1 debhelper (4.1.6) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Clarified dh_perl man page. Closes: #159332
5 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 3 Sep 2002 12:27:08 -0400
7 debhelper (4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
9 * Fixed excessive escaping around terms in DH_EXCLUDE_FIND. Closes: #159155
11 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 1 Sep 2002 19:20:32 -0400
13 debhelper (4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
15 * Patch from Andrew Suffield to make dh_perl understand #!/usr/bin/env perl
18 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 17 Aug 2002 23:05:45 -0400
20 debhelper (4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
22 * dh_installinit: Always start daemon on upgraded even if
23 --no-restart-on-upgrade is given; since the daemon is not stopped
24 with that parameter starting it again is a no-op, unless the daemon was
25 not running for some reason. This makes transtions to using the flag
26 easier. Closes: #90976 and sorry it took me so long to verify you were
29 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 4 Aug 2002 18:52:12 -0400
31 debhelper (4.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
33 * Typo, Closes: #155323
35 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 3 Aug 2002 12:17:11 -0400
37 debhelper (4.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
39 * Added a -L flag to dh_shlibdeps that is a nice alternative to providing a
42 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 25 Jul 2002 19:15:09 -0400
44 debhelper (4.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
46 * Remove /usr/doc manglement code from postinst and prerm.
47 Do not use this verion of debhelper for woody backports!
48 * Removed dh_installxaw.
50 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jul 2002 15:26:10 -0400
52 debhelper (4.0.19) unstable; urgency=low
54 * Make dh_installchangelogs install debian/NEWS files as well, as
55 NEWS.Debian. Make dh_compress always compress them. The idea is to make
56 these files be in a machine parsable form, like the debian changelog, but
57 only put newsworthy info into them. Automated tools can then display new
58 news on upgrade. It is hoped that if this catches on it will reduce the
59 abuse of debconf notes. See discussion on debian-devel for details.
61 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 14 Jul 2002 23:09:24 -0400
63 debhelper (4.0.18) unstable; urgency=low
65 * Removed a seemingly useless -dDepends in dh_shlibdeps's call to
66 dpkg-shalibdeps; this allows for stuff like dh_shlibdeps -- -dRecommends
68 * Added a --list-missing parameter to dh_install, which calc may find
71 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 7 Jul 2002 22:44:01 -0400
73 debhelper (4.0.17) unstable; urgency=low
75 * In dh_install, don't limit to -type f when doing the find due to -X.
76 This makes it properly install syml8inks, cf my rpm bug.
78 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 5 Jul 2002 22:58:03 -0400
80 debhelper (4.0.16) unstable; urgency=low
82 * Patch from doogie to make dh_movefiles support -X. Closes: #150978
83 * Pound home in dh_installman's man page that yet, it really does do the
84 right thing. Closes: #150644
86 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 4 Jul 2002 22:28:53 -0400
88 debhelper (4.0.15) unstable; urgency=low
91 * Fixed the tests clint didn't show me.
93 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 20 Jun 2002 20:57:06 -0400
95 debhelper (4.0.14) unstable; urgency=low
97 * In script fragments, use more posix tests, no -a or -o, no parens.
100 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 20 Jun 2002 20:39:55 -0400
102 debhelper (4.0.13) unstable; urgency=low
104 * Added --mainpackage= option, of use in some kernel modules packages.
105 * dh_gencontrol only needs to pass -p to dpkg-gencontrol if there is more
106 than one package in debian/control. This makes it a bit more flexible in
109 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 19 Jun 2002 19:44:12 -0400
111 debhelper (4.0.12) unstable; urgency=low
113 * Fixed debconf-utils dependency.
115 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 15 Jun 2002 20:20:21 -0400
117 debhelper (4.0.11) unstable; urgency=low
119 * dh_compress: always compress .pcf files in
120 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/{100dpi,75dpi,misc}, as is required by policy.
122 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 1 Jun 2002 18:08:50 -0400
124 debhelper (4.0.10) unstable; urgency=low
126 * Consistently use the which command instead of command -v or hardcoded
127 paths in autoscripts. Neither is in posix, but which is in debianutils, so
128 will always be available. command -v is not available in zsh.
131 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 26 May 2002 00:54:33 -0400
133 debhelper (4.0.9) unstable; urgency=low
135 * dh_install: glob relative to --sourcedir. Closes: #147908
136 * Documented what globbing is allowed.
138 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 23 May 2002 12:28:30 -0400
140 debhelper (4.0.8) unstable; urgency=low
142 * Don't leak regex characters from -X when generating DH_EXCLUDE_FIND.
144 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 22 May 2002 21:03:38 -0400
146 debhelper (4.0.7) unstable; urgency=low
148 * dh_strip: If a file is an ELF shared binary, does not have a .so.* in its
149 name, stirp it as a ELF binary. It seems that GNUstep has files of this
150 sort. See bug #35733 (not sufficient to close all of it).
152 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 22 May 2002 20:40:09 -0400
154 debhelper (4.0.6) unstable; urgency=low
156 * Make dh_clean remove autom4te.cache.
158 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 22 May 2002 14:08:33 -0400
160 debhelper (4.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
162 * Removing perl warning message.
164 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 19 May 2002 01:04:16 -0400
166 debhelper (4.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
168 * Set DH_ALWAYS_EXCLUDE=CVS and debhelper will exclude CVS directories
169 from processing by any command that takes a -X option, and dh_builddeb
170 will also go in and rm -rf any that still sneak into the build tree.
171 * dh_install: A patch from Eric Dorland <eric@debian.org> adds support for
172 --sourcedir, which allows debian/package.files files to be moved over to
173 debian/package.install, and just work. Closes: #146847
174 * dh_movefiles: don't do file tests in no-act mode. Closes: #144573
175 * dh_installdebconf: pass --drop-old-templates to debconf-mergetemplate.
176 Means debhelper has to depend on debconf-utils 1.1.1.
178 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 18 May 2002 21:38:03 -0400
180 debhelper (4.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
182 * Corrects misbuild with CVS dirs in deb. Closes: #146576
184 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 17 May 2002 15:38:26 -0400
186 debhelper (4.0.2) unstable; urgency=low
188 * dh_install: delay globbing until after destintations have been found.
191 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 16 Apr 2002 21:25:32 -0400
193 debhelper (4.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
195 * dh_installdebconf: allow parameters after -- to go to
196 debconf-mergetemplate.
197 * dh_installman: don't whine about zero-length man pages in .so conversion.
198 * Forgot to export filedoublearray, Closes: #142784
200 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 12 Apr 2002 23:22:15 -0400
202 debhelper (4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
204 * dh_movefiles has long been a sore point in debhelper. Inherited
205 from debstd, its interface and implementation suck, and I have maintained
206 it while never really deigning to use it. Now there is a remplacment:
207 dh_install, which ...
208 - copies files, doesn't move them. Closes: #75360, #82649
209 - doesn't have that whole annoying debian/package.files vs. debian/files
210 mess, as it uses debian/install.
211 - supports copying empty subdirs. Closes: #133037
212 - doesn't use tar, thus no error reproting problems. Closes: #112538
213 - files are listed relative to the pwd, debian/tmp need not be used at
214 all, so no globbing issues. Closes: #100404
215 - supports -X. Closes: #116902
216 - the whole concept of moving files out of a directory is gone, so this
217 bug doesn't really apply. Closes: #120026
218 - This is exactly what Bill Allombert asked for in #117383, even though I
219 designed it seemingly independantly. Thank you Bill! Closes: #117383
220 * Made debhelper's debian/rules a lot simpler by means of the above.
221 * Updated example rules file to use dh_install. Also some reordering and
223 * dh_movefiles is lightly deprecated, and when you run into its bugs and
224 bad design, you are incouraged to just use dh_install instead.
225 * dh_fixperms: in v4 only, make all files in bin/ dirs +x. Closes: #119039
226 * dh_fixperms: in v4 only, make all files in etc/init.d executable (of
227 course there's -X ..)
228 * dh_link: in v4 only, finds existing, non-policy-conformant symlinks
229 and corrects them. This has the side effect of making dh_link idempotent.
230 * Added a -h/--help option. This seems very obvious, but it never occured to
232 * use v4 for building debhelper itself
233 * v4 mode is done, you may now use it without fear of it changing.
234 (This idea of this upload is to get v4 into woody so people won't run into
235 many issues backporting from sarge to woody later on. Packages targeted
236 for woody should continue to use whatever compatability level they are
239 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 11 Apr 2002 17:28:57 -0400
241 debhelper (3.4.14) unstable; urgency=low
243 * Fixed an uninitialized value warning, Closes: #141729
245 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 8 Apr 2002 11:45:02 -0400
247 debhelper (3.4.13) unstable; urgency=low
249 * Typo, Closes: #139176
250 * Fixed dh_md5sums conffile excluding/including.
252 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 20 Mar 2002 11:25:36 -0500
254 debhelper (3.4.12) unstable; urgency=low
256 * Fix to #99169 was accidentually reverted in 3.0.42; reinstated.
258 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 16 Mar 2002 23:31:46 -0500
260 debhelper (3.4.11) unstable; urgency=low
262 * Fixed dh_installdocs and dh_installexamples to support multiple -X's.
264 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2002 13:02:35 -0500
266 debhelper (3.4.10) unstable; urgency=low
268 * Fixed dh_movefiles. Closes: #135479, #135459
270 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 12:25:32 -0500
272 debhelper (3.4.9) unstable; urgency=low
274 * dh_movefiles: Allow for deeper --sourcedir. Closes: #131363
276 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 20 Feb 2002 16:37:43 -0500
278 debhelper (3.4.8) unstable; urgency=low
280 * Thanks to Benjamin Drieu <benj@debian.org>, dh_installdocs -X now works.
281 I had to modify his patch to use cp --parents, since -P spews warnings
282 now. Also, I made it continue to use cp -a if nothing is excluded,
283 which is both faster, and means this patch is less likely to break
284 anything if it turns out to be buggy. Also, stylistic changes.
286 * Implemented -X for dh_installexamples as well.
287 * dh_clean -X substvars will also work now. Closes: #66890
289 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 17 Feb 2002 12:26:37 -0500
291 debhelper (3.4.7) unstable; urgency=low
293 * dh_perl: don't gripe if there is no substvar file. Closes: #133140
295 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 9 Feb 2002 17:37:32 -0500
297 debhelper (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
299 * Typo, Closes: #132454
300 * Ignore leading/trailing whitespace in DH_OPTIONS, Closes: #132645
302 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 5 Feb 2002 17:33:57 -0500
304 debhelper (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
306 * dh_installxfonts: separate multiple commands with \n so sed doesn't get
307 upset. Closes: #131322
309 -- Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> Tue, 29 Jan 2002 18:58:58 -0500
311 debhelper (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
313 * Introduced the debian/compat file. This is the new, preferred way to say
314 what debhelper compatability level your package uses. It has the big
315 advantage of being available to debhelper when you run it at the command
316 line, as well as in debian/rules.
317 * A new v4 feature: dh_installinit, in v4 mode, will use invoke-rc.d.
318 This is in v4 for testing, but I may well roll it back into v3 (and
319 earlier) once woody is released and I don't have to worry about breaking
320 things (and, presumably, once invoke-rc.d enters policy).
321 * Some debhelper commands will now build up a new substvars variable,
322 ${misc:Depends}, based on things they know your package needs to depend
323 on. For example, dh_installinit in v4 mode adds sysvinit (>= 2.80-1) to
324 that dep list, and dh_installxfonts adds a dep on xutils. This variable
325 should make it easier to keep track of what your package needs to depends
326 on, supplimenting the ${shlibs:Depends} and ${perl:Depends} substvars.
327 Hmm, this appears to be based loosely on an idea by Masato Taruishi
328 <taru@debian.org>, filtered through a long period of mulling it over.
330 * Use the addsubstvar function I wrote for the above in dh_perl too.
332 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 26 Jan 2002 23:30:51 -0500
334 debhelper (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
336 * Improved dh_installxfonts some more:
337 - Better indenting of generated code.
338 - Better ordering of generated code (minor fix).
340 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 26 Jan 2002 23:09:59 -0500
342 debhelper (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
344 * dh_installman: more documentation about the .TH line. Closes: #129205
346 - Packages that use this should depend on xutils. See man page.
347 - However, if you really want to, you can skip the dep, and the
348 postinst will avoid running program that arn't available. Closes: #131053
349 - Use update-fonts-dir instead of handling encodings ourselves. Yay!
350 - Pass only the last component of the directory name to
351 update-fonts-*, since that's what they perfer now.
352 - Other changes, chould fully comply with Debian X font policy now.
354 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 15 Jan 2002 12:17:43 -0500
356 debhelper (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
358 * Fixed programmer's documentation of DOINDEP and DOARCH, Closes: #128546
359 * Fixed dh_builddeb SYNOPSIS, Closes: #128548
361 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 10 Jan 2002 13:49:37 -0500
363 debhelper (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
365 * Began work on v4 support (and thus the large version number jump), and it
366 is only for the very brave right now since I will unhesitatingly break
367 compatability in v4 mode as I'm developing it. Currently, updating to v4
368 mode will only make dh_makeshlibs -V generate shared library deps that
369 omit the debian part of the version number. The reasoning behind this
370 change is that the debian revision should not typically break binary
371 compatability, that existing use of -V is causing too tight versioned
372 deps, and that if you do need to include the debian revision for some
373 reason, you can always write it out by hand. Closes: #101497
374 * dh_testversion is deprecated -- use build deps instead. A warning message
375 is now output when it runs. Currently used by: 381 packages.
376 * dh_installxaw is deprecated -- xaw-wrappers in no longer in the
377 distribution. A warning message is now output when it runs. Currently used
378 by: 3 packages (bugs filed).
379 * Added referneces to menufile in dh_installmenu man page. Closes: #127978
380 (dh_make is not a part of debhelper, if you want it changed, file a bug on
383 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 5 Jan 2002 22:45:09 -0500
385 debhelper (3.0.54) unstable; urgency=low
387 * Added a version to the perl build dep, Closes: #126677
389 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 27 Dec 2001 20:39:46 -0500
391 debhelper (3.0.53) unstable; urgency=low
393 * dh_strip: run file using a safe pipe open, that will not expose any weird
394 characters in filenames to a shell. Closes: #126491
395 * fixed dh_testdir man page
397 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 26 Dec 2001 21:15:42 -0500
399 debhelper (3.0.52) unstable; urgency=low
401 * Typo, Closes: #122679
402 * Export dirname from Dh_Lib, and related cleanup, Closes: #125770
403 * Document dirname, basename in PROGRAMMING
405 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 6 Dec 2001 11:58:52 -0500
407 debhelper (3.0.51) unstable; urgency=low
409 * Man page cleanups, Closes: #119335
411 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 17 Nov 2001 21:04:15 -0500
413 debhelper (3.0.50) unstable; urgency=low
415 * dh_undocumented: check for existing uncompressed man pages. Closes: #87972
416 * Optimized dh_installdeb conffile finding. Closes: #119035
417 * dh_installdeb: changed the #!/bin/sh -e to set -e on a new line. Whether
418 this additional bloat is worth it to make it easier for people to sh -x
419 a script by hand is debatable either way, I guess. Closes: #119046
420 * Added a check for duplicated package stanzas in debian/control,
423 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 17 Nov 2001 14:00:54 -0500
425 debhelper (3.0.49) unstable; urgency=low
427 * More informative error, Closes: #118767
429 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 8 Nov 2001 18:12:11 -0500
431 debhelper (3.0.48) unstable; urgency=low
433 * Added .zip and .jar to list of things to compress (Closes: #115735),
434 and modified docs (Closes: #115733).
436 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 15 Oct 2001 19:01:43 -0400
438 debhelper (3.0.47) unstable; urgency=low
440 * dh_installman: documented translated man page support, and made it work
441 properly. It was not stripping the language part from the installed
444 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 9 Oct 2001 15:16:18 -0400
446 debhelper (3.0.46) unstable; urgency=low
448 * Typo, Closes: #114135
450 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 4 Oct 2001 19:39:34 -0400
452 debhelper (3.0.45) unstable; urgency=low
454 * dh_installxfonts: Do not specify /usr/sbin/ paths; that should be in
455 the path and dpkg enforces it. Closes: #112385
457 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 16 Sep 2001 18:48:59 -0400
459 debhelper (3.0.44) unstable; urgency=low
461 * Added dh_strip to rules.multi2, and removed .TODO.swp. Closes: #110418
463 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 28 Aug 2001 15:22:41 -0400
465 debhelper (3.0.43) unstable; urgency=low
467 * dh_perl: made it use doit commands so -v mode works. Yeah, uglier.
469 Also some indentation fixes.
471 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 24 Aug 2001 15:34:55 -0400
473 debhelper (3.0.42) unstable; urgency=low
475 * dh_movefiles: Typo, Closes: #106532
476 * Use -x to test for existance of init scripts, rather then -e since
477 we'll be running them, Closes: #109692
478 * dh_clean: remove debian/*.debhelper. No need to name files
479 specifically; any file matching that is a debhelper temp file.
