1 debhelper (2.0.50) unstable; urgency=medium
3 * Oops. Fixed dh_shlibdeps so it actually generates dependancies, broke in
6 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 18 Sep 1999 19:00:10 -0700
8 debhelper (2.0.49) unstable; urgency=low
10 * dh_shlibdeps: detect statically linked binaries and don't pass them to
12 * dh_installdeb: debconf support.
14 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 17 Sep 1999 00:28:59 -0700
16 debhelper (2.0.48) unstable; urgency=low
18 * 4 whole days without a debhelper upload! Can't let that happen. Let's see..
19 * dh_installperl.1: explain what you have to put in your control file
20 for the dependancies to be generated.
22 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 16 Sep 1999 21:15:05 -0700
24 debhelper (2.0.47) unstable; urgency=low
26 * dh_undocumented: installs links for X11 man pages to the undocumented.7
27 page in /usr/share/man. (Closes: #44909)
29 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 13:12:34 -0700
31 debhelper (2.0.46) unstable; urgency=low
33 * dh_installemacsen: the script fragments it generates now test for the
34 existance of emacs-package-install/remove before calling them. Though
35 a strict reading of the emacsen policy indicates that such a test
36 shouldn't be needed, there may be edge cases (cf bug 44924), where it
39 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 12:54:37 -0700
41 debhelper (2.0.45) unstable; urgency=low
43 * dh_installdocs.1: clarified how the doc-id is determined. Closes: #44864
44 * dh_makeshlibs: will now overwrite existing debian/tmp/DEBIAN/shlibs
45 files, instead of erroring out. (Closes: #44828)
47 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 11 Sep 1999 13:15:33 -0700
49 debhelper (2.0.44) unstable; urgency=low
51 * dh_compress: fixed #ARGV bug (again) Closes: #44853
53 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 11 Sep 1999 13:04:15 -0700
55 debhelper (2.0.43) unstable; urgency=low
57 * Corrected example rules files, which had some messed up targets.
59 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 9 Sep 1999 11:22:09 -0700
61 debhelper (2.0.42) unstable; urgency=low
63 * dh_installinfo: failed pretty miserably if the info file's section
64 contained '/' characters. Doesn't now.
66 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 6 Sep 1999 16:33:13 -0700
68 debhelper (2.0.41) unstable; urgency=low
70 * dh_installinfo: use FHS info dir. I wonder how I missed that..
72 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 6 Sep 1999 13:22:08 -0700
74 debhelper (2.0.40) unstable; urgency=low
76 * FHS complience. Patch from Johnie Ingram <johnie@netgod.net>.
77 For the most part, this was a straight-forward substitution,
78 dh_installmanpages needed a non-obvious change though.
79 * Closes: #42489, #42587, #41732.
80 * dh_installdocs: Adds code to postinst and prerm as specified in
81 http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-ctte-9908/msg00038.html,
82 to make /usr/doc/<package> a compatability symlink to
83 /usr/share/doc/<package>. Note that currently if something exists in
84 /usr/doc/<package> when the postinst is run, it will silently not make
85 the symlink. I'm considering more intellingent handing of this case.
86 * Note that if you build a package with this version of debhelper, it will
87 use /usr/share/man, /usr/share/doc, and /usr/share/info. You may need to
88 modify other files in your package that reference the old locations.
90 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 5 Sep 1999 21:06:11 -0700
92 debhelper (2.0.30) unstable; urgency=low
94 * It turns out it's possible to set up make variables that are specific to
95 a single target of a Makefile. This works tremendously well with
96 DH_OPTIONS: no need to put "-i" or "-pfoo" after every debhelper command
98 * debhelper.1: mentioned above technique.
99 * examples/rules.multi: use the above method to get rid of -i's and -a's.
100 * examples/rules.multi2: new file, example of a multi-binary package that
101 works for arch-indep and arch-dependant packages, and also allows
102 building of single binary packages independntly, via binary-<package>
103 targets. It accomplishes all this using only one list of debhelper
105 * examples/*: removed source and diff targets. They've been obsolete for 2
106 years -- or is it 3? No need for a nice error message on failure anymore.
108 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 3 Sep 1999 11:28:24 -0700
110 debhelper (2.0.29) unstable; urgency=low
112 * dh_shlibdeps: Fixed quoting problem that made it fail on weird file names.
113 Patch from Devin Carraway <debianbug-debhelper@devin.com>, Closes: #44016
115 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 2 Sep 1999 13:40:37 -0700
117 debhelper (2.0.28) unstable; urgency=low
119 * Oops, dh_installpam was omitted from the package. Added back.
