1 debhelper (1.2.21) unstable; urgency=low
3 * dh_installdocs: Added doc-base support, if debian/<package>.doc-base
4 exists, it will be installed as a doc-base control file. If you use this,
5 you probably want to add "dh_testversion 1.2.21" to the rules file to make
6 sure your package is built with a new enough debhelper.
7 * dh_installdocs: now supports -n to make it not modify postinst/prerm.
8 * dh_suidregister: turned off leading 0/1 in permissions settings, until
9 suidregister actually supports it.
10 * autoscripts/*: instead of "text -x", use "command -v" to see if various
11 binaries exist. This gets rid of lots of hard-coded paths.
13 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 30 Dec 1998 22:50:04 -0500
15 debhelper (1.2.20) unstable; urgency=low
17 * dh_compress: handle the hard link stuff properly, it was broken. Also
20 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 23 Dec 1998 19:53:03 -0500
22 debhelper (1.2.19) unstable; urgency=low
24 * dh_listpackages: new command. Takes the standard options taken by other
25 debhelper commands, and just outputs a list of the binary packages a
26 debhelper command would act on. Added because of bug #30626, and because
27 of wn's truely ugly use of debhelper internals to get the same info (and
28 because it's just 4 lines of code ;-).
29 * dh_compress: is now smart about compressing files that are hardlinks.
30 When possible, will only compress one file, delete the hardlinks, and
31 re-make hardlinks to the compressed file, saving some disk space.
33 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 22:26:41 -0500
35 debhelper (1.2.18) unstable; urgency=medium
37 * dh_fixperms: was not fixing permissions of files in usr/doc/ to 644,
38 this has been broken since version 1.2.3.
40 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 6 Dec 1998 23:35:35 -0800
42 debhelper (1.2.17) unstable; urgency=low
44 * dh_makeshlibs: relaxed regexp to find library name and number a little so
45 it will work on libraries with a major but no minor version in their
46 filename (examples of such: libtcl8.0.so.1, libBLT-unoff.so.1)
47 * dh_movefiles: added --sourcedir option to make it move files out of
48 some directory besides debian/tmp (#30221)
50 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 4 Dec 1998 13:56:57 -0800
52 debhelper (1.2.16) unstable; urgency=low
54 * dh_installchangelogs: now detects html changelogs and installs them as
55 changelog.html.gz, to comply with latest policy (which I disagree with
57 * manpages: updated policy version numbers.
58 * dh_installdocs: behavior change: all docs are now installed mode 644.
59 I have looked and it doesn't seem this will actually affect any packages
60 in debian. This is useful only if you want to use dh_installdocs and not
61 dh_fixperms, and that's the only time this behavior change will have any
62 effect, either. (#30118)
64 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 3 Dec 1998 23:31:56 -0800
66 debhelper (1.2.15) unstable; urgency=low
68 * Just a re-upload, last upload failed for some obscure reason.
70 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 29 Nov 1998 13:07:44 -0800
72 debhelper (1.2.14) unstable; urgency=low
74 * Really fixed #29762 this time. This also fixes #30025, which asked that
75 dh_makeshlibs come before dh_shlibdeps, so the files it generates can
76 also be used as a shlibs.local file, which will be used by dh_shlibdeps.
78 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 04:00:14 -0800
80 debhelper (1.2.13) unstable; urgency=low
82 * Spelling and typo fixes.
84 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 15:23:55 -0800
86 debhelper (1.2.12) unstable; urgency=low
88 * examples/*: moved dh_makeshlibs call to before dh_installdeb call.
89 (#29762). This is just so if you replace dh_makeshlibs with something
90 that generates debian/shlibs, it still gets installed properly.
91 * dh_suidregister: use names instead of uid's and gid's, at request of
92 suidregister maintainer (#29802).
94 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 21 Nov 1998 13:13:10 -0800
96 debhelper (1.2.11) unstable; urgency=low
98 * dh_movefiles: if given absolute filenames to move (note that that is
99 *wrong*), it will move relative files anyway. Related to bug #29761.
100 * dh_link: made relative links work right. (I hope!)
102 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 20:21:51 -0800
104 debhelper (1.2.10) unstable; urgency=low
106 * examples/*: added dh_link calls to example rules files.
108 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:43:07 -0800
110 debhelper (1.2.9) unstable; urgency=low
112 * Added dh_link, which generates policy complient symlinks in binary
113 packages, painlessly.
115 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 19 Nov 1998 18:43:36 -0800
117 debhelper (1.2.8) unstable; urgency=low
119 * Suggest dh-make (#29376).
121 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 18 Nov 1998 02:29:47 -0800
123 debhelper (1.2.7) unstable; urgency=low
125 * dh_movefiles: Fixed another bug.
127 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 16 Nov 1998 12:53:05 -0800
129 debhelper (1.2.6) unstable; urgency=low
131 * dh_movefiles: fixed non-integer comparison (#29476)
133 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 15 Nov 1998 13:03:09 -0800
135 debhelper (1.2.5) unstable; urgency=low
137 * The perl conversion is complete.
139 * dh_compress: perlized (yay, perl has readlink, no more ls -l | awk
141 * dh_lib, dh_getopt.pl: deleted, nothing uses them anymore.
142 * debian/rules: don't install above 2 files.
143 * doc/PROGRAMMING: removed all documentation of the old shell library
146 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 13 Nov 1998 15:36:57 -0800
148 debhelper (1.2.4) unstable; urgency=low
150 * dh_debstd, dh_movefiles: perlized.
151 * dh_debstd: fixed -c option.
152 * dh_installinit: fixed minor perl -w warning.
153 * Only 1 shell script remains! (But it's a doozy..)
155 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 13 Nov 1998 13:29:39 -0800
157 debhelper (1.2.3) unstable; urgency=low
159 * dh_fixperms, dh_installdebfiles, dh_installdeb: perlized
160 * dh_suidregister: perlized, with help from Che_Fox (and Tom Christianson,
162 * dh_suidregister: include leading 0 (or 1 for sticky, etc) in file
164 * Only 3 more to go and it'll be 100% perl.