480 Closes: #106514, #85520
482 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 23 Aug 2001 15:47:35 -0400
484 debhelper (3.0.40) unstable; urgency=low
486 * Typo, Closes: #104405
488 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 11 Jul 2001 22:57:41 -0400
490 debhelper (3.0.39) unstable; urgency=low
492 * dh_compress: Don't compress .bz2 files, Closes: #102935
494 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 30 Jun 2001 20:39:17 -0400
496 debhelper (3.0.38) unstable; urgency=low
498 * fixed doc bog, Closes: #102130
500 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 24 Jun 2001 21:08:15 -0400
502 debhelper (3.0.37) unstable; urgency=low
504 * Spellpatch, Closes: #101553
506 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 20 Jun 2001 22:03:57 -0400
508 debhelper (3.0.36) unstable; urgency=low
510 * Whoops, I forgot to revert dh_perl too. Closes: #101477
512 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 19 Jun 2001 14:10:24 -0400
514 debhelper (3.0.35) unstable; urgency=low
516 * Revert change of 3.0.30. This broke too much stuff. Maybe I'll
517 change it in debhelper v4..
519 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 18 Jun 2001 13:56:35 -0400
521 debhelper (3.0.34) unstable; urgency=low
523 * Unimportant spelling fix. Closes: #100666
525 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 14 Jun 2001 12:30:28 -0400
527 debhelper (3.0.33) unstable; urgency=low
529 * dh_gencontrol: Work around very strange hurd semantics
530 which allow "" to be an empty file. Closes: #100542
532 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 11 Jun 2001 18:15:19 -0400
534 debhelper (3.0.32) unstable; urgency=low
536 * Check that update-modules is present before running it, since modutils
537 is not essential. Closes: #100430
539 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 10 Jun 2001 15:13:51 -0400
541 debhelper (3.0.31) unstable; urgency=low
543 * Remove dh_testversion from example rules file, Closes: #99901
545 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 7 Jun 2001 20:24:39 -0400
547 debhelper (3.0.30) unstable; urgency=low
549 * dh_gencontrol: Added a documented interface for specifying substvars
550 data in a file. Substvars data may be put in debian/package.substvars.
551 (Those files used to be used by debhelper for automatically generated
552 data, but it uses a different internal filename now). It will be merged
553 with any automatically determined substvars data. See bug #98819
554 * I want to stress that no one should ever rely in internal, undocumented
555 debhelper workings. Just because debhelper uses a certian name for some
556 internally used file does not mean that you should feel free to modify
557 that file to your own ends in a debian package. If you do use it, don't
558 be at all suprised when it breaks. If you find that debhelper is lacking
559 a documented interface for something that you need, ask for it!
560 (debhelper's undocumented, internal use only files should now all be
561 prefixed with ".debhelper")
563 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 3 Jun 2001 16:37:33 -0400
565 debhelper (3.0.29) unstable; urgency=low
567 * Added -X flag to dh_makeshlibs, for packages with wacky plugins that
568 look just like shared libs, but are not.
570 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 14:27:06 -0400
572 debhelper (3.0.28) unstable; urgency=low
574 * dh_clean: clean up temp files used by earlier versons of debhelper.
577 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 30 May 2001 16:24:09 -0400
579 debhelper (3.0.27) unstable; urgency=low
581 * Fixed issues with extended parameters to dh_gencontrol including spaces
582 and quotes. This was some histirical cruft that deals with splitting up
583 the string specified by -u, and it should not have applied to the set
584 of options after --. Now that it's fixed, any and all programs that
585 support a -- and options after it, do not require any special quoting
586 of the succeeding options. Quote just like you would in whatever
587 program those options go to. So, for example,
588 dh_gencontrol -Vblah:Depends='foo, bar (>= 1.2)' will work just as you
589 would hope. This fix does NOT apply to -u; don't use -u if you must do
590 something complex. Closes: #89311
591 * Made escape_shell output a lot better.
593 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 29 May 2001 17:54:19 -0400
595 debhelper (3.0.26) unstable; urgency=low
597 * Always include package name in maintainer script fragment filenames
598 and generated shlibs files (except for in DH_COMPAT=1 mode). This is a
599 purely cosmetic change, and if it breaks anything, you were using an
600 undocumented interface. Closes: #95387
602 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 24 May 2001 16:31:46 -0400
604 debhelper (3.0.25) unstable; urgency=low
606 * dh_makeshlins: append to LD_LIBRARY_PATH at start, not each time
607 through loop. Closes: #98598
609 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 24 May 2001 14:16:50 -0400
611 debhelper (3.0.24) unstable; urgency=low
613 * Missing semi-colon.
614 * Call dh_shlibdeps as part of build process, as simple guard against
615 this (dh_* should be called, really).
617 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 15 May 2001 10:27:34 -0400
619 debhelper (3.0.23) unstable; urgency=low
621 * dh_shlibdeps: the -l switch now just adds to LD_LIBRARY_PATH, if it is
622 already set. Newer fakeroots set it, and clobbering their settings
623 breaks things since they LD_PRELOAD a library that is specified in the
624 LD_LIBRARY_PATH. (blah) Closes: #97494
626 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 14 May 2001 22:32:23 -0400
628 debhelper (3.0.22) unstable; urgency=low
630 * dh_installinfo: doc enchancement, Closes: #97515
631 * dh_md5sums: don't fail if pwd has spaces in it (must be scraping the
632 bottom of the bug barrel here). Closes: #97404
634 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 14 May 2001 21:22:47 -0400
636 debhelper (3.0.21) unstable; urgency=low
638 * Corrected bashism (echo -e, DAMNIT), in rules file that resulted in a
639 corrupted Dh_Version.pm. Closes: #97236
641 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 12 May 2001 12:21:40 -0400
643 debhelper (3.0.20) unstable; urgency=low
645 * Modified the postrm fragment for dh_installxfonts to not try to delete
646 any files. The responsibility for doing so devolves onto update-fonts-*
647 (which don't yet, but will). See bug #94752
649 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 11 May 2001 13:30:43 -0400
651 debhelper (3.0.19) unstable; urgency=low
653 * Now uses html2text rather than lynx for converting html changelogs.
654 The program generates better results, and won't annoy the people who
655 were oddly annoyed at having to install lynx. Instead, it will annoy a
656 whole other set of people, I'm sure. Closes: #93747
658 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 7 May 2001 21:23:46 -0400
660 debhelper (3.0.18) unstable; urgency=low
662 * dh_perl: updates from bod:
663 - Provide minimum version for arch-indep module dependencies
664 (perl-policy 1,18, section 3.4.1).
665 - Always update substvars, even if Perl:Depends is empty.
667 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 21 Apr 2001 15:13:15 -0700
669 debhelper (3.0.17) unstable; urgency=low
671 * dh_shlibdeps: document that -l accepts multiple dirs, and
672 make multiple dirs absolute properly, not just the first.
674 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 16 Apr 2001 23:20:30 -0700
676 debhelper (3.0.16) unstable; urgency=low
678 * Documented -isp, Closes: #93983
680 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 14 Apr 2001 19:16:47 -0700
682 debhelper (3.0.15) unstable; urgency=low
684 * Typo, Closes: #92407
686 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 3 Apr 2001 12:15:02 -0700
688 debhelper (3.0.14) unstable; urgency=low
690 * dh_strip: ensure that the file _ends_ with `.a'. Closes: #90647
692 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 21 Mar 2001 20:21:11 -0800
694 debhelper (3.0.13) unstable; urgency=low
696 * dh_makeshlibs: more support for nasty soname formats, Closes: #90520
698 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 21 Mar 2001 15:00:42 -0800
700 debhelper (3.0.12) unstable; urgency=low
702 * Applied a patch from Anton Zinoviev <anton@lml.bas.bg> to pass -e
703 to mkfontdir. Closes: #89418
705 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 16 Mar 2001 21:03:29 -0800
707 debhelper (3.0.11) unstable; urgency=low
709 * dh_makeshlibs: don't follow links to .so files. Instead, we will look
710 for *.so* files. This should work for the variously broken db3,
711 liballeg, and it will fix the problem with console-tools-dev, which
712 contained (arguably broken) absolute symlinks to real files, which were
713 followed. Closes: #85483
715 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 14 Mar 2001 14:55:58 -0800
717 debhelper (3.0.10) unstable; urgency=medium
719 * Fixed broken -e #SCRIPT# tests in init script start/stop/restart code.
720 Arrgh. All packages built with the old code (that is, all daemon
721 packages built with debhelper 3.0.9!) are broken. Closes: #89472
723 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 13 Mar 2001 06:10:03 -0500
725 debhelper (3.0.9) unstable; urgency=low
727 * Modified to use dpkg-architecture instead of dpkg --print-architecture.
728 I hate this, and wish it wasn't necessary to make cross compiles for
729 the hurd work. Closes: #88494
730 * Now depends on debconf-utils for debconf-mergetemplates. Closes: #87321
731 * Continues to depend on lynx for html changelog conversions. Yes, these
732 and packages with translated debconf templates are rather rare, but
733 it makes more sense for debhelper to consistently depend on all utilities
734 it uses internally rather than force people to keep their dependancies
735 up to date with debhelper internals. If I decide tomorrow that w3m is
736 the better program to use to format html changelogs, I can make the
737 change and packages don't need to update their build dependancies.
738 Closes: #88464, #77743
739 * Test for init scripts before running them, since they are conffiles and
740 the admin may have removed them for some reason, and policy wants
741 us to deal with that gracefully.
742 * dh_makeshlibs: now uses objdump, should be more accurate. Closes:
744 * Wildcards have been supported for a while, Closes: #54197
745 * dh_installdocs and dh_link have been able to make doc-dir symlinks for
746 a while, Closes: #51225
748 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 4 Mar 2001 15:48:45 -0800
750 debhelper (3.0.8) unstable; urgency=low
754 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 24 Feb 2001 23:31:31 -0800
756 debhelper (3.0.7) unstable; urgency=low
758 * dh_makeshlibs: only generate call to ldconfig if it really looks like
759 a given *.so* file is indeed a shared library.
761 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 23 Feb 2001 14:38:50 -0800
763 debhelper (3.0.6) unstable; urgency=low
765 * Corrected some uninitialized value stuff in dh_suidregister (actually
767 * dh_installman: fixed variable socoping error, so file conversions
770 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 16 Feb 2001 14:15:02 -0800
772 debhelper (3.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
774 * Updated dh_perl to a new version for the new perl organization and
775 policy. The -k flag has been done away with, as the new perl packages
776 don't make packlist files.
777 * Fixed some bugs in the new dh_perl and updated it to my current
778 debhelper coding standards.
779 * Use dh_perl to generate debhelper's own deps.
780 * Version number increase to meet perl policy.
782 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 13 Feb 2001 09:07:48 -0800
784 debhelper (3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
786 * Build-depends on perl-5.6, since it uses 2 argument pod2man.
787 * Cleanups of debhelper.1 creation process.
789 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 12 Feb 2001 16:12:59 -0800
791 debhelper (3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
793 * Added dh_installman, a new program that replaces dh_installmanpages.
794 It is not DWIM. You tell it what to install and it figures out where
795 based on .TH section field and filename extention. I reccommend everyone
796 begin using it, since this is much better then dh_installmanpages's
797 evilness. I've been meaning to do this for a very long time..
798 Closes: #38673, #53964, #64297, #16933, #17061, #54059, #54373, #61816
799 * dh_installmanpages remains in the package for backwards compatability,
800 but is mildly deprecated.
801 * dh_testversion is deprecated; use build dependancies instead.
802 * dh_suidregister: re-enabled. Aj thinks that requiring people to stop
803 using it is unacceptable. Who am I to disagree with a rc bug report?
804 Closes: #84910 It is still deprecated, and it will still whine at you
805 if you use it. I appreciate the job everyone has been doing at
806 switching to statoverrides..
807 * Since dh_debstd requires dh_installmanpages (where do you think the
808 latter's evil interface came from?), I have removed it. It was a nice
809 thought-toy, but nobody really used it, right?
810 * Since the from-debstd document walks the maintainer through running
811 dh_debstd to get a list of debhelper commands, and since that document
812 has really outlives its usefullness, I removed it too. Use dh-make
814 * dh_installman installs only into /usr/share/man, not the X11R6
815 directory. Policy says "files must not be installed into
816 `/usr/X11R6/bin/', `/usr/X11R6/lib/', or `/usr/X11R6/man/' unless this
817 is necessary for the package to operate properly", and I really doubt
818 a man page being in /usr/share/man is going to break many programs.
819 Closes: #81853 (I hope the bug submitter doesn't care that
820 dh_installmanpages still puts stuff in the X11R6/man directory.)
821 * dh_undocumented now the same too now.
822 * dh_installinit: installs debian/package.default files as /etc/default/
824 * Updated to current perl coding standards (use strict, lower-case
825 variable names, pod man pages).
826 * Since with the fixing of the man page installer issue, my checklist for
827 debhelper v3 is complete, I pronounce debhelper v3 done! Revved the
828 version number appropriatly (a large jump; v3 changes less than I had
829 planned). Note that I have no plans for a v4 at this time. :-)
830 * Testing: I have used this new version of debhelper to build a large
831 number of my own packages, and it seems to work. But this release
832 touches every file in this package, so be careful out there..
834 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 8 Feb 2001 14:29:58 -0800
836 debhelper (2.2.21) unstable; urgency=low
838 * Fixed a stupid typo in dh_suidregister, Closes: #85110
840 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 6 Feb 2001 13:29:57 -0800
842 debhelper (2.2.20) unstable; urgency=low
844 * dh_installinit -r: stop init script in prerm on package removal,
847 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 5 Feb 2001 10:06:31 -0800
849 debhelper (2.2.19) unstable; urgency=low
851 * dh_shlibdeps -l can handle relative paths now. Patch from Colin Watson
852 <cjw44@flatline.org.uk>, Closes: #84408
854 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 1 Feb 2001 13:35:39 -0800
856 debhelper (2.2.18) unstable; urgency=medium
858 * Added a suggests to debconf-utils, Closes: #83643
859 I may chenge this to a dependancy at some point in the future,
860 since one debconf command needs the package to work.
862 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 30 Jan 2001 22:39:54 -0800
864 debhelper (2.2.17) unstable; urgency=medium
866 * dh_installdebconf: marge in templates with a .ll_LL extention,
867 they were previously ignored.
869 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 29 Jan 2001 13:05:21 -0800
871 debhelper (2.2.16) unstable; urgency=medium
873 * Bah, reverted that last change. It isn't useful because
874 dpkg-buildpackage reads the real control file and gets confused.
876 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 01:47:46 -0800
878 debhelper (2.2.15) unstable; urgency=medium
880 * Added the ability to make debhelper read a different file than
881 debian/control as the control file. This is very useful for various and
882 sundry things, all Evil, most involving kernel packages.
884 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 24 Jan 2001 17:33:46 -0800
886 debhelper (2.2.14) unstable; urgency=medium
888 * Corrected globbing issue with dh_movefiles in v3 mode. Closes: #81431
890 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:33:59 -0800
892 debhelper (2.2.13) unstable; urgency=medium
894 * Fixed a man page typo, Closes: #82371:
895 * Added note to dh_strip man page, Closes: #82220
897 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 15 Jan 2001 20:38:53 -0800
899 debhelper (2.2.12) unstable; urgency=medium
901 * suidmanager is obsolete now, and so is dh_suidmanager. Instead,
902 packages that contain suid binaries should include the binaries suid in
903 the .deb, and dpkg-statoverride can override this. If this is done
904 to a program that previously used suidmanager, though, you need to
905 conflict with suidmanager (<< 0.50).
906 * Made dh_suidmanager check to see if it would have done anything before.
907 If so, it states that it is obsolete, and refer users to the man
908 page, which now explains the situation, and then aborts the build.
909 If it would have done nothing before, it just outputs a warning that
910 it is an obsolete program.
912 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 10 Jan 2001 13:17:50 -0800
914 debhelper (2.2.11) unstable; urgency=medium
916 * Fixed dh_installwm. Oops. Closes: #81124
918 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 3 Jan 2001 10:18:38 -0800
920 debhelper (2.2.10) unstable; urgency=low
922 * dh_shlibdeps: re-enabled -l flag, it's needed again. Closes: #80560
924 -- Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> Tue, 26 Dec 2000 22:05:30 -0800
926 debhelper (2.2.9) unstable; urgency=low
928 * Fixed perl wanring, Closes: #80242
930 -- Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> Thu, 21 Dec 2000 14:43:11 -0800
932 debhelper (2.2.8) unstable; urgency=medium
934 * dh_installwm: Moved update-alternatives --remove call to prerm,
936 * ALso guarded all update-alternatives --remove calls.
938 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 21 Dec 2000 11:33:30 -0800
940 debhelper (2.2.7) unstable; urgency=low
944 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 3 Dec 2000 17:12:15 -0800
946 debhelper (2.2.6) unstable; urgency=low
948 * typo: Closes, #78567
950 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 2 Dec 2000 14:27:31 -0800
952 debhelper (2.2.5) unstable; urgency=low
954 * Oops, it was not expanding wildcard when it should.
956 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 29 Nov 2000 20:59:33 -0800
958 debhelper (2.2.4) unstable; urgency=low
960 * dh_movefiles: added error message on file not found
962 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 29 Nov 2000 20:25:52 -0800
964 debhelper (2.2.3) unstable; urgency=low
966 * If DH_COMPAT=3 is set, the following happens:
967 - Various debian/foo files like debian/docs, debian/examples, etc,
968 begin to support filename globbing. use \* to escape the wildcards of
969 course. I doubt this will bite anyone (Debian doesn't seem to contain
970 files with "*" or "?" in their names..), but it is guarded by v3 just
971 to be sure. Closes: #34120, #37694, #39846, #46249
973 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 27 Nov 2000 20:43:26 -0800
975 debhelper (2.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
977 * dh_makeshlibs: corrected the evil db3-regex so it doesn't misfire on
978 data like "debian/libruby/usr/lib/ruby/1.6/i486-linux/etc.so".
