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commit 5dd05c068d01d3a74d9786d1719b1258693d78f9 Author: Guillem Jover <[email protected]> Date: Mon Aug 15 17:57:17 2016 +0200 man: Improve dpkg-deb --build arguments documentation The Architecture field is now mandatory when building. Clarify that when passing a directory the generated archive is placed therein. Rename the first directory argument to distinguish it from the second. Prompted-by: Johannes Schauer <[email protected]> --- debian/changelog | 2 ++ man/dpkg-deb.1 | 15 +++++---------- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index c634139..43bdc00 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ dpkg (1.18.11) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium - Fix typos in docs and man pages. Thanks to Jakub Wilk <[email protected]> Closes: #834584 - Fix formatting in SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH description in dpkg-deb(5). + - Improve dpkg-deb --build arguments documentation in dpkg-deb(1). + Prompted by Johannes Schauer <[email protected]>. * Build system: - Add support for profiling perl modules. - Clean up compiler and linker automatic flag usage in configure. diff --git a/man/dpkg-deb.1 b/man/dpkg-deb.1 index bdcb7a8..9d66bd5 100644 --- a/man/dpkg-deb.1 +++ b/man/dpkg-deb.1 @@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ their respective command description. . .SH COMMANDS .TP -.BR \-b ", " \-\-build " \fIdirectory\fP [\fIarchive\fP|\fIdirectory\fP]" +.BR \-b ", " \-\-build " \fIbinary-directory\fP [\fIarchive\fP|\fIdirectory\fP]" Creates a debian archive from the filesystem tree stored in -.IR directory ". " directory +.IR binary-directory ". " binary-directory must have a .B DEBIAN subdirectory, which contains the control information files such @@ -80,20 +80,15 @@ If no is specified then .B dpkg\-deb will write the package into the file -.IR directory \fB.deb\fR. +.IR binary-directory \fB.deb\fR. If the archive to be created already exists it will be overwritten. If the second argument is a directory then .B dpkg\-deb will write to the file -.IB package _ version _ arch .deb\fR, -or -.IB package _ version .deb -if no -.B Architecture -field is present in the package control file. When a target directory -is specified, rather than a file, the +.IB directory / package _ version _ arch .deb. +When a target directory is specified, rather than a file, the .B \-\-nocheck option may not be used (since .B dpkg\-deb -- Alioth's /usr/local/bin/git-commit-notice on /srv/git.debian.org/git/dpkg/dpkg.git
