1 debhelper (2.0.53) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Minor changes to rules.multi2.
5 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 27 Sep 1999 13:57:17 -0700
7 debhelper (2.0.52) unstable; urgency=low
9 * dh_movefiles: if the wildcards in the filelist expand to nothing,
10 don't do anything, rather than crashing.
12 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 23 Sep 1999 15:18:00 -0700
14 debhelper (2.0.51) unstable; urgency=low
16 * dh_installdocs: create the compatability symlink before calling
17 install-docs. I'm told this is better in some cases. (Closes: #45608)
18 * examples/rules.multi2: clarified what you have to comment/uncomment.
20 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 20 Sep 1999 12:43:09 -0700
22 debhelper (2.0.50) unstable; urgency=medium
24 * Oops. Fixed dh_shlibdeps so it actually generates dependancies, broke in
27 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 18 Sep 1999 19:00:10 -0700
29 debhelper (2.0.49) unstable; urgency=low
31 * dh_shlibdeps: detect statically linked binaries and don't pass them to
33 * dh_installdeb: debconf support.
35 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 17 Sep 1999 00:28:59 -0700
37 debhelper (2.0.48) unstable; urgency=low
39 * 4 whole days without a debhelper upload! Can't let that happen. Let's see..
40 * dh_installperl.1: explain what you have to put in your control file
41 for the dependancies to be generated.
43 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 16 Sep 1999 21:15:05 -0700
45 debhelper (2.0.47) unstable; urgency=low
47 * dh_undocumented: installs links for X11 man pages to the undocumented.7
48 page in /usr/share/man. (Closes: #44909)
50 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 13:12:34 -0700
52 debhelper (2.0.46) unstable; urgency=low
54 * dh_installemacsen: the script fragments it generates now test for the
55 existance of emacs-package-install/remove before calling them. Though
56 a strict reading of the emacsen policy indicates that such a test
57 shouldn't be needed, there may be edge cases (cf bug 44924), where it
60 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 12:54:37 -0700
62 debhelper (2.0.45) unstable; urgency=low
64 * dh_installdocs.1: clarified how the doc-id is determined. Closes: #44864
65 * dh_makeshlibs: will now overwrite existing debian/tmp/DEBIAN/shlibs
66 files, instead of erroring out. (Closes: #44828)
68 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 11 Sep 1999 13:15:33 -0700
70 debhelper (2.0.44) unstable; urgency=low
72 * dh_compress: fixed #ARGV bug (again) Closes: #44853
74 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 11 Sep 1999 13:04:15 -0700
76 debhelper (2.0.43) unstable; urgency=low
78 * Corrected example rules files, which had some messed up targets.
80 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 9 Sep 1999 11:22:09 -0700
82 debhelper (2.0.42) unstable; urgency=low
84 * dh_installinfo: failed pretty miserably if the info file's section
85 contained '/' characters. Doesn't now.
87 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 6 Sep 1999 16:33:13 -0700
89 debhelper (2.0.41) unstable; urgency=low
91 * dh_installinfo: use FHS info dir. I wonder how I missed that..
93 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 6 Sep 1999 13:22:08 -0700
95 debhelper (2.0.40) unstable; urgency=low
97 * FHS complience. Patch from Johnie Ingram <johnie@netgod.net>.
98 For the most part, this was a straight-forward substitution,
99 dh_installmanpages needed a non-obvious change though.
100 * Closes: #42489, #42587, #41732.
101 * dh_installdocs: Adds code to postinst and prerm as specified in
102 http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-ctte-9908/msg00038.html,
103 to make /usr/doc/<package> a compatability symlink to
104 /usr/share/doc/<package>. Note that currently if something exists in
105 /usr/doc/<package> when the postinst is run, it will silently not make
106 the symlink. I'm considering more intellingent handing of this case.
107 * Note that if you build a package with this version of debhelper, it will
108 use /usr/share/man, /usr/share/doc, and /usr/share/info. You may need to
109 modify other files in your package that reference the old locations.
111 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 5 Sep 1999 21:06:11 -0700
113 debhelper (2.0.30) unstable; urgency=low
115 * It turns out it's possible to set up make variables that are specific to
116 a single target of a Makefile. This works tremendously well with
117 DH_OPTIONS: no need to put "-i" or "-pfoo" after every debhelper command
119 * debhelper.1: mentioned above technique.
120 * examples/rules.multi: use the above method to get rid of -i's and -a's.
121 * examples/rules.multi2: new file, example of a multi-binary package that
122 works for arch-indep and arch-dependant packages, and also allows
123 building of single binary packages independntly, via binary-<package>
124 targets. It accomplishes all this using only one list of debhelper
126 * examples/*: removed source and diff targets. They've been obsolete for 2
127 years -- or is it 3? No need for a nice error message on failure anymore.
129 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 3 Sep 1999 11:28:24 -0700
131 debhelper (2.0.29) unstable; urgency=low
133 * dh_shlibdeps: Fixed quoting problem that made it fail on weird file names.
134 Patch from Devin Carraway <debianbug-debhelper@devin.com>, Closes: #44016
136 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 2 Sep 1999 13:40:37 -0700
138 debhelper (2.0.28) unstable; urgency=low
140 * Oops, dh_installpam was omitted from the package. Added back.
143 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 27 Aug 1999 19:16:38 -0700
145 debhelper (2.0.27) unstable; urgency=low
147 * No user visible changes. Modified the package to interface better with
148 my new local build system, which auto-updates the home page when a new
151 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 26 Aug 1999 23:20:40 -0700
153 debhelper (2.0.25) unstable; urgency=low
155 * Corrected debian/fixlinks to make the correct debian/* symlinks needed
156 for building debhelper.
157 * Fixed rules file to create and populate examples and docs dirs. Oops.
159 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 25 Aug 1999 19:46:08 -0700
161 debhelper (2.0.24) unstable; urgency=low
163 * dh_installdocs: Handle trailing whitespace after Document: name.
166 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 18 Aug 1999 10:23:17 -0700
168 debhelper (2.0.23) unstable; urgency=low
170 * Fixed makefile commit target.
171 * Misc changes to make CVS dirs not be copies into package.
173 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 22:43:39 -0700
175 debhelper (2.0.22) unstable; urgency=low
177 * Checked all of debhelper into CVS.
178 * Removed Test.pm (we have perl 5.005 now)
179 * Skip CVS dir when running tests.
180 * Since CVS is so brain dead about symlinks, added a debian/fixlinks script.
181 Modified debian/rules to make sure it's run if any of the symlinks are
182 missing. Also, made Makefile a short file that sources debian/rules so
183 it's always available.
185 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 22:35:12 -0700
187 debhelper (2.0.21) unstable; urgency=low
189 * Wow. It turns out dh_installdocs has been doing it wrong and doc-base
190 files have the doc-id inside them. Applied and modified a patch from
191 Peter Moulder <reiter@netspace.net.au> to make it use those id's instead
192 of coming up with it's own. (Closes: #42650)
194 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 8 Aug 1999 10:24:10 -0700
196 debhelper (2.0.20) unstable; urgency=low
198 * dh_perl: Patch from Raphael Hertzog <rhertzog@hrnet.fr> to allow
199 specification on the command line of alternate paths to search for perl
200 modules. (Closes: #42171)
202 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 30 Jul 1999 09:42:08 -0700
204 debhelper (2.0.19) unstable; urgency=low
206 * dh_installinfo: fixed bug if a info file had no section.
208 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 29 Jul 1999 11:41:11 -0700
210 debhelper (2.0.18) unstable; urgency=low
212 * dh_installxaw: fixed multiple stanza problem, for real this time (patch
213 misapplied last time). (Closes: #41862)
215 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 26 Jul 1999 13:00:09 -0700
217 debhelper (2.0.17) unstable; urgency=low
219 * dh_clean: compat() wasn't exported.
221 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 21 Jul 1999 12:49:52 -0700
223 debhelper (2.0.16) unstable; urgency=low
225 * Dh_lib.pm: when looking for debhelper files in debian/, test with -f,
226 not with -e, because it might fail if you're building a package named,
227 say, 'docs', with a temp dir of debian/docs. I don't anticipate this
228 ever happenning, but it pays to be safe.
230 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 20 Jul 1999 21:00:04 -0700
232 debhelper (2.0.15) unstable; urgency=low
234 * dh_clean: only force-remove debian/tmp if in v2 mode. In v1 mode, we
235 shouldn't remove it because we may only be acting on a single package.
238 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 20 Jul 1999 19:00:15 -0700
240 debhelper (2.0.14) unstable; urgency=low
242 * Moved /usr/lib/debhelper to /usr/share/debhelper for FHS compliance
243 (#41174). If you used Dh_lib or something in another package, be sure to
244 update your "use" line and declare an appropriate dependancy. (Closes:
246 * dh_installxaw: Patch from Josip Rodin <joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr> to fix
247 multiple-stanza xaw file support. (Closes: #41173)
249 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 12 Jul 1999 11:49:57 -0700
251 debhelper (2.0.13) unstable; urgency=low
253 * dh_fixperms: FHS fixes (#41058)
255 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 9 Jul 1999 13:07:49 -0700
257 debhelper (2.0.12) unstable; urgency=low
259 * dh_installinfo: fixed #SECTION# substitution.
261 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 7 Jul 1999 17:51:59 -0700
263 debhelper (2.0.11) unstable; urgency=low
265 * At long, long last, dh_installinfo is written. It takes a simple list of
266 info files and figures out the rest for you. (Closes: #15717)
268 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 7 Jul 1999 17:04:48 -0700
270 debhelper (2.0.10) unstable; urgency=low
272 * dh_compress: compress changelog.html files. (Closes: #40626)
273 * dh_installchangelogs: installs a link from changelog.html.gz to changelog.gz,
274 because I think it's important that upstream changelogs always be accessable
276 * dh_compress: removed the usr/share/X11R6/man bit. Note part of FHS.