981 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 27 Nov 2000 12:21:53 -0800
983 debhelper (2.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
985 * Reverted the change to make debian/README be treated as README.Debian,
986 after I learned people use it for eg, documenting the source package
987 itself. Closes: #34628, since it seems this is not such an "incredibly
988 minor" change after all. Never underetimate the annoyance of
989 backwards-compatability.
991 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 27 Nov 2000 12:01:52 -0800
993 debhelper (2.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
995 * DH_COMPAT=3 now enables the following new features which I can't just
996 turn on by default for fear of breaking backwards compatability:
997 - dh_makeshlibs makes the postinst/postrm call ldconfig. Closes: #77154
998 Patch from Masato Taruishi <taru@debian.org> (modified). If you
999 use this, be sure dh_makeshlibs runs before dh_installdeb; many
1000 old rules files have the ordering backwards.
1001 - dh_installdeb now causes all files in /etc to be registered as
1003 - debian/README is now supported: it is treated exactly like
1004 debian/README.Debian. Either file is installed as README.Debian in
1005 non-native packages, and now as just README in native packages.
1007 * This is really only the start of the changes for v3, so use with
1009 * dh_du has finally been removed. It has been deprecated for ages, and
1010 a grep of the archive shows that nothing is using it except biss-awt
1011 and scsh. I filed bugs on both almost exactly a year ago. Those bugs
1012 should now be raised to severity important..
1013 * --number option (to dh_installemacsen) is removed. It has been
1014 deprecated for a while and nothing uses it. Use --priority instead.
1016 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 26 Nov 2000 17:51:58 -0800
1018 debhelper (2.1.28) unstable; urgency=low
1020 * Ok, fine, I'll make debhelper depend on lynx for the one or two
1021 packages that have html changelogs. But you'll be sorry...
1024 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 21 Nov 2000 15:13:39 -0800
1026 debhelper (2.1.27) unstable; urgency=low
1028 * Typo, Closes: #77441
1030 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 19 Nov 2000 13:23:30 -0800
1032 debhelper (2.1.26) unstable; urgency=low
1034 * Completed the fix from the last version.
1036 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 15 Nov 2000 20:39:25 -0800
1038 debhelper (2.1.25) unstable; urgency=low
1040 * Ok, I tihnk we have a db3 fix that will really work now.
1042 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 12 Nov 2000 13:29:59 -0800
1044 debhelper (2.1.24) unstable; urgency=low
1046 * I retract 2.1.23, the hack doesn't help make dpkg-shlibdeps work; db3
1049 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 12 Nov 2000 13:29:57 -0800
1051 debhelper (2.1.23) unstable; urgency=low
1053 * dh_makeshlibs: Also scan files named "*.so*", not just "*.so.*",
1054 but only if they are files. This should make it more usable with
1055 rather stupidly broken libraries like db3, which do not encode the
1056 major version in their filenames. However, it cannot guess the major
1057 version of such libraries, so -m must be used.
1059 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2000 17:24:58 -0800
1061 debhelper (2.1.22) unstable; urgency=low
1063 * Fixed dh_perl to work with perl 5.6, Closes: #76508
1065 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 7 Nov 2000 15:56:54 -0800
1067 debhelper (2.1.21) unstable; urgency=low
1069 * dh_movefiles: no longer does the symlink ordering hack, as
1070 this is supported by dpkg itself now. Added a dependancy on
1071 dpkg-dev >= 1.7.0 to make sure this doesn't break anything.
1072 * While I'm updating for dpkg 1.7.0, I removed the -ldirectory hack
1073 from dh_shlibdeps; dpkg-shlibdeps has its own much more brutal hack to
1074 make this work. The switch is ignored now for backwards compatability.
1075 * dh_suidregister will be deprecated soon -- dpkg-statoverride is a
1078 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 6 Nov 2000 15:14:49 -0800
1080 debhelper (2.1.20) unstable; urgency=low
1082 * dh_suidregister: do not unregister on purge, since it will have already
1083 been unregistered then, and a warning will result.
1085 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 5 Nov 2000 17:02:50 -0800
1087 debhelper (2.1.19) unstable; urgency=low
1089 * dh_builddeb: Ok, it is cosmetic, but it annoyed me.
1091 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 5 Nov 2000 16:20:46 -0800
1093 debhelper (2.1.18) unstable; urgency=low
1095 * dh_builddeb: added a --filename option to specify the output filename.
1096 This is intended to be used when building .udebs for the debian
1099 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 28 Oct 2000 11:41:20 -0700
1101 debhelper (2.1.17) unstable; urgency=low
1103 * dh_movefiles.1: well I thought it was quite obvious why it always used
1104 debian/tmp, but it's a faq. Added some explanation. By the way, since
1105 there now exists a documented way to use dh_movefiles that does not
1106 have problems with empty directories that get left behind and so on, I
1107 think this Closes: #17111, #51985
1109 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 27 Oct 2000 23:07:42 -0700
1111 debhelper (2.1.16) unstable; urgency=low
1113 * dh_movefiles: fixed a regexp quoting problem with --sourcedir.
1115 * Whoops, I think I overwrote bod's NMU with 2.2.15. Let's merge those
1118 debhelper (2.1.14-0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1120 * Non-maintainer upload (thanks Joey).
1121 * dh_installchangelogs, dh_installdocs: allow dangling symlinks for
1122 $TMP/usr/share/doc/$PACKAGE (useful for multi-binary packages).
1125 -- Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org> Fri, 20 Oct 2000 18:11:59 +1100
1127 I also added some documentation to debhelper.1 about this, and removed
1128 the TODO entry about it.
1130 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 23 Oct 2000 15:14:49 -0700
1132 debhelper (2.1.15) unstable; urgency=low
1134 * dh_installwm: patched a path in some backwards compatability code.
1137 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 23 Oct 2000 10:13:44 -0700
1139 debhelper (2.1.14) unstable; urgency=low
1141 * Rats, the previous change makes duplicate lines be created in the
1142 shlibs file, and lintian conplains. Added some hackery that should
1143 prevent that. Closes: #73052
1145 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 3 Oct 2000 12:32:22 -0700
1147 debhelper (2.1.13) unstable; urgency=low
1149 * Typo, Closes: #72932
1150 * dh_makeshlibs: follow symlinks to files when looking for files that are
1151 shared libraries. This allows it to catch files like
1152 "liballeg-3.9.33.so" that are not in the *.so.* form it looks for, but
1153 that doe have links to them that are in the right form. Closes: #72938
1155 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 1 Oct 2000 18:23:48 -0700
1157 debhelper (2.1.12) unstable; urgency=low
1159 * Rebuild to remove cvs junk, Closes: #72610
1161 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 27 Sep 2000 12:39:06 -0700
1163 debhelper (2.1.11) unstable; urgency=low
1165 * dh_installmanpages: don't install files that start with .#* -- these
1168 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 21 Sep 2000 11:58:52 -0700
1170 debhelper (2.1.10) unstable; urgency=low
1172 * Modified to allow no spaces between control file field name and value
1173 (this appears to be logal).
1175 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 19 Sep 2000 23:13:17 -0700
1177 debhelper (2.1.9) unstable; urgency=low
1179 * dh_installmodules: corrected the code added to maintainer scripts so it
1180 does not call depmod -a. update-modules (which it always called)_
1181 handles calling depmod if doing so is appropriate. Packages built with
1182 proir versions probably have issues on systems with non-modular
1183 kernels, and should be rebuilt. Closes: #71841
1185 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 17 Sep 2000 14:40:45 -0700
1187 debhelper (2.1.8) unstable; urgency=low
1189 * Fixed a stupid typo. Closes: #69750
1191 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 22 Aug 2000 15:14:48 -0700
1193 debhelper (2.1.7) unstable; urgency=low
1195 * debian/package.filename.arch is now checked for first, before
1196 debian/package.filename. Closes: #69453
1197 * Added a section to debhelper(1) about files in debian/ used by
1198 debhelper, which documents this. Removed scattered references to
1199 debian/filename from all over the man pages.
1201 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 20 Aug 2000 18:06:52 -0700
1203 debhelper (2.1.6) unstable; urgency=low
1205 * dh_strip: now knows about the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=nostrip thing.
1207 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 20 Aug 2000 16:28:31 -0700
1209 debhelper (2.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1211 * dh_installxfonts: corrected a problem during package removal that was
1212 silently neglecting to remove the fonts.dir/alias files.
1214 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 17 Aug 2000 00:44:25 -0700
1216 debhelper (2.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1218 * Whoops, I forgot to add v3 to cvs, so it was missing from a few
1221 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 4 Aug 2000 14:27:46 -0700
1223 debhelper (2.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1225 * dh_shlibdeps: if it sets LD_LIBRARY_PATH, it now prints out a line
1226 showing it is doing that when in verbose mode.
1227 * examples/rules.multi: don't use DH_OPTIONS hack. It's too confusing.
1228 rules.multi2 still uses it, but it has comments explaining the caveats
1231 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 21 Jul 2000 13:53:02 -0700
1233 debhelper (2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1235 * Minor man page updates as Overfiend struggles with debhelperizing X
1238 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 21 Jul 2000 00:25:32 -0700
1240 debhelper (2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1242 * Never refer to root, always uid/gid "0". Closes: #67508
1244 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 20 Jul 2000 16:56:24 -0700
1246 debhelper (2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1248 * I started work on debhelper v2 over a year ago, with a long list of
1249 changes I hoped to get in that broke backwards compatability. That
1250 development stalled after only the most important change was made,
1251 although I did get out over 100 releases in the debhelper 2.0.x tree.
1252 In the meantime, lots of packages have switched to using v2, despite my
1253 warnings that doing so leaves packages open to being broken without
1254 notice until v2 is complete.
1255 * Therefore, I am calling v2 complete, as it is. Future non-compatabile
1256 changes will happen in v3, which will be started soon. This means that
1257 by using debhelper v2, one major thing changes: debhelper uses
1258 debian/<package> as the temporary directory for *all* packages;
1259 debian/tmp is no longer used to build binary packages out of. This is
1260 very useful for multi-binary packages, and I reccommend everyone
1262 * Updated example rules files to use v2 by default.
1263 * Updated all documentation to assume that v2 is being used.
1264 * Added a few notes for people still using v1.
1265 * Moved all of the README into debhelper(1).
1267 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 18 Jul 2000 15:48:41 -0700
1269 debhelper (2.0.104) unstable; urgency=low
1271 * Put dh_installogrotate in the examples, Closes: #66986
1273 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 10 Jul 2000 16:16:37 -0700
1275 debhelper (2.0.103) unstable; urgency=low
1277 * Added dh_installlogrotate. Yuck, 3 l's, but I want to folow my
1280 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 9 Jul 2000 00:51:03 -0700
1282 debhelper (2.0.102) unstable; urgency=low
1284 * Documented the full list of extra files dh_clean deletes, since people
1285 are for some reason adverse to using -v to find it. Closes: #66883
1287 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 7 Jul 2000 12:40:43 -0700
1289 debhelper (2.0.101) unstable; urgency=low
1291 * Killed the fixlinks stuff, since there are no longer any symlinks in
1294 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 5 Jul 2000 19:14:10 -0700
1296 debhelper (2.0.100) unstable; urgency=low
1298 * Modified all postinst script fragments to only run when called with
1299 "configure". I looked at the other possibilities, and I don't think any
1300 of the supported stuff should be called if the postist is called for
1301 error unwinds. Closes: #66673
1302 * Implemented dh_clean -X, to allow specification of files to not delete,
1305 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 5 Jul 2000 17:02:40 -0700
1307 debhelper (2.0.99) unstable; urgency=low
1309 * dh_installmodules will now install modiles even if etc/modutils already
1310 exists (wasn't because of a logic error). Closes: #66289
1311 * dh_movefiles now uses debian/movelist, rather than just movelist. This
1312 is to fix an unlikely edge case involving a symlinked debian directory.
1315 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 26 Jun 2000 14:24:12 -0700
1317 debhelper (2.0.98) unstable; urgency=low
1319 * dh_installdebconf: Automatically merge localized template
1320 files. If you use this feature, you should build-depend on
1321 debconf-utils to get debconf-mergetemplate.
1323 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 19 May 2000 14:24:24 -0700
1325 debhelper (2.0.97) unstable; urgency=low
1327 * dh_installinfo: changed test to see if an info file is the head file to
1328 just skip files that end in -\d+.
1330 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 11 May 2000 14:11:04 -0700
1332 debhelper (2.0.96) unstable; urgency=low
1334 * dh_installmodules: still add depmod -a calls if run on a package that
1335 has no debian/modules file, but does contain modules.
1337 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 4 May 2000 15:32:42 -0700
1339 debhelper (2.0.95) unstable; urgency=low
1341 * Fixes for perl 5.6.
1344 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 1 May 2000 13:35:11 -0700
1346 debhelper (2.0.94) unstable; urgency=low
1348 * examples/rules.multi2: binary-indep and binary-arch targets need to
1349 depend on the build and install targets.
1351 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 17 Apr 2000 15:09:26 -0700
1353 debhelper (2.0.93) unstable; urgency=low
1355 * Patch from Pedro Guerreiro to make install-docs only be called on
1356 configure and remove/upgrade. Closes: #62513
1358 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 19:05:52 -0700
1360 debhelper (2.0.92) unstable; urgency=low
1362 * Detect changelog parse failures and use a better error message.
1365 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 8 Apr 2000 20:02:16 -0700
1367 debhelper (2.0.91) unstable; urgency=low
1369 * Fixed a silly typo in dh_installmanpages, Closes: #60727
1371 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 18 Mar 2000 23:23:01 -0800
1373 debhelper (2.0.90) unstable; urgency=low
1375 * Fixed dh_testversion; broken in last release.
1377 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 4 Mar 2000 13:16:58 -0800
1379 debhelper (2.0.89) unstable; urgency=low
1381 * Patch from Jorgen `forcer' Schaefer <forcer at mindless.com> (much
1382 modified)to make dh_installwm use new window manager registration method,
1383 update-alternatives. Closes: #52156, #34684 (latter bug is obsolete)
1384 * Fixed $dh{flavor} to be upper-case.
1385 * Deprecated dh_installemavcsen --number; use --priority instead. Also,
1386 the option parser requires the parameter be a number now. And,
1387 dh_installwm now accepts --priority, and window manager packages should
1389 * dh_installwm now behaves like a proper debhelper command, and reads
1390 debian/<package>.wm too. This is a small behavior change; filenames
1391 specified on the command line no longer apply to all packages it acts
1392 on. I can't belive this program existed for 2 years with such a glaring
1393 problem; I guess most people don't need ot register 5 wm's in 3
1394 sub-packages. Anyway, it can handle such things now. :-)
1395 * Moved Dh_*.pm to /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/Debhelper. *big* change.
1397 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 2 Mar 2000 11:39:56 -0800
1399 debhelper (2.0.88) unstable; urgency=low
1401 * Copyright update: files in the examples directory are public domain.
1403 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 7 Feb 2000 23:16:39 -0800
1405 debhelper (2.0.87) unstable; urgency=low
1407 * Documented that lynx is used to convert html changelogs. Closes: #54055
1409 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 7 Feb 2000 16:01:19 -0800
1411 debhelper (2.0.86) unstable; urgency=low
1413 * dh_testroot: don't call init(), so it may be run even if it's not in the
1414 right place. Closes: #55065
1416 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 13 Jan 2000 21:40:21 -0800
1418 debhelper (2.0.85) unstable; urgency=low
1420 * Downgraded fileutils dependancy just a bit for the Hurd foks.
1423 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 10 Jan 2000 16:41:29 -0800
1425 debhelper (2.0.84) unstable; urgency=low
1427 * Make all examples rules files executable.
1428 * Copyright date updates.
1430 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 6 Jan 2000 15:10:55 -0800
1432 debhelper (2.0.83) unstable; urgency=low
1434 * Depend on the current unstable fileutils, because I have to use chown
1435 --no-dereference. I'm not sure when it started working, but it didn't work
1438 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 5 Jan 2000 14:22:26 -0800
1440 debhelper (2.0.82) unstable; urgency=low
1442 * Added dh_installmime calls to examples, Closes: #54056
1444 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 4 Jan 2000 09:35:19 -0800
1446 debhelper (2.0.81) unstable; urgency=low
1448 * dh_installxaw: Patch from Josip Rodin to update to fhs paths,
1451 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 12:21:34 -0800
1453 debhelper (2.0.80) unstable; urgency=low
1455 * Type fix, Closes: #52652
1457 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 13 Dec 1999 13:47:48 -0800
1459 debhelper (2.0.79) unstable; urgency=low
1461 * Corrected mispellings, Closes: #52013
1463 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 6 Dec 1999 13:46:18 -0800
1465 debhelper (2.0.78) unstable; urgency=low
1467 * dh_fixperms: chown symlinks as well as normal files. Closes: #51169.
1469 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 1 Dec 1999 13:34:06 -0800
1471 debhelper (2.0.77) unstable; urgency=low
1473 * dh_suidregister: Fixed a rather esoteric bug: If a file had multiple
1474 hard links, and was suid, suidregister detected all the hard links as
1475 files that need to be registered. It looped, registering the first
1476 link, and then removing its suid bit. This messed up the registration
1477 of the other had links, since their permissions were now changed,
1478 leading to unpredictable results. The fix is to just not remove suid
1479 bits until all files have been registered.
