dh_installdocs (1)

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NAME

dh_installdocs - install documentation into package build directories

SYNOPSIS

dh_installdocs [debhelper options] [-A] [-Xitem] [file ...]

DESCRIPTION

dh_installdocs is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing documentation into usr/share/doc/package in package build directories.

FILES

debian/package.docs

List documentation files to be installed into package.

debian/copyright

The copyright file is installed into all packages, unless a more specific copyright file is available.

debian/package.copyright

debian/package.README.Debian

debian/package.TODO

Each of these files is automatically installed if present for a package.

debian/README.Debian

debian/TODO

These files are installed into the first binary package listed in debian/control.

Note that README.debian files are also installed as README.Debian, and TODO files will be installed as TODO.Debian in non-native packages.

debian/package.doc-base

Installed as doc-base control files. Note that the doc-id will be determined from the Document: entry in the doc-base control file in question. In the event that multiple doc-base files in a single source package share the same doc-id, they will be installed to usr/share/doc-base/package instead of usr/share/doc-base/doc-id.

debian/package.doc-base.*

If your package needs to register more than one document, you need multiple doc-base files, and can name them like this. In the event that multiple doc-base files of this style in a single source package share the same doc-id, they will be installed to usr/share/doc-base/package-* instead of usr/share/doc-base/doc-id.

OPTIONS

-A, --all

Install all files specified by command line parameters in ALL packages acted on.

-Xitem, --exclude=item

Exclude files that contain item anywhere in their filename from being installed. Note that this includes doc-base files.

--link-doc=package

Make the documentation directory of all packages acted on be a symlink to the documentation directory of package. This has no effect when acting on package itself, or if the documentation directory to be created already exists when dh_installdocs is run. To comply with policy, package must be a binary package that comes from the same source package.

debhelper will try to avoid installing files into linked documentation directories that would cause conflicts with the linked package. The -A option will have no effect on packages with linked documentation directories, and copyright, changelog, README.Debian, and TODO files will not be installed.

(An older method to accomplish the same thing, which is still supported, is to make the documentation directory of a package be a dangling symlink, before calling dh_installdocs.)

file ...

Install these files as documentation into the first package acted on. (Or in all packages if -A is specified).

EXAMPLES

This is an example of a debian/package.docs file:

  README
  TODO
  debian/notes-for-maintainers.txt
  docs/manual.txt
  docs/manual.pdf
  docs/manual-html/

NOTES

Note that dh_installdocs will happily copy entire directory hierarchies if you ask it to (similar to cp -a). If it is asked to install a directory, it will install the complete contents of the directory.

Note that this command is not idempotent. dh_prep(1) should be called between invocations of this command. Otherwise, it may cause multiple instances of the same text to be added to maintainer scripts.

SEE ALSO

debhelper(7)

This program is a part of debhelper.

AUTHOR

Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>

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