1 debhelper (2.0.42) unstable; urgency=low
3 * dh_installinfo: failed pretty miserably if the info file's section
4 contained '/' characters. Doesn't now.
6 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 6 Sep 1999 16:33:13 -0700
8 debhelper (2.0.41) unstable; urgency=low
10 * dh_installinfo: use FHS info dir. I wonder how I missed that..
12 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 6 Sep 1999 13:22:08 -0700
14 debhelper (2.0.40) unstable; urgency=low
16 * FHS complience. Patch from Johnie Ingram <johnie@netgod.net>.
17 For the most part, this was a straight-forward substitution,
18 dh_installmanpages needed a non-obvious change though.
19 * Closes: #42489, #42587, #41732.
20 * dh_installdocs: Adds code to postinst and prerm as specified in
21 http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-ctte-9908/msg00038.html,
22 to make /usr/doc/<package> a compatability symlink to
23 /usr/share/doc/<package>. Note that currently if something exists in
24 /usr/doc/<package> when the postinst is run, it will silently not make
25 the symlink. I'm considering more intellingent handing of this case.
26 * Note that if you build a package with this version of debhelper, it will
27 use /usr/share/man, /usr/share/doc, and /usr/share/info. You may need to
28 modify other files in your package that reference the old locations.
30 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 5 Sep 1999 21:06:11 -0700
32 debhelper (2.0.30) unstable; urgency=low
34 * It turns out it's possible to set up make variables that are specific to
35 a single target of a Makefile. This works tremendously well with
36 DH_OPTIONS: no need to put "-i" or "-pfoo" after every debhelper command
38 * debhelper.1: mentioned above technique.
39 * examples/rules.multi: use the above method to get rid of -i's and -a's.
40 * examples/rules.multi2: new file, example of a multi-binary package that
41 works for arch-indep and arch-dependant packages, and also allows
42 building of single binary packages independntly, via binary-<package>
43 targets. It accomplishes all this using only one list of debhelper
45 * examples/*: removed source and diff targets. They've been obsolete for 2
46 years -- or is it 3? No need for a nice error message on failure anymore.
48 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 3 Sep 1999 11:28:24 -0700
50 debhelper (2.0.29) unstable; urgency=low
52 * dh_shlibdeps: Fixed quoting problem that made it fail on weird file names.
53 Patch from Devin Carraway <debianbug-debhelper@devin.com>, Closes: #44016
55 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 2 Sep 1999 13:40:37 -0700
57 debhelper (2.0.28) unstable; urgency=low
59 * Oops, dh_installpam was omitted from the package. Added back.
62 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 27 Aug 1999 19:16:38 -0700
64 debhelper (2.0.27) unstable; urgency=low
66 * No user visible changes. Modified the package to interface better with
67 my new local build system, which auto-updates the home page when a new
70 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 26 Aug 1999 23:20:40 -0700
72 debhelper (2.0.25) unstable; urgency=low
74 * Corrected debian/fixlinks to make the correct debian/* symlinks needed
75 for building debhelper.
76 * Fixed rules file to create and populate examples and docs dirs. Oops.
78 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 25 Aug 1999 19:46:08 -0700
80 debhelper (2.0.24) unstable; urgency=low
82 * dh_installdocs: Handle trailing whitespace after Document: name.
85 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 18 Aug 1999 10:23:17 -0700
87 debhelper (2.0.23) unstable; urgency=low
89 * Fixed makefile commit target.
90 * Misc changes to make CVS dirs not be copies into package.
92 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 22:43:39 -0700
94 debhelper (2.0.22) unstable; urgency=low
96 * Checked all of debhelper into CVS.
97 * Removed Test.pm (we have perl 5.005 now)
98 * Skip CVS dir when running tests.
99 * Since CVS is so brain dead about symlinks, added a debian/fixlinks script.
100 Modified debian/rules to make sure it's run if any of the symlinks are
101 missing. Also, made Makefile a short file that sources debian/rules so
102 it's always available.
104 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 22:35:12 -0700
106 debhelper (2.0.21) unstable; urgency=low
108 * Wow. It turns out dh_installdocs has been doing it wrong and doc-base
109 files have the doc-id inside them. Applied and modified a patch from
110 Peter Moulder <reiter@netspace.net.au> to make it use those id's instead
111 of coming up with it's own. (Closes: #42650)
113 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 8 Aug 1999 10:24:10 -0700
115 debhelper (2.0.20) unstable; urgency=low
117 * dh_perl: Patch from Raphael Hertzog <rhertzog@hrnet.fr> to allow
118 specification on the command line of alternate paths to search for perl
119 modules. (Closes: #42171)
121 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 30 Jul 1999 09:42:08 -0700
123 debhelper (2.0.19) unstable; urgency=low
125 * dh_installinfo: fixed bug if a info file had no section.
127 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 29 Jul 1999 11:41:11 -0700
129 debhelper (2.0.18) unstable; urgency=low
131 * dh_installxaw: fixed multiple stanza problem, for real this time (patch
132 misapplied last time). (Closes: #41862)
134 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 26 Jul 1999 13:00:09 -0700
136 debhelper (2.0.17) unstable; urgency=low
138 * dh_clean: compat() wasn't exported.
140 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 21 Jul 1999 12:49:52 -0700
142 debhelper (2.0.16) unstable; urgency=low
144 * Dh_lib.pm: when looking for debhelper files in debian/, test with -f,
145 not with -e, because it might fail if you're building a package named,
146 say, 'docs', with a temp dir of debian/docs. I don't anticipate this
147 ever happenning, but it pays to be safe.
149 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 20 Jul 1999 21:00:04 -0700
151 debhelper (2.0.15) unstable; urgency=low
153 * dh_clean: only force-remove debian/tmp if in v2 mode. In v1 mode, we
154 shouldn't remove it because we may only be acting on a single package.
157 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 20 Jul 1999 19:00:15 -0700
159 debhelper (2.0.14) unstable; urgency=low
161 * Moved /usr/lib/debhelper to /usr/share/debhelper for FHS compliance
162 (#41174). If you used Dh_lib or something in another package, be sure to
163 update your "use" line and declare an appropriate dependancy. (Closes:
165 * dh_installxaw: Patch from Josip Rodin <joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr> to fix
166 multiple-stanza xaw file support. (Closes: #41173)
168 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 12 Jul 1999 11:49:57 -0700
170 debhelper (2.0.13) unstable; urgency=low
172 * dh_fixperms: FHS fixes (#41058)
174 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 9 Jul 1999 13:07:49 -0700
176 debhelper (2.0.12) unstable; urgency=low
178 * dh_installinfo: fixed #SECTION# substitution.
180 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 7 Jul 1999 17:51:59 -0700
182 debhelper (2.0.11) unstable; urgency=low
184 * At long, long last, dh_installinfo is written. It takes a simple list of
185 info files and figures out the rest for you. (Closes: #15717)
187 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 7 Jul 1999 17:04:48 -0700
189 debhelper (2.0.10) unstable; urgency=low
191 * dh_compress: compress changelog.html files. (Closes: #40626)
192 * dh_installchangelogs: installs a link from changelog.html.gz to changelog.gz,
193 because I think it's important that upstream changelogs always be accessable
195 * dh_compress: removed the usr/share/X11R6/man bit. Note part of FHS.
197 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 7 Jul 1999 10:46:03 -0700
199 debhelper (2.0.09) unstable; urgency=low
201 * dh_compress: added some FHS support. Though debhelper doesn't put stuff
202 there (and won't until people come up with a general transition strategy or
203 decide to not have a clean transiotion), dh_compress now compresses
204 various files in /usr/share/{man,doc,info}. (Closes: #40892)
206 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 7 Jul 1999 09:55:03 -0700
208 debhelper (2.0.08) unstable; urgency=low
210 * dh_*: redirect cd output to /den/null, because CD can actually output
211 things if CDPATH is set.
213 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 6 Jul 1999 10:14:00 -0700
215 debhelper (2.0.07) unstable; urgency=low
217 * Added dh_perl calls to example rules files.
219 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 4 Jul 1999 15:57:51 -0700
221 debhelper (2.0.06) unstable; urgency=low
223 * Now depends on perl5 | perl, I'll kill the | perl bit later on, but it
224 seems to make sense for the transition.
226 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 4 Jul 1999 10:56:03 -0700
228 debhelper (2.0.05) unstable; urgency=low
230 * dh_clean: clean debian/tmp even if v2 is being used. If you're
231 using dh_movefiles, stuff may well be left in there, and it needs to be
234 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 3 Jul 1999 13:23:46 -0700
236 debhelper (2.0.04) unstable; urgency=low
238 * Patch from Raphael Hertzog <rhertzog@hrnet.fr> to make dh_perl support a
239 -d flag that makes it add a dependancy on the sppropriate perl-XXX-base
240 package. Few packages will really need this. (Closes: #40631)
242 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 2 Jul 1999 11:22:00 -0700
244 debhelper (2.0.03) unstable; urgency=low
246 * Depend on file >= 2.23-1, because dh_perl uses file -b, introduced at
247 that version. (Closes: #40589)
249 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 1 Jul 1999 14:41:12 -0700
251 debhelper (2.0.02) unstable; urgency=low
253 * If you're going to use v2, it's reccommended you call
254 "dh_testversion 2". Added a note about that to doc/v2.