165 * Made $dh{EXCLUDE_FIND} available to perl scripts.
167 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 10 Nov 1998 15:47:43 -0800
169 debhelper (1.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
171 * dh_du, dh_shlibdeps, dh_undocumented: rewrite in perl.
172 * dh_undocumented: shortened the symlink used for section 7 undocumented
173 man pages, since it can link to undocuemented.7.gz in the same directory.
175 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 10 Nov 1998 13:40:22 -0800
177 debhelper (1.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
179 * dh_strip, dh_installinit: rewrite in perl.
181 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 9 Nov 1998 20:04:12 -0800
183 debhelper (1.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
185 * A new unstable dist means I'm back to converting more of debhelper to
186 perl.. Since 1.1 has actually stabalized, I've upped this to 1.2.
187 * dh_md5sums: rewritten in perl, for large speed gain under some
188 circumstances (old version called perl sometimes, once per package.)
189 * dh_installmenu, dh_installwmacsen, dh_installwm: perlized.
190 * Dh_Lib.pm: made autoscript() really work.
192 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 9 Nov 1998 13:04:16 -0800
194 debhelper (1.1.24) unstable; urgency=low
196 * dh_suidregister: remove suid/sgid bits from all files registered. The
197 reason is this: if you're using suidmanager, and you want a file that
198 ships suid to never be suid on your system, shipping it suid in the .deb
199 will create a window where it is suid before suidmanager fixes it's
200 permissions. This change should be transparent to users and developers.
202 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 27 Oct 1998 18:19:48 -0800
204 debhelper (1.1.23) unstable; urgency=low
206 * dh_clean: At the suggestion of James Troup <james@nocrew.org> now deletes
207 files named *.P in .deps/ subdirectories. They are generated by automake.
209 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 24 Oct 1998 15:14:53 -0700
211 debhelper (1.1.22) unstable; urgency=low
213 * dh_fixperms: quoting fix from Roderick Schertler <roderick@argon.org>
214 * Added support for register-window-manager command which will be in a new
215 (as yet unreleased) xbase. Now a new dh_installwm program handles
216 registration of a window manager and the necessary modifications to
217 postinst and postrm. It's safe to go ahead and start using this for your
218 window manager packages, just note that it won't do anything until the new
219 xbase is out, and that due to the design of register-window-manager, if
220 your wm is installed before a xbase that supports register-window-manager
221 is installed, the window manager will never be registered. (#20971)
223 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 14 Oct 1998 23:08:04 -0700
225 debhelper (1.1.21) unstable; urgency=low
227 * Added install to .PHONY target of example rules files.
229 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 11 Oct 1998 22:36:10 -0700
231 debhelper (1.1.20) unstable; urgency=low
233 * Added a --same-arch flag, that is useful in the rare case when you have
234 a package that builds only for 1 architecture, as part of a multi-part,
235 multi-architecture source package. (Ie, netscape-dmotif).
236 * Modified dh_installinit -r so it does start the daemon on the initial
239 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 2 Oct 1998 15:55:13 -0700
241 debhelper (1.1.19) unstable; urgency=low
243 * dh_installmanpages: look at basename of man pacges specified on command
244 line to skip, for backwards compatability.
246 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 10 Sep 1998 11:31:42 -0700
248 debhelper (1.1.18) unstable; urgency=low
250 * dh_installemacsen: substitute package name for #PACKAGE# when setting
251 up postinst and prerm (#26560).
253 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 8 Sep 1998 14:24:30 -0700
255 debhelper (1.1.17) unstable; urgency=low
257 * dh_strip: on Richard Braakman's advice, strip the .comment and .note
258 sections of shared libraries.
259 * Added DH_OPTIONS environment variable - anything in it will be treated
260 as additional command line arguments by all debhelper commands. This in
261 useful in some situations, for example, if you need to pass -p to all
262 debhelper commands that will be run. If you use DH_OPTIONS, be sure to
263 use dh_testversion 1.1.17 - older debhelpers will ignore it and do
264 things you don't want them to.
265 * Made -N properly exclude packages when no -i, -a, or -p flags are
266 present. It didn't before, which was a bug.
268 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 7 Sep 1998 17:33:19 -0700
270 debhelper (1.1.16) unstable; urgency=low
272 * dh_fixperms: remove execute bits from static libraries as well as
273 shared libraries. (#26414)
275 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 4 Sep 1998 14:46:37 -0700
277 debhelper (1.1.15) unstable; urgency=medium
279 * dh_installmanpages: the new perl version had a nasty habit of
280 installing .so.x library files as man pages. Fixed.
281 * dh_installmanpages: the code to exclude searching for man pages in
282 debian/tmp directories was broken. Fixed.
284 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 31 Aug 1998 00:05:17 -0700
286 debhelper (1.1.14) unstable; urgency=low
288 * Debhelper now has a web page at http://kitenet.net/programs/debhelper/
290 * Added code to debian/rules to update the web page when I release new
292 * dh_compress: since version 0.88 or so, dh_compress has bombed out if
293 a debian/compress file returned an error code. This was actually
294 unintentional - in fact, the debian/compress example in the man page
295 will fail this way if usr/info or usr/X11R6 is not present. Corrected
296 the program to not fail. (#26214)
298 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 30 Aug 1998 22:15:44 -0700
300 debhelper (1.1.13) unstable; urgency=low
302 * dh_installmanpages: rewritten in perl. Allows me to fix bug #26221 (long
303 symlink problem after .so conversion), and is about twice as fast.
305 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 29 Aug 1998 22:06:06 -0700
307 debhelper (1.1.12) unstable; urgency=low
309 * dh_installdocs: forgot to pass package name to isnative(). Any native
310 debian package that had a debian/TODO would have it installed with the
311 wrong name, and debhelper would warn of undefined values for some
314 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 27 Aug 1998 12:35:42 -0700
316 debhelper (1.1.11) unstable; urgency=low
318 * dh_installchangelogs: added -k flag, that will make it install a symlink
319 to the original name of the upstream changelog.