278 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 7 Jul 1999 10:46:03 -0700
280 debhelper (2.0.09) unstable; urgency=low
282 * dh_compress: added some FHS support. Though debhelper doesn't put stuff
283 there (and won't until people come up with a general transition strategy or
284 decide to not have a clean transiotion), dh_compress now compresses
285 various files in /usr/share/{man,doc,info}. (Closes: #40892)
287 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 7 Jul 1999 09:55:03 -0700
289 debhelper (2.0.08) unstable; urgency=low
291 * dh_*: redirect cd output to /den/null, because CD can actually output
292 things if CDPATH is set.
294 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 6 Jul 1999 10:14:00 -0700
296 debhelper (2.0.07) unstable; urgency=low
298 * Added dh_perl calls to example rules files.
300 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 4 Jul 1999 15:57:51 -0700
302 debhelper (2.0.06) unstable; urgency=low
304 * Now depends on perl5 | perl, I'll kill the | perl bit later on, but it
305 seems to make sense for the transition.
307 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 4 Jul 1999 10:56:03 -0700
309 debhelper (2.0.05) unstable; urgency=low
311 * dh_clean: clean debian/tmp even if v2 is being used. If you're
312 using dh_movefiles, stuff may well be left in there, and it needs to be
315 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 3 Jul 1999 13:23:46 -0700
317 debhelper (2.0.04) unstable; urgency=low
319 * Patch from Raphael Hertzog <rhertzog@hrnet.fr> to make dh_perl support a
320 -d flag that makes it add a dependancy on the sppropriate perl-XXX-base
321 package. Few packages will really need this. (Closes: #40631)
323 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 2 Jul 1999 11:22:00 -0700
325 debhelper (2.0.03) unstable; urgency=low
327 * Depend on file >= 2.23-1, because dh_perl uses file -b, introduced at
328 that version. (Closes: #40589)
330 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 1 Jul 1999 14:41:12 -0700
332 debhelper (2.0.02) unstable; urgency=low
334 * If you're going to use v2, it's reccommended you call
335 "dh_testversion 2". Added a note about that to doc/v2.
336 * Dh_Lib.pm compat: if a version that is greater than the highest
337 supported compatability level is specified, abort with an error. Perhaps
338 there will be a debhelper v3 some day...
340 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 1 Jul 1999 14:08:14 -0700
342 debhelper (2.0.01) unstable; urgency=low
344 * Actually include doc/v2 this time round.
346 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 1 Jul 1999 14:01:55 -0700
348 debhelper (2.0.00) unstable; urgency=low
350 * Don't let the version number fool you. Debhelper v2 is here, but just
351 barely. That's what all the zero's mean. :-)
352 * If DH_COMPAT=2, then debian/<package> will be used for the temporary
353 build directory for all packages. debian/tmp is no more! (Well, except
354 dh_movefiles still uses it.)
355 * debhelper.1: documented this.
356 * Dh_lib.pm: added compat(), pass in a number, it returns true if the
357 current compatability level is equal to that number.
358 * doc/PROGRAMMING: documented that.
359 * debhelper itself now builds using DH_COMPAT=2.
360 * dh_debstd forces DH_COMPAT=1, because it needs to stay compatable with
363 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 1 Jul 1999 13:37:58 -0700
365 debhelper (1.9.00) unstable; urgency=low
367 * This is a release of debhelper in preparation for debhelper v2.
368 * doc/v2: added, documented status of v2 changes.
369 * README: mention doc/v2
370 * debhelper.1: docuimented DH_COMPAT
371 * examples/*: added DH_COMAPT=1 to top of rules files
373 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 1 Jul 1999 13:16:41 -0700
375 debhelper (1.2.83) unstable; urgency=medium
377 * dh_perl: fixed substvars typo. Urgency medium since a lot of people will
378 be using this script RSN.
380 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 1 Jul 1999 11:44:05 -0700
382 debhelper (1.2.82) unstable; urgency=low
384 * dh_installinit: applied patch from Yann Dirson <ydirson@multimania.com>
385 to make it look for init.d scripts matching the --init-script parameter.
386 This is only useful if, like Yann, you have packages that need to install
387 more than 1 init script.
389 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 1999 11:38:05 -0700
391 debhelper (1.2.81) unstable; urgency=low
393 * dh_link: fixed bug #40159 and added a regression test for it. It was
394 failing if it was given absolute filenames.
396 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 1999 10:12:44 -0700
398 debhelper (1.2.80) unstable; urgency=low
400 * Changed perl version detection.
401 * Changed call to find.
403 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 24 Jun 1999 16:48:53 -0700
405 debhelper (1.2.79) unstable; urgency=low
407 * Added dh_perl by Raphael Hertzog <rhertzog@hrnet.fr>. dh_perl handles
408 finding dependancies of perl scripts, plus deleting those annoying
410 * I don't think dh_perl is going to be useful until the new version of
413 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 24 Jun 1999 14:47:55 -0700
415 debhelper (1.2.78) unstable; urgency=low
417 * Really include dh_installpam.
419 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 15 Jun 1999 09:00:36 -0700
421 debhelper (1.2.77) unstable; urgency=low
423 * dh_installpam: new program by Sean <shaleh@foo.livenet.net>
424 * Wrote man page for same.
426 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 11 Jun 1999 13:08:04 -0700
428 debhelper (1.2.76) unstable; urgency=low
430 * dh_fixperms: Do not use chmod/chown -R at all anymore, instead it uses
431 the (slower) find then chown method. Necessary because the -R methods will
432 happyily attempt to chown a dangling symlink, which makes them fail.
435 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 7 Jun 1999 20:20:01 -0700
437 debhelper (1.2.75) unstable; urgency=low
439 * dh_installemacsen: fixed perms of install, remove scripts.
442 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 7 Jun 1999 14:42:12 -0700
444 debhelper (1.2.74) unstable; urgency=low
446 * dh_installmanpages: recognizes gzipped man pages and installs them.
447 This is an experimental change, one problem is if your man page isn't
448 already gzip-9'd, it will be in violation of policy. (closes: #38673)
449 * The previous fix to dh_installemacsen was actually quite necessary - the
452 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 3 Jun 1999 15:14:27 -0700
454 debhelper (1.2.73) unstable; urgency=low
456 * dh_installemacsen: make sure files are installed mode 0644. Not strictly
457 necessary since dh_fixperms fixes them if you have a wacky umask, but oh
458 well. (Closes: 38900)
460 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 3 Jun 1999 14:50:42 -0700
462 debhelper (1.2.72) unstable; urgency=low
464 * dh_installemacsen: use debian/package.emacsen-startup, not
465 debian/package.emacsen-init. The former has always been documented to
466 work on the man page (closes: #38898).
468 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 3 Jun 1999 14:16:57 -0700
470 debhelper (1.2.71) unstable; urgency=low
472 * Fixed a typo (closes: #38881)
474 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 3 Jun 1999 13:23:23 -0700
476 debhelper (1.2.70) unstable; urgency=low
478 * dh_installmanpages: Properly quoted metacharacters in $dir in regexp.
481 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 25 May 1999 14:12:30 -0700
483 debhelper (1.2.69) unstable; urgency=low
485 * Don't include Test.pm in the binary package.
487 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 23 May 1999 19:29:27 -0700
489 debhelper (1.2.68) unstable; urgency=low
491 * doc/README: updated example of using #DEBHELPER# in a perl script, with
492 help from Julian Gilbey.
493 * dh_link: generate absolute symlinks where appropriate. The links
494 generated before were wrong simetimes (#37774)
495 * Started writing a regression test suite for debhelper. Currently covers
496 only the above bugfix and a few more dh_link tests.
497 * Tossed Test.pm into the package (for regression tests) until we get perl
498 5.005 which contains that package. That file is licenced the same as perl.
499 * dh_installchangelogs: force all installed files to be owned by root
502 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 16 May 1999 17:18:44 -0700
504 debhelper (1.2.67) unstable; urgency=low
506 * dh_installmodules: fixed type that made the program not work.
508 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 12 May 1999 00:25:05 -0700
510 debhelper (1.2.66) unstable; urgency=low
512 * examples/rules.multi: dh_shlibdeps must be run before dh_gencontrol
515 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 14:03:05 -0700
517 debhelper (1.2.65) unstable; urgency=low
521 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 6 May 1999 21:46:03 -0700
523 debhelper (1.2.64) unstable; urgency=low
525 * dh_installmime: new command (#37093, #32684).
527 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 3 May 1999 13:37:34 -0700
529 debhelper (1.2.63) unstable; urgency=low
531 * dh_installxaw: updated to work with xaw-wrappers 0.90 and above. It
532 actually has to partially parse the xaw-wrappers config files now.
534 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 2 May 1999 19:13:34 -0700
536 debhelper (1.2.62) unstable; urgency=low
538 * dh_installemacsen: added support for site-start files. Added --flavor
539 and --number to control details of installation. (#36832)
541 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 2 May 1999 15:31:58 -0700
543 debhelper (1.2.61) unstable; urgency=low
545 * dh_md5sums.1: dh_md5sums is not deprecated, AFAIK, but the manpage has
546 somehow been modified to say it was at version 1.2.45.
548 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 26 Apr 1999 19:54:04 -0700
550 debhelper (1.2.60) unstable; urgency=low
552 * dh_installexamples.1: recycled docs fix.
554 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 26 Apr 1999 17:19:07 -0700
556 debhelper (1.2.59) unstable; urgency=low
558 * dh_builddeb: added --destdir option, which lets you tell it where
559 to put the generated .deb's. Default is .. of course.