255 * Dh_Lib.pm compat: if a version that is greater than the highest
256 supported compatability level is specified, abort with an error. Perhaps
257 there will be a debhelper v3 some day...
259 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 1 Jul 1999 14:08:14 -0700
261 debhelper (2.0.01) unstable; urgency=low
263 * Actually include doc/v2 this time round.
265 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 1 Jul 1999 14:01:55 -0700
267 debhelper (2.0.00) unstable; urgency=low
269 * Don't let the version number fool you. Debhelper v2 is here, but just
270 barely. That's what all the zero's mean. :-)
271 * If DH_COMPAT=2, then debian/<package> will be used for the temporary
272 build directory for all packages. debian/tmp is no more! (Well, except
273 dh_movefiles still uses it.)
274 * debhelper.1: documented this.
275 * Dh_lib.pm: added compat(), pass in a number, it returns true if the
276 current compatability level is equal to that number.
277 * doc/PROGRAMMING: documented that.
278 * debhelper itself now builds using DH_COMPAT=2.
279 * dh_debstd forces DH_COMPAT=1, because it needs to stay compatable with
282 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 1 Jul 1999 13:37:58 -0700
284 debhelper (1.9.00) unstable; urgency=low
286 * This is a release of debhelper in preparation for debhelper v2.
287 * doc/v2: added, documented status of v2 changes.
288 * README: mention doc/v2
289 * debhelper.1: docuimented DH_COMPAT
290 * examples/*: added DH_COMAPT=1 to top of rules files
292 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 1 Jul 1999 13:16:41 -0700
294 debhelper (1.2.83) unstable; urgency=medium
296 * dh_perl: fixed substvars typo. Urgency medium since a lot of people will
297 be using this script RSN.
299 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 1 Jul 1999 11:44:05 -0700
301 debhelper (1.2.82) unstable; urgency=low
303 * dh_installinit: applied patch from Yann Dirson <ydirson@multimania.com>
304 to make it look for init.d scripts matching the --init-script parameter.
305 This is only useful if, like Yann, you have packages that need to install
306 more than 1 init script.
308 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 1999 11:38:05 -0700
310 debhelper (1.2.81) unstable; urgency=low
312 * dh_link: fixed bug #40159 and added a regression test for it. It was
313 failing if it was given absolute filenames.
315 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 1999 10:12:44 -0700
317 debhelper (1.2.80) unstable; urgency=low
319 * Changed perl version detection.
320 * Changed call to find.
322 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 24 Jun 1999 16:48:53 -0700
324 debhelper (1.2.79) unstable; urgency=low
326 * Added dh_perl by Raphael Hertzog <rhertzog@hrnet.fr>. dh_perl handles
327 finding dependancies of perl scripts, plus deleting those annoying
329 * I don't think dh_perl is going to be useful until the new version of
332 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 24 Jun 1999 14:47:55 -0700
334 debhelper (1.2.78) unstable; urgency=low
336 * Really include dh_installpam.
338 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 15 Jun 1999 09:00:36 -0700
340 debhelper (1.2.77) unstable; urgency=low
342 * dh_installpam: new program by Sean <shaleh@foo.livenet.net>
343 * Wrote man page for same.
345 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 11 Jun 1999 13:08:04 -0700
347 debhelper (1.2.76) unstable; urgency=low
349 * dh_fixperms: Do not use chmod/chown -R at all anymore, instead it uses
350 the (slower) find then chown method. Necessary because the -R methods will
351 happyily attempt to chown a dangling symlink, which makes them fail.
354 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 7 Jun 1999 20:20:01 -0700
356 debhelper (1.2.75) unstable; urgency=low
358 * dh_installemacsen: fixed perms of install, remove scripts.
361 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 7 Jun 1999 14:42:12 -0700
363 debhelper (1.2.74) unstable; urgency=low
365 * dh_installmanpages: recognizes gzipped man pages and installs them.
366 This is an experimental change, one problem is if your man page isn't
367 already gzip-9'd, it will be in violation of policy. (closes: #38673)
368 * The previous fix to dh_installemacsen was actually quite necessary - the
371 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 3 Jun 1999 15:14:27 -0700
373 debhelper (1.2.73) unstable; urgency=low
375 * dh_installemacsen: make sure files are installed mode 0644. Not strictly
376 necessary since dh_fixperms fixes them if you have a wacky umask, but oh
377 well. (Closes: 38900)
379 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 3 Jun 1999 14:50:42 -0700
381 debhelper (1.2.72) unstable; urgency=low
383 * dh_installemacsen: use debian/package.emacsen-startup, not
384 debian/package.emacsen-init. The former has always been documented to
385 work on the man page (closes: #38898).
387 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 3 Jun 1999 14:16:57 -0700
389 debhelper (1.2.71) unstable; urgency=low
391 * Fixed a typo (closes: #38881)
393 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 3 Jun 1999 13:23:23 -0700
395 debhelper (1.2.70) unstable; urgency=low
397 * dh_installmanpages: Properly quoted metacharacters in $dir in regexp.
400 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 25 May 1999 14:12:30 -0700
402 debhelper (1.2.69) unstable; urgency=low
404 * Don't include Test.pm in the binary package.
406 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 23 May 1999 19:29:27 -0700
408 debhelper (1.2.68) unstable; urgency=low
410 * doc/README: updated example of using #DEBHELPER# in a perl script, with
411 help from Julian Gilbey.
412 * dh_link: generate absolute symlinks where appropriate. The links
413 generated before were wrong simetimes (#37774)
414 * Started writing a regression test suite for debhelper. Currently covers
415 only the above bugfix and a few more dh_link tests.
416 * Tossed Test.pm into the package (for regression tests) until we get perl
417 5.005 which contains that package. That file is licenced the same as perl.
418 * dh_installchangelogs: force all installed files to be owned by root
421 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 16 May 1999 17:18:44 -0700
423 debhelper (1.2.67) unstable; urgency=low
425 * dh_installmodules: fixed type that made the program not work.
427 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 12 May 1999 00:25:05 -0700
429 debhelper (1.2.66) unstable; urgency=low
431 * examples/rules.multi: dh_shlibdeps must be run before dh_gencontrol
434 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 14:03:05 -0700
436 debhelper (1.2.65) unstable; urgency=low
440 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 6 May 1999 21:46:03 -0700
442 debhelper (1.2.64) unstable; urgency=low
444 * dh_installmime: new command (#37093, #32684).
446 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 3 May 1999 13:37:34 -0700
448 debhelper (1.2.63) unstable; urgency=low
450 * dh_installxaw: updated to work with xaw-wrappers 0.90 and above. It
451 actually has to partially parse the xaw-wrappers config files now.
453 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 2 May 1999 19:13:34 -0700
455 debhelper (1.2.62) unstable; urgency=low
457 * dh_installemacsen: added support for site-start files. Added --flavor
458 and --number to control details of installation. (#36832)
460 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 2 May 1999 15:31:58 -0700
462 debhelper (1.2.61) unstable; urgency=low
464 * dh_md5sums.1: dh_md5sums is not deprecated, AFAIK, but the manpage has
465 somehow been modified to say it was at version 1.2.45.
467 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 26 Apr 1999 19:54:04 -0700
469 debhelper (1.2.60) unstable; urgency=low
471 * dh_installexamples.1: recycled docs fix.
473 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 26 Apr 1999 17:19:07 -0700
475 debhelper (1.2.59) unstable; urgency=low
477 * dh_builddeb: added --destdir option, which lets you tell it where
478 to put the generated .deb's. Default is .. of course.
480 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 22 Apr 1999 22:02:01 -0700
482 debhelper (1.2.58) unstable; urgency=low
484 * autoscripts/postinst-suid: use /#FILE# in elif test (#36297).
486 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 18 Apr 1999 22:33:52 -0700
488 debhelper (1.2.57) unstable; urgency=low
490 * examples/*: killed trailing spaces after diff: target
492 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 12 Apr 1999 22:02:32 -0700
494 debhelper (1.2.56) unstable; urgency=low
496 * dh_suidregister: make the chown/chmod only happen if the file actually
497 exists. This is useful if you have conffiles that have permissions and
498 may be deleted. (#35845)
500 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 10 Apr 1999 13:35:23 -0700
502 debhelper (1.2.55) unstable; urgency=low
504 * Various man page enhancements.
505 * dh_md5sums: supports -X to make it skip including files in the
508 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 18:21:58 -0700
510 debhelper (1.2.54) unstable; urgency=low
512 * dh_installinit.1: man page fixups (#34160).
513 * *.1: the date of each man page is now automatically updated when
514 debhelper is built to be the last modification time of the man page.
516 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 8 Apr 1999 20:28:00 -0700
518 debhelper (1.2.53) unstable; urgency=low
520 * dh_compress: leave .taz and .tgz files alone. Previously trying to
521 compress such files caused gzip to fail and the whole command to fail.
522 Probably fixes #35677. Actually, it now skips files with a whole
523 range of odd suffixes that gzip refuses to compress, including "_z" and
525 * dh_compress.1: updated docs to reflect this, and to give the new
526 suggested starting point if you want to write your own debian/compress
529 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 7 Apr 1999 02:20:14 -0700
531 debhelper (1.2.52) unstable; urgency=low
533 * dh_installmodules: new program, closes #32546.
535 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 1 Apr 1999 17:25:37 -0800
537 debhelper (1.2.51) unstable; urgency=low
539 * Another very minor typo fix.