321 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 20 Aug 1998 15:40:40 -0700
323 debhelper (1.1.10) unstable; urgency=low
325 * It's come to my attention that a few packages use filename globbing in
326 debian/{docs,examples,whatever} files and expect that to work. It used
327 to work before the perl conversion, but it was never _documented_, or
328 intented to work. If you use this in your packages, they are broken and
329 need fixing (and will refuse to build with current versions of debhelper).
330 I apologize for the inconvenience.
332 * dh_clean: fixed a bug, intorduced in version 1.1.8, where it didn't
333 remove debian/files properly.
334 * dh_shlibdeps, dh_testdir, dh_testroot, dh_testversion: converted to perl.
335 * Encode the version of debhelper in a sepererate file, so dh_testversion
336 doesn't have to be generated when a new version of debhelper is built.
337 * Removed bogus menu file.
339 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 17 Aug 1998 14:15:17 -0700
341 debhelper (1.1.9) unstable; urgency=low
343 * dh_fixperms: has been removing the +x bits of all doc/*/examples/* files
344 since version 0.97 or so. Fixed.
346 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 16 Aug 1998 17:11:48 -0700
348 debhelper (1.1.8) unstable; urgency=low
350 * Dh_Lib.pm: made U_PARAMS an array of parameters.
351 * Dh_Lib.pm: fixed bug in the escaping code, numbers don't need to be
352 escaped. Also, no longer escape "-".
353 * dh_clean, dh_gencontrol, dh_installcron: converted to perl.
354 * dh_gencontrol.1, dh_gencontrol: the man page had said that
355 --update-rcd-params was equivilant to -u for this program. You should
356 really use --dpkg-gencontrol-params.
358 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 14 Aug 1998 14:07:35 -0700
360 debhelper (1.1.7) unstable; urgency=low
362 * examples/rules.multi: moved dh_movefiles into the install section.
363 * doc/README: Added a note explaining why above change was necessary.
364 * Dh_Lib.pm: escape_shell(): now escapes the full range of special
365 characters recognized by bash (and ksh). Thanks to Branden Robinson
366 <branden@purdue.edu> for looking that up.
368 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 23:32:05 -0700
370 debhelper (1.1.6) unstable; urgency=low
372 * dh_movefiles: don't die on symlinks (#25642). (Hope I got the fix right
375 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 20:11:13 -0700
377 debhelper (1.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
379 * dh_builddeb, dh_installchangelogs: converted to perl.
380 * dh_installdirs: converted to perl, getting rid of nasty chdir en-route.
381 * dh_installdirs: now you can use absolute directory names too if you
383 * doc/PROGRAMMING: updated to cover new perl modules.
384 * Dh_Lib.pm: doit(): when printing out commands that have run, escape
385 metacharacters in the output. I probably don't escape out all the
386 characters I should, but this is just a convenience to the user anyway.
387 * dh_installdebfiles: it's been broken forever, I fixed it. Obviously
388 nobody uses it anymore, which is good, since it's deprected :-)
390 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 15:23:34 -0700
392 debhelper (1.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
394 * dh_movefiles: fixed bug introduced in 1.1.1 where it would fail in some
395 cases if you tried to move a broken symlink.
396 * dh_installdocs: was only operating on the first package.
397 * dh_installexamples: rewritten in perl.
398 * Dh_Lib.pm: all multiple package operations were broken.
399 * Dh_Lib.pm: implemented complex_doit() and autoscript().
400 * Made all perl code work with use strict and -w (well, except
401 dh_getopt.pl, but that's a hack that'll go away one day).
402 * I didn't realize, but rewriting dh_installdocs in perl fixed bug #24686
403 (blank lines in debian/docs file problem), although this same problem
404 applies to other debhelper programs... like dh_installexamples, which had
405 the same bug fixed when I rewrote it in perl just now.
406 * Dh_Lib.pm: accidentially didn't check DH_VERBOSE if commands were not
408 * Dh_Getopt.pm: --noscripts was broken.
410 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 12:44:04 -0700
412 debhelper (1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
414 * dh_md5sums: -x was broken since version 1.1.1 - fixed.
415 * dh_lib: removed get_arch_indep_packages() function that hasn't been used
416 at all for a long while.
417 * Added Dh_Lib.pm, a translation of dh_lib into perl.
418 * dh_getopt.pl: moved most of it into new Dh_Getopt.pm module, rewriting
419 large chunks in the process.
420 * dh_installdocs: completly rewritten in perl. Now it's faster and it can
421 install many oddly named files it died on before.
422 * dh_installdocs: fixed a bug that installed TODO files mode 655 in native
425 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 10 Aug 1998 15:01:15 -0700
427 debhelper (1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
429 * dh_strip: added -X to specify files to not strip (#25590).
430 * Added dh_installemacsen, for automatic registration with emacsen-common
432 * Preliminary thoughts in TODO about converting entire debhelper programs
435 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 10 Aug 1998 13:35:17 -0700
437 debhelper (1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
439 * dh_movefiles: try to move all files specified, and only then bomb out if
440 some of the file could not be found. Makes it easier for some packages
441 that don't always have the same files in them.
442 * dh_compress: any parameters passed to it on the command line specify
443 additional files to be compressed in the first package acted on.
444 * dh_compress: recognize standard -A parameter.
446 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 8 Aug 1998 22:48:01 -0700
448 debhelper (1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
450 * New unstable branch of debhelper.
452 * TODO: list all current bugs, in order I plan to tackle them.
453 * Added debhelper.1 man page, which groups all the debhelper options that
454 are common to all commands in once place so I can add new options w/o
455 updating 27 man pages.
456 * dh_*.1: updated all debheper man pages to refer to debhelper(1) where
457 appropriate. Also corrected a host of little errors.
458 * doc/README: moved a lot of this file into debhelper.1.