561 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 22 Apr 1999 22:02:01 -0700
563 debhelper (1.2.58) unstable; urgency=low
565 * autoscripts/postinst-suid: use /#FILE# in elif test (#36297).
567 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 18 Apr 1999 22:33:52 -0700
569 debhelper (1.2.57) unstable; urgency=low
571 * examples/*: killed trailing spaces after diff: target
573 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 12 Apr 1999 22:02:32 -0700
575 debhelper (1.2.56) unstable; urgency=low
577 * dh_suidregister: make the chown/chmod only happen if the file actually
578 exists. This is useful if you have conffiles that have permissions and
579 may be deleted. (#35845)
581 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 10 Apr 1999 13:35:23 -0700
583 debhelper (1.2.55) unstable; urgency=low
585 * Various man page enhancements.
586 * dh_md5sums: supports -X to make it skip including files in the
589 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 18:21:58 -0700
591 debhelper (1.2.54) unstable; urgency=low
593 * dh_installinit.1: man page fixups (#34160).
594 * *.1: the date of each man page is now automatically updated when
595 debhelper is built to be the last modification time of the man page.
597 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 8 Apr 1999 20:28:00 -0700
599 debhelper (1.2.53) unstable; urgency=low
601 * dh_compress: leave .taz and .tgz files alone. Previously trying to
602 compress such files caused gzip to fail and the whole command to fail.
603 Probably fixes #35677. Actually, it now skips files with a whole
604 range of odd suffixes that gzip refuses to compress, including "_z" and
606 * dh_compress.1: updated docs to reflect this, and to give the new
607 suggested starting point if you want to write your own debian/compress
610 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 7 Apr 1999 02:20:14 -0700
612 debhelper (1.2.52) unstable; urgency=low
614 * dh_installmodules: new program, closes #32546.
616 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 1 Apr 1999 17:25:37 -0800
618 debhelper (1.2.51) unstable; urgency=low
620 * Another very minor typo fix.
622 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 1 Apr 1999 14:04:02 -0800
624 debhelper (1.2.50) unstable; urgency=low
626 * Very minor typo fix.
628 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 26 Mar 1999 17:27:01 -0800
630 debhelper (1.2.49) unstable; urgency=low
632 * dh_fixperms: if called with -X, was attempting to change permissions of
633 even symlinks. This could have even caused it to follow the symlinks and
634 modify files on the build system in some cases. Ignores them now. (#35102)
636 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 24 Mar 1999 13:21:49 -0800
638 debhelper (1.2.48) unstable; urgency=low
640 * dh_fixperms.1: improved documentation. (#34968)
642 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 23 Mar 1999 19:11:01 -0800
644 debhelper (1.2.47) unstable; urgency=low
646 * doc/README: updated the example of including debhelper shell script
647 fragments inside a perl program -- the old method didn't work with shell
648 variables properly (#34850).
650 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 21 Mar 1999 13:25:33 -0800
652 debhelper (1.2.46) unstable; urgency=low
654 * doc/README: pointer to maint-guide.
656 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 18 Mar 1999 21:04:57 -0800
658 debhelper (1.2.45) unstable; urgency=low
660 * dh_installwm.1: fixed two errors (#34534, #34535)
661 * debhelper.1: list all other debhelper commands with synopses
662 (automatically generated by build process).
664 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 14 Mar 1999 11:33:39 -0800
666 debhelper (1.2.44) unstable; urgency=medium
668 * dh_fixperms: has been mostly broken when used with -X, corrected this.
670 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 13 Mar 1999 17:25:59 -0800
672 debhelper (1.2.43) unstable; urgency=low
674 * dh_compress.1: man page fixes (Closes: #33858).
675 * dh_compress: now it can handle compressing arbitrary numbers of files,
676 spawning gzip multiple times like xargs does, if necessary.
678 * Dh_Lib.pm: added xargs() command.
680 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 9 Mar 1999 14:57:09 -0800
682 debhelper (1.2.42) unstable; urgency=low
684 * dh_m5sums: don't generate bogus md5sums file if the package contains no
685 files. Yes, someone found a legitimate reason to do that.
687 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 25 Feb 1999 00:03:47 -0800
689 debhelper (1.2.41) unstable; urgency=low
691 * README: minor typo fix.
693 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 20 Feb 1999 23:30:00 -0800
695 debhelper (1.2.40) unstable; urgency=low
697 * Let's just say 1.2.39 is not a good version of debhelper to use and
698 leave it at that. :-)
700 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 20 Feb 1999 22:55:27 -0800
702 debhelper (1.2.39) unstable; urgency=low
704 * dh_installcron: install files in cron.d with correct perms.
706 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 20 Feb 1999 22:28:38 -0800
708 debhelper (1.2.38) unstable; urgency=low
710 * dh_clean: don't try to delete directories named "core".
712 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 20 Feb 1999 19:13:40 -0800
714 debhelper (1.2.37) unstable; urgency=low
716 * dh_installdocs: Patch from Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com>, fixes regexp error (Closes: #33431).
717 * dh_installxaw: new program by Daniel Martin
718 <Daniel.Martin@jhu.edu>, handles xaw-wrappers integration.
719 * dh_installxaw.1: wrote man page.
721 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 18 Feb 1999 17:32:53 -0800
723 debhelper (1.2.36) unstable; urgency=low
725 * dh_compress.1: Fixed typo in man page. (Closes: #33364)
726 * autoscripts/postinst-menu-method: fixed typo. (Closes: #33376)
728 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 14 Feb 1999 13:45:18 -0800
730 debhelper (1.2.35) unstable; urgency=low
732 * Dh_Lib.pm filearray(): Deal with multiple spaces and spaces at the
733 beginning of lines in files. (closes: #33161)
735 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 9 Feb 1999 21:01:07 -0800
737 debhelper (1.2.34) unstable; urgency=low
739 * dh_clean: added -d flag (also --dirs-only) that will make it clean only
740 tmp dirs. (closes: #30807)
741 * dh_installdocs: to support packages that need multiple doc-base files,
742 will now look for debian/<package>.doc-base.<doc-id>.
743 * dh_compress: removed warning message (harmless).
745 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 6 Feb 1999 17:48:33 -0800
747 debhelper (1.2.33) unstable; urgency=low
749 * dh_compress: verbose_print() cd's.
750 * dh_compress: clear the hash of hard links when we loop - was making
751 dh_compress fail on multi-binary packages that had harlinks. Thanks to
752 Craig Small for spotting this.
754 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 4 Feb 1999 20:19:37 -0800
756 debhelper (1.2.32) unstable; urgency=low
758 * dh_suidmanager: if it cannot determine the user name or group name from
759 the uid or gid, it will pass the uid or gid to suidmanager. This should
760 probably never happen, but it's good to be safe.
762 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 4 Feb 1999 16:00:35 -0800
764 debhelper (1.2.31) unstable; urgency=low
766 * dh_installinit.1: minor typo fix (closes: #32753)
768 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 2 Feb 1999 14:32:46 -0800
770 debhelper (1.2.30) unstable; urgency=low
772 * dh_fixperms: cut down the number of chmod commands that are executed
773 from 3 to 1, no change in functionality.
775 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 1 Feb 1999 17:05:29 -0800
777 debhelper (1.2.29) unstable; urgency=high
779 * Do not include bogus chsh, chfn, passwd links in debhelper binary!
780 These were acidentially left in after dh_link testing I did as I was
781 working on the last version of debhelper.
783 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 25 Jan 1999 20:26:46 -0800
785 debhelper (1.2.28) unstable; urgency=low
787 * dh_link: fixed bug that prevent multiple links to the same source from
790 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 24 Jan 1999 19:46:33 -0800
792 debhelper (1.2.27) unstable; urgency=low
794 * autoscripts/*menu*: "test", not "text"!
796 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 19 Jan 1999 15:18:52 -0800
798 debhelper (1.2.26) unstable; urgency=low
800 * dh_installdocs: use prerm-doc-base script fragement. Was using
801 postrm-doc-base, for some weird reason.
803 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 18 Jan 1999 13:36:40 -0800
805 debhelper (1.2.25) unstable; urgency=low
807 * autoscripts/*menu*: It turns out that "command" is like test -w, it will
808 still return true if update-menus is not executable. This can
809 legitimatly happen if you are upgrading the menu package, and it makes
810 postinsts that use command fail. Reverted to using test -x. Packages
811 built with debhelper >= 1.2.21 that use menus should be rebuilt.
813 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 16 Jan 1999 13:47:16 -0800
815 debhelper (1.2.24) unstable; urgency=low
817 * dh_fixperms: linux 2.1.x and 2.2.x differ from earlier versions in that
818 they do not clear the suid bit on a file when the owner of that file
819 changes. It seems that fakeroot behaves the same as linux 2.1 here. I
820 was relying on the old behavior to get rid of suid and sgid bits on files.
821 Since this no longer happens implicitly, I've changed to clearing the
823 * There's also a small behavior change involved here. Before, dh_fixperms
824 did not clear suid permissions on files that were already owned by root.
826 * dh_fixperms.1: cleaned up the docs to mention that those bits are
829 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 15 Jan 1999 16:54:44 -0800
831 debhelper (1.2.23) unstable; urgency=low
833 * autoscripts/postrm-wm: use "=", not "==" (#31727).
835 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 11 Jan 1999 13:35:00 -0800
837 debhelper (1.2.22) unstable; urgency=low
839 * Reversed change in last version; don't clobber mode (#31628).
841 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 8 Jan 1999 15:01:25 -0800
843 debhelper (1.2.21) unstable; urgency=low
845 * dh_installdocs: Added doc-base support, if debian/<package>.doc-base
846 exists, it will be installed as a doc-base control file. If you use this,
847 you probably want to add "dh_testversion 1.2.21" to the rules file to make
848 sure your package is built with a new enough debhelper.
