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authorjoey <joey>1999-08-17 05:16:48 +0000
committerjoey <joey>1999-08-17 05:16:48 +0000
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downloaddebhelper-638b3dcc6f795a817a0fca1104af86ed8152bc38.tar.gz
r228: Initial Import
-rw-r--r--debian/changelog7
-rw-r--r--dh_perl.112
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1ef02943..0ae47f80 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+debhelper (2.0.03) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Depend on file >= 2.23-1, because dh_perl uses file -b, introduced at
+ that version. (Closes: #40589)
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 1 Jul 1999 14:41:12 -0700
+
debhelper (2.0.02) unstable; urgency=low
* If you're going to use v2, it's reccommended you call
diff --git a/dh_perl.1 b/dh_perl.1
index f1277b0b..2d23bcb7 100644
--- a/dh_perl.1
+++ b/dh_perl.1
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-.TH DH_PERLCHECK 1 "22 June 1999" "Debhelper Commands" "Debhelper Commands"
+.TH DH_PERL 1 "22 June 1999" "Debhelper Commands" "Debhelper Commands"
.SH NAME
dh_perl \- calculates perl scripts & modules dependencies
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dh_perl
-.I "[debhelper options] [-k]"
+.I "[debhelper options] [-k] [-d]"
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
dh_perl is a debhelper program that is responsible for generating
the perl:Depends substitutions and adding them to substvars files.
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ for a list of options common to all debhelper commands.
.TP
.B -k
Keep .packlist files.
+.TP
+.B -d
+In some specific cases you may want to depend on a -base package
+(ie perl-5.00X-base or perl5-base). If so, you can pass
+the -d option to make
+.BR dh_perl
+generate a dependency on the correct base package. This is only necessary
+for some modules that are included in the base system.
.SH ENVIRONMENT
See
.BR debhelper (1)