[debhelper-devel] [debhelper] 14/17: debhelper.pod: Document compat 11 changes

[Niels Thykier]

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commit 6d17e16a3b382c33c7f5b57f9ac4cc92637de5d0
Author: Niels Thykier <niels at thykier.net>
Date:   Tue Jun 27 17:07:25 2017 +0000

    debhelper.pod: Document compat 11 changes
    
    Signed-off-by: Niels Thykier <niels at thykier.net>
---
 debhelper.pod | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/debhelper.pod b/debhelper.pod
index b1786a5..cfdc8ce 100644
--- a/debhelper.pod
+++ b/debhelper.pod
@@ -671,6 +671,23 @@ directory for all packages.  This will not affect packages that only
 build with debhelper commands, but it may expose bugs in commands not
 included in debhelper.
 
+=item -
+
+The helpers B<dh_installdocs>, B<dh_installexamples>, B<dh_installinfo>,
+and B<dh_installman> now error out if their config has a pattern that
+does not match anything or reference a path that does not exist.
+
+Known exceptions include building with the B<nodoc> profile, where the
+above tools will silently permit failed matches where the patterns
+are used to specify documentation.
+
+=item -
+
+The helpers B<dh_installdocs>, B<dh_installexamples>, B<dh_installinfo>,
+and B<dh_installman> now accept the parameter B<--sourcedir> with same
+meaning as B<dh_install>. Furthermore, they now also fall back to
+F<debian/tmp> like B<dh_install>.
+
 =back
 
 =back

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