459 * dh_*: -N option now excludes a package from the list of packages the
460 programs act on. (#25247)
462 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 8 Aug 1998 17:49:56 -0700
464 debhelper (1.0) stable unstable; urgency=low
468 * This relelase is not really intended for stable. I throw a copy into
469 stable-updates because I want it to be available as an upgrade for
470 people using debian 2.0 (the current version in debian 2.0 has no
471 critical bugs, but this version is of course a lot nicer), and I plan
472 to start work on a new branch of debhelper that will fix many wishlist
473 bug reports, and of course introduce many new bugs, and which will go
476 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 8 Aug 1998 17:33:20 -0700
478 debhelper (0.99.4) unstable; urgency=low
480 * dh_debstd: only warn about scripts that actually lack #DEBHELPER#.
483 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 7 Aug 1998 12:06:28 -0700
485 debhelper (0.99.3) unstable; urgency=low
487 * dh_movefiles: Fixed a over-eager sanity check introduced in the last
490 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 3 Aug 1998 18:31:45 -0700
492 debhelper (0.99.2) unstable; urgency=low
494 * dh_movefiles: allow passing of files to move on the command line. Only
495 rarely does this make sense. (#25197)
497 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 30 Jul 1998 10:38:34 -0700
499 debhelper (0.99.1) unstable; urgency=low
501 * dh_installcron: now supports /etc/cron.d (#25112).
503 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 27 Jul 1998 20:18:47 -0700
505 debhelper (0.99) unstable; urgency=low
507 * !!!! WARNING: Debhelper (specifically dh_compress) is broken with
508 !!!! libtricks. Use fakeroot instead until this is fixed.
509 * dh_compress: applied patch from Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
510 to make it not fail if there are no candidates for compression (#24654).
511 * Removed a whole debhelper-0.96 tree that had crept into the source
513 * Is version 1.0 next?
515 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 10:03:21 -0700
517 debhelper (0.98) unstable; urgency=low
519 * dh_lib: isnative: pass -l<changelog> to dpkg-parsechangelog, to support
520 odd packages with multiple different debian changelogs.
521 * doc/PROGRAMMING: cleaned up the docs on DH_EXCLUDE_FIND.
523 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 6 Jul 1998 12:45:13 -0700
525 debhelper (0.97) unstable; urgency=low
527 * doc/from-debstd: fixed a typo.
528 * examples/*: install-stamp no longer depends on phony build targey; now
529 install-stamp depends on build-stamp instead (#24234).
530 * dh_fixperms: applied patch from Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
531 to fix bad uses of the find command, so it should now work on packages
532 with files with spaces in them (#22005). It's also much cleaner. Thanks,
534 * dh_getopt.pl, doc/PROGRAMMING: added DH_EXCLUDE_FIND, to make the above
537 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 5 Jul 1998 18:09:25 -0700
539 debhelper (0.96) unstable; urgency=low
541 * dh_movefiles: fixed serious breakage introduced in the last version.
542 * dh_movefiles: really order all symlinks last.
543 * some minor reorganization of the source tree.
545 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 28 Jun 1998 21:53:45 -0700
547 debhelper (0.95) unstable; urgency=low
549 * dh_movefiles: move even very strangly named files. (#23775) Unfortunatly,
550 I had to use a temporary file. Oh well..
552 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 22 Jun 1998 17:16:17 -0700
554 debhelper (0.94) unstable; urgency=low
556 * dh_md5sums: fixed so it handles spaces and other odd characters in
557 filenames correctly. (#23046, #23700, #22010)
558 * As a side effect, got rid of the nasty temporary file dh_md5sums used
561 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 22 Jun 1998 16:14:42 -0700
563 debhelper (0.93) unstable; urgency=low
565 * Depend on file, since several dh_*'s use it.
567 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 19 Jun 1998 21:43:51 -0700
569 debhelper (0.92) unstable; urgency=low
571 * dh_gencontrol: pass -isp to dpkg-gencontrol to make it include section
572 and priority info in the .deb file. Back in Jan 1998, this came up, and
573 a consensus was reached on debian-devel that it was a good thing for
576 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 19 Jun 1998 16:15:24 -0700
578 debhelper (0.91) unstable; urgency=low
580 * dh_installdocs: support debian/<package>.{README.Debian,TODO}
582 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 17 Jun 1998 19:09:35 -0700
584 debhelper (0.90) unstable; urgency=low
586 * I'd like to thank Len Pikulski and Igor Grobman at nothinbut.net for
587 providing me with free internet access on a moment's notice, so I could
588 get this package to you after hacking on it all over New England for the
589 past week. Thanks, guys!
591 * Added dh_debstd, which mimics the functionality of the debstd command.
592 It's not a complete nor an exact copy, and it's not so much intended to
593 be used in a debian/rules file, as it is to be run by hand when you are
594 converting a package from debstd to debhelper. "dh_debstd -v" will
595 output the sequence of debhelper commands that approximate what debstd
596 would do in the same situation.
597 * dh_debstd is completly untested, I don't have the source to any packages
598 that use debstd available. Once this is tested, I plan to release
600 * Added a from-debstd document that gives a recipe to convert from debstd
602 * dh_fixperms: can now use -X to exclude files from having their
604 * dh_testroot: test for uid == 0, instead of username == root, becuase
605 some people enjoy changing root's name.
606 * dh_installinit: handle debian/init.d as well as debian/init files,
607 for backwards compatability with debstd. Unlike with debstd, the two
608 files are treated identically.
609 * dh_lib, PROGRAMMING: added "warning" function.
610 * Minor man page fixes.
611 * dh_compress: don't bomb out if usr/doc/<package> is empty. (#23054)
612 * dh_compress, dh_installdirs: always cd into $TMP and back out, even if
613 --no-act is on. (#23054)
615 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 1 Jun 1998 21:57:45 -0400
617 debhelper (0.88) unstable; urgency=low
619 * I had many hours on a train to hack on debhelper... enjoy!
620 * dh_compress: always pass -f to gzip, to force compression.
