r227: Initial Import

4 files changed, 20 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f66f96c3..1ef02943 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+debhelper (2.0.02) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * If you're going to use v2, it's reccommended you call 
+    "dh_testversion 2". Added a note about that to doc/v2.
+  * Dh_Lib.pm compat: if a version that is greater than the highest
+    supported compatability level is specified, abort with an error. Perhaps
+    there will be a debhelper v3 some day...
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org>  Thu,  1 Jul 1999 14:08:14 -0700
+
 debhelper (2.0.01) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Actually include doc/v2 this time round.
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 3f546b8e..45834e1b 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Standards-Version: 2.5.1.0
 
 Package: debhelper
 Architecture: all
-Depends: perl (>= 5.004), fileutils (>= 3.16-4), file
+Depends: perl (>= 5.004), fileutils (>= 3.16-4), file (>= 3.23-1)
 Suggests: dh-make
 Description: helper programs for debian/rules
  A collection of programs that can be used in a debian/rules file to
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 5fcf25f3..e1f8d237 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 # Note that I have to refer to debhelper programs with ./, to make sure
 # I run the most current ones. That's also why there is a symlink to the 
 # current Dh_lib.pm and the current Dh_getopt.pm in this debian/ directory.
+#
+# This is _not_ a good example of a debhelper rules file.
 
 # If any automatic script generation is done in building this package, 
 # be sure to use the new templates from this package.
diff --git a/doc/v2 b/doc/v2
index 4db20d5a..b120d036 100644
--- a/doc/v2
+++ b/doc/v2
@@ -3,7 +3,13 @@ being worked on, and will change in drastic ways without notice. To keep
 this from breaking packages, debhelper will continue to operate in v1
 compatability mode by default.
 
-To enable debhelper v2 features (do this with *caution*), set DH_COMPAT=2
+To enable debhelper v2 features (do this with *caution*), set DH_COMPAT=2 in
+your debian/rules. Also, it is a very good idea to add a call to your
+debian/rules like this:
+	dh_testversion 2
+To ensure that your package won't be built with some old version of
+debhelper that ignores the DH_COMPAT flag.
+
 Here are the changes I'm planning to make to debhelper for v2, based on
 prior discussion on debian-devel.