Jonathan Nieder wrote: > I'm attaching a patch that adds some documentation.
And another patch, to make that documentation easier to find.
From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnie...@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:32:56 -0500 Subject: Install README.Debian in the nodejs package. debian/README.Debian is being installed to the first package listed in debian/control, nodejs-dev. Better to install to the nodejs package, where the rest of the documentation already is. --- debian/README.Debian | 41 ----------------------------------------- debian/changelog | 1 + debian/nodejs.README.Debian | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 debian/README.Debian create mode 100644 debian/nodejs.README.Debian diff --git a/debian/README.Debian b/debian/README.Debian deleted file mode 100644 index 05344f66..00000000 --- a/debian/README.Debian +++ /dev/null @@ -1,41 +0,0 @@ -nodejs for Debian -================= - -packaged modules ----------------- - -The global search path for modules is -/usr/lib/nodejs - -Future packages of node modules will use that directory, -so it should be used wisely. - - -user modules ------------- - -Node looks for modules in ./node_modules directory first; -please read node#modules documentation carefully for more information. - -Node does not look for modules in /usr/local/lib/node_modules, -where npm put them. -Please read npm-link(1) of npm package, to understand how to properly -use npm-installed modules in a project. - -Note that require.paths is not supported in future node versions. -See also nodejs(1) for more information about NODE_PATH. - - -nodejs command --------------- - -The upstream name for the Node.js interpreter command is "node", and -Debian provides the same (for now) for compatibility. - -That is a very generic name and there are other commands that use -the same name in their upstreams, such as ax25-node from the "node" -package. - -Scripts wishing to refer unambiguously to the Node.js interpreter -can use the "nodejs" command instead. -We are pursuing inclusion of this synonym upstream. diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 740f00c7..1aa4a265 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ nodejs (0.6.14~dfsg1-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low * Add /usr/bin/nodejs as a symlink to node and nodejs.1.gz as a symlink to the node(1) manpage. Explanation in README.Debian. Closes: #650343. + * Include README.Debian in nodejs package instead of nodejs-dev. -- Jonas Smedegaard <d...@jones.dk> Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:50:29 +0200 diff --git a/debian/nodejs.README.Debian b/debian/nodejs.README.Debian new file mode 100644 index 00000000..05344f66 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/nodejs.README.Debian @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +nodejs for Debian +================= + +packaged modules +---------------- + +The global search path for modules is +/usr/lib/nodejs + +Future packages of node modules will use that directory, +so it should be used wisely. + + +user modules +------------ + +Node looks for modules in ./node_modules directory first; +please read node#modules documentation carefully for more information. + +Node does not look for modules in /usr/local/lib/node_modules, +where npm put them. +Please read npm-link(1) of npm package, to understand how to properly +use npm-installed modules in a project. + +Note that require.paths is not supported in future node versions. +See also nodejs(1) for more information about NODE_PATH. + + +nodejs command +-------------- + +The upstream name for the Node.js interpreter command is "node", and +Debian provides the same (for now) for compatibility. + +That is a very generic name and there are other commands that use +the same name in their upstreams, such as ax25-node from the "node" +package. + +Scripts wishing to refer unambiguously to the Node.js interpreter +can use the "nodejs" command instead. +We are pursuing inclusion of this synonym upstream. -- 1.7.10
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