621 * dh_compress: added -X switch, to make it easy to specify files to
622 exclude, without all the bother of a debian/compress script. You can
623 use -X multiple times, too.
624 * PROGRAMMING, dh_getopt.pl: DH_EXCLUDE is now a variable set by the
625 --exclude (-X) switch. -x now sets DH_INCLUDE_CONFFILES.
627 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 17 May 1998 11:26:09 -0700
629 debhelper (0.87) unstable; urgency=low
631 * dh_strip: strip .comment and .note, not comment and note, when stripping
632 elf binaries. This makes for smaller output files. This has always been
633 broken in debhelper before! (#22395)
635 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 13 May 1998 11:54:29 -0700
637 debhelper (0.86) unstable; urgency=low
639 * dh_compress: don't try to re-compress *.gz files. Eliminates warning
640 messages in some cases, shouldn't actually change the result at all.
642 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 27 Apr 1998 15:21:33 -0700
644 debhelper (0.85) unstable; urgency=low
646 * Moved a few things around that were broken by Che's patch:
647 - dh_installdirs should go in install target.
648 - dh_clean should not run in binary targets.
649 * This is just a quick fix to make it work, I'm not happy with it. I'm
650 going to discuss my problems with it with Che, and either make a new
651 version fixing them, or revert to 0.83.
652 * So be warned that the example rules files are not currently in good
653 shape if you're starting a new package.
655 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 18 Apr 1998 23:30:38 -0700
657 debhelper (0.84) unstable; urgency=low
659 * Applied Che_Fox'x patches to example rules files, which makes them use
660 an install target internally to move things into place in debian/tmp.
662 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 9 Apr 1998 12:08:45 -0700
664 debhelper (0.83) unstable; urgency=low
666 * Generate symlinks in build stage of debian/rules. cvs cannot create them
667 properly. Note that version 0.80 and 0.81 could not build some packages
668 because of missing symlinks.
670 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 31 Mar 1998 19:27:29 -0800
672 debhelper (0.81) unstable; urgency=low
674 * dh_movefiles: empty $tomove (#20495).
676 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 31 Mar 1998 15:36:32 -0800
678 debhelper (0.80) unstable; urgency=low
680 * Moved under cvs (so I can fork a stable and an unstable version).
681 * dh_movefiles: first move real files, then move symlinks. (#18220)
682 Thanks to Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> and Adam Heath
683 <adam.heath@usa.net> for help on the implementation.
684 * dh_installchangelogs: use debian/package.changelog files if they exist
685 rather than debian/changelog. It appears some people do need per-package
687 * dh_gencontrol: if debian/package.changelogs files exist, use them.
688 * Above 2 changes close #20442.
690 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 30 Mar 1998 20:54:26 -0800
692 debhelper (0.78) frozen unstable; urgency=low
694 * More spelling fixes from Christian T. Steigies. (I ignored the spelling
695 fixes to the changelog, though - too many, and a changelog isn't meant
696 to be changed after the fact :-)
697 * dh_fixperms: remove execute bits from .la files genrated by libtool.
699 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 30 Mar 1998 12:44:42 -0800
701 debhelper (0.77) frozen unstable; urgency=low
703 * Fixed a nasty bug in dh_makeshlibs when it was called with -V, but with
704 no version string after the -V.
706 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 29 Mar 1998 16:08:27 -0800
708 debhelper (0.76) frozen unstable; urgency=low
710 * I intended version 0.75 to make it in before the freeze, and it did not.
711 This is just to get it into frozen. There are no changes except bug
714 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 26 Mar 1998 12:25:47 -0800
716 debhelper (0.75) unstable; urgency=low
718 * Actually exit if there is an unknown option on the command line (oooops!)
719 * Fix .so file conversion to actually work (#19933).
721 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 19 Mar 1998 11:54:58 -0800
723 debhelper (0.74) unstable; urgency=low
725 * dh_installmanpages: convert .so links to symlinks at last (#19829).
726 * dh_installmanpages.1: documented that no, dh_installmanpages never
727 installs symlink man pages from the source package (#19831).
728 * dh_installmanpages: minor speedups
729 * PROGRAMMING: numerous spelling fixes, thanks to Christian T. Steigies.
730 Life is too short for me to spell check my technical documentation, but
731 I always welcome corrections!
733 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 17 Mar 1998 22:09:07 -0800
735 debhelper (0.73) unstable; urgency=low
737 * Fixed typo in dh_suidregister.1
739 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 12 Mar 1998 16:30:27 -0800
741 debhelper (0.72) unstable; urgency=low
743 * Applied patch from Yann Dirson <ydirson@a2points.com> to add a
744 --init-script parameter to dh_installinit. (#19227)
745 * Documented this new switch.
747 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 9 Mar 1998 17:12:04 -0800
749 debhelper (0.71) unstable; urgency=low
751 * dh_makeshlibs: -V flag was broken: if just -V was specified,
752 dh_makeshlibs would die. Corrected this.
753 * dh_lib: removed warning if the arguments passed to a debhelper command
754 do not apply to the main package. It's been long enough so I'm 100% sure
755 no packages use the old behavior.
757 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 9 Mar 1998 11:46:59 -0800
759 debhelper (0.70) unstable; urgency=low
761 * dh_lib: autoscript(): no longer add the modification date to the
762 comments aurrounding debhelper-added code. I don't think this date was
763 gaining us anything, so let's remove it and save some disk space.
765 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 8 Mar 1998 21:15:13 -0800
767 debhelper (0.69) unstable; urgency=low
769 * Refer to suidregister (8), not (1). Bug #19149.
770 * Removed junk file from debian/ dir.
772 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 8 Mar 1998 13:04:36 -0800
774 debhelper (0.68) unstable; urgency=low
776 * Document that README.debian files are installed as README.Debian (#19089).
778 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 6 Mar 1998 17:48:32 -0800
780 debhelper (0.67) unstable; urgency=low
782 * Added PROGRAMMING document that describes the interface of dh_lib, to
783 aid others in writing and understanding debhelper programs.