1481 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:26:42 -0800
1483 debhelper (2.0.76) unstable; urgency=low
1485 * dh_installmanpages:
1486 - Added support for translated man pages, with a patch from Kis Gergely
1487 <kisg@lme.linux.hu>. Closes: #51268
1488 - Fixed the undefined value problem in Kis's patch.
1489 - This also Closes: #37092 come to think of it.
1490 * dh_shlibdeps, dh_shlibdeps.1:
1491 - Added -X option, which makes it not examine some files. This is
1492 useful in rare cases. Closes: #51100
1493 - Always pass "-dDepends" before the list of files, which makes it
1494 easier to specify other -d parameters in the uparams, and doesn't
1495 otherwise change the result at all.
1497 - dh_installdebfiles is no longer a part of debhelper. This affects
1498 exactly one package in unstable, biss-awt, which has had a bug filed
1499 against it for 200+ days now asking that it stop using the program.
1500 dh_installdebfiles has been depreacted for nearly 2 years now..
1501 * This changelog was automatically generated from CVS commit information.
1504 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 28 Nov 1999 21:59:00 -0800
1506 debhelper (2.0.75) unstable; urgency=low
1508 * Fixed typo in dh_installmenu.1, Closes: #51332
1510 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 27 Nov 1999 20:40:15 -0800
1512 debhelper (2.0.74) unstable; urgency=low
1514 * dh_suidregister: Die with understandable error message if asked to
1515 act on files that don't exist.
1516 * dh_installchangelogs: to comply with policy, if it's told to act on a
1517 html changelog, it installs it as changelog.html.gz and dumps a plain
1518 text version to changelog.gz. The dumping is done with lynx.
1520 * Dh_Getopt.pm: Modified it so any options specified after -- are added to
1521 U_PARAMS. This means that instead of passing '-u"something nasty"' to
1522 dh_gencontrol and the like, you can pass '-- something nasty' without
1523 fiddling to get the quoting right, etc.
1525 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 23 Nov 1999 11:36:15 -0800
1527 debhelper (2.0.73) unstable; urgency=low
1529 * Actually, debhelper build-depends on perl-5.005.
1531 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 21:43:55 -0800
1533 debhelper (2.0.72) unstable; urgency=low
1535 * Corrected slash substitution problem in dh_installwm.
1537 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 21:43:47 -0800
1539 debhelper (2.0.71) unstable; urgency=low
1541 * Oh, the build dependancies include all of debhelper's regular
1542 dependancies as well, since it builds using itself.
1544 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 5 Nov 1999 14:14:26 -0800
1546 debhelper (2.0.70) unstable; urgency=low
1548 * Added build dependancies to this package. That was easy; it just uses
1549 perl5 for regression testing, the rest of its build-deps are things
1551 * dh_version.1: Added note that this program is quickly becoming obsolete.
1552 * doc/README, doc/from-debstd: Added reminders that if you use debhelper,
1553 you need to add debhelper to your Build-Depends line.
1555 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 21:24:37 -0800
1557 debhelper (2.0.69) unstable; urgency=low
1559 * dh_shlibdeps: added -l option, which lets you specify a path that
1560 LD_LIBRARY_PATH is then set to when dpkg-shlibdeps is run. This
1561 should make it easier for library packages that also build binary
1562 packages to be built with correct dependancies. Closes: #36751
1563 * In honor of Burn all GIFs Day (hi Don!), I added alternative
1564 image formats .png, .jpg (and .jpeg) to the list of extensions dh_compress
1565 does not compress. Closes: #41733
1566 * Also, made all extensions dh_compress skips be looked at case
1568 * dh_movefiles: force owner and group of installed files to be root.
1570 * Closes: #42650, #47175 -- they've been fixed forever.
1572 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 15:05:59 -0800
1574 debhelper (2.0.68) unstable; urgency=low
1576 * dh_installxfonts: Patch from Anthony Wong to fix directory searching.
1579 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 1 Nov 1999 14:46:04 -0800
1581 debhelper (2.0.67) unstable; urgency=low
1583 * dh_installdebconf: Modified to use new confmodule debconf library.
1585 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 29 Oct 1999 15:24:47 -0700
1587 debhelper (2.0.66) unstable; urgency=low
1589 * Fixed some problems with dh_installxfonts font dirs.
1591 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 28 Oct 1999 00:46:43 -0700
1593 debhelper (2.0.65) unstable; urgency=low
1595 * dh_builddeb: -u can be passed to this command now, followed by
1596 any extra parameters you want to pass to dpkg-deb (Closes: #48394)
1598 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 26 Oct 1999 10:14:57 -0700
1600 debhelper (2.0.64) unstable; urgency=low
1602 * Corrected a path name in dh_installxfonts. Closes: #48315
1604 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 25 Oct 1999 14:24:03 -0700
1606 debhelper (2.0.63) unstable; urgency=low
1608 * Removed install-stamp cruft in all example rules files. Closes: #47175
1610 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 12 Oct 1999 14:23:09 -0700
1612 debhelper (2.0.62) unstable; urgency=low
1614 * Fixed problem with dh_installemacsen options not working, patch from
1615 Rafael Laboissiere <rafael@icp.inpg.fr>, Closes: #47738
1616 * Added new dh_installxfonts script by Changwoo Ryu
1617 <cwryu@dor17988.kaist.ac.kr>. Closes: #46684
1618 I made some changes, though:
1619 - I rewrote lots of this script to be more my style of perl.
1620 - I removed all the verbisity from the postinst script fragment, since
1621 that is a clear violation of policy.
1622 - I made the postinst fail if the mkfontdir, etc commands fail, because
1623 this really makes more sense. Consider idempotency.
1624 - I moved the test to see if the font dir is really a directory into the
1625 dh_ script and out of the snippet. If the maintainer plays tricks on
1626 us, mkfontdir will blow up satisfactorally anyway.
1627 - So, the snippet is 9 lines long now, down from 20-some.
1628 - I realize this isn't following the reccommendations made in Brando^Hen's
1629 font policy. I'll fight it out with him. :-)
1630 - In postrm fragment, used rmdir -p to remove as many parent directories
1632 - s:/usr/lib/X11/:/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/:g
1634 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 24 Oct 1999 15:30:53 -0700
1636 debhelper (2.0.61) unstable; urgency=low
1638 * Clarified rules.multi2 comment. Closes: #46828
1640 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 9 Oct 1999 18:21:02 -0700
1642 debhelper (2.0.60) unstable; urgency=low
1644 * dh_compress: After compressing an executable, changes the file mode to
1645 644. Executable .gz files are silly. Closes: #46383
1647 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 6 Oct 1999 13:05:14 -0700
1649 debhelper (2.0.59) unstable; urgency=low
1651 * dh_installdocs: if $TMP/usr/share/doc/$PACKAGE is a broken symlink,
1652 leaves it alone, assumming that the maintainer knows what they're doing
1653 and is probably linking to the doc dir of another package.
1656 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 4 Oct 1999 16:27:28 -0700
1658 debhelper (2.0.58) unstable; urgency=low
1660 * Dh_Lib.pm: fixed bug in xargs() that made boundry words be skipped.
1662 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 3 Oct 1999 18:55:29 -0700
1664 debhelper (2.0.57) unstable; urgency=low
1666 * Added note to man pages of commands that use autoscript to note they are
1669 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 1 Oct 1999 13:18:20 -0700
1671 debhelper (2.0.56) unstable; urgency=low
1673 * Fiddlesticks. The neat make trick I was using in rules.multi2 failed if
1674 you try to build binary-indep and binary-arch targets in the same make
1675 run. Make tries to be too smart. Modified the file so it will work,
1676 though it's now uglier. Closes: 46287
1677 * examples/*: It's important that one -not- use a install-stamp target.
1678 Install should run every time binary-* calls it. Otherwise if a binary-*
1679 target is called twice by hand, you get duplicate entries in the
1680 maintainer script fragment files. Closes: #46313
1682 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 30 Sep 1999 12:01:40 -0700
1684 debhelper (2.0.55) unstable; urgency=low
1686 * Fixed quoting problem in examples/rules.multi (Closes: #46254)
1688 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 29 Sep 1999 12:06:59 -0700
1690 debhelper (2.0.54) unstable; urgency=low
1692 * Enhanced debconf support -- the database is now cleaned up on package
1694 * Broke all debconf support off into a dh_installdebconf script. This
1695 seems conceptually a little cleaner.
1697 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 28 Sep 1999 16:12:53 -0700
1699 debhelper (2.0.53) unstable; urgency=low
1701 * Minor changes to rules.multi2.
1703 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 27 Sep 1999 13:57:17 -0700
1705 debhelper (2.0.52) unstable; urgency=low
1707 * dh_movefiles: if the wildcards in the filelist expand to nothing,
1708 don't do anything, rather than crashing.
1710 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 23 Sep 1999 15:18:00 -0700
1712 debhelper (2.0.51) unstable; urgency=low
1714 * dh_installdocs: create the compatability symlink before calling
1715 install-docs. I'm told this is better in some cases. (Closes: #45608)
1716 * examples/rules.multi2: clarified what you have to comment/uncomment.
1718 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 20 Sep 1999 12:43:09 -0700
1720 debhelper (2.0.50) unstable; urgency=medium
1722 * Oops. Fixed dh_shlibdeps so it actually generates dependancies, broke in
1725 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 18 Sep 1999 19:00:10 -0700
1727 debhelper (2.0.49) unstable; urgency=low
1729 * dh_shlibdeps: detect statically linked binaries and don't pass them to
1731 * dh_installdeb: debconf support.
1733 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 17 Sep 1999 00:28:59 -0700
1735 debhelper (2.0.48) unstable; urgency=low
1737 * 4 whole days without a debhelper upload! Can't let that happen. Let's see..
1738 * dh_installperl.1: explain what you have to put in your control file
1739 for the dependancies to be generated.
1741 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 16 Sep 1999 21:15:05 -0700
1743 debhelper (2.0.47) unstable; urgency=low
1745 * dh_undocumented: installs links for X11 man pages to the undocumented.7
1746 page in /usr/share/man. (Closes: #44909)
1748 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 13:12:34 -0700
1750 debhelper (2.0.46) unstable; urgency=low
1752 * dh_installemacsen: the script fragments it generates now test for the
1753 existance of emacs-package-install/remove before calling them. Though
1754 a strict reading of the emacsen policy indicates that such a test
1755 shouldn't be needed, there may be edge cases (cf bug 44924), where it
1758 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 12:54:37 -0700
1760 debhelper (2.0.45) unstable; urgency=low
1762 * dh_installdocs.1: clarified how the doc-id is determined. Closes: #44864
1763 * dh_makeshlibs: will now overwrite existing debian/tmp/DEBIAN/shlibs
1764 files, instead of erroring out. (Closes: #44828)
1766 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 11 Sep 1999 13:15:33 -0700
1768 debhelper (2.0.44) unstable; urgency=low
1770 * dh_compress: fixed #ARGV bug (again) Closes: #44853
1772 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 11 Sep 1999 13:04:15 -0700
1774 debhelper (2.0.43) unstable; urgency=low
1776 * Corrected example rules files, which had some messed up targets.
1778 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 9 Sep 1999 11:22:09 -0700
1780 debhelper (2.0.42) unstable; urgency=low
1782 * dh_installinfo: failed pretty miserably if the info file's section
1783 contained '/' characters. Doesn't now.
1785 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 6 Sep 1999 16:33:13 -0700
1787 debhelper (2.0.41) unstable; urgency=low
1789 * dh_installinfo: use FHS info dir. I wonder how I missed that..
1791 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 6 Sep 1999 13:22:08 -0700
1793 debhelper (2.0.40) unstable; urgency=low
1795 * FHS complience. Patch from Johnie Ingram <johnie@netgod.net>.
1796 For the most part, this was a straight-forward substitution,
1797 dh_installmanpages needed a non-obvious change though.
1798 * Closes: #42489, #42587, #41732.
1799 * dh_installdocs: Adds code to postinst and prerm as specified in
1800 http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-ctte-9908/msg00038.html,
1801 to make /usr/doc/<package> a compatability symlink to
1802 /usr/share/doc/<package>. Note that currently if something exists in
1803 /usr/doc/<package> when the postinst is run, it will silently not make
1804 the symlink. I'm considering more intellingent handing of this case.
1805 * Note that if you build a package with this version of debhelper, it will
1806 use /usr/share/man, /usr/share/doc, and /usr/share/info. You may need to
1807 modify other files in your package that reference the old locations.
1809 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 5 Sep 1999 21:06:11 -0700
1811 debhelper (2.0.30) unstable; urgency=low
1813 * It turns out it's possible to set up make variables that are specific to
1814 a single target of a Makefile. This works tremendously well with
1815 DH_OPTIONS: no need to put "-i" or "-pfoo" after every debhelper command
1817 * debhelper.1: mentioned above technique.
1818 * examples/rules.multi: use the above method to get rid of -i's and -a's.
1819 * examples/rules.multi2: new file, example of a multi-binary package that
1820 works for arch-indep and arch-dependant packages, and also allows
1821 building of single binary packages independntly, via binary-<package>
1822 targets. It accomplishes all this using only one list of debhelper
1824 * examples/*: removed source and diff targets. They've been obsolete for 2
1825 years -- or is it 3? No need for a nice error message on failure anymore.
1827 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 3 Sep 1999 11:28:24 -0700
1829 debhelper (2.0.29) unstable; urgency=low
1831 * dh_shlibdeps: Fixed quoting problem that made it fail on weird file names.
1832 Patch from Devin Carraway <debianbug-debhelper@devin.com>, Closes: #44016
1834 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 2 Sep 1999 13:40:37 -0700
1836 debhelper (2.0.28) unstable; urgency=low
1838 * Oops, dh_installpam was omitted from the package. Added back.
1841 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 27 Aug 1999 19:16:38 -0700
1843 debhelper (2.0.27) unstable; urgency=low
1845 * No user visible changes. Modified the package to interface better with
1846 my new local build system, which auto-updates the home page when a new
1849 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 26 Aug 1999 23:20:40 -0700
1851 debhelper (2.0.25) unstable; urgency=low
1853 * Corrected debian/fixlinks to make the correct debian/* symlinks needed
1854 for building debhelper.
1855 * Fixed rules file to create and populate examples and docs dirs. Oops.
1857 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 25 Aug 1999 19:46:08 -0700
1859 debhelper (2.0.24) unstable; urgency=low
1861 * dh_installdocs: Handle trailing whitespace after Document: name.
1864 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 18 Aug 1999 10:23:17 -0700
1866 debhelper (2.0.23) unstable; urgency=low
1868 * Fixed makefile commit target.
1869 * Misc changes to make CVS dirs not be copies into package.
1871 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 22:43:39 -0700
1873 debhelper (2.0.22) unstable; urgency=low
1875 * Checked all of debhelper into CVS.
1876 * Removed Test.pm (we have perl 5.005 now)
1877 * Skip CVS dir when running tests.
1878 * Since CVS is so brain dead about symlinks, added a debian/fixlinks script.
1879 Modified debian/rules to make sure it's run if any of the symlinks are
1880 missing. Also, made Makefile a short file that sources debian/rules so
1881 it's always available.
1883 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 22:35:12 -0700
1885 debhelper (2.0.21) unstable; urgency=low
1887 * Wow. It turns out dh_installdocs has been doing it wrong and doc-base
1888 files have the doc-id inside them. Applied and modified a patch from
1889 Peter Moulder <reiter@netspace.net.au> to make it use those id's instead
1890 of coming up with it's own. (Closes: #42650)
1892 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 8 Aug 1999 10:24:10 -0700
1894 debhelper (2.0.20) unstable; urgency=low
1896 * dh_perl: Patch from Raphael Hertzog <rhertzog@hrnet.fr> to allow
1897 specification on the command line of alternate paths to search for perl
1898 modules. (Closes: #42171)
1900 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jul 1999 09:42:08 -0700
1902 debhelper (2.0.19) unstable; urgency=low
1904 * dh_installinfo: fixed bug if a info file had no section.
1906 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 29 Jul 1999 11:41:11 -0700
1908 debhelper (2.0.18) unstable; urgency=low
1910 * dh_installxaw: fixed multiple stanza problem, for real this time (patch
1911 misapplied last time). (Closes: #41862)
1913 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 26 Jul 1999 13:00:09 -0700
1915 debhelper (2.0.17) unstable; urgency=low
1917 * dh_clean: compat() wasn't exported.
1919 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 21 Jul 1999 12:49:52 -0700
1921 debhelper (2.0.16) unstable; urgency=low
1923 * Dh_lib.pm: when looking for debhelper files in debian/, test with -f,
1924 not with -e, because it might fail if you're building a package named,
1925 say, 'docs', with a temp dir of debian/docs. I don't anticipate this
1926 ever happenning, but it pays to be safe.
1928 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jul 1999 21:00:04 -0700
1930 debhelper (2.0.15) unstable; urgency=low
1932 * dh_clean: only force-remove debian/tmp if in v2 mode. In v1 mode, we
1933 shouldn't remove it because we may only be acting on a single package.