849 * dh_installdocs: now supports -n to make it not modify postinst/prerm.
850 * dh_suidregister: turned off leading 0/1 in permissions settings, until
851 suidregister actually supports it.
852 * autoscripts/*: instead of "text -x", use "command -v" to see if various
853 binaries exist. This gets rid of lots of hard-coded paths.
855 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 30 Dec 1998 22:50:04 -0500
857 debhelper (1.2.20) unstable; urgency=low
859 * dh_compress: handle the hard link stuff properly, it was broken. Also
862 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 23 Dec 1998 19:53:03 -0500
864 debhelper (1.2.19) unstable; urgency=low
866 * dh_listpackages: new command. Takes the standard options taken by other
867 debhelper commands, and just outputs a list of the binary packages a
868 debhelper command would act on. Added because of bug #30626, and because
869 of wn's truely ugly use of debhelper internals to get the same info (and
870 because it's just 4 lines of code ;-).
871 * dh_compress: is now smart about compressing files that are hardlinks.
872 When possible, will only compress one file, delete the hardlinks, and
873 re-make hardlinks to the compressed file, saving some disk space.
875 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 22:26:41 -0500
877 debhelper (1.2.18) unstable; urgency=medium
879 * dh_fixperms: was not fixing permissions of files in usr/doc/ to 644,
880 this has been broken since version 1.2.3.
882 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 6 Dec 1998 23:35:35 -0800
884 debhelper (1.2.17) unstable; urgency=low
886 * dh_makeshlibs: relaxed regexp to find library name and number a little so
887 it will work on libraries with a major but no minor version in their
888 filename (examples of such: libtcl8.0.so.1, libBLT-unoff.so.1)
889 * dh_movefiles: added --sourcedir option to make it move files out of
890 some directory besides debian/tmp (#30221)
892 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 4 Dec 1998 13:56:57 -0800
894 debhelper (1.2.16) unstable; urgency=low
896 * dh_installchangelogs: now detects html changelogs and installs them as
897 changelog.html.gz, to comply with latest policy (which I disagree with
899 * manpages: updated policy version numbers.
900 * dh_installdocs: behavior change: all docs are now installed mode 644.
901 I have looked and it doesn't seem this will actually affect any packages
902 in debian. This is useful only if you want to use dh_installdocs and not
903 dh_fixperms, and that's the only time this behavior change will have any
904 effect, either. (#30118)
906 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 3 Dec 1998 23:31:56 -0800
908 debhelper (1.2.15) unstable; urgency=low
910 * Just a re-upload, last upload failed for some obscure reason.
912 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 29 Nov 1998 13:07:44 -0800
914 debhelper (1.2.14) unstable; urgency=low
916 * Really fixed #29762 this time. This also fixes #30025, which asked that
917 dh_makeshlibs come before dh_shlibdeps, so the files it generates can
918 also be used as a shlibs.local file, which will be used by dh_shlibdeps.
920 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 04:00:14 -0800
922 debhelper (1.2.13) unstable; urgency=low
924 * Spelling and typo fixes.
926 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 15:23:55 -0800
928 debhelper (1.2.12) unstable; urgency=low
930 * examples/*: moved dh_makeshlibs call to before dh_installdeb call.
931 (#29762). This is just so if you replace dh_makeshlibs with something
932 that generates debian/shlibs, it still gets installed properly.
933 * dh_suidregister: use names instead of uid's and gid's, at request of
934 suidregister maintainer (#29802).
936 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 21 Nov 1998 13:13:10 -0800
938 debhelper (1.2.11) unstable; urgency=low
940 * dh_movefiles: if given absolute filenames to move (note that that is
941 *wrong*), it will move relative files anyway. Related to bug #29761.
942 * dh_link: made relative links work right. (I hope!)
944 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 20:21:51 -0800
946 debhelper (1.2.10) unstable; urgency=low
948 * examples/*: added dh_link calls to example rules files.
950 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:43:07 -0800
952 debhelper (1.2.9) unstable; urgency=low
954 * Added dh_link, which generates policy complient symlinks in binary
955 packages, painlessly.
957 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 19 Nov 1998 18:43:36 -0800
959 debhelper (1.2.8) unstable; urgency=low
961 * Suggest dh-make (#29376).
963 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 18 Nov 1998 02:29:47 -0800
965 debhelper (1.2.7) unstable; urgency=low
967 * dh_movefiles: Fixed another bug.
969 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 16 Nov 1998 12:53:05 -0800
971 debhelper (1.2.6) unstable; urgency=low
973 * dh_movefiles: fixed non-integer comparison (#29476)
975 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 15 Nov 1998 13:03:09 -0800
977 debhelper (1.2.5) unstable; urgency=low
979 * The perl conversion is complete.
981 * dh_compress: perlized (yay, perl has readlink, no more ls -l | awk
983 * dh_lib, dh_getopt.pl: deleted, nothing uses them anymore.
984 * debian/rules: don't install above 2 files.
985 * doc/PROGRAMMING: removed all documentation of the old shell library
988 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 13 Nov 1998 15:36:57 -0800
990 debhelper (1.2.4) unstable; urgency=low
992 * dh_debstd, dh_movefiles: perlized.
993 * dh_debstd: fixed -c option.
994 * dh_installinit: fixed minor perl -w warning.
995 * Only 1 shell script remains! (But it's a doozy..)
997 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 13 Nov 1998 13:29:39 -0800
999 debhelper (1.2.3) unstable; urgency=low
1001 * dh_fixperms, dh_installdebfiles, dh_installdeb: perlized
1002 * dh_suidregister: perlized, with help from Che_Fox (and Tom Christianson,
1004 * dh_suidregister: include leading 0 (or 1 for sticky, etc) in file
1006 * Only 3 more to go and it'll be 100% perl.
1007 * Made $dh{EXCLUDE_FIND} available to perl scripts.
1009 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 10 Nov 1998 15:47:43 -0800
1011 debhelper (1.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1013 * dh_du, dh_shlibdeps, dh_undocumented: rewrite in perl.
1014 * dh_undocumented: shortened the symlink used for section 7 undocumented
1015 man pages, since it can link to undocuemented.7.gz in the same directory.
1017 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 10 Nov 1998 13:40:22 -0800
1019 debhelper (1.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1021 * dh_strip, dh_installinit: rewrite in perl.
1023 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 9 Nov 1998 20:04:12 -0800
1025 debhelper (1.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1027 * A new unstable dist means I'm back to converting more of debhelper to
1028 perl.. Since 1.1 has actually stabalized, I've upped this to 1.2.
1029 * dh_md5sums: rewritten in perl, for large speed gain under some
1030 circumstances (old version called perl sometimes, once per package.)
1031 * dh_installmenu, dh_installwmacsen, dh_installwm: perlized.
1032 * Dh_Lib.pm: made autoscript() really work.
1034 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 9 Nov 1998 13:04:16 -0800
1036 debhelper (1.1.24) unstable; urgency=low
1038 * dh_suidregister: remove suid/sgid bits from all files registered. The
1039 reason is this: if you're using suidmanager, and you want a file that
1040 ships suid to never be suid on your system, shipping it suid in the .deb
1041 will create a window where it is suid before suidmanager fixes it's
1042 permissions. This change should be transparent to users and developers.
1044 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 27 Oct 1998 18:19:48 -0800
1046 debhelper (1.1.23) unstable; urgency=low
1048 * dh_clean: At the suggestion of James Troup <james@nocrew.org> now deletes
1049 files named *.P in .deps/ subdirectories. They are generated by automake.
1051 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 24 Oct 1998 15:14:53 -0700
1053 debhelper (1.1.22) unstable; urgency=low
1055 * dh_fixperms: quoting fix from Roderick Schertler <roderick@argon.org>
1056 * Added support for register-window-manager command which will be in a new
1057 (as yet unreleased) xbase. Now a new dh_installwm program handles
1058 registration of a window manager and the necessary modifications to
1059 postinst and postrm. It's safe to go ahead and start using this for your
1060 window manager packages, just note that it won't do anything until the new
1061 xbase is out, and that due to the design of register-window-manager, if
1062 your wm is installed before a xbase that supports register-window-manager
1063 is installed, the window manager will never be registered. (#20971)
1065 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 14 Oct 1998 23:08:04 -0700
1067 debhelper (1.1.21) unstable; urgency=low
1069 * Added install to .PHONY target of example rules files.
1071 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 11 Oct 1998 22:36:10 -0700
1073 debhelper (1.1.20) unstable; urgency=low
1075 * Added a --same-arch flag, that is useful in the rare case when you have
1076 a package that builds only for 1 architecture, as part of a multi-part,
1077 multi-architecture source package. (Ie, netscape-dmotif).
1078 * Modified dh_installinit -r so it does start the daemon on the initial
1081 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 2 Oct 1998 15:55:13 -0700
1083 debhelper (1.1.19) unstable; urgency=low
1085 * dh_installmanpages: look at basename of man pacges specified on command
1086 line to skip, for backwards compatability.
1088 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 10 Sep 1998 11:31:42 -0700
1090 debhelper (1.1.18) unstable; urgency=low
1092 * dh_installemacsen: substitute package name for #PACKAGE# when setting
1093 up postinst and prerm (#26560).
1095 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 8 Sep 1998 14:24:30 -0700
1097 debhelper (1.1.17) unstable; urgency=low
1099 * dh_strip: on Richard Braakman's advice, strip the .comment and .note
1100 sections of shared libraries.
