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2014-08-09Update some dpkg git URLs to the new and newer (cgit switch) schemeGuillem Jover1-1/+1
2014-08-09Use https:// URLs instead of http:// when possible (round two)Guillem Jover1-1/+1
Switch more URLs, now that these services have had SSL enabled.
2014-05-17build: Switch to use libtool for the static librariesGuillem Jover1-0/+1
This makes it possible to embed libcompat inside libdpkg, so that the static library that we ship is self contained with the required compatibility code, specifically the MD5 functions. This also prepares the build system for when we start building a shared library, although it disables it by default. Closes: #746122
2013-12-07Use https:// URLs instead of http:// when possibleGuillem Jover1-1/+1
2013-06-03build: Bump automake version to 1.11Guillem Jover1-1/+1
It was needed for xz distribution tarballs, and allows us to get rid of the conditional silent-rules support.
2013-06-03build: Bump gettext version to 0.18.2Guillem Jover1-1/+1
This gets rid of an autoconf warning due to usage of an obsolete macro by gettext. The Build-Depends does not need to be bumped as the Makefiles can work with macros from any gettext 0.18.x.
2013-05-31Remove install-info wrapperGuillem Jover1-1/+0
The dpkg implementation was replaced by the GNU texinfo implementation some time ago, through a wrapper used to ease the transition. Now long complete, it's time to clean up.
2013-04-23doc: Add optional perl modules used during «make check» to READMEGuillem Jover1-0/+3
2013-04-19test: Add new perl critic test caseGuillem Jover1-0/+4
Mark false positives in the perl code so that perlcritic ignores them, and so that they are documented in-place.
2012-04-14build: Switch from --without- to --disable- for programs to be builtGuillem Jover1-5/+5
The standard way to select if a specific component of the build is to be enabled or disabled is through --enable-foo and --disable-foo options, --with-foo and --without-foo are used for selecting external modules to be used.
2011-10-13Clarify README instructionsGuillem Jover1-36/+36
Note that posting to the mailing list does not need subscription. Clearly split the software requirements for the source from git and the source from a tarball. Mention what functionality the compression libraries replace, and merge redundant project names. Make explicit that the curses library requirement can be lifted when disabling dselect. Distinguish between additional documentation and translated documentation. Add some basic instructions on how to configure and make.
2011-10-13Bump advertised po4a requirement to 0.41Jonathan Nieder1-1/+1
The po4a --srcdir and --destdir options were introduced in version 0.36.4, but attempts to point --srcdir to a different directory than the cwd when running po4a produced the message “master file was not found” instead of doing something useful until version 0.41 (r2317, 2010-11-03). Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
2011-09-23Add project documentation to the top level READMEGuillem Jover1-3/+110
This will help people getting the source from git, or downstream packagers on how to build from source or interact with the maintainers.
2005-03-11dpkg (1.13.1.0.1) experimental; urgency=lowScott James Remnant1-0/+5
* Bin-MU; recompile against Debian unstable, to make dselect actually installable. -- Scott James Remnant <scott@netsplit.com> Fri, 11 Mar 2005 09:00:14 +0000
1999-01-29dpkg 1.4.1Guy Maor1-23/+0
1996-04-04dpkg (1.1.4); priority=MEDIUMIan Jackson1-0/+23
* Allow overwriting of conflicting packages being removed. (Bug#2614.) * a.out control file says Pre-Depends: libc4 | libc. (Bug#2640.) * ELF control file and libc dependencies changed to use finalised scheme. * ELF control file and libc dependencies for i386 only. (Bug#2617.) * Guidelines say use only released libraries and compilers. * Install wishlist as /usr/doc/dpkg/WISHLIST. * Remove spurious entries for Guidelines in info dir file. * dpkg-deb --build checks permissions on control (DEBIAN) directory. * Spaces in control file fields not copied by dpkg-split. (Bug#2633.) * Spaces in split file part control data ignore. (Bug#2633.) * Portability fixes, including patch from Richard Kettlewell. * Fixed minor configure.in bug causing mangled GCC -W options. -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Thu, 4 Apr 1996 01:58:40 +0100
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