1936 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jul 1999 19:00:15 -0700
1938 debhelper (2.0.14) unstable; urgency=low
1940 * Moved /usr/lib/debhelper to /usr/share/debhelper for FHS compliance
1941 (#41174). If you used Dh_lib or something in another package, be sure to
1942 update your "use" line and declare an appropriate dependancy. (Closes:
1944 * dh_installxaw: Patch from Josip Rodin <joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr> to fix
1945 multiple-stanza xaw file support. (Closes: #41173)
1947 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 12 Jul 1999 11:49:57 -0700
1949 debhelper (2.0.13) unstable; urgency=low
1951 * dh_fixperms: FHS fixes (#41058)
1953 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 9 Jul 1999 13:07:49 -0700
1955 debhelper (2.0.12) unstable; urgency=low
1957 * dh_installinfo: fixed #SECTION# substitution.
1959 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 7 Jul 1999 17:51:59 -0700
1961 debhelper (2.0.11) unstable; urgency=low
1963 * At long, long last, dh_installinfo is written. It takes a simple list of
1964 info files and figures out the rest for you. (Closes: #15717)
1966 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 7 Jul 1999 17:04:48 -0700
1968 debhelper (2.0.10) unstable; urgency=low
1970 * dh_compress: compress changelog.html files. (Closes: #40626)
1971 * dh_installchangelogs: installs a link from changelog.html.gz to changelog.gz,
1972 because I think it's important that upstream changelogs always be accessable
1974 * dh_compress: removed the usr/share/X11R6/man bit. Note part of FHS.
1976 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 7 Jul 1999 10:46:03 -0700
1978 debhelper (2.0.09) unstable; urgency=low
1980 * dh_compress: added some FHS support. Though debhelper doesn't put stuff
1981 there (and won't until people come up with a general transition strategy or
1982 decide to not have a clean transiotion), dh_compress now compresses
1983 various files in /usr/share/{man,doc,info}. (Closes: #40892)
1985 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 7 Jul 1999 09:55:03 -0700
1987 debhelper (2.0.08) unstable; urgency=low
1989 * dh_*: redirect cd output to /den/null, because CD can actually output
1990 things if CDPATH is set.
1992 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 6 Jul 1999 10:14:00 -0700
1994 debhelper (2.0.07) unstable; urgency=low
1996 * Added dh_perl calls to example rules files.
1998 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 4 Jul 1999 15:57:51 -0700
2000 debhelper (2.0.06) unstable; urgency=low
2002 * Now depends on perl5 | perl, I'll kill the | perl bit later on, but it
2003 seems to make sense for the transition.
2005 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 4 Jul 1999 10:56:03 -0700
2007 debhelper (2.0.05) unstable; urgency=low
2009 * dh_clean: clean debian/tmp even if v2 is being used. If you're
2010 using dh_movefiles, stuff may well be left in there, and it needs to be
2013 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 3 Jul 1999 13:23:46 -0700
2015 debhelper (2.0.04) unstable; urgency=low
2017 * Patch from Raphael Hertzog <rhertzog@hrnet.fr> to make dh_perl support a
2018 -d flag that makes it add a dependancy on the sppropriate perl-XXX-base
2019 package. Few packages will really need this. (Closes: #40631)
2021 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 2 Jul 1999 11:22:00 -0700
2023 debhelper (2.0.03) unstable; urgency=low
2025 * Depend on file >= 2.23-1, because dh_perl uses file -b, introduced at
2026 that version. (Closes: #40589)
2028 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 1 Jul 1999 14:41:12 -0700
2030 debhelper (2.0.02) unstable; urgency=low
2032 * If you're going to use v2, it's reccommended you call
2033 "dh_testversion 2". Added a note about that to doc/v2.
2034 * Dh_Lib.pm compat: if a version that is greater than the highest
2035 supported compatability level is specified, abort with an error. Perhaps
2036 there will be a debhelper v3 some day...
2038 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 1 Jul 1999 14:08:14 -0700
2040 debhelper (2.0.01) unstable; urgency=low
2042 * Actually include doc/v2 this time round.
2044 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 1 Jul 1999 14:01:55 -0700
2046 debhelper (2.0.00) unstable; urgency=low
2048 * Don't let the version number fool you. Debhelper v2 is here, but just
2049 barely. That's what all the zero's mean. :-)
2050 * If DH_COMPAT=2, then debian/<package> will be used for the temporary
2051 build directory for all packages. debian/tmp is no more! (Well, except
2052 dh_movefiles still uses it.)
2053 * debhelper.1: documented this.
2054 * Dh_lib.pm: added compat(), pass in a number, it returns true if the
2055 current compatability level is equal to that number.
2056 * doc/PROGRAMMING: documented that.
2057 * debhelper itself now builds using DH_COMPAT=2.
2058 * dh_debstd forces DH_COMPAT=1, because it needs to stay compatable with
2061 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 1 Jul 1999 13:37:58 -0700
2063 debhelper (1.9.00) unstable; urgency=low
2065 * This is a release of debhelper in preparation for debhelper v2.
2066 * doc/v2: added, documented status of v2 changes.
2067 * README: mention doc/v2
2068 * debhelper.1: docuimented DH_COMPAT
2069 * examples/*: added DH_COMAPT=1 to top of rules files
2071 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 1 Jul 1999 13:16:41 -0700
2073 debhelper (1.2.83) unstable; urgency=medium
2075 * dh_perl: fixed substvars typo. Urgency medium since a lot of people will
2076 be using this script RSN.
2078 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 1 Jul 1999 11:44:05 -0700
2080 debhelper (1.2.82) unstable; urgency=low
2082 * dh_installinit: applied patch from Yann Dirson <ydirson@multimania.com>
2083 to make it look for init.d scripts matching the --init-script parameter.
2084 This is only useful if, like Yann, you have packages that need to install
2085 more than 1 init script.
2087 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 1999 11:38:05 -0700
2089 debhelper (1.2.81) unstable; urgency=low
2091 * dh_link: fixed bug #40159 and added a regression test for it. It was
2092 failing if it was given absolute filenames.
2094 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 1999 10:12:44 -0700
2096 debhelper (1.2.80) unstable; urgency=low
2098 * Changed perl version detection.
2099 * Changed call to find.
2101 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 24 Jun 1999 16:48:53 -0700
2103 debhelper (1.2.79) unstable; urgency=low
2105 * Added dh_perl by Raphael Hertzog <rhertzog@hrnet.fr>. dh_perl handles
2106 finding dependancies of perl scripts, plus deleting those annoying
2108 * I don't think dh_perl is going to be useful until the new version of
2111 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 24 Jun 1999 14:47:55 -0700
2113 debhelper (1.2.78) unstable; urgency=low
2115 * Really include dh_installpam.
2117 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 15 Jun 1999 09:00:36 -0700
2119 debhelper (1.2.77) unstable; urgency=low
2121 * dh_installpam: new program by Sean <shaleh@foo.livenet.net>
2122 * Wrote man page for same.
2124 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 11 Jun 1999 13:08:04 -0700
2126 debhelper (1.2.76) unstable; urgency=low
2128 * dh_fixperms: Do not use chmod/chown -R at all anymore, instead it uses
2129 the (slower) find then chown method. Necessary because the -R methods will
2130 happyily attempt to chown a dangling symlink, which makes them fail.
2133 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 7 Jun 1999 20:20:01 -0700
2135 debhelper (1.2.75) unstable; urgency=low
2137 * dh_installemacsen: fixed perms of install, remove scripts.
2140 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 7 Jun 1999 14:42:12 -0700
2142 debhelper (1.2.74) unstable; urgency=low
2144 * dh_installmanpages: recognizes gzipped man pages and installs them.
2145 This is an experimental change, one problem is if your man page isn't
2146 already gzip-9'd, it will be in violation of policy. (closes: #38673)
2147 * The previous fix to dh_installemacsen was actually quite necessary - the
2148 x bit was being set!
2150 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 3 Jun 1999 15:14:27 -0700
2152 debhelper (1.2.73) unstable; urgency=low
2154 * dh_installemacsen: make sure files are installed mode 0644. Not strictly
2155 necessary since dh_fixperms fixes them if you have a wacky umask, but oh
2156 well. (Closes: 38900)
2158 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 3 Jun 1999 14:50:42 -0700
2160 debhelper (1.2.72) unstable; urgency=low
2162 * dh_installemacsen: use debian/package.emacsen-startup, not
2163 debian/package.emacsen-init. The former has always been documented to
2164 work on the man page (closes: #38898).
2166 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 3 Jun 1999 14:16:57 -0700
2168 debhelper (1.2.71) unstable; urgency=low
2170 * Fixed a typo (closes: #38881)
2172 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 3 Jun 1999 13:23:23 -0700
2174 debhelper (1.2.70) unstable; urgency=low
2176 * dh_installmanpages: Properly quoted metacharacters in $dir in regexp.
2179 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 25 May 1999 14:12:30 -0700
2181 debhelper (1.2.69) unstable; urgency=low
2183 * Don't include Test.pm in the binary package.
2185 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 23 May 1999 19:29:27 -0700
2187 debhelper (1.2.68) unstable; urgency=low
2189 * doc/README: updated example of using #DEBHELPER# in a perl script, with
2190 help from Julian Gilbey.
2191 * dh_link: generate absolute symlinks where appropriate. The links
2192 generated before were wrong simetimes (#37774)
2193 * Started writing a regression test suite for debhelper. Currently covers
2194 only the above bugfix and a few more dh_link tests.
2195 * Tossed Test.pm into the package (for regression tests) until we get perl
2196 5.005 which contains that package. That file is licenced the same as perl.
2197 * dh_installchangelogs: force all installed files to be owned by root
2200 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 16 May 1999 17:18:44 -0700
2202 debhelper (1.2.67) unstable; urgency=low
2204 * dh_installmodules: fixed type that made the program not work.
2206 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 12 May 1999 00:25:05 -0700
2208 debhelper (1.2.66) unstable; urgency=low
2210 * examples/rules.multi: dh_shlibdeps must be run before dh_gencontrol
2213 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 14:03:05 -0700
2215 debhelper (1.2.65) unstable; urgency=low
2219 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 6 May 1999 21:46:03 -0700
2221 debhelper (1.2.64) unstable; urgency=low
2223 * dh_installmime: new command (#37093, #32684).
2225 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 3 May 1999 13:37:34 -0700
2227 debhelper (1.2.63) unstable; urgency=low
2229 * dh_installxaw: updated to work with xaw-wrappers 0.90 and above. It
2230 actually has to partially parse the xaw-wrappers config files now.
2232 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 2 May 1999 19:13:34 -0700
2234 debhelper (1.2.62) unstable; urgency=low
2236 * dh_installemacsen: added support for site-start files. Added --flavor
2237 and --number to control details of installation. (#36832)
2239 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 2 May 1999 15:31:58 -0700
2241 debhelper (1.2.61) unstable; urgency=low
2243 * dh_md5sums.1: dh_md5sums is not deprecated, AFAIK, but the manpage has
2244 somehow been modified to say it was at version 1.2.45.
2246 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 26 Apr 1999 19:54:04 -0700
2248 debhelper (1.2.60) unstable; urgency=low
2250 * dh_installexamples.1: recycled docs fix.
2252 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 26 Apr 1999 17:19:07 -0700
2254 debhelper (1.2.59) unstable; urgency=low
2256 * dh_builddeb: added --destdir option, which lets you tell it where
2257 to put the generated .deb's. Default is .. of course.
2259 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 22 Apr 1999 22:02:01 -0700
2261 debhelper (1.2.58) unstable; urgency=low
2263 * autoscripts/postinst-suid: use /#FILE# in elif test (#36297).
2265 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 18 Apr 1999 22:33:52 -0700
2267 debhelper (1.2.57) unstable; urgency=low
2269 * examples/*: killed trailing spaces after diff: target
2271 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 12 Apr 1999 22:02:32 -0700
2273 debhelper (1.2.56) unstable; urgency=low
2275 * dh_suidregister: make the chown/chmod only happen if the file actually
2276 exists. This is useful if you have conffiles that have permissions and
2277 may be deleted. (#35845)
2279 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 10 Apr 1999 13:35:23 -0700
2281 debhelper (1.2.55) unstable; urgency=low
2283 * Various man page enhancements.
2284 * dh_md5sums: supports -X to make it skip including files in the
2287 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 18:21:58 -0700
2289 debhelper (1.2.54) unstable; urgency=low
2291 * dh_installinit.1: man page fixups (#34160).
2292 * *.1: the date of each man page is now automatically updated when
2293 debhelper is built to be the last modification time of the man page.
2295 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 8 Apr 1999 20:28:00 -0700
2297 debhelper (1.2.53) unstable; urgency=low
2299 * dh_compress: leave .taz and .tgz files alone. Previously trying to
2300 compress such files caused gzip to fail and the whole command to fail.
2301 Probably fixes #35677. Actually, it now skips files with a whole
2302 range of odd suffixes that gzip refuses to compress, including "_z" and
2304 * dh_compress.1: updated docs to reflect this, and to give the new
2305 suggested starting point if you want to write your own debian/compress
2308 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 7 Apr 1999 02:20:14 -0700
2310 debhelper (1.2.52) unstable; urgency=low
2312 * dh_installmodules: new program, closes #32546.
2314 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 1 Apr 1999 17:25:37 -0800
2316 debhelper (1.2.51) unstable; urgency=low
2318 * Another very minor typo fix.
2320 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 1 Apr 1999 14:04:02 -0800
2322 debhelper (1.2.50) unstable; urgency=low
2324 * Very minor typo fix.
2326 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 26 Mar 1999 17:27:01 -0800
2328 debhelper (1.2.49) unstable; urgency=low
2330 * dh_fixperms: if called with -X, was attempting to change permissions of
2331 even symlinks. This could have even caused it to follow the symlinks and
2332 modify files on the build system in some cases. Ignores them now. (#35102)
2334 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 24 Mar 1999 13:21:49 -0800
2336 debhelper (1.2.48) unstable; urgency=low
2338 * dh_fixperms.1: improved documentation. (#34968)
2340 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 23 Mar 1999 19:11:01 -0800
2342 debhelper (1.2.47) unstable; urgency=low
2344 * doc/README: updated the example of including debhelper shell script
2345 fragments inside a perl program -- the old method didn't work with shell
2346 variables properly (#34850).
2348 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 21 Mar 1999 13:25:33 -0800
2350 debhelper (1.2.46) unstable; urgency=low
2352 * doc/README: pointer to maint-guide.
2354 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 18 Mar 1999 21:04:57 -0800
2356 debhelper (1.2.45) unstable; urgency=low
2358 * dh_installwm.1: fixed two errors (#34534, #34535)
2359 * debhelper.1: list all other debhelper commands with synopses
2360 (automatically generated by build process).
2362 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 14 Mar 1999 11:33:39 -0800
2364 debhelper (1.2.44) unstable; urgency=medium
2366 * dh_fixperms: has been mostly broken when used with -X, corrected this.
2368 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 13 Mar 1999 17:25:59 -0800
2370 debhelper (1.2.43) unstable; urgency=low
2372 * dh_compress.1: man page fixes (Closes: #33858).
2373 * dh_compress: now it can handle compressing arbitrary numbers of files,
2374 spawning gzip multiple times like xargs does, if necessary.
2376 * Dh_Lib.pm: added xargs() command.
2378 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 9 Mar 1999 14:57:09 -0800
2380 debhelper (1.2.42) unstable; urgency=low
2382 * dh_m5sums: don't generate bogus md5sums file if the package contains no
2383 files. Yes, someone found a legitimate reason to do that.
2385 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 25 Feb 1999 00:03:47 -0800
2387 debhelper (1.2.41) unstable; urgency=low
2389 * README: minor typo fix.
2391 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 20 Feb 1999 23:30:00 -0800
2393 debhelper (1.2.40) unstable; urgency=low
2395 * Let's just say 1.2.39 is not a good version of debhelper to use and
2396 leave it at that. :-)
2398 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 20 Feb 1999 22:55:27 -0800
2400 debhelper (1.2.39) unstable; urgency=low
2402 * dh_installcron: install files in cron.d with correct perms.
2404 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 20 Feb 1999 22:28:38 -0800
2406 debhelper (1.2.38) unstable; urgency=low
2408 * dh_clean: don't try to delete directories named "core".
2410 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 20 Feb 1999 19:13:40 -0800
2412 debhelper (1.2.37) unstable; urgency=low
2414 * dh_installdocs: Patch from Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com>, fixes regexp error (Closes: #33431).
2415 * dh_installxaw: new program by Daniel Martin
2416 <Daniel.Martin@jhu.edu>, handles xaw-wrappers integration.
2417 * dh_installxaw.1: wrote man page.
2419 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 18 Feb 1999 17:32:53 -0800
2421 debhelper (1.2.36) unstable; urgency=low
2423 * dh_compress.1: Fixed typo in man page. (Closes: #33364)
2424 * autoscripts/postinst-menu-method: fixed typo. (Closes: #33376)
2426 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 14 Feb 1999 13:45:18 -0800
2428 debhelper (1.2.35) unstable; urgency=low
2430 * Dh_Lib.pm filearray(): Deal with multiple spaces and spaces at the
2431 beginning of lines in files. (closes: #33161)
2433 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 9 Feb 1999 21:01:07 -0800
2435 debhelper (1.2.34) unstable; urgency=low
2437 * dh_clean: added -d flag (also --dirs-only) that will make it clean only
2438 tmp dirs. (closes: #30807)
2439 * dh_installdocs: to support packages that need multiple doc-base files,
2440 will now look for debian/<package>.doc-base.<doc-id>.