1101 * Added DH_OPTIONS environment variable - anything in it will be treated
1102 as additional command line arguments by all debhelper commands. This in
1103 useful in some situations, for example, if you need to pass -p to all
1104 debhelper commands that will be run. If you use DH_OPTIONS, be sure to
1105 use dh_testversion 1.1.17 - older debhelpers will ignore it and do
1106 things you don't want them to.
1107 * Made -N properly exclude packages when no -i, -a, or -p flags are
1108 present. It didn't before, which was a bug.
1110 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 7 Sep 1998 17:33:19 -0700
1112 debhelper (1.1.16) unstable; urgency=low
1114 * dh_fixperms: remove execute bits from static libraries as well as
1115 shared libraries. (#26414)
1117 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 4 Sep 1998 14:46:37 -0700
1119 debhelper (1.1.15) unstable; urgency=medium
1121 * dh_installmanpages: the new perl version had a nasty habit of
1122 installing .so.x library files as man pages. Fixed.
1123 * dh_installmanpages: the code to exclude searching for man pages in
1124 debian/tmp directories was broken. Fixed.
1126 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 31 Aug 1998 00:05:17 -0700
1128 debhelper (1.1.14) unstable; urgency=low
1130 * Debhelper now has a web page at http://kitenet.net/programs/debhelper/
1132 * Added code to debian/rules to update the web page when I release new
1134 * dh_compress: since version 0.88 or so, dh_compress has bombed out if
1135 a debian/compress file returned an error code. This was actually
1136 unintentional - in fact, the debian/compress example in the man page
1137 will fail this way if usr/info or usr/X11R6 is not present. Corrected
1138 the program to not fail. (#26214)
1140 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 30 Aug 1998 22:15:44 -0700
1142 debhelper (1.1.13) unstable; urgency=low
1144 * dh_installmanpages: rewritten in perl. Allows me to fix bug #26221 (long
1145 symlink problem after .so conversion), and is about twice as fast.
1147 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 29 Aug 1998 22:06:06 -0700
1149 debhelper (1.1.12) unstable; urgency=low
1151 * dh_installdocs: forgot to pass package name to isnative(). Any native
1152 debian package that had a debian/TODO would have it installed with the
1153 wrong name, and debhelper would warn of undefined values for some
1156 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 27 Aug 1998 12:35:42 -0700
1158 debhelper (1.1.11) unstable; urgency=low
1160 * dh_installchangelogs: added -k flag, that will make it install a symlink
1161 to the original name of the upstream changelog.
1163 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 20 Aug 1998 15:40:40 -0700
1165 debhelper (1.1.10) unstable; urgency=low
1167 * It's come to my attention that a few packages use filename globbing in
1168 debian/{docs,examples,whatever} files and expect that to work. It used
1169 to work before the perl conversion, but it was never _documented_, or
1170 intented to work. If you use this in your packages, they are broken and
1171 need fixing (and will refuse to build with current versions of debhelper).
1172 I apologize for the inconvenience.
1174 * dh_clean: fixed a bug, intorduced in version 1.1.8, where it didn't
1175 remove debian/files properly.
1176 * dh_shlibdeps, dh_testdir, dh_testroot, dh_testversion: converted to perl.
1177 * Encode the version of debhelper in a sepererate file, so dh_testversion
1178 doesn't have to be generated when a new version of debhelper is built.
1179 * Removed bogus menu file.
1181 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 17 Aug 1998 14:15:17 -0700
1183 debhelper (1.1.9) unstable; urgency=low
1185 * dh_fixperms: has been removing the +x bits of all doc/*/examples/* files
1186 since version 0.97 or so. Fixed.
1188 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 16 Aug 1998 17:11:48 -0700
1190 debhelper (1.1.8) unstable; urgency=low
1192 * Dh_Lib.pm: made U_PARAMS an array of parameters.
1193 * Dh_Lib.pm: fixed bug in the escaping code, numbers don't need to be
1194 escaped. Also, no longer escape "-".
1195 * dh_clean, dh_gencontrol, dh_installcron: converted to perl.
1196 * dh_gencontrol.1, dh_gencontrol: the man page had said that
1197 --update-rcd-params was equivilant to -u for this program. You should
1198 really use --dpkg-gencontrol-params.
1200 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 14 Aug 1998 14:07:35 -0700
1202 debhelper (1.1.7) unstable; urgency=low
1204 * examples/rules.multi: moved dh_movefiles into the install section.
1205 * doc/README: Added a note explaining why above change was necessary.
1206 * Dh_Lib.pm: escape_shell(): now escapes the full range of special
1207 characters recognized by bash (and ksh). Thanks to Branden Robinson
1208 <branden@purdue.edu> for looking that up.
1210 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 23:32:05 -0700
1212 debhelper (1.1.6) unstable; urgency=low
1214 * dh_movefiles: don't die on symlinks (#25642). (Hope I got the fix right
1217 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 20:11:13 -0700
1219 debhelper (1.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1221 * dh_builddeb, dh_installchangelogs: converted to perl.
1222 * dh_installdirs: converted to perl, getting rid of nasty chdir en-route.
1223 * dh_installdirs: now you can use absolute directory names too if you
1225 * doc/PROGRAMMING: updated to cover new perl modules.
1226 * Dh_Lib.pm: doit(): when printing out commands that have run, escape
1227 metacharacters in the output. I probably don't escape out all the
1228 characters I should, but this is just a convenience to the user anyway.
1229 * dh_installdebfiles: it's been broken forever, I fixed it. Obviously
1230 nobody uses it anymore, which is good, since it's deprected :-)
1232 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 15:23:34 -0700
1234 debhelper (1.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1236 * dh_movefiles: fixed bug introduced in 1.1.1 where it would fail in some
1237 cases if you tried to move a broken symlink.
1238 * dh_installdocs: was only operating on the first package.
1239 * dh_installexamples: rewritten in perl.
1240 * Dh_Lib.pm: all multiple package operations were broken.
1241 * Dh_Lib.pm: implemented complex_doit() and autoscript().
1242 * Made all perl code work with use strict and -w (well, except
1243 dh_getopt.pl, but that's a hack that'll go away one day).
1244 * I didn't realize, but rewriting dh_installdocs in perl fixed bug #24686
1245 (blank lines in debian/docs file problem), although this same problem
1246 applies to other debhelper programs... like dh_installexamples, which had
1247 the same bug fixed when I rewrote it in perl just now.
1248 * Dh_Lib.pm: accidentially didn't check DH_VERBOSE if commands were not
1249 passed any switches.
1250 * Dh_Getopt.pm: --noscripts was broken.
1252 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 12:44:04 -0700
1254 debhelper (1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1256 * dh_md5sums: -x was broken since version 1.1.1 - fixed.
1257 * dh_lib: removed get_arch_indep_packages() function that hasn't been used
1258 at all for a long while.
1259 * Added Dh_Lib.pm, a translation of dh_lib into perl.
1260 * dh_getopt.pl: moved most of it into new Dh_Getopt.pm module, rewriting
1261 large chunks in the process.
1262 * dh_installdocs: completly rewritten in perl. Now it's faster and it can
1263 install many oddly named files it died on before.
1264 * dh_installdocs: fixed a bug that installed TODO files mode 655 in native
1267 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 10 Aug 1998 15:01:15 -0700
1269 debhelper (1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1271 * dh_strip: added -X to specify files to not strip (#25590).
1272 * Added dh_installemacsen, for automatic registration with emacsen-common
1274 * Preliminary thoughts in TODO about converting entire debhelper programs
1277 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 10 Aug 1998 13:35:17 -0700
1279 debhelper (1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1281 * dh_movefiles: try to move all files specified, and only then bomb out if
1282 some of the file could not be found. Makes it easier for some packages
1283 that don't always have the same files in them.
1284 * dh_compress: any parameters passed to it on the command line specify
1285 additional files to be compressed in the first package acted on.
1286 * dh_compress: recognize standard -A parameter.
1288 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 8 Aug 1998 22:48:01 -0700
1290 debhelper (1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1292 * New unstable branch of debhelper.
1294 * TODO: list all current bugs, in order I plan to tackle them.
1295 * Added debhelper.1 man page, which groups all the debhelper options that
1296 are common to all commands in once place so I can add new options w/o
1297 updating 27 man pages.
1298 * dh_*.1: updated all debheper man pages to refer to debhelper(1) where
1299 appropriate. Also corrected a host of little errors.
1300 * doc/README: moved a lot of this file into debhelper.1.
1301 * dh_*: -N option now excludes a package from the list of packages the
1302 programs act on. (#25247)
1304 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 8 Aug 1998 17:49:56 -0700
1306 debhelper (1.0) stable unstable; urgency=low
1310 * This relelase is not really intended for stable. I throw a copy into
1311 stable-updates because I want it to be available as an upgrade for
1312 people using debian 2.0 (the current version in debian 2.0 has no
1313 critical bugs, but this version is of course a lot nicer), and I plan
1314 to start work on a new branch of debhelper that will fix many wishlist
1315 bug reports, and of course introduce many new bugs, and which will go
1318 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 8 Aug 1998 17:33:20 -0700
1320 debhelper (0.99.4) unstable; urgency=low
1322 * dh_debstd: only warn about scripts that actually lack #DEBHELPER#.
1325 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 7 Aug 1998 12:06:28 -0700
1327 debhelper (0.99.3) unstable; urgency=low
1329 * dh_movefiles: Fixed a over-eager sanity check introduced in the last
1332 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 3 Aug 1998 18:31:45 -0700
1334 debhelper (0.99.2) unstable; urgency=low
1336 * dh_movefiles: allow passing of files to move on the command line. Only
1337 rarely does this make sense. (#25197)
1339 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 30 Jul 1998 10:38:34 -0700
1341 debhelper (0.99.1) unstable; urgency=low
1343 * dh_installcron: now supports /etc/cron.d (#25112).
