r493: * dh_installman: documented translated man page support, and made it work

     properly. It was not stripping the language part from the installed
     filenames.

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 7a590f7e29e5237acd833f013428f5927d85d60a..69f72eb6706932afb4ab1eb0fc0b6fbc488b8f7d 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+debhelper (3.0.47) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * dh_installman: documented translated man page support, and made it work
+    properly. It was not stripping the language part from the installed
+    filenames.
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Tue,  9 Oct 2001 15:16:18 -0400
+
 debhelper (3.0.46) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Typo, Closes: #114135

diff --git a/dh_installman b/dh_installman
index d8585aa2e6e072e5093f560cdc45b2d2987a1a01..c5efe70c806cd6e6f2742f1981c4974c3bfdb9d2 100755 (executable)
--- a/dh_installman
+++ b/dh_installman
@@ -16,11 +16,12 @@ use Debian::Debhelper::Dh_Lib;
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-dh_installman is a debhelper program that handles for installing
+dh_installman is a debhelper program that handles installing
 man pages into the correct locations in package build directories. You tell
 it what man pages go in your packages, and it figures out where to
 install them based on the section field in their .TH line and their filename
-extention.
+extention. It also supports translated man pages, by looking for extentions
+like .ll.8 and .ll_LL.8
 
 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
@@ -115,19 +116,21 @@ foreach my $package (@{$dh{DOPACKAGES}}) {
                        error("Could not determine section for $page");
                }
                
+               # Get the man page's name -- everything up to the last dot.
+               my ($instname)=$basename=~m/^(.*)\./;
+       
                my $destdir="$tmp/usr/share/man/man$realsection/";
                # Translated man pages are typically specified by adding the
                # language code to the filename, so detect that and
-               # redirect to appropriate directory.
+               # redirect to appropriate directory, stripping the code.
                my ($langcode)=$basename=~m/.*\.([a-z][a-z](?:_[A-Z][A-Z])?)\.(?:[1-9]|man)/;
                if (defined $langcode && $langcode ne '') {
                        $destdir="$tmp/usr/share/man/$langcode/man$section/";
+                       # Strip the language code from the instname.
+                       $instname=~s/\.$langcode$//;
                }
                $destdir=~tr:/:/:s; # just for looks
 
-               # Get the man page's name -- everything up to the last dot.
-               my ($instname)=$basename=~m/^(.*)\./;
-       
                if (! -e "$destdir/$instname.$section" && 
                    ! -l "$destdir/$instname.$section") {
                        if (! -d $destdir) {

diff --git a/doc/PROGRAMMING b/doc/PROGRAMMING
index a1fa8ee786b803f00f7a73dac2f13de4917beaad..69302d34268df98368b629daf37a674b636025f7 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/PROGRAMMING
+++ b/doc/PROGRAMMING
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 This file documents things you should know to write a new debhelper program.
+Any program with a name that debins with dh_ should conform to these
+guidelines (with the historical exception of dh_make).
 
 Standardization:
 ---------------