode
2775. This is useful, since that is the group and mode policy recommends for