541 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 1 Apr 1999 14:04:02 -0800
543 debhelper (1.2.50) unstable; urgency=low
545 * Very minor typo fix.
547 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 26 Mar 1999 17:27:01 -0800
549 debhelper (1.2.49) unstable; urgency=low
551 * dh_fixperms: if called with -X, was attempting to change permissions of
552 even symlinks. This could have even caused it to follow the symlinks and
553 modify files on the build system in some cases. Ignores them now. (#35102)
555 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 24 Mar 1999 13:21:49 -0800
557 debhelper (1.2.48) unstable; urgency=low
559 * dh_fixperms.1: improved documentation. (#34968)
561 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 23 Mar 1999 19:11:01 -0800
563 debhelper (1.2.47) unstable; urgency=low
565 * doc/README: updated the example of including debhelper shell script
566 fragments inside a perl program -- the old method didn't work with shell
567 variables properly (#34850).
569 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 21 Mar 1999 13:25:33 -0800
571 debhelper (1.2.46) unstable; urgency=low
573 * doc/README: pointer to maint-guide.
575 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 18 Mar 1999 21:04:57 -0800
577 debhelper (1.2.45) unstable; urgency=low
579 * dh_installwm.1: fixed two errors (#34534, #34535)
580 * debhelper.1: list all other debhelper commands with synopses
581 (automatically generated by build process).
583 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 14 Mar 1999 11:33:39 -0800
585 debhelper (1.2.44) unstable; urgency=medium
587 * dh_fixperms: has been mostly broken when used with -X, corrected this.
589 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 13 Mar 1999 17:25:59 -0800
591 debhelper (1.2.43) unstable; urgency=low
593 * dh_compress.1: man page fixes (Closes: #33858).
594 * dh_compress: now it can handle compressing arbitrary numbers of files,
595 spawning gzip multiple times like xargs does, if necessary.
597 * Dh_Lib.pm: added xargs() command.
599 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 9 Mar 1999 14:57:09 -0800
601 debhelper (1.2.42) unstable; urgency=low
603 * dh_m5sums: don't generate bogus md5sums file if the package contains no
604 files. Yes, someone found a legitimate reason to do that.
606 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 25 Feb 1999 00:03:47 -0800
608 debhelper (1.2.41) unstable; urgency=low
610 * README: minor typo fix.
612 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 20 Feb 1999 23:30:00 -0800
614 debhelper (1.2.40) unstable; urgency=low
616 * Let's just say 1.2.39 is not a good version of debhelper to use and
617 leave it at that. :-)
619 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 20 Feb 1999 22:55:27 -0800
621 debhelper (1.2.39) unstable; urgency=low
623 * dh_installcron: install files in cron.d with correct perms.
625 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 20 Feb 1999 22:28:38 -0800
627 debhelper (1.2.38) unstable; urgency=low
629 * dh_clean: don't try to delete directories named "core".
631 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 20 Feb 1999 19:13:40 -0800
633 debhelper (1.2.37) unstable; urgency=low
635 * dh_installdocs: Patch from Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com>, fixes regexp error (Closes: #33431).
636 * dh_installxaw: new program by Daniel Martin
637 <Daniel.Martin@jhu.edu>, handles xaw-wrappers integration.
638 * dh_installxaw.1: wrote man page.
640 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 18 Feb 1999 17:32:53 -0800
642 debhelper (1.2.36) unstable; urgency=low
644 * dh_compress.1: Fixed typo in man page. (Closes: #33364)
645 * autoscripts/postinst-menu-method: fixed typo. (Closes: #33376)
647 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 14 Feb 1999 13:45:18 -0800
649 debhelper (1.2.35) unstable; urgency=low
651 * Dh_Lib.pm filearray(): Deal with multiple spaces and spaces at the
652 beginning of lines in files. (closes: #33161)
654 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 9 Feb 1999 21:01:07 -0800
656 debhelper (1.2.34) unstable; urgency=low
658 * dh_clean: added -d flag (also --dirs-only) that will make it clean only
659 tmp dirs. (closes: #30807)
660 * dh_installdocs: to support packages that need multiple doc-base files,
661 will now look for debian/<package>.doc-base.<doc-id>.
662 * dh_compress: removed warning message (harmless).
664 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 6 Feb 1999 17:48:33 -0800
666 debhelper (1.2.33) unstable; urgency=low
668 * dh_compress: verbose_print() cd's.
669 * dh_compress: clear the hash of hard links when we loop - was making
670 dh_compress fail on multi-binary packages that had harlinks. Thanks to
671 Craig Small for spotting this.
673 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 4 Feb 1999 20:19:37 -0800
675 debhelper (1.2.32) unstable; urgency=low
677 * dh_suidmanager: if it cannot determine the user name or group name from
678 the uid or gid, it will pass the uid or gid to suidmanager. This should
679 probably never happen, but it's good to be safe.
681 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 4 Feb 1999 16:00:35 -0800
683 debhelper (1.2.31) unstable; urgency=low
685 * dh_installinit.1: minor typo fix (closes: #32753)
687 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 2 Feb 1999 14:32:46 -0800
689 debhelper (1.2.30) unstable; urgency=low
691 * dh_fixperms: cut down the number of chmod commands that are executed
692 from 3 to 1, no change in functionality.
694 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 1 Feb 1999 17:05:29 -0800
696 debhelper (1.2.29) unstable; urgency=high
698 * Do not include bogus chsh, chfn, passwd links in debhelper binary!
699 These were acidentially left in after dh_link testing I did as I was
700 working on the last version of debhelper.
702 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 25 Jan 1999 20:26:46 -0800
704 debhelper (1.2.28) unstable; urgency=low
706 * dh_link: fixed bug that prevent multiple links to the same source from
709 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 24 Jan 1999 19:46:33 -0800
711 debhelper (1.2.27) unstable; urgency=low
713 * autoscripts/*menu*: "test", not "text"!
715 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 19 Jan 1999 15:18:52 -0800
717 debhelper (1.2.26) unstable; urgency=low
719 * dh_installdocs: use prerm-doc-base script fragement. Was using
720 postrm-doc-base, for some weird reason.
722 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 18 Jan 1999 13:36:40 -0800
724 debhelper (1.2.25) unstable; urgency=low
726 * autoscripts/*menu*: It turns out that "command" is like test -w, it will
727 still return true if update-menus is not executable. This can
728 legitimatly happen if you are upgrading the menu package, and it makes
729 postinsts that use command fail. Reverted to using test -x. Packages
730 built with debhelper >= 1.2.21 that use menus should be rebuilt.
732 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 16 Jan 1999 13:47:16 -0800
734 debhelper (1.2.24) unstable; urgency=low
736 * dh_fixperms: linux 2.1.x and 2.2.x differ from earlier versions in that
737 they do not clear the suid bit on a file when the owner of that file
738 changes. It seems that fakeroot behaves the same as linux 2.1 here. I
739 was relying on the old behavior to get rid of suid and sgid bits on files.
740 Since this no longer happens implicitly, I've changed to clearing the
742 * There's also a small behavior change involved here. Before, dh_fixperms
743 did not clear suid permissions on files that were already owned by root.
745 * dh_fixperms.1: cleaned up the docs to mention that those bits are
748 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 15 Jan 1999 16:54:44 -0800
750 debhelper (1.2.23) unstable; urgency=low
752 * autoscripts/postrm-wm: use "=", not "==" (#31727).
754 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 11 Jan 1999 13:35:00 -0800
756 debhelper (1.2.22) unstable; urgency=low
758 * Reversed change in last version; don't clobber mode (#31628).
760 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 8 Jan 1999 15:01:25 -0800
762 debhelper (1.2.21) unstable; urgency=low
764 * dh_installdocs: Added doc-base support, if debian/<package>.doc-base
765 exists, it will be installed as a doc-base control file. If you use this,
766 you probably want to add "dh_testversion 1.2.21" to the rules file to make
767 sure your package is built with a new enough debhelper.
768 * dh_installdocs: now supports -n to make it not modify postinst/prerm.
769 * dh_suidregister: turned off leading 0/1 in permissions settings, until
770 suidregister actually supports it.
771 * autoscripts/*: instead of "text -x", use "command -v" to see if various
772 binaries exist. This gets rid of lots of hard-coded paths.
774 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 30 Dec 1998 22:50:04 -0500
776 debhelper (1.2.20) unstable; urgency=low
778 * dh_compress: handle the hard link stuff properly, it was broken. Also
781 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 23 Dec 1998 19:53:03 -0500
783 debhelper (1.2.19) unstable; urgency=low
785 * dh_listpackages: new command. Takes the standard options taken by other
786 debhelper commands, and just outputs a list of the binary packages a
787 debhelper command would act on. Added because of bug #30626, and because
788 of wn's truely ugly use of debhelper internals to get the same info (and
789 because it's just 4 lines of code ;-).
790 * dh_compress: is now smart about compressing files that are hardlinks.
791 When possible, will only compress one file, delete the hardlinks, and
792 re-make hardlinks to the compressed file, saving some disk space.
794 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 22:26:41 -0500
796 debhelper (1.2.18) unstable; urgency=medium
798 * dh_fixperms: was not fixing permissions of files in usr/doc/ to 644,
799 this has been broken since version 1.2.3.