2441 * dh_compress: removed warning message (harmless).
2443 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 6 Feb 1999 17:48:33 -0800
2445 debhelper (1.2.33) unstable; urgency=low
2447 * dh_compress: verbose_print() cd's.
2448 * dh_compress: clear the hash of hard links when we loop - was making
2449 dh_compress fail on multi-binary packages that had harlinks. Thanks to
2450 Craig Small for spotting this.
2452 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 4 Feb 1999 20:19:37 -0800
2454 debhelper (1.2.32) unstable; urgency=low
2456 * dh_suidmanager: if it cannot determine the user name or group name from
2457 the uid or gid, it will pass the uid or gid to suidmanager. This should
2458 probably never happen, but it's good to be safe.
2460 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 4 Feb 1999 16:00:35 -0800
2462 debhelper (1.2.31) unstable; urgency=low
2464 * dh_installinit.1: minor typo fix (closes: #32753)
2466 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 2 Feb 1999 14:32:46 -0800
2468 debhelper (1.2.30) unstable; urgency=low
2470 * dh_fixperms: cut down the number of chmod commands that are executed
2471 from 3 to 1, no change in functionality.
2473 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 1 Feb 1999 17:05:29 -0800
2475 debhelper (1.2.29) unstable; urgency=high
2477 * Do not include bogus chsh, chfn, passwd links in debhelper binary!
2478 These were acidentially left in after dh_link testing I did as I was
2479 working on the last version of debhelper.
2481 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 25 Jan 1999 20:26:46 -0800
2483 debhelper (1.2.28) unstable; urgency=low
2485 * dh_link: fixed bug that prevent multiple links to the same source from
2486 being made. (#23255)
2488 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 24 Jan 1999 19:46:33 -0800
2490 debhelper (1.2.27) unstable; urgency=low
2492 * autoscripts/*menu*: "test", not "text"!
2494 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 19 Jan 1999 15:18:52 -0800
2496 debhelper (1.2.26) unstable; urgency=low
2498 * dh_installdocs: use prerm-doc-base script fragement. Was using
2499 postrm-doc-base, for some weird reason.
2501 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 18 Jan 1999 13:36:40 -0800
2503 debhelper (1.2.25) unstable; urgency=low
2505 * autoscripts/*menu*: It turns out that "command" is like test -w, it will
2506 still return true if update-menus is not executable. This can
2507 legitimatly happen if you are upgrading the menu package, and it makes
2508 postinsts that use command fail. Reverted to using test -x. Packages
2509 built with debhelper >= 1.2.21 that use menus should be rebuilt.
2511 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 16 Jan 1999 13:47:16 -0800
2513 debhelper (1.2.24) unstable; urgency=low
2515 * dh_fixperms: linux 2.1.x and 2.2.x differ from earlier versions in that
2516 they do not clear the suid bit on a file when the owner of that file
2517 changes. It seems that fakeroot behaves the same as linux 2.1 here. I
2518 was relying on the old behavior to get rid of suid and sgid bits on files.
2519 Since this no longer happens implicitly, I've changed to clearing the
2521 * There's also a small behavior change involved here. Before, dh_fixperms
2522 did not clear suid permissions on files that were already owned by root.
2524 * dh_fixperms.1: cleaned up the docs to mention that those bits are
2527 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 15 Jan 1999 16:54:44 -0800
2529 debhelper (1.2.23) unstable; urgency=low
2531 * autoscripts/postrm-wm: use "=", not "==" (#31727).
2533 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 11 Jan 1999 13:35:00 -0800
2535 debhelper (1.2.22) unstable; urgency=low
2537 * Reversed change in last version; don't clobber mode (#31628).
2539 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 8 Jan 1999 15:01:25 -0800
2541 debhelper (1.2.21) unstable; urgency=low
2543 * dh_installdocs: Added doc-base support, if debian/<package>.doc-base
2544 exists, it will be installed as a doc-base control file. If you use this,
2545 you probably want to add "dh_testversion 1.2.21" to the rules file to make
2546 sure your package is built with a new enough debhelper.
2547 * dh_installdocs: now supports -n to make it not modify postinst/prerm.
2548 * dh_suidregister: turned off leading 0/1 in permissions settings, until
2549 suidregister actually supports it.
2550 * autoscripts/*: instead of "text -x", use "command -v" to see if various
2551 binaries exist. This gets rid of lots of hard-coded paths.
2553 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 30 Dec 1998 22:50:04 -0500
2555 debhelper (1.2.20) unstable; urgency=low
2557 * dh_compress: handle the hard link stuff properly, it was broken. Also
2560 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 23 Dec 1998 19:53:03 -0500
2562 debhelper (1.2.19) unstable; urgency=low
2564 * dh_listpackages: new command. Takes the standard options taken by other
2565 debhelper commands, and just outputs a list of the binary packages a
2566 debhelper command would act on. Added because of bug #30626, and because
2567 of wn's truely ugly use of debhelper internals to get the same info (and
2568 because it's just 4 lines of code ;-).
2569 * dh_compress: is now smart about compressing files that are hardlinks.
2570 When possible, will only compress one file, delete the hardlinks, and
2571 re-make hardlinks to the compressed file, saving some disk space.
2573 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 22:26:41 -0500
2575 debhelper (1.2.18) unstable; urgency=medium
2577 * dh_fixperms: was not fixing permissions of files in usr/doc/ to 644,
2578 this has been broken since version 1.2.3.
2580 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 6 Dec 1998 23:35:35 -0800
2582 debhelper (1.2.17) unstable; urgency=low
2584 * dh_makeshlibs: relaxed regexp to find library name and number a little so
2585 it will work on libraries with a major but no minor version in their
2586 filename (examples of such: libtcl8.0.so.1, libBLT-unoff.so.1)
2587 * dh_movefiles: added --sourcedir option to make it move files out of
2588 some directory besides debian/tmp (#30221)
2590 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 4 Dec 1998 13:56:57 -0800
2592 debhelper (1.2.16) unstable; urgency=low
2594 * dh_installchangelogs: now detects html changelogs and installs them as
2595 changelog.html.gz, to comply with latest policy (which I disagree with
2597 * manpages: updated policy version numbers.
2598 * dh_installdocs: behavior change: all docs are now installed mode 644.
2599 I have looked and it doesn't seem this will actually affect any packages
2600 in debian. This is useful only if you want to use dh_installdocs and not
2601 dh_fixperms, and that's the only time this behavior change will have any
2602 effect, either. (#30118)
2604 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 3 Dec 1998 23:31:56 -0800
2606 debhelper (1.2.15) unstable; urgency=low
2608 * Just a re-upload, last upload failed for some obscure reason.
2610 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 29 Nov 1998 13:07:44 -0800
2612 debhelper (1.2.14) unstable; urgency=low
2614 * Really fixed #29762 this time. This also fixes #30025, which asked that
2615 dh_makeshlibs come before dh_shlibdeps, so the files it generates can
2616 also be used as a shlibs.local file, which will be used by dh_shlibdeps.
2618 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 04:00:14 -0800
2620 debhelper (1.2.13) unstable; urgency=low
2622 * Spelling and typo fixes.
2624 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 15:23:55 -0800
2626 debhelper (1.2.12) unstable; urgency=low
2628 * examples/*: moved dh_makeshlibs call to before dh_installdeb call.
2629 (#29762). This is just so if you replace dh_makeshlibs with something
2630 that generates debian/shlibs, it still gets installed properly.
2631 * dh_suidregister: use names instead of uid's and gid's, at request of
2632 suidregister maintainer (#29802).
2634 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 21 Nov 1998 13:13:10 -0800
2636 debhelper (1.2.11) unstable; urgency=low
2638 * dh_movefiles: if given absolute filenames to move (note that that is
2639 *wrong*), it will move relative files anyway. Related to bug #29761.
2640 * dh_link: made relative links work right. (I hope!)
2642 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 20:21:51 -0800
2644 debhelper (1.2.10) unstable; urgency=low
2646 * examples/*: added dh_link calls to example rules files.
2648 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:43:07 -0800
2650 debhelper (1.2.9) unstable; urgency=low
2652 * Added dh_link, which generates policy complient symlinks in binary
2653 packages, painlessly.
2655 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 19 Nov 1998 18:43:36 -0800
2657 debhelper (1.2.8) unstable; urgency=low
2659 * Suggest dh-make (#29376).
2661 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 18 Nov 1998 02:29:47 -0800
2663 debhelper (1.2.7) unstable; urgency=low
2665 * dh_movefiles: Fixed another bug.
2667 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 16 Nov 1998 12:53:05 -0800
2669 debhelper (1.2.6) unstable; urgency=low
2671 * dh_movefiles: fixed non-integer comparison (#29476)
2673 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 15 Nov 1998 13:03:09 -0800
2675 debhelper (1.2.5) unstable; urgency=low
2677 * The perl conversion is complete.
2679 * dh_compress: perlized (yay, perl has readlink, no more ls -l | awk
2681 * dh_lib, dh_getopt.pl: deleted, nothing uses them anymore.
2682 * debian/rules: don't install above 2 files.
2683 * doc/PROGRAMMING: removed all documentation of the old shell library
2686 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 13 Nov 1998 15:36:57 -0800
2688 debhelper (1.2.4) unstable; urgency=low
2690 * dh_debstd, dh_movefiles: perlized.
2691 * dh_debstd: fixed -c option.
2692 * dh_installinit: fixed minor perl -w warning.
2693 * Only 1 shell script remains! (But it's a doozy..)
2695 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 13 Nov 1998 13:29:39 -0800
2697 debhelper (1.2.3) unstable; urgency=low
2699 * dh_fixperms, dh_installdebfiles, dh_installdeb: perlized
2700 * dh_suidregister: perlized, with help from Che_Fox (and Tom Christianson,
2702 * dh_suidregister: include leading 0 (or 1 for sticky, etc) in file
2704 * Only 3 more to go and it'll be 100% perl.
2705 * Made $dh{EXCLUDE_FIND} available to perl scripts.
2707 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 10 Nov 1998 15:47:43 -0800
2709 debhelper (1.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
2711 * dh_du, dh_shlibdeps, dh_undocumented: rewrite in perl.
2712 * dh_undocumented: shortened the symlink used for section 7 undocumented
2713 man pages, since it can link to undocuemented.7.gz in the same directory.
2715 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 10 Nov 1998 13:40:22 -0800
2717 debhelper (1.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
2719 * dh_strip, dh_installinit: rewrite in perl.
2721 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 9 Nov 1998 20:04:12 -0800
2723 debhelper (1.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
2725 * A new unstable dist means I'm back to converting more of debhelper to
2726 perl.. Since 1.1 has actually stabalized, I've upped this to 1.2.
2727 * dh_md5sums: rewritten in perl, for large speed gain under some
2728 circumstances (old version called perl sometimes, once per package.)
2729 * dh_installmenu, dh_installemacsen, dh_installwm: perlized.
2730 * Dh_Lib.pm: made autoscript() really work.
2732 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 9 Nov 1998 13:04:16 -0800
2734 debhelper (1.1.24) unstable; urgency=low
2736 * dh_suidregister: remove suid/sgid bits from all files registered. The
2737 reason is this: if you're using suidmanager, and you want a file that
2738 ships suid to never be suid on your system, shipping it suid in the .deb
2739 will create a window where it is suid before suidmanager fixes it's
2740 permissions. This change should be transparent to users and developers.
2742 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 27 Oct 1998 18:19:48 -0800
2744 debhelper (1.1.23) unstable; urgency=low
2746 * dh_clean: At the suggestion of James Troup <james@nocrew.org> now deletes
2747 files named *.P in .deps/ subdirectories. They are generated by automake.
2749 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 24 Oct 1998 15:14:53 -0700
2751 debhelper (1.1.22) unstable; urgency=low
2753 * dh_fixperms: quoting fix from Roderick Schertler <roderick@argon.org>
2754 * Added support for register-window-manager command which will be in a new
2755 (as yet unreleased) xbase. Now a new dh_installwm program handles
2756 registration of a window manager and the necessary modifications to
2757 postinst and postrm. It's safe to go ahead and start using this for your
2758 window manager packages, just note that it won't do anything until the new
2759 xbase is out, and that due to the design of register-window-manager, if
2760 your wm is installed before a xbase that supports register-window-manager
2761 is installed, the window manager will never be registered. (#20971)
2763 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 14 Oct 1998 23:08:04 -0700
2765 debhelper (1.1.21) unstable; urgency=low
2767 * Added install to .PHONY target of example rules files.
2769 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 11 Oct 1998 22:36:10 -0700
2771 debhelper (1.1.20) unstable; urgency=low
2773 * Added a --same-arch flag, that is useful in the rare case when you have
2774 a package that builds only for 1 architecture, as part of a multi-part,
2775 multi-architecture source package. (Ie, netscape-dmotif).
2776 * Modified dh_installinit -r so it does start the daemon on the initial
2779 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 2 Oct 1998 15:55:13 -0700
2781 debhelper (1.1.19) unstable; urgency=low
2783 * dh_installmanpages: look at basename of man pacges specified on command
2784 line to skip, for backwards compatability.
2786 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 10 Sep 1998 11:31:42 -0700
2788 debhelper (1.1.18) unstable; urgency=low
2790 * dh_installemacsen: substitute package name for #PACKAGE# when setting
2791 up postinst and prerm (#26560).
2793 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 8 Sep 1998 14:24:30 -0700
2795 debhelper (1.1.17) unstable; urgency=low
2797 * dh_strip: on Richard Braakman's advice, strip the .comment and .note
2798 sections of shared libraries.
2799 * Added DH_OPTIONS environment variable - anything in it will be treated
2800 as additional command line arguments by all debhelper commands. This in
2801 useful in some situations, for example, if you need to pass -p to all
2802 debhelper commands that will be run. If you use DH_OPTIONS, be sure to
2803 use dh_testversion 1.1.17 - older debhelpers will ignore it and do
2804 things you don't want them to.
2805 * Made -N properly exclude packages when no -i, -a, or -p flags are
2806 present. It didn't before, which was a bug.
2808 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 7 Sep 1998 17:33:19 -0700
2810 debhelper (1.1.16) unstable; urgency=low
2812 * dh_fixperms: remove execute bits from static libraries as well as
2813 shared libraries. (#26414)
2815 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 4 Sep 1998 14:46:37 -0700
2817 debhelper (1.1.15) unstable; urgency=medium
2819 * dh_installmanpages: the new perl version had a nasty habit of
2820 installing .so.x library files as man pages. Fixed.
2821 * dh_installmanpages: the code to exclude searching for man pages in
2822 debian/tmp directories was broken. Fixed.
2824 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 31 Aug 1998 00:05:17 -0700
2826 debhelper (1.1.14) unstable; urgency=low
2828 * Debhelper now has a web page at http://kitenet.net/programs/debhelper/
2830 * Added code to debian/rules to update the web page when I release new
2832 * dh_compress: since version 0.88 or so, dh_compress has bombed out if
2833 a debian/compress file returned an error code. This was actually
2834 unintentional - in fact, the debian/compress example in the man page
2835 will fail this way if usr/info or usr/X11R6 is not present. Corrected
2836 the program to not fail. (#26214)
2838 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 30 Aug 1998 22:15:44 -0700
2840 debhelper (1.1.13) unstable; urgency=low
2842 * dh_installmanpages: rewritten in perl. Allows me to fix bug #26221 (long
2843 symlink problem after .so conversion), and is about twice as fast.
2845 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 29 Aug 1998 22:06:06 -0700
2847 debhelper (1.1.12) unstable; urgency=low
2849 * dh_installdocs: forgot to pass package name to isnative(). Any native
2850 debian package that had a debian/TODO would have it installed with the
2851 wrong name, and debhelper would warn of undefined values for some
2854 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 27 Aug 1998 12:35:42 -0700
2856 debhelper (1.1.11) unstable; urgency=low
2858 * dh_installchangelogs: added -k flag, that will make it install a symlink
2859 to the original name of the upstream changelog.
2861 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 20 Aug 1998 15:40:40 -0700
2863 debhelper (1.1.10) unstable; urgency=low
2865 * It's come to my attention that a few packages use filename globbing in
2866 debian/{docs,examples,whatever} files and expect that to work. It used
2867 to work before the perl conversion, but it was never _documented_, or
2868 intented to work. If you use this in your packages, they are broken and
2869 need fixing (and will refuse to build with current versions of debhelper).
2870 I apologize for the inconvenience.
2872 * dh_clean: fixed a bug, intorduced in version 1.1.8, where it didn't
2873 remove debian/files properly.
2874 * dh_shlibdeps, dh_testdir, dh_testroot, dh_testversion: converted to perl.
2875 * Encode the version of debhelper in a sepererate file, so dh_testversion
2876 doesn't have to be generated when a new version of debhelper is built.
2877 * Removed bogus menu file.
2879 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 17 Aug 1998 14:15:17 -0700
2881 debhelper (1.1.9) unstable; urgency=low
2883 * dh_fixperms: has been removing the +x bits of all doc/*/examples/* files
2884 since version 0.97 or so. Fixed.
2886 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 16 Aug 1998 17:11:48 -0700
2888 debhelper (1.1.8) unstable; urgency=low
2890 * Dh_Lib.pm: made U_PARAMS an array of parameters.
2891 * Dh_Lib.pm: fixed bug in the escaping code, numbers don't need to be
2892 escaped. Also, no longer escape "-".