1345 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 27 Jul 1998 20:18:47 -0700
1347 debhelper (0.99) unstable; urgency=low
1349 * !!!! WARNING: Debhelper (specifically dh_compress) is broken with
1350 !!!! libtricks. Use fakeroot instead until this is fixed.
1351 * dh_compress: applied patch from Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
1352 to make it not fail if there are no candidates for compression (#24654).
1353 * Removed a whole debhelper-0.96 tree that had crept into the source
1354 package by accident.
1355 * Is version 1.0 next?
1357 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 10:03:21 -0700
1359 debhelper (0.98) unstable; urgency=low
1361 * dh_lib: isnative: pass -l<changelog> to dpkg-parsechangelog, to support
1362 odd packages with multiple different debian changelogs.
1363 * doc/PROGRAMMING: cleaned up the docs on DH_EXCLUDE_FIND.
1365 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 6 Jul 1998 12:45:13 -0700
1367 debhelper (0.97) unstable; urgency=low
1369 * doc/from-debstd: fixed a typo.
1370 * examples/*: install-stamp no longer depends on phony build targey; now
1371 install-stamp depends on build-stamp instead (#24234).
1372 * dh_fixperms: applied patch from Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
1373 to fix bad uses of the find command, so it should now work on packages
1374 with files with spaces in them (#22005). It's also much cleaner. Thanks,
1376 * dh_getopt.pl, doc/PROGRAMMING: added DH_EXCLUDE_FIND, to make the above
1379 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 5 Jul 1998 18:09:25 -0700
1381 debhelper (0.96) unstable; urgency=low
1383 * dh_movefiles: fixed serious breakage introduced in the last version.
1384 * dh_movefiles: really order all symlinks last.
1385 * some minor reorganization of the source tree.
1387 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 28 Jun 1998 21:53:45 -0700
1389 debhelper (0.95) unstable; urgency=low
1391 * dh_movefiles: move even very strangly named files. (#23775) Unfortunatly,
1392 I had to use a temporary file. Oh well..
1394 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 22 Jun 1998 17:16:17 -0700
1396 debhelper (0.94) unstable; urgency=low
1398 * dh_md5sums: fixed so it handles spaces and other odd characters in
1399 filenames correctly. (#23046, #23700, #22010)
1400 * As a side effect, got rid of the nasty temporary file dh_md5sums used
1403 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 22 Jun 1998 16:14:42 -0700
1405 debhelper (0.93) unstable; urgency=low
1407 * Depend on file, since several dh_*'s use it.
1409 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 19 Jun 1998 21:43:51 -0700
1411 debhelper (0.92) unstable; urgency=low
1413 * dh_gencontrol: pass -isp to dpkg-gencontrol to make it include section
1414 and priority info in the .deb file. Back in Jan 1998, this came up, and
1415 a consensus was reached on debian-devel that it was a good thing for
1418 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 19 Jun 1998 16:15:24 -0700
1420 debhelper (0.91) unstable; urgency=low
1422 * dh_installdocs: support debian/<package>.{README.Debian,TODO}
1424 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 17 Jun 1998 19:09:35 -0700
1426 debhelper (0.90) unstable; urgency=low
1428 * I'd like to thank Len Pikulski and Igor Grobman at nothinbut.net for
1429 providing me with free internet access on a moment's notice, so I could
1430 get this package to you after hacking on it all over New England for the
1431 past week. Thanks, guys!
1433 * Added dh_debstd, which mimics the functionality of the debstd command.
1434 It's not a complete nor an exact copy, and it's not so much intended to
1435 be used in a debian/rules file, as it is to be run by hand when you are
1436 converting a package from debstd to debhelper. "dh_debstd -v" will
1437 output the sequence of debhelper commands that approximate what debstd
1438 would do in the same situation.
1439 * dh_debstd is completly untested, I don't have the source to any packages
1440 that use debstd available. Once this is tested, I plan to release
1442 * Added a from-debstd document that gives a recipe to convert from debstd
1444 * dh_fixperms: can now use -X to exclude files from having their
1445 permissions changed.
1446 * dh_testroot: test for uid == 0, instead of username == root, becuase
1447 some people enjoy changing root's name.
1448 * dh_installinit: handle debian/init.d as well as debian/init files,
1449 for backwards compatability with debstd. Unlike with debstd, the two
1450 files are treated identically.
1451 * dh_lib, PROGRAMMING: added "warning" function.
1452 * Minor man page fixes.
1453 * dh_compress: don't bomb out if usr/doc/<package> is empty. (#23054)
1454 * dh_compress, dh_installdirs: always cd into $TMP and back out, even if
1455 --no-act is on. (#23054)
1457 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 1 Jun 1998 21:57:45 -0400
1459 debhelper (0.88) unstable; urgency=low
1461 * I had many hours on a train to hack on debhelper... enjoy!
1462 * dh_compress: always pass -f to gzip, to force compression.
1463 * dh_compress: added -X switch, to make it easy to specify files to
1464 exclude, without all the bother of a debian/compress script. You can
1465 use -X multiple times, too.
1466 * PROGRAMMING, dh_getopt.pl: DH_EXCLUDE is now a variable set by the
1467 --exclude (-X) switch. -x now sets DH_INCLUDE_CONFFILES.
1469 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 17 May 1998 11:26:09 -0700
1471 debhelper (0.87) unstable; urgency=low
1473 * dh_strip: strip .comment and .note, not comment and note, when stripping
1474 elf binaries. This makes for smaller output files. This has always been
1475 broken in debhelper before! (#22395)
1477 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 13 May 1998 11:54:29 -0700
1479 debhelper (0.86) unstable; urgency=low
1481 * dh_compress: don't try to re-compress *.gz files. Eliminates warning
1482 messages in some cases, shouldn't actually change the result at all.
1484 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 27 Apr 1998 15:21:33 -0700
1486 debhelper (0.85) unstable; urgency=low
1488 * Moved a few things around that were broken by Che's patch:
1489 - dh_installdirs should go in install target.
1490 - dh_clean should not run in binary targets.
1491 * This is just a quick fix to make it work, I'm not happy with it. I'm
1492 going to discuss my problems with it with Che, and either make a new
1493 version fixing them, or revert to 0.83.
1494 * So be warned that the example rules files are not currently in good
1495 shape if you're starting a new package.
1497 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 18 Apr 1998 23:30:38 -0700
1499 debhelper (0.84) unstable; urgency=low
1501 * Applied Che_Fox'x patches to example rules files, which makes them use
1502 an install target internally to move things into place in debian/tmp.
1504 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 9 Apr 1998 12:08:45 -0700
1506 debhelper (0.83) unstable; urgency=low
1508 * Generate symlinks in build stage of debian/rules. cvs cannot create them
1509 properly. Note that version 0.80 and 0.81 could not build some packages
1510 because of missing symlinks.
1512 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 31 Mar 1998 19:27:29 -0800
1514 debhelper (0.81) unstable; urgency=low
1516 * dh_movefiles: empty $tomove (#20495).
1518 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 31 Mar 1998 15:36:32 -0800
1520 debhelper (0.80) unstable; urgency=low
1522 * Moved under cvs (so I can fork a stable and an unstable version).
1523 * dh_movefiles: first move real files, then move symlinks. (#18220)
1524 Thanks to Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> and Adam Heath
1525 <adam.heath@usa.net> for help on the implementation.
1526 * dh_installchangelogs: use debian/package.changelog files if they exist
1527 rather than debian/changelog. It appears some people do need per-package
1529 * dh_gencontrol: if debian/package.changelogs files exist, use them.
1530 * Above 2 changes close #20442.
1532 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 30 Mar 1998 20:54:26 -0800
1534 debhelper (0.78) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1536 * More spelling fixes from Christian T. Steigies. (I ignored the spelling
1537 fixes to the changelog, though - too many, and a changelog isn't meant
1538 to be changed after the fact :-)
1539 * dh_fixperms: remove execute bits from .la files genrated by libtool.
1541 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 30 Mar 1998 12:44:42 -0800
1543 debhelper (0.77) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1545 * Fixed a nasty bug in dh_makeshlibs when it was called with -V, but with
1546 no version string after the -V.
1548 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 29 Mar 1998 16:08:27 -0800
1550 debhelper (0.76) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1552 * I intended version 0.75 to make it in before the freeze, and it did not.
1553 This is just to get it into frozen. There are no changes except bug
1556 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 26 Mar 1998 12:25:47 -0800
1558 debhelper (0.75) unstable; urgency=low
1560 * Actually exit if there is an unknown option on the command line (oooops!)
1561 * Fix .so file conversion to actually work (#19933).
1563 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 19 Mar 1998 11:54:58 -0800
1565 debhelper (0.74) unstable; urgency=low
1567 * dh_installmanpages: convert .so links to symlinks at last (#19829).
1568 * dh_installmanpages.1: documented that no, dh_installmanpages never
1569 installs symlink man pages from the source package (#19831).
1570 * dh_installmanpages: minor speedups
1571 * PROGRAMMING: numerous spelling fixes, thanks to Christian T. Steigies.
1572 Life is too short for me to spell check my technical documentation, but
1573 I always welcome corrections!
1575 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 17 Mar 1998 22:09:07 -0800
1577 debhelper (0.73) unstable; urgency=low
1579 * Fixed typo in dh_suidregister.1
1581 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 12 Mar 1998 16:30:27 -0800
1583 debhelper (0.72) unstable; urgency=low
1585 * Applied patch from Yann Dirson <ydirson@a2points.com> to add a
1586 --init-script parameter to dh_installinit. (#19227)
1587 * Documented this new switch.
1589 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 9 Mar 1998 17:12:04 -0800
1591 debhelper (0.71) unstable; urgency=low
1593 * dh_makeshlibs: -V flag was broken: if just -V was specified,
1594 dh_makeshlibs would die. Corrected this.