785 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 6 Mar 1998 12:45:08 -0800
787 debhelper (0.66) unstable; urgency=low
789 * README, dh_testversion.1, dh_movefiles.1: more doc fixes.
790 * dh_movefiles: don't check for package names to see if files are being
791 moved from one package back into itself, instead, check tmp dir names.
792 If you use this behavior, you should use "dh_testversion 0.66".
794 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 2 Mar 1998 17:50:29 -0800
796 debhelper (0.65) unstable; urgency=low
798 * dh_installdocs.1, dh_movefiles.1: clarified documentation for Che.
800 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 2 Mar 1998 17:20:39 -0800
802 debhelper (0.64) unstable; urgency=low
804 * Removed some junk (a whole old debhelper source tree!) that had gotten
805 into the source package by accident.
807 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 23 Feb 1998 20:23:34 -0800
809 debhelper (0.63) unstable; urgency=low
811 * Removed some debugging output from dh_installmanpages.
812 * du_du: no longer does anything, becuase it has been decided on
813 debian-policy that du control files are bad.
814 * examples/*: removed dh_du calls.
815 * debian/rules: removed dh_du call.
816 * Modified dh_gencontrol, dh_makeshlibs, and dh_md5sums to generate files
817 with the correct permissions even if the umask is set to unusual
820 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 16 Feb 1998 23:34:36 -0800
822 debhelper (0.62) unstable; urgency=low
824 * dh_installmanpages: if the man page filename ends in 'x', install it in
826 * TODO: expanded descriptions of stuff, in the hope someone else will get
827 inspired to implement some of it.
828 * Also added all wishlist bugs to the TODO.
830 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 12 Feb 1998 22:38:53 -0800
832 debhelper (0.61) unstable; urgency=low
834 * dh_installmanpages: Add / to end of egrep -v regexp, fixes it so
835 debian/icewm.1 can be found.
837 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 11 Feb 1998 09:09:28 -0800
839 debhelper (0.60) unstable; urgency=low
841 * dh_fixperms: make all files readable and writable by owner
842 (policy 3.3.8 paragraph 2).
843 Lintian found lots of bugs that will be fixed by this change.
845 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 9 Feb 1998 12:26:13 -0800
847 debhelper (0.59) unstable; urgency=low
849 * Added DH_NO_ACT and --no-act, which make debhelper commands run without
850 actually doing anything. (Combine with -v to see what the command would
853 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 1 Feb 1998 14:51:08 -0800
855 debhelper (0.58) unstable; urgency=low
857 * Fixed bug #17597 - DH_VERBOSE wasn'talways taking effect.
859 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 28 Jan 1998 17:18:17 -0500
861 debhelper (0.57) unstable; urgency=low
863 * Depend on perl 5.004 or greater (for Getopt::Long).
865 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 17 Jan 1998 02:12:06 -0500
867 debhelper (0.56) unstable; urgency=low
869 * dh_compress: Applied patch from Yann Dirson <ydirson@a2points.com>,
870 to make it not abort of one of the find's fails.
872 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 15 Jan 1998 19:16:48 -0500
874 debhelper (0.55) unstable; urgency=low
876 * dh_clean: delete substvarsfiles probperly again (broken in 0.53). #17077
877 * Added call to dh_movefiles, and a commented out call to dh_testversion,
878 to some of the sample rules files. #17076
880 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 14 Jan 1998 12:48:43 -0500
882 debhelper (0.54) unstable; urgency=low
884 * dh_lib: no longer call getopt(1) to parse options. I wrote my own
885 argument processor in perl.
886 * Added long versions of all arguments. TODO: document them.
887 * All parameters may now be passed values that include whitespace (ie,
888 dh_installinit -u"defaults 10")
889 * Now depends on perl (needs Getopt::Long).
891 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 10 Jan 1998 15:44:09 -0500
893 debhelper (0.53) unstable; urgency=low
895 * dh_installmanpages: ignore all man pages installed into debian/tmp
896 type directories. (#16933)
897 * dh_*: set up alternative name for files like debian/dirs; you may now
898 use debian/<mainpackage>.dirs too, for consistency. (#16934)
899 * dh_installdocs: if a debian/package.copyright file exists, use it in
900 preference to debian/copyright, so subpackages with varying copyrights
901 are supported. (#16935)
902 * Added dh_movefiles, which moves files out of debian/tmp into subpackages.
905 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 10 Jan 1998 11:30:12 -0500
907 debhelper (0.52) unstable; urgency=low
909 * dh_compress: compress file belongs in debian/. It was looking in ./
910 This has been broken since version 0.30.
912 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 6 Jan 1998 14:08:31 -0500
914 debhelper (0.51) unstable; urgency=low
916 * dh_fixperms: make shared libraries non-executable, in accordance with
918 * dh_makeshlibs: introduced a -V flag, which allows you to specify explicit
919 version requirements in the shlibs file.
920 * dh_{installdirs,installdocs,installexamples,suidregister,undocumented}:
921 Added a -A flag, which makes any files/directories specified on the
922 command line apply to ALL packages acted on.
923 * Updated Standards-Version to latest.
925 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 5 Jan 1998 16:15:01 -0500
927 debhelper (0.50) unstable; urgency=low
929 * dh_makeshlibs: added -m parameter, which can force the major number
930 of the shared library if it is guessed incorrectly.
931 * Added dh_testversion to let your package depend on a certian version of
933 * dh_{installdirs,installdocs,installexamples,suidregieter,undocumented}:
934 behavior modification - any files/directories specified on the command
935 line now apply to the first package acted on. This may not be the
936 first package listed in debian/control, if you use -p to make it act on
937 a given package, or -i or -a.
938 * If you take advantage of the above new behavior, I suggest you add
939 "dh_testversion 0.50" to your debian/rules.
940 * Display a warning message in cases where the above behavior is triggered,
941 and debhelper's behavior has altered.
942 * I have grepped debian's source packages, and I'm quite sure this
943 is not going to affect any packages currently in debian.
944 * dh_lib: isnative() now caches its return value, which should optimize
945 away several more calls to dpkg-parsechangelog.
