not itself normally look will be passed to it, a behavior change which
may break some packages. Closes: #557603
* dh_testversion: Removed this deprecated command.
+ * debian/compress files are now deprecated. Seems only one package
+ (genesis) still uses them.
-- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 17 May 2010 20:01:19 -0400
=item debian/I<package>.compress
+These files are deprecated.
+
If this file exists, the default files are not compressed. Instead, the
file is ran as a shell script, and all filenames that the shell script
outputs will be compressed. The shell script will be run from inside the
Exclude files that contain "item" anywhere in their filename from being
compressed. For example, -X.tiff will exclude tiff files from compression.
You may use this option multiple times to build up a list of things to
-exclude. You can accomplish the same thing by using a debian/compress file,
-but this is easier.
+exclude.
=item B<-A>, B<--all>
push @files, @ARGV;
}
if ($compress) {
- # The config file is a sh script that outputs the files to be compressed
+ # The compress file is a sh script that outputs the files to be compressed
# (typically using find).
+ warning("$compress is deprecated; use -X or avoid calling dh_compress instead");
push @files, split(/\n/,`sh $olddir/$compress 2>/dev/null`);
}
else {
a string are not used in debhelper itself, but have been left in the
library in case other things use them. Deprecate and remove.
* dh --before , --after , --until , --remaining
+* debian/compress files
Also, grep the entire archive for all dh_* command lines,
and check to see what other switches are not being used, and maybe remove
some of them.
-
-I'd also like to deprecate/remove debian/compress files, -X is
-a better idea.