801 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 6 Dec 1998 23:35:35 -0800
803 debhelper (1.2.17) unstable; urgency=low
805 * dh_makeshlibs: relaxed regexp to find library name and number a little so
806 it will work on libraries with a major but no minor version in their
807 filename (examples of such: libtcl8.0.so.1, libBLT-unoff.so.1)
808 * dh_movefiles: added --sourcedir option to make it move files out of
809 some directory besides debian/tmp (#30221)
811 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 4 Dec 1998 13:56:57 -0800
813 debhelper (1.2.16) unstable; urgency=low
815 * dh_installchangelogs: now detects html changelogs and installs them as
816 changelog.html.gz, to comply with latest policy (which I disagree with
818 * manpages: updated policy version numbers.
819 * dh_installdocs: behavior change: all docs are now installed mode 644.
820 I have looked and it doesn't seem this will actually affect any packages
821 in debian. This is useful only if you want to use dh_installdocs and not
822 dh_fixperms, and that's the only time this behavior change will have any
823 effect, either. (#30118)
825 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 3 Dec 1998 23:31:56 -0800
827 debhelper (1.2.15) unstable; urgency=low
829 * Just a re-upload, last upload failed for some obscure reason.
831 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 29 Nov 1998 13:07:44 -0800
833 debhelper (1.2.14) unstable; urgency=low
835 * Really fixed #29762 this time. This also fixes #30025, which asked that
836 dh_makeshlibs come before dh_shlibdeps, so the files it generates can
837 also be used as a shlibs.local file, which will be used by dh_shlibdeps.
839 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 04:00:14 -0800
841 debhelper (1.2.13) unstable; urgency=low
843 * Spelling and typo fixes.
845 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 15:23:55 -0800
847 debhelper (1.2.12) unstable; urgency=low
849 * examples/*: moved dh_makeshlibs call to before dh_installdeb call.
850 (#29762). This is just so if you replace dh_makeshlibs with something
851 that generates debian/shlibs, it still gets installed properly.
852 * dh_suidregister: use names instead of uid's and gid's, at request of
853 suidregister maintainer (#29802).
855 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 21 Nov 1998 13:13:10 -0800
857 debhelper (1.2.11) unstable; urgency=low
859 * dh_movefiles: if given absolute filenames to move (note that that is
860 *wrong*), it will move relative files anyway. Related to bug #29761.
861 * dh_link: made relative links work right. (I hope!)
863 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 20:21:51 -0800
865 debhelper (1.2.10) unstable; urgency=low
867 * examples/*: added dh_link calls to example rules files.
869 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:43:07 -0800
871 debhelper (1.2.9) unstable; urgency=low
873 * Added dh_link, which generates policy complient symlinks in binary
874 packages, painlessly.
876 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 19 Nov 1998 18:43:36 -0800
878 debhelper (1.2.8) unstable; urgency=low
880 * Suggest dh-make (#29376).
882 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 18 Nov 1998 02:29:47 -0800
884 debhelper (1.2.7) unstable; urgency=low
886 * dh_movefiles: Fixed another bug.
888 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 16 Nov 1998 12:53:05 -0800
890 debhelper (1.2.6) unstable; urgency=low
892 * dh_movefiles: fixed non-integer comparison (#29476)
894 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 15 Nov 1998 13:03:09 -0800
896 debhelper (1.2.5) unstable; urgency=low
898 * The perl conversion is complete.
900 * dh_compress: perlized (yay, perl has readlink, no more ls -l | awk
902 * dh_lib, dh_getopt.pl: deleted, nothing uses them anymore.
903 * debian/rules: don't install above 2 files.
904 * doc/PROGRAMMING: removed all documentation of the old shell library
907 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 13 Nov 1998 15:36:57 -0800
909 debhelper (1.2.4) unstable; urgency=low
911 * dh_debstd, dh_movefiles: perlized.
912 * dh_debstd: fixed -c option.
913 * dh_installinit: fixed minor perl -w warning.
914 * Only 1 shell script remains! (But it's a doozy..)
916 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 13 Nov 1998 13:29:39 -0800
918 debhelper (1.2.3) unstable; urgency=low
920 * dh_fixperms, dh_installdebfiles, dh_installdeb: perlized
921 * dh_suidregister: perlized, with help from Che_Fox (and Tom Christianson,
923 * dh_suidregister: include leading 0 (or 1 for sticky, etc) in file
925 * Only 3 more to go and it'll be 100% perl.
926 * Made $dh{EXCLUDE_FIND} available to perl scripts.
928 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 10 Nov 1998 15:47:43 -0800
930 debhelper (1.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
932 * dh_du, dh_shlibdeps, dh_undocumented: rewrite in perl.
933 * dh_undocumented: shortened the symlink used for section 7 undocumented
934 man pages, since it can link to undocuemented.7.gz in the same directory.
936 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 10 Nov 1998 13:40:22 -0800
938 debhelper (1.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
940 * dh_strip, dh_installinit: rewrite in perl.
942 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 9 Nov 1998 20:04:12 -0800
944 debhelper (1.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
946 * A new unstable dist means I'm back to converting more of debhelper to
947 perl.. Since 1.1 has actually stabalized, I've upped this to 1.2.
948 * dh_md5sums: rewritten in perl, for large speed gain under some
949 circumstances (old version called perl sometimes, once per package.)
950 * dh_installmenu, dh_installwmacsen, dh_installwm: perlized.
951 * Dh_Lib.pm: made autoscript() really work.
953 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 9 Nov 1998 13:04:16 -0800
955 debhelper (1.1.24) unstable; urgency=low
957 * dh_suidregister: remove suid/sgid bits from all files registered. The
958 reason is this: if you're using suidmanager, and you want a file that
959 ships suid to never be suid on your system, shipping it suid in the .deb
960 will create a window where it is suid before suidmanager fixes it's
961 permissions. This change should be transparent to users and developers.
963 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 27 Oct 1998 18:19:48 -0800
965 debhelper (1.1.23) unstable; urgency=low
967 * dh_clean: At the suggestion of James Troup <james@nocrew.org> now deletes
968 files named *.P in .deps/ subdirectories. They are generated by automake.
970 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 24 Oct 1998 15:14:53 -0700
972 debhelper (1.1.22) unstable; urgency=low
974 * dh_fixperms: quoting fix from Roderick Schertler <roderick@argon.org>
975 * Added support for register-window-manager command which will be in a new
976 (as yet unreleased) xbase. Now a new dh_installwm program handles
977 registration of a window manager and the necessary modifications to
978 postinst and postrm. It's safe to go ahead and start using this for your
979 window manager packages, just note that it won't do anything until the new
980 xbase is out, and that due to the design of register-window-manager, if
981 your wm is installed before a xbase that supports register-window-manager
982 is installed, the window manager will never be registered. (#20971)
984 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 14 Oct 1998 23:08:04 -0700
986 debhelper (1.1.21) unstable; urgency=low
988 * Added install to .PHONY target of example rules files.
990 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 11 Oct 1998 22:36:10 -0700
992 debhelper (1.1.20) unstable; urgency=low
994 * Added a --same-arch flag, that is useful in the rare case when you have
995 a package that builds only for 1 architecture, as part of a multi-part,
996 multi-architecture source package. (Ie, netscape-dmotif).
997 * Modified dh_installinit -r so it does start the daemon on the initial
1000 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 2 Oct 1998 15:55:13 -0700
1002 debhelper (1.1.19) unstable; urgency=low
1004 * dh_installmanpages: look at basename of man pacges specified on command
1005 line to skip, for backwards compatability.
1007 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 10 Sep 1998 11:31:42 -0700
1009 debhelper (1.1.18) unstable; urgency=low
1011 * dh_installemacsen: substitute package name for #PACKAGE# when setting
1012 up postinst and prerm (#26560).
1014 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 8 Sep 1998 14:24:30 -0700
1016 debhelper (1.1.17) unstable; urgency=low
1018 * dh_strip: on Richard Braakman's advice, strip the .comment and .note
1019 sections of shared libraries.
1020 * Added DH_OPTIONS environment variable - anything in it will be treated
1021 as additional command line arguments by all debhelper commands. This in
1022 useful in some situations, for example, if you need to pass -p to all
1023 debhelper commands that will be run. If you use DH_OPTIONS, be sure to
1024 use dh_testversion 1.1.17 - older debhelpers will ignore it and do
1025 things you don't want them to.
1026 * Made -N properly exclude packages when no -i, -a, or -p flags are
1027 present. It didn't before, which was a bug.
1029 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 7 Sep 1998 17:33:19 -0700
1031 debhelper (1.1.16) unstable; urgency=low
1033 * dh_fixperms: remove execute bits from static libraries as well as
1034 shared libraries. (#26414)
1036 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 4 Sep 1998 14:46:37 -0700
1038 debhelper (1.1.15) unstable; urgency=medium
1040 * dh_installmanpages: the new perl version had a nasty habit of
1041 installing .so.x library files as man pages. Fixed.
1042 * dh_installmanpages: the code to exclude searching for man pages in
1043 debian/tmp directories was broken. Fixed.
1045 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 31 Aug 1998 00:05:17 -0700
1047 debhelper (1.1.14) unstable; urgency=low
1049 * Debhelper now has a web page at http://kitenet.net/programs/debhelper/
1051 * Added code to debian/rules to update the web page when I release new
1053 * dh_compress: since version 0.88 or so, dh_compress has bombed out if
1054 a debian/compress file returned an error code. This was actually
1055 unintentional - in fact, the debian/compress example in the man page
1056 will fail this way if usr/info or usr/X11R6 is not present. Corrected
1057 the program to not fail. (#26214)
1059 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 30 Aug 1998 22:15:44 -0700
1061 debhelper (1.1.13) unstable; urgency=low
1063 * dh_installmanpages: rewritten in perl. Allows me to fix bug #26221 (long
1064 symlink problem after .so conversion), and is about twice as fast.