1595 * dh_lib: removed warning if the arguments passed to a debhelper command
1596 do not apply to the main package. It's been long enough so I'm 100% sure
1597 no packages use the old behavior.
1599 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 9 Mar 1998 11:46:59 -0800
1601 debhelper (0.70) unstable; urgency=low
1603 * dh_lib: autoscript(): no longer add the modification date to the
1604 comments aurrounding debhelper-added code. I don't think this date was
1605 gaining us anything, so let's remove it and save some disk space.
1607 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 8 Mar 1998 21:15:13 -0800
1609 debhelper (0.69) unstable; urgency=low
1611 * Refer to suidregister (8), not (1). Bug #19149.
1612 * Removed junk file from debian/ dir.
1614 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 8 Mar 1998 13:04:36 -0800
1616 debhelper (0.68) unstable; urgency=low
1618 * Document that README.debian files are installed as README.Debian (#19089).
1620 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 6 Mar 1998 17:48:32 -0800
1622 debhelper (0.67) unstable; urgency=low
1624 * Added PROGRAMMING document that describes the interface of dh_lib, to
1625 aid others in writing and understanding debhelper programs.
1627 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 6 Mar 1998 12:45:08 -0800
1629 debhelper (0.66) unstable; urgency=low
1631 * README, dh_testversion.1, dh_movefiles.1: more doc fixes.
1632 * dh_movefiles: don't check for package names to see if files are being
1633 moved from one package back into itself, instead, check tmp dir names.
1634 If you use this behavior, you should use "dh_testversion 0.66".
1636 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 2 Mar 1998 17:50:29 -0800
1638 debhelper (0.65) unstable; urgency=low
1640 * dh_installdocs.1, dh_movefiles.1: clarified documentation for Che.
1642 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 2 Mar 1998 17:20:39 -0800
1644 debhelper (0.64) unstable; urgency=low
1646 * Removed some junk (a whole old debhelper source tree!) that had gotten
1647 into the source package by accident.
1649 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 23 Feb 1998 20:23:34 -0800
1651 debhelper (0.63) unstable; urgency=low
1653 * Removed some debugging output from dh_installmanpages.
1654 * du_du: no longer does anything, becuase it has been decided on
1655 debian-policy that du control files are bad.
1656 * examples/*: removed dh_du calls.
1657 * debian/rules: removed dh_du call.
1658 * Modified dh_gencontrol, dh_makeshlibs, and dh_md5sums to generate files
1659 with the correct permissions even if the umask is set to unusual
1662 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 16 Feb 1998 23:34:36 -0800
1664 debhelper (0.62) unstable; urgency=low
1666 * dh_installmanpages: if the man page filename ends in 'x', install it in
1668 * TODO: expanded descriptions of stuff, in the hope someone else will get
1669 inspired to implement some of it.
1670 * Also added all wishlist bugs to the TODO.
1672 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 12 Feb 1998 22:38:53 -0800
1674 debhelper (0.61) unstable; urgency=low
1676 * dh_installmanpages: Add / to end of egrep -v regexp, fixes it so
1677 debian/icewm.1 can be found.
1679 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 11 Feb 1998 09:09:28 -0800
1681 debhelper (0.60) unstable; urgency=low
1683 * dh_fixperms: make all files readable and writable by owner
1684 (policy 3.3.8 paragraph 2).
1685 Lintian found lots of bugs that will be fixed by this change.
1687 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 9 Feb 1998 12:26:13 -0800
1689 debhelper (0.59) unstable; urgency=low
1691 * Added DH_NO_ACT and --no-act, which make debhelper commands run without
1692 actually doing anything. (Combine with -v to see what the command would
1693 have done.) (#17598)
1695 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 1 Feb 1998 14:51:08 -0800
1697 debhelper (0.58) unstable; urgency=low
1699 * Fixed bug #17597 - DH_VERBOSE wasn'talways taking effect.
1701 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 28 Jan 1998 17:18:17 -0500
1703 debhelper (0.57) unstable; urgency=low
1705 * Depend on perl 5.004 or greater (for Getopt::Long).
1707 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 17 Jan 1998 02:12:06 -0500
1709 debhelper (0.56) unstable; urgency=low
1711 * dh_compress: Applied patch from Yann Dirson <ydirson@a2points.com>,
1712 to make it not abort of one of the find's fails.
1714 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 15 Jan 1998 19:16:48 -0500
1716 debhelper (0.55) unstable; urgency=low
1718 * dh_clean: delete substvarsfiles probperly again (broken in 0.53). #17077
1719 * Added call to dh_movefiles, and a commented out call to dh_testversion,
1720 to some of the sample rules files. #17076
1722 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 14 Jan 1998 12:48:43 -0500
1724 debhelper (0.54) unstable; urgency=low
1726 * dh_lib: no longer call getopt(1) to parse options. I wrote my own
1727 argument processor in perl.
1728 * Added long versions of all arguments. TODO: document them.
1729 * All parameters may now be passed values that include whitespace (ie,
1730 dh_installinit -u"defaults 10")
1731 * Now depends on perl (needs Getopt::Long).
1733 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 10 Jan 1998 15:44:09 -0500
1735 debhelper (0.53) unstable; urgency=low
1737 * dh_installmanpages: ignore all man pages installed into debian/tmp
1738 type directories. (#16933)
1739 * dh_*: set up alternative name for files like debian/dirs; you may now
1740 use debian/<mainpackage>.dirs too, for consistency. (#16934)
1741 * dh_installdocs: if a debian/package.copyright file exists, use it in
1742 preference to debian/copyright, so subpackages with varying copyrights
1743 are supported. (#16935)
1744 * Added dh_movefiles, which moves files out of debian/tmp into subpackages.
1747 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 10 Jan 1998 11:30:12 -0500
1749 debhelper (0.52) unstable; urgency=low
1751 * dh_compress: compress file belongs in debian/. It was looking in ./
1752 This has been broken since version 0.30.
1754 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 6 Jan 1998 14:08:31 -0500
1756 debhelper (0.51) unstable; urgency=low
1758 * dh_fixperms: make shared libraries non-executable, in accordance with
1760 * dh_makeshlibs: introduced a -V flag, which allows you to specify explicit
1761 version requirements in the shlibs file.
1762 * dh_{installdirs,installdocs,installexamples,suidregister,undocumented}:
1763 Added a -A flag, which makes any files/directories specified on the
1764 command line apply to ALL packages acted on.
1765 * Updated Standards-Version to latest.
1767 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 5 Jan 1998 16:15:01 -0500
1769 debhelper (0.50) unstable; urgency=low
1771 * dh_makeshlibs: added -m parameter, which can force the major number
1772 of the shared library if it is guessed incorrectly.
1773 * Added dh_testversion to let your package depend on a certian version of
1775 * dh_{installdirs,installdocs,installexamples,suidregieter,undocumented}:
1776 behavior modification - any files/directories specified on the command
1777 line now apply to the first package acted on. This may not be the
1778 first package listed in debian/control, if you use -p to make it act on
1779 a given package, or -i or -a.
1780 * If you take advantage of the above new behavior, I suggest you add
1781 "dh_testversion 0.50" to your debian/rules.
1782 * Display a warning message in cases where the above behavior is triggered,
1783 and debhelper's behavior has altered.
1784 * I have grepped debian's source packages, and I'm quite sure this
1785 is not going to affect any packages currently in debian.
1786 * dh_lib: isnative() now caches its return value, which should optimize
1787 away several more calls to dpkg-parsechangelog.
1788 * README: explain a way to embed debhelper generated shell script into a
1790 * dh_installinit: A hack to work around the problem in getopt(1) that
1791 led to bug report #16229: Any text specified on the command line that is
1792 not a flag will be presumed to be part of the -u flag. Yuck.
1794 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 3 Jan 1998 14:36:15 -0500
1796 debhelper (0.37) unstable; urgency=low
1798 * dh_du: Fixed hardcoded debian/tmp.
1799 * This change got lost by accident, redid it: Optimized out most of the
1800 slowdown caused by using dpkg-parsechangelog - now it's only called by
1803 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 28 Dec 1997 20:45:22 -0500
1805 debhelper (0.36) unstable; urgency=low
1807 * dh_undocumented: exit with an error message if the man page specified
1808 does not have a section.
1810 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 27 Dec 1997 14:14:04 -0500
1812 debhelper (0.35) unstable; urgency=low
1814 * dh_lib: use dpkg-parsechangelog instead of parsing it by hand. This
1815 makes a package build slower (by about 30 seconds, on average), so
1816 I might remove it or optimize it if too many people yell at me. :-)
1817 * dh_undocumented.1: note that it really links to undocumented.7.gz.
1819 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 22 Dec 1997 22:19:39 -0500
1821 debhelper (0.34) unstable; urgency=low
1823 * Fixed typo #16215.
1825 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 22 Dec 1997 14:41:46 -0500
1827 debhelper (0.33) unstable; urgency=low
1829 * examples/*: use prefix, instead of PREFIX, becuase autoconf uses that.
1830 Also, use `pwd`/debian/tmp, instead of debian/tmp.
1831 * Always substitute #DEBHELPER# in maintainer scripts, even if it expands
1832 to nothing, for neatness and to save a few bytes. #15863
1833 * dh_clean: added -k parameter to not delete debian/files. #15789
1834 * examples/*: use dh_clean -k in the binary targets of all rules files,
1837 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 11 Dec 1997 19:05:41 -0500
1839 debhelper (0.32) unstable; urgency=low
1841 * Split dh_installdebfiles into 3 programs (dh_installdeb, dh_shlibdeps,
1842 and dh_gencontrol). dh_installdebfiles still works, but is depricated.