2893 * dh_clean, dh_gencontrol, dh_installcron: converted to perl.
2894 * dh_gencontrol.1, dh_gencontrol: the man page had said that
2895 --update-rcd-params was equivilant to -u for this program. You should
2896 really use --dpkg-gencontrol-params.
2898 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 14 Aug 1998 14:07:35 -0700
2900 debhelper (1.1.7) unstable; urgency=low
2902 * examples/rules.multi: moved dh_movefiles into the install section.
2903 * doc/README: Added a note explaining why above change was necessary.
2904 * Dh_Lib.pm: escape_shell(): now escapes the full range of special
2905 characters recognized by bash (and ksh). Thanks to Branden Robinson
2906 <branden@purdue.edu> for looking that up.
2908 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 23:32:05 -0700
2910 debhelper (1.1.6) unstable; urgency=low
2912 * dh_movefiles: don't die on symlinks (#25642). (Hope I got the fix right
2915 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 20:11:13 -0700
2917 debhelper (1.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
2919 * dh_builddeb, dh_installchangelogs: converted to perl.
2920 * dh_installdirs: converted to perl, getting rid of nasty chdir en-route.
2921 * dh_installdirs: now you can use absolute directory names too if you
2923 * doc/PROGRAMMING: updated to cover new perl modules.
2924 * Dh_Lib.pm: doit(): when printing out commands that have run, escape
2925 metacharacters in the output. I probably don't escape out all the
2926 characters I should, but this is just a convenience to the user anyway.
2927 * dh_installdebfiles: it's been broken forever, I fixed it. Obviously
2928 nobody uses it anymore, which is good, since it's deprected :-)
2930 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 15:23:34 -0700
2932 debhelper (1.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
2934 * dh_movefiles: fixed bug introduced in 1.1.1 where it would fail in some
2935 cases if you tried to move a broken symlink.
2936 * dh_installdocs: was only operating on the first package.
2937 * dh_installexamples: rewritten in perl.
2938 * Dh_Lib.pm: all multiple package operations were broken.
2939 * Dh_Lib.pm: implemented complex_doit() and autoscript().
2940 * Made all perl code work with use strict and -w (well, except
2941 dh_getopt.pl, but that's a hack that'll go away one day).
2942 * I didn't realize, but rewriting dh_installdocs in perl fixed bug #24686
2943 (blank lines in debian/docs file problem), although this same problem
2944 applies to other debhelper programs... like dh_installexamples, which had
2945 the same bug fixed when I rewrote it in perl just now.
2946 * Dh_Lib.pm: accidentially didn't check DH_VERBOSE if commands were not
2947 passed any switches.
2948 * Dh_Getopt.pm: --noscripts was broken.
2950 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 12:44:04 -0700
2952 debhelper (1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2954 * dh_md5sums: -x was broken since version 1.1.1 - fixed.
2955 * dh_lib: removed get_arch_indep_packages() function that hasn't been used
2956 at all for a long while.
2957 * Added Dh_Lib.pm, a translation of dh_lib into perl.
2958 * dh_getopt.pl: moved most of it into new Dh_Getopt.pm module, rewriting
2959 large chunks in the process.
2960 * dh_installdocs: completly rewritten in perl. Now it's faster and it can
2961 install many oddly named files it died on before.
2962 * dh_installdocs: fixed a bug that installed TODO files mode 655 in native
2965 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 10 Aug 1998 15:01:15 -0700
2967 debhelper (1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
2969 * dh_strip: added -X to specify files to not strip (#25590).
2970 * Added dh_installemacsen, for automatic registration with emacsen-common
2972 * Preliminary thoughts in TODO about converting entire debhelper programs
2975 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 10 Aug 1998 13:35:17 -0700
2977 debhelper (1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2979 * dh_movefiles: try to move all files specified, and only then bomb out if
2980 some of the file could not be found. Makes it easier for some packages
2981 that don't always have the same files in them.
2982 * dh_compress: any parameters passed to it on the command line specify
2983 additional files to be compressed in the first package acted on.
2984 * dh_compress: recognize standard -A parameter.
2986 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 8 Aug 1998 22:48:01 -0700
2988 debhelper (1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2990 * New unstable branch of debhelper.
2992 * TODO: list all current bugs, in order I plan to tackle them.
2993 * Added debhelper.1 man page, which groups all the debhelper options that
2994 are common to all commands in once place so I can add new options w/o
2995 updating 27 man pages.
2996 * dh_*.1: updated all debheper man pages to refer to debhelper(1) where
2997 appropriate. Also corrected a host of little errors.
2998 * doc/README: moved a lot of this file into debhelper.1.
2999 * dh_*: -N option now excludes a package from the list of packages the
3000 programs act on. (#25247)
3002 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 8 Aug 1998 17:49:56 -0700
3004 debhelper (1.0) stable unstable; urgency=low
3008 * This relelase is not really intended for stable. I throw a copy into
3009 stable-updates because I want it to be available as an upgrade for
3010 people using debian 2.0 (the current version in debian 2.0 has no
3011 critical bugs, but this version is of course a lot nicer), and I plan
3012 to start work on a new branch of debhelper that will fix many wishlist
3013 bug reports, and of course introduce many new bugs, and which will go
3016 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 8 Aug 1998 17:33:20 -0700
3018 debhelper (0.99.4) unstable; urgency=low
3020 * dh_debstd: only warn about scripts that actually lack #DEBHELPER#.
3023 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 7 Aug 1998 12:06:28 -0700
3025 debhelper (0.99.3) unstable; urgency=low
3027 * dh_movefiles: Fixed a over-eager sanity check introduced in the last
3030 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 3 Aug 1998 18:31:45 -0700
3032 debhelper (0.99.2) unstable; urgency=low
3034 * dh_movefiles: allow passing of files to move on the command line. Only
3035 rarely does this make sense. (#25197)
3037 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 30 Jul 1998 10:38:34 -0700
3039 debhelper (0.99.1) unstable; urgency=low
3041 * dh_installcron: now supports /etc/cron.d (#25112).
3043 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 27 Jul 1998 20:18:47 -0700
3045 debhelper (0.99) unstable; urgency=low
3047 * !!!! WARNING: Debhelper (specifically dh_compress) is broken with
3048 !!!! libtricks. Use fakeroot instead until this is fixed.
3049 * dh_compress: applied patch from Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
3050 to make it not fail if there are no candidates for compression (#24654).
3051 * Removed a whole debhelper-0.96 tree that had crept into the source
3052 package by accident.
3053 * Is version 1.0 next?
3055 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 10:03:21 -0700
3057 debhelper (0.98) unstable; urgency=low
3059 * dh_lib: isnative: pass -l<changelog> to dpkg-parsechangelog, to support
3060 odd packages with multiple different debian changelogs.
3061 * doc/PROGRAMMING: cleaned up the docs on DH_EXCLUDE_FIND.
3063 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 6 Jul 1998 12:45:13 -0700
3065 debhelper (0.97) unstable; urgency=low
3067 * doc/from-debstd: fixed a typo.
3068 * examples/*: install-stamp no longer depends on phony build targey; now
3069 install-stamp depends on build-stamp instead (#24234).
3070 * dh_fixperms: applied patch from Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
3071 to fix bad uses of the find command, so it should now work on packages
3072 with files with spaces in them (#22005). It's also much cleaner. Thanks,
3074 * dh_getopt.pl, doc/PROGRAMMING: added DH_EXCLUDE_FIND, to make the above
3077 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 5 Jul 1998 18:09:25 -0700
3079 debhelper (0.96) unstable; urgency=low
3081 * dh_movefiles: fixed serious breakage introduced in the last version.
3082 * dh_movefiles: really order all symlinks last.
3083 * some minor reorganization of the source tree.
3085 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jun 1998 21:53:45 -0700
3087 debhelper (0.95) unstable; urgency=low
3089 * dh_movefiles: move even very strangly named files. (#23775) Unfortunatly,
3090 I had to use a temporary file. Oh well..
3092 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jun 1998 17:16:17 -0700
3094 debhelper (0.94) unstable; urgency=low
3096 * dh_md5sums: fixed so it handles spaces and other odd characters in
3097 filenames correctly. (#23046, #23700, #22010)
3098 * As a side effect, got rid of the nasty temporary file dh_md5sums used
3101 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jun 1998 16:14:42 -0700
3103 debhelper (0.93) unstable; urgency=low
3105 * Depend on file, since several dh_*'s use it.
3107 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 19 Jun 1998 21:43:51 -0700
3109 debhelper (0.92) unstable; urgency=low
3111 * dh_gencontrol: pass -isp to dpkg-gencontrol to make it include section
3112 and priority info in the .deb file. Back in Jan 1998, this came up, and
3113 a consensus was reached on debian-devel that it was a good thing for
3116 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 19 Jun 1998 16:15:24 -0700
3118 debhelper (0.91) unstable; urgency=low
3120 * dh_installdocs: support debian/<package>.{README.Debian,TODO}
3122 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 17 Jun 1998 19:09:35 -0700
3124 debhelper (0.90) unstable; urgency=low
3126 * I'd like to thank Len Pikulski and Igor Grobman at nothinbut.net for
3127 providing me with free internet access on a moment's notice, so I could
3128 get this package to you after hacking on it all over New England for the
3129 past week. Thanks, guys!
3131 * Added dh_debstd, which mimics the functionality of the debstd command.
3132 It's not a complete nor an exact copy, and it's not so much intended to
3133 be used in a debian/rules file, as it is to be run by hand when you are
3134 converting a package from debstd to debhelper. "dh_debstd -v" will
3135 output the sequence of debhelper commands that approximate what debstd
3136 would do in the same situation.
3137 * dh_debstd is completly untested, I don't have the source to any packages
3138 that use debstd available. Once this is tested, I plan to release
3140 * Added a from-debstd document that gives a recipe to convert from debstd
3142 * dh_fixperms: can now use -X to exclude files from having their
3143 permissions changed.
3144 * dh_testroot: test for uid == 0, instead of username == root, becuase
3145 some people enjoy changing root's name.
3146 * dh_installinit: handle debian/init.d as well as debian/init files,
3147 for backwards compatability with debstd. Unlike with debstd, the two
3148 files are treated identically.
3149 * dh_lib, PROGRAMMING: added "warning" function.
3150 * Minor man page fixes.
3151 * dh_compress: don't bomb out if usr/doc/<package> is empty. (#23054)
3152 * dh_compress, dh_installdirs: always cd into $TMP and back out, even if
3153 --no-act is on. (#23054)
3155 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 1 Jun 1998 21:57:45 -0400
3157 debhelper (0.88) unstable; urgency=low
3159 * I had many hours on a train to hack on debhelper... enjoy!
3160 * dh_compress: always pass -f to gzip, to force compression.
3161 * dh_compress: added -X switch, to make it easy to specify files to
3162 exclude, without all the bother of a debian/compress script. You can
3163 use -X multiple times, too.
3164 * PROGRAMMING, dh_getopt.pl: DH_EXCLUDE is now a variable set by the
3165 --exclude (-X) switch. -x now sets DH_INCLUDE_CONFFILES.
3167 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 17 May 1998 11:26:09 -0700
3169 debhelper (0.87) unstable; urgency=low
3171 * dh_strip: strip .comment and .note, not comment and note, when stripping
3172 elf binaries. This makes for smaller output files. This has always been
3173 broken in debhelper before! (#22395)
3175 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 13 May 1998 11:54:29 -0700
3177 debhelper (0.86) unstable; urgency=low
3179 * dh_compress: don't try to re-compress *.gz files. Eliminates warning
3180 messages in some cases, shouldn't actually change the result at all.
3182 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 27 Apr 1998 15:21:33 -0700
3184 debhelper (0.85) unstable; urgency=low
3186 * Moved a few things around that were broken by Che's patch:
3187 - dh_installdirs should go in install target.
3188 - dh_clean should not run in binary targets.
3189 * This is just a quick fix to make it work, I'm not happy with it. I'm
3190 going to discuss my problems with it with Che, and either make a new
3191 version fixing them, or revert to 0.83.
3192 * So be warned that the example rules files are not currently in good
3193 shape if you're starting a new package.
3195 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 18 Apr 1998 23:30:38 -0700
3197 debhelper (0.84) unstable; urgency=low
3199 * Applied Che_Fox'x patches to example rules files, which makes them use
3200 an install target internally to move things into place in debian/tmp.
3202 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 9 Apr 1998 12:08:45 -0700
3204 debhelper (0.83) unstable; urgency=low
3206 * Generate symlinks in build stage of debian/rules. cvs cannot create them
3207 properly. Note that version 0.80 and 0.81 could not build some packages
3208 because of missing symlinks.
3210 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 31 Mar 1998 19:27:29 -0800
3212 debhelper (0.81) unstable; urgency=low
3214 * dh_movefiles: empty $tomove (#20495).
3216 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 31 Mar 1998 15:36:32 -0800
3218 debhelper (0.80) unstable; urgency=low
3220 * Moved under cvs (so I can fork a stable and an unstable version).
3221 * dh_movefiles: first move real files, then move symlinks. (#18220)
3222 Thanks to Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> and Adam Heath
3223 <adam.heath@usa.net> for help on the implementation.
3224 * dh_installchangelogs: use debian/package.changelog files if they exist
3225 rather than debian/changelog. It appears some people do need per-package
3227 * dh_gencontrol: if debian/package.changelogs files exist, use them.
3228 * Above 2 changes close #20442.
3230 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 30 Mar 1998 20:54:26 -0800
3232 debhelper (0.78) frozen unstable; urgency=low
3234 * More spelling fixes from Christian T. Steigies. (I ignored the spelling
3235 fixes to the changelog, though - too many, and a changelog isn't meant
3236 to be changed after the fact :-)
3237 * dh_fixperms: remove execute bits from .la files genrated by libtool.
3239 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 30 Mar 1998 12:44:42 -0800
3241 debhelper (0.77) frozen unstable; urgency=low
3243 * Fixed a nasty bug in dh_makeshlibs when it was called with -V, but with
3244 no version string after the -V.
3246 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 29 Mar 1998 16:08:27 -0800
3248 debhelper (0.76) frozen unstable; urgency=low
3250 * I intended version 0.75 to make it in before the freeze, and it did not.
3251 This is just to get it into frozen. There are no changes except bug
3254 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 26 Mar 1998 12:25:47 -0800
3256 debhelper (0.75) unstable; urgency=low
3258 * Actually exit if there is an unknown option on the command line (oooops!)
3259 * Fix .so file conversion to actually work (#19933).
3261 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 19 Mar 1998 11:54:58 -0800
3263 debhelper (0.74) unstable; urgency=low
3265 * dh_installmanpages: convert .so links to symlinks at last (#19829).
3266 * dh_installmanpages.1: documented that no, dh_installmanpages never
3267 installs symlink man pages from the source package (#19831).
3268 * dh_installmanpages: minor speedups
3269 * PROGRAMMING: numerous spelling fixes, thanks to Christian T. Steigies.
3270 Life is too short for me to spell check my technical documentation, but
3271 I always welcome corrections!
3273 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 17 Mar 1998 22:09:07 -0800
3275 debhelper (0.73) unstable; urgency=low
3277 * Fixed typo in dh_suidregister.1
3279 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 12 Mar 1998 16:30:27 -0800
3281 debhelper (0.72) unstable; urgency=low
3283 * Applied patch from Yann Dirson <ydirson@a2points.com> to add a
3284 --init-script parameter to dh_installinit. (#19227)
3285 * Documented this new switch.
3287 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 9 Mar 1998 17:12:04 -0800
3289 debhelper (0.71) unstable; urgency=low
3291 * dh_makeshlibs: -V flag was broken: if just -V was specified,
3292 dh_makeshlibs would die. Corrected this.
3293 * dh_lib: removed warning if the arguments passed to a debhelper command
3294 do not apply to the main package. It's been long enough so I'm 100% sure
3295 no packages use the old behavior.
3297 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 9 Mar 1998 11:46:59 -0800
3299 debhelper (0.70) unstable; urgency=low
3301 * dh_lib: autoscript(): no longer add the modification date to the
3302 comments aurrounding debhelper-added code. I don't think this date was
3303 gaining us anything, so let's remove it and save some disk space.
3305 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 8 Mar 1998 21:15:13 -0800
3307 debhelper (0.69) unstable; urgency=low
3309 * Refer to suidregister (8), not (1). Bug #19149.
3310 * Removed junk file from debian/ dir.
3312 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 8 Mar 1998 13:04:36 -0800
3314 debhelper (0.68) unstable; urgency=low
3316 * Document that README.debian files are installed as README.Debian (#19089).
3318 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 6 Mar 1998 17:48:32 -0800
3320 debhelper (0.67) unstable; urgency=low
3322 * Added PROGRAMMING document that describes the interface of dh_lib, to
3323 aid others in writing and understanding debhelper programs.
3325 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 6 Mar 1998 12:45:08 -0800
3327 debhelper (0.66) unstable; urgency=low
3329 * README, dh_testversion.1, dh_movefiles.1: more doc fixes.
3330 * dh_movefiles: don't check for package names to see if files are being
3331 moved from one package back into itself, instead, check tmp dir names.
3332 If you use this behavior, you should use "dh_testversion 0.66".
3334 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 2 Mar 1998 17:50:29 -0800
3336 debhelper (0.65) unstable; urgency=low
3338 * dh_installdocs.1, dh_movefiles.1: clarified documentation for Che.
