[debhelper-devel] Bug#774119: Bug#774119: debhelper: dh_strip manpage is missing -p option

[gregor herrmann]

On Mon, 29 Dec 2014 02:39:30 +0000, Peter Spiess-Knafl wrote:

> I started specifying debug packages for a package and therefore consulted the
> WikiPage for that (https://wiki.debian.org/DebugPackage).
> 
> There is the example for several debug packages out of a single source package
> described, which invokes the -p parameter of dh_strip.
> 
> This parameter is not documented in the man page of dh_strip.

It's also not documented in dh_install or other dh_* scripts because
it's a common option documented in debhelper(7), which all dh_*
manpages refer to.

I can see that this is a bit frustrating but OTOH copying the generic
options into each manpage sounds like a road to chaos ...


Cheers,
gregor

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