1066 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 29 Aug 1998 22:06:06 -0700
1068 debhelper (1.1.12) unstable; urgency=low
1070 * dh_installdocs: forgot to pass package name to isnative(). Any native
1071 debian package that had a debian/TODO would have it installed with the
1072 wrong name, and debhelper would warn of undefined values for some
1075 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 27 Aug 1998 12:35:42 -0700
1077 debhelper (1.1.11) unstable; urgency=low
1079 * dh_installchangelogs: added -k flag, that will make it install a symlink
1080 to the original name of the upstream changelog.
1082 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 20 Aug 1998 15:40:40 -0700
1084 debhelper (1.1.10) unstable; urgency=low
1086 * It's come to my attention that a few packages use filename globbing in
1087 debian/{docs,examples,whatever} files and expect that to work. It used
1088 to work before the perl conversion, but it was never _documented_, or
1089 intented to work. If you use this in your packages, they are broken and
1090 need fixing (and will refuse to build with current versions of debhelper).
1091 I apologize for the inconvenience.
1093 * dh_clean: fixed a bug, intorduced in version 1.1.8, where it didn't
1094 remove debian/files properly.
1095 * dh_shlibdeps, dh_testdir, dh_testroot, dh_testversion: converted to perl.
1096 * Encode the version of debhelper in a sepererate file, so dh_testversion
1097 doesn't have to be generated when a new version of debhelper is built.
1098 * Removed bogus menu file.
1100 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 17 Aug 1998 14:15:17 -0700
1102 debhelper (1.1.9) unstable; urgency=low
1104 * dh_fixperms: has been removing the +x bits of all doc/*/examples/* files
1105 since version 0.97 or so. Fixed.
1107 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 16 Aug 1998 17:11:48 -0700
1109 debhelper (1.1.8) unstable; urgency=low
1111 * Dh_Lib.pm: made U_PARAMS an array of parameters.
1112 * Dh_Lib.pm: fixed bug in the escaping code, numbers don't need to be
1113 escaped. Also, no longer escape "-".
1114 * dh_clean, dh_gencontrol, dh_installcron: converted to perl.
1115 * dh_gencontrol.1, dh_gencontrol: the man page had said that
1116 --update-rcd-params was equivilant to -u for this program. You should
1117 really use --dpkg-gencontrol-params.
1119 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 14 Aug 1998 14:07:35 -0700
1121 debhelper (1.1.7) unstable; urgency=low
1123 * examples/rules.multi: moved dh_movefiles into the install section.
1124 * doc/README: Added a note explaining why above change was necessary.
1125 * Dh_Lib.pm: escape_shell(): now escapes the full range of special
1126 characters recognized by bash (and ksh). Thanks to Branden Robinson
1127 <branden@purdue.edu> for looking that up.
1129 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 23:32:05 -0700
1131 debhelper (1.1.6) unstable; urgency=low
1133 * dh_movefiles: don't die on symlinks (#25642). (Hope I got the fix right
1136 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 20:11:13 -0700
1138 debhelper (1.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1140 * dh_builddeb, dh_installchangelogs: converted to perl.
1141 * dh_installdirs: converted to perl, getting rid of nasty chdir en-route.
1142 * dh_installdirs: now you can use absolute directory names too if you
1144 * doc/PROGRAMMING: updated to cover new perl modules.
1145 * Dh_Lib.pm: doit(): when printing out commands that have run, escape
1146 metacharacters in the output. I probably don't escape out all the
1147 characters I should, but this is just a convenience to the user anyway.
1148 * dh_installdebfiles: it's been broken forever, I fixed it. Obviously
1149 nobody uses it anymore, which is good, since it's deprected :-)
1151 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 15:23:34 -0700
1153 debhelper (1.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1155 * dh_movefiles: fixed bug introduced in 1.1.1 where it would fail in some
1156 cases if you tried to move a broken symlink.
1157 * dh_installdocs: was only operating on the first package.
1158 * dh_installexamples: rewritten in perl.
1159 * Dh_Lib.pm: all multiple package operations were broken.
1160 * Dh_Lib.pm: implemented complex_doit() and autoscript().
1161 * Made all perl code work with use strict and -w (well, except
1162 dh_getopt.pl, but that's a hack that'll go away one day).
1163 * I didn't realize, but rewriting dh_installdocs in perl fixed bug #24686
1164 (blank lines in debian/docs file problem), although this same problem
1165 applies to other debhelper programs... like dh_installexamples, which had
1166 the same bug fixed when I rewrote it in perl just now.
1167 * Dh_Lib.pm: accidentially didn't check DH_VERBOSE if commands were not
1168 passed any switches.
1169 * Dh_Getopt.pm: --noscripts was broken.
1171 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 12:44:04 -0700
1173 debhelper (1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1175 * dh_md5sums: -x was broken since version 1.1.1 - fixed.
1176 * dh_lib: removed get_arch_indep_packages() function that hasn't been used
1177 at all for a long while.
1178 * Added Dh_Lib.pm, a translation of dh_lib into perl.
1179 * dh_getopt.pl: moved most of it into new Dh_Getopt.pm module, rewriting
1180 large chunks in the process.
1181 * dh_installdocs: completly rewritten in perl. Now it's faster and it can
1182 install many oddly named files it died on before.
1183 * dh_installdocs: fixed a bug that installed TODO files mode 655 in native
1186 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 10 Aug 1998 15:01:15 -0700
1188 debhelper (1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1190 * dh_strip: added -X to specify files to not strip (#25590).
1191 * Added dh_installemacsen, for automatic registration with emacsen-common
1193 * Preliminary thoughts in TODO about converting entire debhelper programs
1196 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 10 Aug 1998 13:35:17 -0700
1198 debhelper (1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1200 * dh_movefiles: try to move all files specified, and only then bomb out if
1201 some of the file could not be found. Makes it easier for some packages
1202 that don't always have the same files in them.
1203 * dh_compress: any parameters passed to it on the command line specify
1204 additional files to be compressed in the first package acted on.
1205 * dh_compress: recognize standard -A parameter.
1207 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 8 Aug 1998 22:48:01 -0700
1209 debhelper (1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1211 * New unstable branch of debhelper.
1213 * TODO: list all current bugs, in order I plan to tackle them.
1214 * Added debhelper.1 man page, which groups all the debhelper options that
1215 are common to all commands in once place so I can add new options w/o
1216 updating 27 man pages.
1217 * dh_*.1: updated all debheper man pages to refer to debhelper(1) where
1218 appropriate. Also corrected a host of little errors.
1219 * doc/README: moved a lot of this file into debhelper.1.
1220 * dh_*: -N option now excludes a package from the list of packages the
1221 programs act on. (#25247)
1223 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 8 Aug 1998 17:49:56 -0700
1225 debhelper (1.0) stable unstable; urgency=low
1229 * This relelase is not really intended for stable. I throw a copy into
1230 stable-updates because I want it to be available as an upgrade for
1231 people using debian 2.0 (the current version in debian 2.0 has no
1232 critical bugs, but this version is of course a lot nicer), and I plan
1233 to start work on a new branch of debhelper that will fix many wishlist
1234 bug reports, and of course introduce many new bugs, and which will go
1237 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 8 Aug 1998 17:33:20 -0700
1239 debhelper (0.99.4) unstable; urgency=low
1241 * dh_debstd: only warn about scripts that actually lack #DEBHELPER#.
1244 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 7 Aug 1998 12:06:28 -0700
1246 debhelper (0.99.3) unstable; urgency=low
1248 * dh_movefiles: Fixed a over-eager sanity check introduced in the last
1251 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 3 Aug 1998 18:31:45 -0700
1253 debhelper (0.99.2) unstable; urgency=low
1255 * dh_movefiles: allow passing of files to move on the command line. Only
1256 rarely does this make sense. (#25197)
1258 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 30 Jul 1998 10:38:34 -0700
1260 debhelper (0.99.1) unstable; urgency=low
1262 * dh_installcron: now supports /etc/cron.d (#25112).
1264 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 27 Jul 1998 20:18:47 -0700
1266 debhelper (0.99) unstable; urgency=low
1268 * !!!! WARNING: Debhelper (specifically dh_compress) is broken with
1269 !!!! libtricks. Use fakeroot instead until this is fixed.
1270 * dh_compress: applied patch from Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
1271 to make it not fail if there are no candidates for compression (#24654).
1272 * Removed a whole debhelper-0.96 tree that had crept into the source
1273 package by accident.
1274 * Is version 1.0 next?
1276 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 10:03:21 -0700
1278 debhelper (0.98) unstable; urgency=low
1280 * dh_lib: isnative: pass -l<changelog> to dpkg-parsechangelog, to support
1281 odd packages with multiple different debian changelogs.
1282 * doc/PROGRAMMING: cleaned up the docs on DH_EXCLUDE_FIND.
1284 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 6 Jul 1998 12:45:13 -0700
1286 debhelper (0.97) unstable; urgency=low
1288 * doc/from-debstd: fixed a typo.