946 * README: explain a way to embed debhelper generated shell script into a
948 * dh_installinit: A hack to work around the problem in getopt(1) that
949 led to bug report #16229: Any text specified on the command line that is
950 not a flag will be presumed to be part of the -u flag. Yuck.
952 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 3 Jan 1998 14:36:15 -0500
954 debhelper (0.37) unstable; urgency=low
956 * dh_du: Fixed hardcoded debian/tmp.
957 * This change got lost by accident, redid it: Optimized out most of the
958 slowdown caused by using dpkg-parsechangelog - now it's only called by
961 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 28 Dec 1997 20:45:22 -0500
963 debhelper (0.36) unstable; urgency=low
965 * dh_undocumented: exit with an error message if the man page specified
966 does not have a section.
968 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 27 Dec 1997 14:14:04 -0500
970 debhelper (0.35) unstable; urgency=low
972 * dh_lib: use dpkg-parsechangelog instead of parsing it by hand. This
973 makes a package build slower (by about 30 seconds, on average), so
974 I might remove it or optimize it if too many people yell at me. :-)
975 * dh_undocumented.1: note that it really links to undocumented.7.gz.
977 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 22 Dec 1997 22:19:39 -0500
979 debhelper (0.34) unstable; urgency=low
983 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 22 Dec 1997 14:41:46 -0500
985 debhelper (0.33) unstable; urgency=low
987 * examples/*: use prefix, instead of PREFIX, becuase autoconf uses that.
988 Also, use `pwd`/debian/tmp, instead of debian/tmp.
989 * Always substitute #DEBHELPER# in maintainer scripts, even if it expands
990 to nothing, for neatness and to save a few bytes. #15863
991 * dh_clean: added -k parameter to not delete debian/files. #15789
992 * examples/*: use dh_clean -k in the binary targets of all rules files,
995 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 11 Dec 1997 19:05:41 -0500
997 debhelper (0.32) unstable; urgency=low
999 * Split dh_installdebfiles into 3 programs (dh_installdeb, dh_shlibdeps,
1000 and dh_gencontrol). dh_installdebfiles still works, but is depricated.
1001 * Added an examples/rules.indep file.
1002 * examples/rules.multi: changed dh_du -a to dh_du -i in binary-indep
1005 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 10 Dec 1997 19:53:13 -0500
1007 debhelper (0.31) unstable; urgency=low
1009 * Fixed man page typos #15685.
1011 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 6 Dec 1997 21:44:58 -0500
1013 debhelper (0.30) unstable; urgency=low
1015 * dh_md5sumes, dh_installdirs, dh_compress: fixed assorted cd bugs.
1017 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 5 Dec 1997 15:08:36 -0500
1019 debhelper (0.29) unstable; urgency=low
1021 * dh_lib: don't expand text passed to doit() a second time. This fixes
1022 #15624, and hopefully doesn't break anything else.
1023 * A side effect of this (of interest only to the debhelper programmer) is
1024 that doit() can no longer handle complex commands now. (ie, pipes, `;',
1025 `&', etc separating multiple commands, or redirection)
1026 * dh_makeshlibs, dh_md5sums, dh_installdebfiles, dh_du, dh_clean,
1027 dh_installdirs: don't pass complex commands to doit().
1029 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 4 Dec 1997 13:56:14 -0500
1031 debhelper (0.28) unstable; urgency=low
1033 * dh_makeshlibs: fixes type that caused the program to crash (#15536).
1035 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 3 Dec 1997 13:22:48 -0500
1037 debhelper (0.27) unstable; urgency=low
1039 * README: fixed typoes (one serious).
1040 * Ran ispell on all the documentation.
1042 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 30 Nov 1997 18:48:20 -0500
1044 debhelper (0.26) unstable; urgency=low
1046 * dh_installdirs: Do not create usr/doc/$PACKAGE directory. Bug #15498
1047 * README: documented that $PACKAGE can be used in the arguments to some of
1048 the dh_* programs (#15497).
1049 * dh_du.1: no, this is not really the dh_md5sums man page (#15499).
1051 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 30 Nov 1997 13:01:40 -0500
1053 debhelper (0.25) unstable; urgency=low
1055 * dh_compress: was not reading debian/compress file - fixed.
1056 * examples/*: moved dh_clean call to after make clean is run.
1058 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 25 Nov 1997 15:43:58 -0500
1060 debhelper (0.24) unstable; urgency=low
1062 * dh_clean: no longer clean up empty (0 byte) files (#15240).
1064 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 25 Nov 1997 14:29:37 -0500
1066 debhelper (0.23) unstable; urgency=low
1068 * Now depends on fileutils (>= 3.16-4), becuase with any earlier version
1069 of fileutils, install -p will not work (#14680)
1071 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 19 Nov 1997 23:59:43 -0500
1073 debhelper (0.22) unstable; urgency=low
1075 * dh_installdocs: Install README.debian as README.Debian (of course,
1076 README.Debian is installed with the same name..)
1078 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 18 Nov 1997 01:23:53 -0500
1080 debhelper (0.21) unstable; urgency=low
1082 * dh_installinit: on removal, fixed how update-rc.d is called.
1084 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 15 Nov 1997 20:43:14 -0500
1086 debhelper (0.20) unstable; urgency=low
1088 * Added dh_installinit, which installs an init.d script, and edits the
1089 postinst, postrm, etc.
1091 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 14 Nov 1997 00:45:53 -0500
1093 debhelper (0.19) unstable; urgency=low
1095 * dh_installmenu.1: menufile is in section 5, not 1.
1097 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 12 Nov 1997 19:54:48 -0500
1099 debhelper (0.18) unstable; urgency=low
1101 * examples/*: added source, diff targets that just print an error.
1102 * dh_clean: clean up more files - *.orig, *.rej, *.bak, .*.orig, .*.rej,
1103 .SUMS, TAGS, and empty files.
