Package: debhelper
Version: 8.1.3
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Hello,
I noticed four occurrences where the man page of a command talks about
postrm while the actual command modifies prerm (and other
combinations). Attached is a git patch that corrects this.
Regards,
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Jeroen Schot
>From 324d37f1832c336fdff0cec37612fd0f48986eb0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeroen Schot <sc...@a-eskwadraat.nl>
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 14:05:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Typo's in documentation regarding {pre,post}{inst,rm}
---
dh_installmodules | 4 ++--
dh_installudev | 2 +-
dh_installwm | 4 ++--
dh_python | 2 +-
4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/dh_installmodules b/dh_installmodules
index bee1072..9b3fc20 100755
--- a/dh_installmodules
+++ b/dh_installmodules
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ B<dh_installmodules> is a debhelper program that is responsible for
registering kernel modules.
Kernel modules are searched for in the package build directory and if
-found, F<postinst> and F<postrm> commands are automatically generated to
+found, F<preinst>, F<postinst> and F<postrm> commands are automatically generated to
run B<depmod> and register the modules when the package is installed.
These commands are inserted into the maintainer scripts by
L<dh_installdeb(1)>.
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ and B<dh_installmodules> will warn if these files are present.
=item B<-n>, B<--noscripts>
-Do not modify F<postinst>/F<postrm> scripts.
+Do not modify F<preinst>/F<postinst>/F<postrm> scripts.
=item B<--name=>I<name>
diff --git a/dh_installudev b/dh_installudev
index f7e46a2..fa369a0 100755
--- a/dh_installudev
+++ b/dh_installudev
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Sets the priority string of the F<rules.d> symlink. Default is 60.
=item B<-n>, B<--noscripts>
-Do not modify F<postinst>/F<postrm> scripts.
+Do not modify F<preinst>/F<postinst> scripts.
=back
diff --git a/dh_installwm b/dh_installwm
index bebd4e2..a0f5f70 100755
--- a/dh_installwm
+++ b/dh_installwm
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ B<dh_installwm> [S<I<debhelper options>>] [B<-n>] [B<--priority=>I<n>] [S<I<wm>
=head1 DESCRIPTION
B<dh_installwm> is a debhelper program that is responsible for
-generating the F<postinst> and F<postrm> commands that register a window manager
+generating the F<postinst> and F<prerm> commands that register a window manager
with L<update-alternatives(8)>. The window manager's man page is also
registered as a slave symlink (in v6 mode and up), if it is found in
F<usr/share/man/man1/> in the package build directory.
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ calculating the correct value.
=item B<-n>, B<--noscripts>
-Do not modify F<postinst>/F<postrm> scripts. Turns this command into a no-op.
+Do not modify F<postinst>/F<prerm> scripts. Turns this command into a no-op.
=item I<wm> ...
diff --git a/dh_python b/dh_python
index 6f6689a..f86c9ae 100755
--- a/dh_python
+++ b/dh_python
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ such as B<2.3>. Do not use if you ship modules in F</usr/lib/site-python>.
=item B<-n>, B<--noscripts>
-Do not modify F<postinst>/F<postrm> scripts.
+Do not modify F<postinst>/F<prerm> scripts.
=back
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1.7.2.5