1289 * examples/*: install-stamp no longer depends on phony build targey; now
1290 install-stamp depends on build-stamp instead (#24234).
1291 * dh_fixperms: applied patch from Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
1292 to fix bad uses of the find command, so it should now work on packages
1293 with files with spaces in them (#22005). It's also much cleaner. Thanks,
1295 * dh_getopt.pl, doc/PROGRAMMING: added DH_EXCLUDE_FIND, to make the above
1298 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 5 Jul 1998 18:09:25 -0700
1300 debhelper (0.96) unstable; urgency=low
1302 * dh_movefiles: fixed serious breakage introduced in the last version.
1303 * dh_movefiles: really order all symlinks last.
1304 * some minor reorganization of the source tree.
1306 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 28 Jun 1998 21:53:45 -0700
1308 debhelper (0.95) unstable; urgency=low
1310 * dh_movefiles: move even very strangly named files. (#23775) Unfortunatly,
1311 I had to use a temporary file. Oh well..
1313 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 22 Jun 1998 17:16:17 -0700
1315 debhelper (0.94) unstable; urgency=low
1317 * dh_md5sums: fixed so it handles spaces and other odd characters in
1318 filenames correctly. (#23046, #23700, #22010)
1319 * As a side effect, got rid of the nasty temporary file dh_md5sums used
1322 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 22 Jun 1998 16:14:42 -0700
1324 debhelper (0.93) unstable; urgency=low
1326 * Depend on file, since several dh_*'s use it.
1328 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 19 Jun 1998 21:43:51 -0700
1330 debhelper (0.92) unstable; urgency=low
1332 * dh_gencontrol: pass -isp to dpkg-gencontrol to make it include section
1333 and priority info in the .deb file. Back in Jan 1998, this came up, and
1334 a consensus was reached on debian-devel that it was a good thing for
1337 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 19 Jun 1998 16:15:24 -0700
1339 debhelper (0.91) unstable; urgency=low
1341 * dh_installdocs: support debian/<package>.{README.Debian,TODO}
1343 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 17 Jun 1998 19:09:35 -0700
1345 debhelper (0.90) unstable; urgency=low
1347 * I'd like to thank Len Pikulski and Igor Grobman at nothinbut.net for
1348 providing me with free internet access on a moment's notice, so I could
1349 get this package to you after hacking on it all over New England for the
1350 past week. Thanks, guys!
1352 * Added dh_debstd, which mimics the functionality of the debstd command.
1353 It's not a complete nor an exact copy, and it's not so much intended to
1354 be used in a debian/rules file, as it is to be run by hand when you are
1355 converting a package from debstd to debhelper. "dh_debstd -v" will
1356 output the sequence of debhelper commands that approximate what debstd
1357 would do in the same situation.
1358 * dh_debstd is completly untested, I don't have the source to any packages
1359 that use debstd available. Once this is tested, I plan to release
1361 * Added a from-debstd document that gives a recipe to convert from debstd
1363 * dh_fixperms: can now use -X to exclude files from having their
1364 permissions changed.
1365 * dh_testroot: test for uid == 0, instead of username == root, becuase
1366 some people enjoy changing root's name.
1367 * dh_installinit: handle debian/init.d as well as debian/init files,
1368 for backwards compatability with debstd. Unlike with debstd, the two
1369 files are treated identically.
1370 * dh_lib, PROGRAMMING: added "warning" function.
1371 * Minor man page fixes.
1372 * dh_compress: don't bomb out if usr/doc/<package> is empty. (#23054)
1373 * dh_compress, dh_installdirs: always cd into $TMP and back out, even if
1374 --no-act is on. (#23054)
1376 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 1 Jun 1998 21:57:45 -0400
1378 debhelper (0.88) unstable; urgency=low
1380 * I had many hours on a train to hack on debhelper... enjoy!
1381 * dh_compress: always pass -f to gzip, to force compression.
1382 * dh_compress: added -X switch, to make it easy to specify files to
1383 exclude, without all the bother of a debian/compress script. You can
1384 use -X multiple times, too.
1385 * PROGRAMMING, dh_getopt.pl: DH_EXCLUDE is now a variable set by the
1386 --exclude (-X) switch. -x now sets DH_INCLUDE_CONFFILES.
1388 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 17 May 1998 11:26:09 -0700
1390 debhelper (0.87) unstable; urgency=low
1392 * dh_strip: strip .comment and .note, not comment and note, when stripping
1393 elf binaries. This makes for smaller output files. This has always been
1394 broken in debhelper before! (#22395)
1396 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 13 May 1998 11:54:29 -0700
1398 debhelper (0.86) unstable; urgency=low
1400 * dh_compress: don't try to re-compress *.gz files. Eliminates warning
1401 messages in some cases, shouldn't actually change the result at all.
1403 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 27 Apr 1998 15:21:33 -0700
1405 debhelper (0.85) unstable; urgency=low
1407 * Moved a few things around that were broken by Che's patch:
1408 - dh_installdirs should go in install target.
1409 - dh_clean should not run in binary targets.
1410 * This is just a quick fix to make it work, I'm not happy with it. I'm
1411 going to discuss my problems with it with Che, and either make a new
1412 version fixing them, or revert to 0.83.
1413 * So be warned that the example rules files are not currently in good
1414 shape if you're starting a new package.
1416 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 18 Apr 1998 23:30:38 -0700
1418 debhelper (0.84) unstable; urgency=low
1420 * Applied Che_Fox'x patches to example rules files, which makes them use
1421 an install target internally to move things into place in debian/tmp.
1423 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 9 Apr 1998 12:08:45 -0700
1425 debhelper (0.83) unstable; urgency=low
1427 * Generate symlinks in build stage of debian/rules. cvs cannot create them
1428 properly. Note that version 0.80 and 0.81 could not build some packages
1429 because of missing symlinks.
1431 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 31 Mar 1998 19:27:29 -0800
1433 debhelper (0.81) unstable; urgency=low
1435 * dh_movefiles: empty $tomove (#20495).
1437 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 31 Mar 1998 15:36:32 -0800
1439 debhelper (0.80) unstable; urgency=low
1441 * Moved under cvs (so I can fork a stable and an unstable version).
1442 * dh_movefiles: first move real files, then move symlinks. (#18220)
1443 Thanks to Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> and Adam Heath
1444 <adam.heath@usa.net> for help on the implementation.
1445 * dh_installchangelogs: use debian/package.changelog files if they exist
1446 rather than debian/changelog. It appears some people do need per-package
1448 * dh_gencontrol: if debian/package.changelogs files exist, use them.
1449 * Above 2 changes close #20442.
1451 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 30 Mar 1998 20:54:26 -0800
1453 debhelper (0.78) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1455 * More spelling fixes from Christian T. Steigies. (I ignored the spelling
1456 fixes to the changelog, though - too many, and a changelog isn't meant
1457 to be changed after the fact :-)
1458 * dh_fixperms: remove execute bits from .la files genrated by libtool.
1460 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 30 Mar 1998 12:44:42 -0800
1462 debhelper (0.77) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1464 * Fixed a nasty bug in dh_makeshlibs when it was called with -V, but with
1465 no version string after the -V.
1467 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 29 Mar 1998 16:08:27 -0800
1469 debhelper (0.76) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1471 * I intended version 0.75 to make it in before the freeze, and it did not.
1472 This is just to get it into frozen. There are no changes except bug
1475 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 26 Mar 1998 12:25:47 -0800
1477 debhelper (0.75) unstable; urgency=low
1479 * Actually exit if there is an unknown option on the command line (oooops!)
1480 * Fix .so file conversion to actually work (#19933).
1482 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 19 Mar 1998 11:54:58 -0800
1484 debhelper (0.74) unstable; urgency=low
1486 * dh_installmanpages: convert .so links to symlinks at last (#19829).
1487 * dh_installmanpages.1: documented that no, dh_installmanpages never
1488 installs symlink man pages from the source package (#19831).
1489 * dh_installmanpages: minor speedups
1490 * PROGRAMMING: numerous spelling fixes, thanks to Christian T. Steigies.
1491 Life is too short for me to spell check my technical documentation, but
1492 I always welcome corrections!
1494 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 17 Mar 1998 22:09:07 -0800
1496 debhelper (0.73) unstable; urgency=low
1498 * Fixed typo in dh_suidregister.1
1500 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 12 Mar 1998 16:30:27 -0800
1502 debhelper (0.72) unstable; urgency=low
1504 * Applied patch from Yann Dirson <ydirson@a2points.com> to add a
1505 --init-script parameter to dh_installinit. (#19227)
1506 * Documented this new switch.
1508 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 9 Mar 1998 17:12:04 -0800
1510 debhelper (0.71) unstable; urgency=low
1512 * dh_makeshlibs: -V flag was broken: if just -V was specified,
1513 dh_makeshlibs would die. Corrected this.
1514 * dh_lib: removed warning if the arguments passed to a debhelper command
1515 do not apply to the main package. It's been long enough so I'm 100% sure
1516 no packages use the old behavior.
1518 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 9 Mar 1998 11:46:59 -0800
1520 debhelper (0.70) unstable; urgency=low
1522 * dh_lib: autoscript(): no longer add the modification date to the
1523 comments aurrounding debhelper-added code. I don't think this date was
1524 gaining us anything, so let's remove it and save some disk space.
1526 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 8 Mar 1998 21:15:13 -0800
1528 debhelper (0.69) unstable; urgency=low
1530 * Refer to suidregister (8), not (1). Bug #19149.