3340 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 2 Mar 1998 17:20:39 -0800
3342 debhelper (0.64) unstable; urgency=low
3344 * Removed some junk (a whole old debhelper source tree!) that had gotten
3345 into the source package by accident.
3347 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 23 Feb 1998 20:23:34 -0800
3349 debhelper (0.63) unstable; urgency=low
3351 * Removed some debugging output from dh_installmanpages.
3352 * du_du: no longer does anything, becuase it has been decided on
3353 debian-policy that du control files are bad.
3354 * examples/*: removed dh_du calls.
3355 * debian/rules: removed dh_du call.
3356 * Modified dh_gencontrol, dh_makeshlibs, and dh_md5sums to generate files
3357 with the correct permissions even if the umask is set to unusual
3360 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 16 Feb 1998 23:34:36 -0800
3362 debhelper (0.62) unstable; urgency=low
3364 * dh_installmanpages: if the man page filename ends in 'x', install it in
3366 * TODO: expanded descriptions of stuff, in the hope someone else will get
3367 inspired to implement some of it.
3368 * Also added all wishlist bugs to the TODO.
3370 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 12 Feb 1998 22:38:53 -0800
3372 debhelper (0.61) unstable; urgency=low
3374 * dh_installmanpages: Add / to end of egrep -v regexp, fixes it so
3375 debian/icewm.1 can be found.
3377 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 11 Feb 1998 09:09:28 -0800
3379 debhelper (0.60) unstable; urgency=low
3381 * dh_fixperms: make all files readable and writable by owner
3382 (policy 3.3.8 paragraph 2).
3383 Lintian found lots of bugs that will be fixed by this change.
3385 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 9 Feb 1998 12:26:13 -0800
3387 debhelper (0.59) unstable; urgency=low
3389 * Added DH_NO_ACT and --no-act, which make debhelper commands run without
3390 actually doing anything. (Combine with -v to see what the command would
3391 have done.) (#17598)
3393 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 1 Feb 1998 14:51:08 -0800
3395 debhelper (0.58) unstable; urgency=low
3397 * Fixed bug #17597 - DH_VERBOSE wasn'talways taking effect.
3399 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 28 Jan 1998 17:18:17 -0500
3401 debhelper (0.57) unstable; urgency=low
3403 * Depend on perl 5.004 or greater (for Getopt::Long).
3405 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 17 Jan 1998 02:12:06 -0500
3407 debhelper (0.56) unstable; urgency=low
3409 * dh_compress: Applied patch from Yann Dirson <ydirson@a2points.com>,
3410 to make it not abort of one of the find's fails.
3412 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jan 1998 19:16:48 -0500
3414 debhelper (0.55) unstable; urgency=low
3416 * dh_clean: delete substvarsfiles probperly again (broken in 0.53). #17077
3417 * Added call to dh_movefiles, and a commented out call to dh_testversion,
3418 to some of the sample rules files. #17076
3420 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 14 Jan 1998 12:48:43 -0500
3422 debhelper (0.54) unstable; urgency=low
3424 * dh_lib: no longer call getopt(1) to parse options. I wrote my own
3425 argument processor in perl.
3426 * Added long versions of all arguments. TODO: document them.
3427 * All parameters may now be passed values that include whitespace (ie,
3428 dh_installinit -u"defaults 10")
3429 * Now depends on perl (needs Getopt::Long).
3431 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 10 Jan 1998 15:44:09 -0500
3433 debhelper (0.53) unstable; urgency=low
3435 * dh_installmanpages: ignore all man pages installed into debian/tmp
3436 type directories. (#16933)
3437 * dh_*: set up alternative name for files like debian/dirs; you may now
3438 use debian/<mainpackage>.dirs too, for consistency. (#16934)
3439 * dh_installdocs: if a debian/package.copyright file exists, use it in
3440 preference to debian/copyright, so subpackages with varying copyrights
3441 are supported. (#16935)
3442 * Added dh_movefiles, which moves files out of debian/tmp into subpackages.
3445 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 10 Jan 1998 11:30:12 -0500
3447 debhelper (0.52) unstable; urgency=low
3449 * dh_compress: compress file belongs in debian/. It was looking in ./
3450 This has been broken since version 0.30.
3452 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 6 Jan 1998 14:08:31 -0500
3454 debhelper (0.51) unstable; urgency=low
3456 * dh_fixperms: make shared libraries non-executable, in accordance with
3458 * dh_makeshlibs: introduced a -V flag, which allows you to specify explicit
3459 version requirements in the shlibs file.
3460 * dh_{installdirs,installdocs,installexamples,suidregister,undocumented}:
3461 Added a -A flag, which makes any files/directories specified on the
3462 command line apply to ALL packages acted on.
3463 * Updated Standards-Version to latest.
3465 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 5 Jan 1998 16:15:01 -0500
3467 debhelper (0.50) unstable; urgency=low
3469 * dh_makeshlibs: added -m parameter, which can force the major number
3470 of the shared library if it is guessed incorrectly.
3471 * Added dh_testversion to let your package depend on a certian version of
3473 * dh_{installdirs,installdocs,installexamples,suidregieter,undocumented}:
3474 behavior modification - any files/directories specified on the command
3475 line now apply to the first package acted on. This may not be the
3476 first package listed in debian/control, if you use -p to make it act on
3477 a given package, or -i or -a.
3478 * If you take advantage of the above new behavior, I suggest you add
3479 "dh_testversion 0.50" to your debian/rules.
3480 * Display a warning message in cases where the above behavior is triggered,
3481 and debhelper's behavior has altered.
3482 * I have grepped debian's source packages, and I'm quite sure this
3483 is not going to affect any packages currently in debian.
3484 * dh_lib: isnative() now caches its return value, which should optimize
3485 away several more calls to dpkg-parsechangelog.
3486 * README: explain a way to embed debhelper generated shell script into a
3488 * dh_installinit: A hack to work around the problem in getopt(1) that
3489 led to bug report #16229: Any text specified on the command line that is
3490 not a flag will be presumed to be part of the -u flag. Yuck.
3492 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 3 Jan 1998 14:36:15 -0500
3494 debhelper (0.37) unstable; urgency=low
3496 * dh_du: Fixed hardcoded debian/tmp.
3497 * This change got lost by accident, redid it: Optimized out most of the
3498 slowdown caused by using dpkg-parsechangelog - now it's only called by
3501 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 28 Dec 1997 20:45:22 -0500
3503 debhelper (0.36) unstable; urgency=low
3505 * dh_undocumented: exit with an error message if the man page specified
3506 does not have a section.
3508 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 27 Dec 1997 14:14:04 -0500
3510 debhelper (0.35) unstable; urgency=low
3512 * dh_lib: use dpkg-parsechangelog instead of parsing it by hand. This
3513 makes a package build slower (by about 30 seconds, on average), so
3514 I might remove it or optimize it if too many people yell at me. :-)
3515 * dh_undocumented.1: note that it really links to undocumented.7.gz.
3517 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 22 Dec 1997 22:19:39 -0500
3519 debhelper (0.34) unstable; urgency=low
3521 * Fixed typo #16215.
3523 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 22 Dec 1997 14:41:46 -0500
3525 debhelper (0.33) unstable; urgency=low
3527 * examples/*: use prefix, instead of PREFIX, becuase autoconf uses that.
3528 Also, use `pwd`/debian/tmp, instead of debian/tmp.
3529 * Always substitute #DEBHELPER# in maintainer scripts, even if it expands
3530 to nothing, for neatness and to save a few bytes. #15863
3531 * dh_clean: added -k parameter to not delete debian/files. #15789
3532 * examples/*: use dh_clean -k in the binary targets of all rules files,
3535 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 11 Dec 1997 19:05:41 -0500
3537 debhelper (0.32) unstable; urgency=low
3539 * Split dh_installdebfiles into 3 programs (dh_installdeb, dh_shlibdeps,
3540 and dh_gencontrol). dh_installdebfiles still works, but is depricated.
3541 * Added an examples/rules.indep file.
3542 * examples/rules.multi: changed dh_du -a to dh_du -i in binary-indep
3545 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 10 Dec 1997 19:53:13 -0500
3547 debhelper (0.31) unstable; urgency=low
3549 * Fixed man page typos #15685.
3551 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 6 Dec 1997 21:44:58 -0500
3553 debhelper (0.30) unstable; urgency=low
3555 * dh_md5sumes, dh_installdirs, dh_compress: fixed assorted cd bugs.
3557 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 5 Dec 1997 15:08:36 -0500
3559 debhelper (0.29) unstable; urgency=low
3561 * dh_lib: don't expand text passed to doit() a second time. This fixes
3562 #15624, and hopefully doesn't break anything else.
3563 * A side effect of this (of interest only to the debhelper programmer) is
3564 that doit() can no longer handle complex commands now. (ie, pipes, `;',
3565 `&', etc separating multiple commands, or redirection)
3566 * dh_makeshlibs, dh_md5sums, dh_installdebfiles, dh_du, dh_clean,
3567 dh_installdirs: don't pass complex commands to doit().
3569 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 4 Dec 1997 13:56:14 -0500
3571 debhelper (0.28) unstable; urgency=low
3573 * dh_makeshlibs: fixes type that caused the program to crash (#15536).
3575 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 3 Dec 1997 13:22:48 -0500
3577 debhelper (0.27) unstable; urgency=low
3579 * README: fixed typoes (one serious).
3580 * Ran ispell on all the documentation.
3582 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 30 Nov 1997 18:48:20 -0500
3584 debhelper (0.26) unstable; urgency=low
3586 * dh_installdirs: Do not create usr/doc/$PACKAGE directory. Bug #15498
3587 * README: documented that $PACKAGE can be used in the arguments to some of
3588 the dh_* programs (#15497).
3589 * dh_du.1: no, this is not really the dh_md5sums man page (#15499).
3591 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 30 Nov 1997 13:01:40 -0500
3593 debhelper (0.25) unstable; urgency=low
3595 * dh_compress: was not reading debian/compress file - fixed.
3596 * examples/*: moved dh_clean call to after make clean is run.
3598 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 25 Nov 1997 15:43:58 -0500
3600 debhelper (0.24) unstable; urgency=low
3602 * dh_clean: no longer clean up empty (0 byte) files (#15240).
3604 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 25 Nov 1997 14:29:37 -0500
3606 debhelper (0.23) unstable; urgency=low
3608 * Now depends on fileutils (>= 3.16-4), becuase with any earlier version
3609 of fileutils, install -p will not work (#14680)
3611 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 19 Nov 1997 23:59:43 -0500
3613 debhelper (0.22) unstable; urgency=low
3615 * dh_installdocs: Install README.debian as README.Debian (of course,
3616 README.Debian is installed with the same name..)
3618 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 18 Nov 1997 01:23:53 -0500
3620 debhelper (0.21) unstable; urgency=low
3622 * dh_installinit: on removal, fixed how update-rc.d is called.
3624 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 15 Nov 1997 20:43:14 -0500
3626 debhelper (0.20) unstable; urgency=low
3628 * Added dh_installinit, which installs an init.d script, and edits the
3629 postinst, postrm, etc.
3631 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 14 Nov 1997 00:45:53 -0500
3633 debhelper (0.19) unstable; urgency=low
3635 * dh_installmenu.1: menufile is in section 5, not 1.
3637 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 12 Nov 1997 19:54:48 -0500
3639 debhelper (0.18) unstable; urgency=low
3641 * examples/*: added source, diff targets that just print an error.
3642 * dh_clean: clean up more files - *.orig, *.rej, *.bak, .*.orig, .*.rej,
3643 .SUMS, TAGS, and empty files.
3644 * dh_lib: doit(): use eval on parameters, instead of directly running
3645 them. This lets me clean up several nasty areas where I had to echo the
3646 commands once, and then run them seperatly.
3648 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 10 Nov 1997 19:48:36 -0500
3650 debhelper (0.17) unstable; urgency=low
3652 * Added dh_installdirs, automatically creates subdirectories (for
3653 compatability with debstd's debian/dirs file.
3654 * dh_lib: fixed problem with -P flag.
3656 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 7 Nov 1997 16:07:11 -0500
3658 debhelper (0.16) unstable; urgency=low
3660 * dh_compress: always compress changelog and upstream changelog, no
3661 matter what their size (#14604) (policy 5.8)
3663 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 6 Nov 1997 19:50:36 -0500
3665 debhelper (0.15) unstable; urgency=low
3667 * README: documented what temporary directories are used by default for
3668 installing package files into.
3669 * dh_*: added -P flag, to let a different package build directory be
3672 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 6 Nov 1997 15:51:22 -0500
3674 debhelper (0.14) unstable; urgency=low
3676 * dh_fixperms: leave permissions on files in /usr/doc/packages/examples
3678 * Install examples/rules* executable.
3680 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 27 Oct 1997 12:42:33 -0500
3682 debhelper (0.13) unstable; urgency=low
3684 * Added dh_makeshlibs, automatically generates a shlibs file.
3686 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 24 Oct 1997 20:33:14 -0400
3688 debhelper (0.12) unstable; urgency=low
3690 * Fixed mispelling of dh_md5sums in examples rules files and README.
3691 (#13990) Thanks, Adrian.
3693 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 24 Oct 1997 14:35:30 -0400
3695 debhelper (0.11) unstable; urgency=low
3697 * dh_md5sums: behavior modification: do not generate md5sums for conffiles.
3698 (Thanks to Charles Briscoe-Smith <cpb4@ukc.ac.uk>) #14048.
3699 * dh_md5sums: can generate conffile md5sums with -x parameter.
3700 * Added a "converting from debstd" section to the README.
3701 * Added dh_du, generates a DEBIAN/du file with disk usage stats (#14048).
3703 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 13:17:28 -0400
3705 debhelper (0.10) unstable; urgency=medium
3707 * dh_installdebfiles: fixed *bad* bug that messed up the names of all
3708 files installed into DEBIAN/ for multiple binary packages.
3709 * dh_md5sums: fixed another serious bug if dh_md5sums was used for
3710 multiple binary packages.
3711 * If you have made any multiple binary packages using debhelper, you
3712 should rebuild them with this version.
3713 * dh_md5sums: show cd commands in verbose mode.
3715 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 20 Oct 1997 14:44:30 -0400
3717 debhelper (0.9) unstable; urgency=low
3719 * Added dh_suidregister, interfaces to to the suidmanager package.
3720 * dh_installdebfiles: fixed typo on man page.
3722 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sat, 18 Oct 1997 20:55:39 -0400
3724 debhelper (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
3726 * Added dh_md5sum, generates a md5sums file.
3727 * dh_clean: fixed to echo all commands when verbose mode is on.
3729 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 17 Oct 1997 14:18:26 -0400
3731 debhelper (0.7) unstable; urgency=low
3733 * Sped up some things by removing unnecesary for loops.
3734 * dh_installdocs: behavior modifcation: if there is a debian/TODO, it is
3735 named like a debian/changelog file: if the package is a debian native
3736 package, it is installed as TODO. If the package is not a native package,
3737 it is installed as TODO.Debian.
3738 * dh_installdocs: handle debian/README.Debian as well as
3739 debian/README.debian.
3740 * Added dh_undocumented program, which can set up undocumented.7 symlinks.
3741 * Moved dh_installdebfiles to come after dh_fixperms in the example rules
3742 files. (dh_installdebfiles makes sure it installs things with the proper
3743 permissions, and this reorganization makes the file a bit more flexable
3744 in a few situations.)
3746 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 13 Oct 1997 20:08:05 -0400
3748 debhelper (0.6) unstable; urgency=low
3750 * Got rid of bashisms - this package should work now if /bin/sh is ash.
3752 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 10 Oct 1997 15:24:40 -0400
3754 debhelper (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
3756 * Added dh_installcron to install cron jobs.
3758 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 30 Sep 1997 19:37:41 -0400
3760 debhelper (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
3762 * Added dh_strip to strip binaries and libraries.
3763 * Fixed several man pages.
3765 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Sun, 28 Sep 1997 20:46:32 -0400
3767 debhelper (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
3769 * Added support for automatic generation of debian install scripts to
3770 dh_installmenu and dh_installdebfiles and dh_clean.
3771 * Removed some pointless uses of cat.
3773 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 26 Sep 1997 21:52:53 -0400
3775 debhelper (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
3777 * Moved out of unstable, it still has rough edges and incomplete bits, but
3778 is ready for general use.
3779 * Added man pages for all commands.
3780 * Multiple binary package support.
3781 * Support for specifying exactly what set of binary packages to act on,
3782 by group (arch or noarch), and by package name.
3783 * dh_clean: allow specification of additional files to remove as
3785 * dh_compress: fixed it to not compress doc/package/copyright
3786 * dh_installmanpage: allow listing of man pages that should not be
3787 auto-installed as parameters.
3788 * dh_installdebfiles: make sure all installed files have proper ownerships
3790 * dh_installdebfiles: only pass ELF files to dpkg-shlibdeps, and pass .so
3793 * dh_compress: changed behavior - debian/compress script is now run inside
3794 the package build directory it is to act on.
3795 * Added dh_lib symlink in debian/ so the debhelper apps used in this
3796 package's debian/rules always use the most up-to-date db_lib.
3797 * Changed dh_cleantmp commands in the examples rules files to dh_clean.
3799 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 23 Sep 1997 12:26:12 -0400
3801 debhelper (0.1) experimental; urgency=low
3803 * First release. This is a snapshot of my work so far, and it not yet
3804 ready to replace debstd.
3806 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 22 Sep 1997 15:01:25 -0400