1104 * dh_lib: doit(): use eval on parameters, instead of directly running
1105 them. This lets me clean up several nasty areas where I had to echo the
1106 commands once, and then run them seperatly.
1108 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 10 Nov 1997 19:48:36 -0500
1110 debhelper (0.17) unstable; urgency=low
1112 * Added dh_installdirs, automatically creates subdirectories (for
1113 compatability with debstd's debian/dirs file.
1114 * dh_lib: fixed problem with -P flag.
1116 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 7 Nov 1997 16:07:11 -0500
1118 debhelper (0.16) unstable; urgency=low
1120 * dh_compress: always compress changelog and upstream changelog, no
1121 matter what their size (#14604) (policy 5.8)
1123 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 6 Nov 1997 19:50:36 -0500
1125 debhelper (0.15) unstable; urgency=low
1127 * README: documented what temporary directories are used by default for
1128 installing package files into.
1129 * dh_*: added -P flag, to let a different package build directory be
1132 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 6 Nov 1997 15:51:22 -0500
1134 debhelper (0.14) unstable; urgency=low
1136 * dh_fixperms: leave permissions on files in /usr/doc/packages/examples
1138 * Install examples/rules* executable.
1140 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 27 Oct 1997 12:42:33 -0500
1142 debhelper (0.13) unstable; urgency=low
1144 * Added dh_makeshlibs, automatically generates a shlibs file.
1146 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 24 Oct 1997 20:33:14 -0400
1148 debhelper (0.12) unstable; urgency=low
1150 * Fixed mispelling of dh_md5sums in examples rules files and README.
1151 (#13990) Thanks, Adrian.
1153 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 24 Oct 1997 14:35:30 -0400
1155 debhelper (0.11) unstable; urgency=low
1157 * dh_md5sums: behavior modification: do not generate md5sums for conffiles.
1158 (Thanks to Charles Briscoe-Smith <cpb4@ukc.ac.uk>) #14048.
1159 * dh_md5sums: can generate conffile md5sums with -x parameter.
1160 * Added a "converting from debstd" section to the README.
1161 * Added dh_du, generates a DEBIAN/du file with disk usage stats (#14048).
1163 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 13:17:28 -0400
1165 debhelper (0.10) unstable; urgency=medium
1167 * dh_installdebfiles: fixed *bad* bug that messed up the names of all
1168 files installed into DEBIAN/ for multiple binary packages.
1169 * dh_md5sums: fixed another serious bug if dh_md5sums was used for
1170 multiple binary packages.
1171 * If you have made any multiple binary packages using debhelper, you
1172 should rebuild them with this version.
1173 * dh_md5sums: show cd commands in verbose mode.
1175 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 20 Oct 1997 14:44:30 -0400
1177 debhelper (0.9) unstable; urgency=low
1179 * Added dh_suidregister, interfaces to to the suidmanager package.
1180 * dh_installdebfiles: fixed typo on man page.
1182 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 18 Oct 1997 20:55:39 -0400
1184 debhelper (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
1186 * Added dh_md5sum, generates a md5sums file.
1187 * dh_clean: fixed to echo all commands when verbose mode is on.
1189 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 17 Oct 1997 14:18:26 -0400
1191 debhelper (0.7) unstable; urgency=low
1193 * Sped up some things by removing unnecesary for loops.
1194 * dh_installdocs: behavior modifcation: if there is a debian/TODO, it is
1195 named like a debian/changelog file: if the package is a debian native
1196 package, it is installed as TODO. If the package is not a native package,
1197 it is installed as TODO.Debian.
1198 * dh_installdocs: handle debian/README.Debian as well as
1199 debian/README.debian.
1200 * Added dh_undocumented program, which can set up undocumented.7 symlinks.
1201 * Moved dh_installdebfiles to come after dh_fixperms in the example rules
1202 files. (dh_installdebfiles makes sure it installs things with the proper
1203 permissions, and this reorganization makes the file a bit more flexable
1204 in a few situations.)
1206 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 13 Oct 1997 20:08:05 -0400
1208 debhelper (0.6) unstable; urgency=low
1210 * Got rid of bashisms - this package should work now if /bin/sh is ash.
1212 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 10 Oct 1997 15:24:40 -0400
1214 debhelper (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1216 * Added dh_installcron to install cron jobs.
1218 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 30 Sep 1997 19:37:41 -0400
1220 debhelper (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1222 * Added dh_strip to strip binaries and libraries.
1223 * Fixed several man pages.
1225 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 28 Sep 1997 20:46:32 -0400
1227 debhelper (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1229 * Added support for automatic generation of debian install scripts to
1230 dh_installmenu and dh_installdebfiles and dh_clean.
1231 * Removed some pointless uses of cat.
1233 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 26 Sep 1997 21:52:53 -0400
1235 debhelper (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1237 * Moved out of unstable, it still has rough edges and incomplete bits, but
1238 is ready for general use.
1239 * Added man pages for all commands.
1240 * Multiple binary package support.
1241 * Support for specifying exactly what set of binary packages to act on,
1242 by group (arch or noarch), and by package name.
1243 * dh_clean: allow specification of additional files to remove as
1245 * dh_compress: fixed it to not compress doc/package/copyright
1246 * dh_installmanpage: allow listing of man pages that should not be
1247 auto-installed as parameters.
1248 * dh_installdebfiles: make sure all installed files have proper ownerships
1250 * dh_installdebfiles: only pass ELF files to dpkg-shlibdeps, and pass .so
1253 * dh_compress: changed behavior - debian/compress script is now run inside
1254 the package build directory it is to act on.
1255 * Added dh_lib symlink in debian/ so the debhelper apps used in this
1256 package's debian/rules always use the most up-to-date db_lib.
1257 * Changed dh_cleantmp commands in the examples rules files to dh_clean.
1259 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 23 Sep 1997 12:26:12 -0400
1261 debhelper (0.1) experimental; urgency=low
1263 * First release. This is a snapshot of my work so far, and it not yet
1264 ready to replace debstd.
1266 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 22 Sep 1997 15:01:25 -0400