1531 * Removed junk file from debian/ dir.
1533 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 8 Mar 1998 13:04:36 -0800
1535 debhelper (0.68) unstable; urgency=low
1537 * Document that README.debian files are installed as README.Debian (#19089).
1539 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 6 Mar 1998 17:48:32 -0800
1541 debhelper (0.67) unstable; urgency=low
1543 * Added PROGRAMMING document that describes the interface of dh_lib, to
1544 aid others in writing and understanding debhelper programs.
1546 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 6 Mar 1998 12:45:08 -0800
1548 debhelper (0.66) unstable; urgency=low
1550 * README, dh_testversion.1, dh_movefiles.1: more doc fixes.
1551 * dh_movefiles: don't check for package names to see if files are being
1552 moved from one package back into itself, instead, check tmp dir names.
1553 If you use this behavior, you should use "dh_testversion 0.66".
1555 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 2 Mar 1998 17:50:29 -0800
1557 debhelper (0.65) unstable; urgency=low
1559 * dh_installdocs.1, dh_movefiles.1: clarified documentation for Che.
1561 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 2 Mar 1998 17:20:39 -0800
1563 debhelper (0.64) unstable; urgency=low
1565 * Removed some junk (a whole old debhelper source tree!) that had gotten
1566 into the source package by accident.
1568 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 23 Feb 1998 20:23:34 -0800
1570 debhelper (0.63) unstable; urgency=low
1572 * Removed some debugging output from dh_installmanpages.
1573 * du_du: no longer does anything, becuase it has been decided on
1574 debian-policy that du control files are bad.
1575 * examples/*: removed dh_du calls.
1576 * debian/rules: removed dh_du call.
1577 * Modified dh_gencontrol, dh_makeshlibs, and dh_md5sums to generate files
1578 with the correct permissions even if the umask is set to unusual
1581 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 16 Feb 1998 23:34:36 -0800
1583 debhelper (0.62) unstable; urgency=low
1585 * dh_installmanpages: if the man page filename ends in 'x', install it in
1587 * TODO: expanded descriptions of stuff, in the hope someone else will get
1588 inspired to implement some of it.
1589 * Also added all wishlist bugs to the TODO.
1591 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 12 Feb 1998 22:38:53 -0800
1593 debhelper (0.61) unstable; urgency=low
1595 * dh_installmanpages: Add / to end of egrep -v regexp, fixes it so
1596 debian/icewm.1 can be found.
1598 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 11 Feb 1998 09:09:28 -0800
1600 debhelper (0.60) unstable; urgency=low
1602 * dh_fixperms: make all files readable and writable by owner
1603 (policy 3.3.8 paragraph 2).
1604 Lintian found lots of bugs that will be fixed by this change.
1606 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 9 Feb 1998 12:26:13 -0800
1608 debhelper (0.59) unstable; urgency=low
1610 * Added DH_NO_ACT and --no-act, which make debhelper commands run without
1611 actually doing anything. (Combine with -v to see what the command would
1612 have done.) (#17598)
1614 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 1 Feb 1998 14:51:08 -0800
1616 debhelper (0.58) unstable; urgency=low
1618 * Fixed bug #17597 - DH_VERBOSE wasn'talways taking effect.
1620 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 28 Jan 1998 17:18:17 -0500
1622 debhelper (0.57) unstable; urgency=low
1624 * Depend on perl 5.004 or greater (for Getopt::Long).
1626 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 17 Jan 1998 02:12:06 -0500
1628 debhelper (0.56) unstable; urgency=low
1630 * dh_compress: Applied patch from Yann Dirson <ydirson@a2points.com>,
1631 to make it not abort of one of the find's fails.
1633 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 15 Jan 1998 19:16:48 -0500
1635 debhelper (0.55) unstable; urgency=low
1637 * dh_clean: delete substvarsfiles probperly again (broken in 0.53). #17077
1638 * Added call to dh_movefiles, and a commented out call to dh_testversion,
1639 to some of the sample rules files. #17076
1641 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 14 Jan 1998 12:48:43 -0500
1643 debhelper (0.54) unstable; urgency=low
1645 * dh_lib: no longer call getopt(1) to parse options. I wrote my own
1646 argument processor in perl.
1647 * Added long versions of all arguments. TODO: document them.
1648 * All parameters may now be passed values that include whitespace (ie,
1649 dh_installinit -u"defaults 10")
1650 * Now depends on perl (needs Getopt::Long).
1652 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 10 Jan 1998 15:44:09 -0500
1654 debhelper (0.53) unstable; urgency=low
1656 * dh_installmanpages: ignore all man pages installed into debian/tmp
1657 type directories. (#16933)
1658 * dh_*: set up alternative name for files like debian/dirs; you may now
1659 use debian/<mainpackage>.dirs too, for consistency. (#16934)
1660 * dh_installdocs: if a debian/package.copyright file exists, use it in
1661 preference to debian/copyright, so subpackages with varying copyrights
1662 are supported. (#16935)
1663 * Added dh_movefiles, which moves files out of debian/tmp into subpackages.
1666 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 10 Jan 1998 11:30:12 -0500
1668 debhelper (0.52) unstable; urgency=low
1670 * dh_compress: compress file belongs in debian/. It was looking in ./
1671 This has been broken since version 0.30.
1673 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 6 Jan 1998 14:08:31 -0500
1675 debhelper (0.51) unstable; urgency=low
1677 * dh_fixperms: make shared libraries non-executable, in accordance with
1679 * dh_makeshlibs: introduced a -V flag, which allows you to specify explicit
1680 version requirements in the shlibs file.
1681 * dh_{installdirs,installdocs,installexamples,suidregister,undocumented}:
1682 Added a -A flag, which makes any files/directories specified on the
1683 command line apply to ALL packages acted on.
1684 * Updated Standards-Version to latest.
1686 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 5 Jan 1998 16:15:01 -0500
1688 debhelper (0.50) unstable; urgency=low
1690 * dh_makeshlibs: added -m parameter, which can force the major number
1691 of the shared library if it is guessed incorrectly.
1692 * Added dh_testversion to let your package depend on a certian version of
1694 * dh_{installdirs,installdocs,installexamples,suidregieter,undocumented}:
1695 behavior modification - any files/directories specified on the command
1696 line now apply to the first package acted on. This may not be the
1697 first package listed in debian/control, if you use -p to make it act on
1698 a given package, or -i or -a.
1699 * If you take advantage of the above new behavior, I suggest you add
1700 "dh_testversion 0.50" to your debian/rules.
1701 * Display a warning message in cases where the above behavior is triggered,
1702 and debhelper's behavior has altered.
1703 * I have grepped debian's source packages, and I'm quite sure this
1704 is not going to affect any packages currently in debian.
1705 * dh_lib: isnative() now caches its return value, which should optimize
1706 away several more calls to dpkg-parsechangelog.
1707 * README: explain a way to embed debhelper generated shell script into a
1709 * dh_installinit: A hack to work around the problem in getopt(1) that
1710 led to bug report #16229: Any text specified on the command line that is
1711 not a flag will be presumed to be part of the -u flag. Yuck.
1713 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 3 Jan 1998 14:36:15 -0500
1715 debhelper (0.37) unstable; urgency=low
1717 * dh_du: Fixed hardcoded debian/tmp.
1718 * This change got lost by accident, redid it: Optimized out most of the
1719 slowdown caused by using dpkg-parsechangelog - now it's only called by
1722 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 28 Dec 1997 20:45:22 -0500
1724 debhelper (0.36) unstable; urgency=low
1726 * dh_undocumented: exit with an error message if the man page specified
1727 does not have a section.
1729 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 27 Dec 1997 14:14:04 -0500
1731 debhelper (0.35) unstable; urgency=low
1733 * dh_lib: use dpkg-parsechangelog instead of parsing it by hand. This
1734 makes a package build slower (by about 30 seconds, on average), so
1735 I might remove it or optimize it if too many people yell at me. :-)
1736 * dh_undocumented.1: note that it really links to undocumented.7.gz.
1738 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 22 Dec 1997 22:19:39 -0500
1740 debhelper (0.34) unstable; urgency=low
1742 * Fixed typo #16215.
1744 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 22 Dec 1997 14:41:46 -0500
1746 debhelper (0.33) unstable; urgency=low
1748 * examples/*: use prefix, instead of PREFIX, becuase autoconf uses that.
1749 Also, use `pwd`/debian/tmp, instead of debian/tmp.
1750 * Always substitute #DEBHELPER# in maintainer scripts, even if it expands
1751 to nothing, for neatness and to save a few bytes. #15863
1752 * dh_clean: added -k parameter to not delete debian/files. #15789
1753 * examples/*: use dh_clean -k in the binary targets of all rules files,
1756 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 11 Dec 1997 19:05:41 -0500
1758 debhelper (0.32) unstable; urgency=low
1760 * Split dh_installdebfiles into 3 programs (dh_installdeb, dh_shlibdeps,
1761 and dh_gencontrol). dh_installdebfiles still works, but is depricated.
1762 * Added an examples/rules.indep file.
1763 * examples/rules.multi: changed dh_du -a to dh_du -i in binary-indep
1766 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 10 Dec 1997 19:53:13 -0500
1768 debhelper (0.31) unstable; urgency=low
1770 * Fixed man page typos #15685.