1843 * Added an examples/rules.indep file.
1844 * examples/rules.multi: changed dh_du -a to dh_du -i in binary-indep
1847 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 10 Dec 1997 19:53:13 -0500
1849 debhelper (0.31) unstable; urgency=low
1851 * Fixed man page typos #15685.
1853 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 6 Dec 1997 21:44:58 -0500
1855 debhelper (0.30) unstable; urgency=low
1857 * dh_md5sumes, dh_installdirs, dh_compress: fixed assorted cd bugs.
1859 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 5 Dec 1997 15:08:36 -0500
1861 debhelper (0.29) unstable; urgency=low
1863 * dh_lib: don't expand text passed to doit() a second time. This fixes
1864 #15624, and hopefully doesn't break anything else.
1865 * A side effect of this (of interest only to the debhelper programmer) is
1866 that doit() can no longer handle complex commands now. (ie, pipes, `;',
1867 `&', etc separating multiple commands, or redirection)
1868 * dh_makeshlibs, dh_md5sums, dh_installdebfiles, dh_du, dh_clean,
1869 dh_installdirs: don't pass complex commands to doit().
1871 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 4 Dec 1997 13:56:14 -0500
1873 debhelper (0.28) unstable; urgency=low
1875 * dh_makeshlibs: fixes type that caused the program to crash (#15536).
1877 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 3 Dec 1997 13:22:48 -0500
1879 debhelper (0.27) unstable; urgency=low
1881 * README: fixed typoes (one serious).
1882 * Ran ispell on all the documentation.
1884 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 30 Nov 1997 18:48:20 -0500
1886 debhelper (0.26) unstable; urgency=low
1888 * dh_installdirs: Do not create usr/doc/$PACKAGE directory. Bug #15498
1889 * README: documented that $PACKAGE can be used in the arguments to some of
1890 the dh_* programs (#15497).
1891 * dh_du.1: no, this is not really the dh_md5sums man page (#15499).
1893 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 30 Nov 1997 13:01:40 -0500
1895 debhelper (0.25) unstable; urgency=low
1897 * dh_compress: was not reading debian/compress file - fixed.
1898 * examples/*: moved dh_clean call to after make clean is run.
1900 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 25 Nov 1997 15:43:58 -0500
1902 debhelper (0.24) unstable; urgency=low
1904 * dh_clean: no longer clean up empty (0 byte) files (#15240).
1906 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 25 Nov 1997 14:29:37 -0500
1908 debhelper (0.23) unstable; urgency=low
1910 * Now depends on fileutils (>= 3.16-4), becuase with any earlier version
1911 of fileutils, install -p will not work (#14680)
1913 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 19 Nov 1997 23:59:43 -0500
1915 debhelper (0.22) unstable; urgency=low
1917 * dh_installdocs: Install README.debian as README.Debian (of course,
1918 README.Debian is installed with the same name..)
1920 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 18 Nov 1997 01:23:53 -0500
1922 debhelper (0.21) unstable; urgency=low
1924 * dh_installinit: on removal, fixed how update-rc.d is called.
1926 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 15 Nov 1997 20:43:14 -0500
1928 debhelper (0.20) unstable; urgency=low
1930 * Added dh_installinit, which installs an init.d script, and edits the
1931 postinst, postrm, etc.
1933 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 14 Nov 1997 00:45:53 -0500
1935 debhelper (0.19) unstable; urgency=low
1937 * dh_installmenu.1: menufile is in section 5, not 1.
1939 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 12 Nov 1997 19:54:48 -0500
1941 debhelper (0.18) unstable; urgency=low
1943 * examples/*: added source, diff targets that just print an error.
1944 * dh_clean: clean up more files - *.orig, *.rej, *.bak, .*.orig, .*.rej,
1945 .SUMS, TAGS, and empty files.
1946 * dh_lib: doit(): use eval on parameters, instead of directly running
1947 them. This lets me clean up several nasty areas where I had to echo the
1948 commands once, and then run them seperatly.
1950 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 10 Nov 1997 19:48:36 -0500
1952 debhelper (0.17) unstable; urgency=low
1954 * Added dh_installdirs, automatically creates subdirectories (for
1955 compatability with debstd's debian/dirs file.
1956 * dh_lib: fixed problem with -P flag.
1958 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 7 Nov 1997 16:07:11 -0500
1960 debhelper (0.16) unstable; urgency=low
1962 * dh_compress: always compress changelog and upstream changelog, no
1963 matter what their size (#14604) (policy 5.8)
1965 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 6 Nov 1997 19:50:36 -0500
1967 debhelper (0.15) unstable; urgency=low
1969 * README: documented what temporary directories are used by default for
1970 installing package files into.
1971 * dh_*: added -P flag, to let a different package build directory be
1974 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 6 Nov 1997 15:51:22 -0500
1976 debhelper (0.14) unstable; urgency=low
1978 * dh_fixperms: leave permissions on files in /usr/doc/packages/examples
1980 * Install examples/rules* executable.
1982 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 27 Oct 1997 12:42:33 -0500
1984 debhelper (0.13) unstable; urgency=low
1986 * Added dh_makeshlibs, automatically generates a shlibs file.
1988 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 24 Oct 1997 20:33:14 -0400
1990 debhelper (0.12) unstable; urgency=low
1992 * Fixed mispelling of dh_md5sums in examples rules files and README.
1993 (#13990) Thanks, Adrian.
1995 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 24 Oct 1997 14:35:30 -0400
1997 debhelper (0.11) unstable; urgency=low
1999 * dh_md5sums: behavior modification: do not generate md5sums for conffiles.
2000 (Thanks to Charles Briscoe-Smith <cpb4@ukc.ac.uk>) #14048.
2001 * dh_md5sums: can generate conffile md5sums with -x parameter.
2002 * Added a "converting from debstd" section to the README.
2003 * Added dh_du, generates a DEBIAN/du file with disk usage stats (#14048).
2005 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 13:17:28 -0400
2007 debhelper (0.10) unstable; urgency=medium
2009 * dh_installdebfiles: fixed *bad* bug that messed up the names of all
2010 files installed into DEBIAN/ for multiple binary packages.
2011 * dh_md5sums: fixed another serious bug if dh_md5sums was used for
2012 multiple binary packages.
2013 * If you have made any multiple binary packages using debhelper, you
2014 should rebuild them with this version.
2015 * dh_md5sums: show cd commands in verbose mode.
2017 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 20 Oct 1997 14:44:30 -0400
2019 debhelper (0.9) unstable; urgency=low
2021 * Added dh_suidregister, interfaces to to the suidmanager package.
2022 * dh_installdebfiles: fixed typo on man page.
2024 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 18 Oct 1997 20:55:39 -0400
2026 debhelper (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
2028 * Added dh_md5sum, generates a md5sums file.
2029 * dh_clean: fixed to echo all commands when verbose mode is on.
2031 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 17 Oct 1997 14:18:26 -0400
2033 debhelper (0.7) unstable; urgency=low
2035 * Sped up some things by removing unnecesary for loops.
2036 * dh_installdocs: behavior modifcation: if there is a debian/TODO, it is
2037 named like a debian/changelog file: if the package is a debian native
2038 package, it is installed as TODO. If the package is not a native package,
2039 it is installed as TODO.Debian.
2040 * dh_installdocs: handle debian/README.Debian as well as
2041 debian/README.debian.
2042 * Added dh_undocumented program, which can set up undocumented.7 symlinks.
2043 * Moved dh_installdebfiles to come after dh_fixperms in the example rules
2044 files. (dh_installdebfiles makes sure it installs things with the proper
2045 permissions, and this reorganization makes the file a bit more flexable
2046 in a few situations.)
2048 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 13 Oct 1997 20:08:05 -0400
2050 debhelper (0.6) unstable; urgency=low
2052 * Got rid of bashisms - this package should work now if /bin/sh is ash.
2054 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 10 Oct 1997 15:24:40 -0400
2056 debhelper (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
2058 * Added dh_installcron to install cron jobs.
2060 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 30 Sep 1997 19:37:41 -0400
2062 debhelper (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
2064 * Added dh_strip to strip binaries and libraries.
2065 * Fixed several man pages.
2067 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 28 Sep 1997 20:46:32 -0400
2069 debhelper (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
2071 * Added support for automatic generation of debian install scripts to
2072 dh_installmenu and dh_installdebfiles and dh_clean.
2073 * Removed some pointless uses of cat.
2075 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 26 Sep 1997 21:52:53 -0400
2077 debhelper (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
2079 * Moved out of unstable, it still has rough edges and incomplete bits, but
2080 is ready for general use.
2081 * Added man pages for all commands.
2082 * Multiple binary package support.
2083 * Support for specifying exactly what set of binary packages to act on,
2084 by group (arch or noarch), and by package name.
2085 * dh_clean: allow specification of additional files to remove as
2087 * dh_compress: fixed it to not compress doc/package/copyright
2088 * dh_installmanpage: allow listing of man pages that should not be
2089 auto-installed as parameters.
2090 * dh_installdebfiles: make sure all installed files have proper ownerships
2092 * dh_installdebfiles: only pass ELF files to dpkg-shlibdeps, and pass .so
2095 * dh_compress: changed behavior - debian/compress script is now run inside
2096 the package build directory it is to act on.
2097 * Added dh_lib symlink in debian/ so the debhelper apps used in this
2098 package's debian/rules always use the most up-to-date db_lib.
2099 * Changed dh_cleantmp commands in the examples rules files to dh_clean.
2101 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 23 Sep 1997 12:26:12 -0400
2103 debhelper (0.1) experimental; urgency=low
2105 * First release. This is a snapshot of my work so far, and it not yet
2106 ready to replace debstd.
2108 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 22 Sep 1997 15:01:25 -0400