1772 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 6 Dec 1997 21:44:58 -0500
1774 debhelper (0.30) unstable; urgency=low
1776 * dh_md5sumes, dh_installdirs, dh_compress: fixed assorted cd bugs.
1778 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 5 Dec 1997 15:08:36 -0500
1780 debhelper (0.29) unstable; urgency=low
1782 * dh_lib: don't expand text passed to doit() a second time. This fixes
1783 #15624, and hopefully doesn't break anything else.
1784 * A side effect of this (of interest only to the debhelper programmer) is
1785 that doit() can no longer handle complex commands now. (ie, pipes, `;',
1786 `&', etc separating multiple commands, or redirection)
1787 * dh_makeshlibs, dh_md5sums, dh_installdebfiles, dh_du, dh_clean,
1788 dh_installdirs: don't pass complex commands to doit().
1790 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 4 Dec 1997 13:56:14 -0500
1792 debhelper (0.28) unstable; urgency=low
1794 * dh_makeshlibs: fixes type that caused the program to crash (#15536).
1796 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 3 Dec 1997 13:22:48 -0500
1798 debhelper (0.27) unstable; urgency=low
1800 * README: fixed typoes (one serious).
1801 * Ran ispell on all the documentation.
1803 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 30 Nov 1997 18:48:20 -0500
1805 debhelper (0.26) unstable; urgency=low
1807 * dh_installdirs: Do not create usr/doc/$PACKAGE directory. Bug #15498
1808 * README: documented that $PACKAGE can be used in the arguments to some of
1809 the dh_* programs (#15497).
1810 * dh_du.1: no, this is not really the dh_md5sums man page (#15499).
1812 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 30 Nov 1997 13:01:40 -0500
1814 debhelper (0.25) unstable; urgency=low
1816 * dh_compress: was not reading debian/compress file - fixed.
1817 * examples/*: moved dh_clean call to after make clean is run.
1819 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 25 Nov 1997 15:43:58 -0500
1821 debhelper (0.24) unstable; urgency=low
1823 * dh_clean: no longer clean up empty (0 byte) files (#15240).
1825 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 25 Nov 1997 14:29:37 -0500
1827 debhelper (0.23) unstable; urgency=low
1829 * Now depends on fileutils (>= 3.16-4), becuase with any earlier version
1830 of fileutils, install -p will not work (#14680)
1832 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 19 Nov 1997 23:59:43 -0500
1834 debhelper (0.22) unstable; urgency=low
1836 * dh_installdocs: Install README.debian as README.Debian (of course,
1837 README.Debian is installed with the same name..)
1839 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 18 Nov 1997 01:23:53 -0500
1841 debhelper (0.21) unstable; urgency=low
1843 * dh_installinit: on removal, fixed how update-rc.d is called.
1845 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 15 Nov 1997 20:43:14 -0500
1847 debhelper (0.20) unstable; urgency=low
1849 * Added dh_installinit, which installs an init.d script, and edits the
1850 postinst, postrm, etc.
1852 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 14 Nov 1997 00:45:53 -0500
1854 debhelper (0.19) unstable; urgency=low
1856 * dh_installmenu.1: menufile is in section 5, not 1.
1858 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 12 Nov 1997 19:54:48 -0500
1860 debhelper (0.18) unstable; urgency=low
1862 * examples/*: added source, diff targets that just print an error.
1863 * dh_clean: clean up more files - *.orig, *.rej, *.bak, .*.orig, .*.rej,
1864 .SUMS, TAGS, and empty files.
1865 * dh_lib: doit(): use eval on parameters, instead of directly running
1866 them. This lets me clean up several nasty areas where I had to echo the
1867 commands once, and then run them seperatly.
1869 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 10 Nov 1997 19:48:36 -0500
1871 debhelper (0.17) unstable; urgency=low
1873 * Added dh_installdirs, automatically creates subdirectories (for
1874 compatability with debstd's debian/dirs file.
1875 * dh_lib: fixed problem with -P flag.
1877 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 7 Nov 1997 16:07:11 -0500
1879 debhelper (0.16) unstable; urgency=low
1881 * dh_compress: always compress changelog and upstream changelog, no
1882 matter what their size (#14604) (policy 5.8)
1884 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 6 Nov 1997 19:50:36 -0500
1886 debhelper (0.15) unstable; urgency=low
1888 * README: documented what temporary directories are used by default for
1889 installing package files into.
1890 * dh_*: added -P flag, to let a different package build directory be
1893 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 6 Nov 1997 15:51:22 -0500
1895 debhelper (0.14) unstable; urgency=low
1897 * dh_fixperms: leave permissions on files in /usr/doc/packages/examples
1899 * Install examples/rules* executable.
1901 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 27 Oct 1997 12:42:33 -0500
1903 debhelper (0.13) unstable; urgency=low
1905 * Added dh_makeshlibs, automatically generates a shlibs file.
1907 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 24 Oct 1997 20:33:14 -0400
1909 debhelper (0.12) unstable; urgency=low
1911 * Fixed mispelling of dh_md5sums in examples rules files and README.
1912 (#13990) Thanks, Adrian.
1914 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 24 Oct 1997 14:35:30 -0400
1916 debhelper (0.11) unstable; urgency=low
1918 * dh_md5sums: behavior modification: do not generate md5sums for conffiles.
1919 (Thanks to Charles Briscoe-Smith <cpb4@ukc.ac.uk>) #14048.
1920 * dh_md5sums: can generate conffile md5sums with -x parameter.
1921 * Added a "converting from debstd" section to the README.
1922 * Added dh_du, generates a DEBIAN/du file with disk usage stats (#14048).
1924 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 13:17:28 -0400
1926 debhelper (0.10) unstable; urgency=medium
1928 * dh_installdebfiles: fixed *bad* bug that messed up the names of all
1929 files installed into DEBIAN/ for multiple binary packages.
1930 * dh_md5sums: fixed another serious bug if dh_md5sums was used for
1931 multiple binary packages.
1932 * If you have made any multiple binary packages using debhelper, you
1933 should rebuild them with this version.
1934 * dh_md5sums: show cd commands in verbose mode.
1936 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 20 Oct 1997 14:44:30 -0400
1938 debhelper (0.9) unstable; urgency=low
1940 * Added dh_suidregister, interfaces to to the suidmanager package.
1941 * dh_installdebfiles: fixed typo on man page.
1943 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 18 Oct 1997 20:55:39 -0400
1945 debhelper (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
1947 * Added dh_md5sum, generates a md5sums file.
1948 * dh_clean: fixed to echo all commands when verbose mode is on.
1950 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 17 Oct 1997 14:18:26 -0400
1952 debhelper (0.7) unstable; urgency=low
1954 * Sped up some things by removing unnecesary for loops.
1955 * dh_installdocs: behavior modifcation: if there is a debian/TODO, it is
1956 named like a debian/changelog file: if the package is a debian native
1957 package, it is installed as TODO. If the package is not a native package,
1958 it is installed as TODO.Debian.
1959 * dh_installdocs: handle debian/README.Debian as well as
1960 debian/README.debian.
1961 * Added dh_undocumented program, which can set up undocumented.7 symlinks.
1962 * Moved dh_installdebfiles to come after dh_fixperms in the example rules
1963 files. (dh_installdebfiles makes sure it installs things with the proper
1964 permissions, and this reorganization makes the file a bit more flexable
1965 in a few situations.)
1967 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 13 Oct 1997 20:08:05 -0400
1969 debhelper (0.6) unstable; urgency=low
1971 * Got rid of bashisms - this package should work now if /bin/sh is ash.
1973 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 10 Oct 1997 15:24:40 -0400
1975 debhelper (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1977 * Added dh_installcron to install cron jobs.
1979 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 30 Sep 1997 19:37:41 -0400
1981 debhelper (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1983 * Added dh_strip to strip binaries and libraries.
1984 * Fixed several man pages.
1986 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 28 Sep 1997 20:46:32 -0400
1988 debhelper (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1990 * Added support for automatic generation of debian install scripts to
1991 dh_installmenu and dh_installdebfiles and dh_clean.
1992 * Removed some pointless uses of cat.
1994 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 26 Sep 1997 21:52:53 -0400
1996 debhelper (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1998 * Moved out of unstable, it still has rough edges and incomplete bits, but
1999 is ready for general use.
2000 * Added man pages for all commands.
2001 * Multiple binary package support.
2002 * Support for specifying exactly what set of binary packages to act on,
2003 by group (arch or noarch), and by package name.
2004 * dh_clean: allow specification of additional files to remove as
2006 * dh_compress: fixed it to not compress doc/package/copyright
2007 * dh_installmanpage: allow listing of man pages that should not be
2008 auto-installed as parameters.
2009 * dh_installdebfiles: make sure all installed files have proper ownerships
2011 * dh_installdebfiles: only pass ELF files to dpkg-shlibdeps, and pass .so
2014 * dh_compress: changed behavior - debian/compress script is now run inside
2015 the package build directory it is to act on.
2016 * Added dh_lib symlink in debian/ so the debhelper apps used in this
2017 package's debian/rules always use the most up-to-date db_lib.
2018 * Changed dh_cleantmp commands in the examples rules files to dh_clean.
2020 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 23 Sep 1997 12:26:12 -0400
2022 debhelper (0.1) experimental; urgency=low
2024 * First release. This is a snapshot of my work so far, and it not yet
2025 ready to replace debstd.
2027 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 22 Sep 1997 15:01:25 -0400