122 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 27 Aug 1999 19:16:38 -0700
124 debhelper (2.0.27) unstable; urgency=low
126 * No user visible changes. Modified the package to interface better with
127 my new local build system, which auto-updates the home page when a new
130 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 26 Aug 1999 23:20:40 -0700
132 debhelper (2.0.25) unstable; urgency=low
134 * Corrected debian/fixlinks to make the correct debian/* symlinks needed
135 for building debhelper.
136 * Fixed rules file to create and populate examples and docs dirs. Oops.
138 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 25 Aug 1999 19:46:08 -0700
140 debhelper (2.0.24) unstable; urgency=low
142 * dh_installdocs: Handle trailing whitespace after Document: name.
145 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 18 Aug 1999 10:23:17 -0700
147 debhelper (2.0.23) unstable; urgency=low
149 * Fixed makefile commit target.
150 * Misc changes to make CVS dirs not be copies into package.
152 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 22:43:39 -0700
154 debhelper (2.0.22) unstable; urgency=low
156 * Checked all of debhelper into CVS.
157 * Removed Test.pm (we have perl 5.005 now)
158 * Skip CVS dir when running tests.
159 * Since CVS is so brain dead about symlinks, added a debian/fixlinks script.
160 Modified debian/rules to make sure it's run if any of the symlinks are
161 missing. Also, made Makefile a short file that sources debian/rules so
162 it's always available.
164 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 22:35:12 -0700
166 debhelper (2.0.21) unstable; urgency=low
168 * Wow. It turns out dh_installdocs has been doing it wrong and doc-base
169 files have the doc-id inside them. Applied and modified a patch from
170 Peter Moulder <reiter@netspace.net.au> to make it use those id's instead
171 of coming up with it's own. (Closes: #42650)
173 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 8 Aug 1999 10:24:10 -0700
175 debhelper (2.0.20) unstable; urgency=low
177 * dh_perl: Patch from Raphael Hertzog <rhertzog@hrnet.fr> to allow
178 specification on the command line of alternate paths to search for perl
179 modules. (Closes: #42171)
181 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 30 Jul 1999 09:42:08 -0700
183 debhelper (2.0.19) unstable; urgency=low
185 * dh_installinfo: fixed bug if a info file had no section.
187 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 29 Jul 1999 11:41:11 -0700
189 debhelper (2.0.18) unstable; urgency=low
191 * dh_installxaw: fixed multiple stanza problem, for real this time (patch
192 misapplied last time). (Closes: #41862)
194 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 26 Jul 1999 13:00:09 -0700
196 debhelper (2.0.17) unstable; urgency=low
198 * dh_clean: compat() wasn't exported.
200 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 21 Jul 1999 12:49:52 -0700
202 debhelper (2.0.16) unstable; urgency=low
204 * Dh_lib.pm: when looking for debhelper files in debian/, test with -f,
205 not with -e, because it might fail if you're building a package named,
206 say, 'docs', with a temp dir of debian/docs. I don't anticipate this
207 ever happenning, but it pays to be safe.
209 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 20 Jul 1999 21:00:04 -0700
211 debhelper (2.0.15) unstable; urgency=low
213 * dh_clean: only force-remove debian/tmp if in v2 mode. In v1 mode, we
214 shouldn't remove it because we may only be acting on a single package.
217 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 20 Jul 1999 19:00:15 -0700
219 debhelper (2.0.14) unstable; urgency=low
221 * Moved /usr/lib/debhelper to /usr/share/debhelper for FHS compliance
222 (#41174). If you used Dh_lib or something in another package, be sure to
223 update your "use" line and declare an appropriate dependancy. (Closes:
225 * dh_installxaw: Patch from Josip Rodin <joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr> to fix
226 multiple-stanza xaw file support. (Closes: #41173)
228 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 12 Jul 1999 11:49:57 -0700
230 debhelper (2.0.13) unstable; urgency=low
232 * dh_fixperms: FHS fixes (#41058)
234 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 9 Jul 1999 13:07:49 -0700
236 debhelper (2.0.12) unstable; urgency=low
238 * dh_installinfo: fixed #SECTION# substitution.
240 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 7 Jul 1999 17:51:59 -0700
242 debhelper (2.0.11) unstable; urgency=low
244 * At long, long last, dh_installinfo is written. It takes a simple list of
245 info files and figures out the rest for you. (Closes: #15717)
247 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 7 Jul 1999 17:04:48 -0700
249 debhelper (2.0.10) unstable; urgency=low
251 * dh_compress: compress changelog.html files. (Closes: #40626)
252 * dh_installchangelogs: installs a link from changelog.html.gz to changelog.gz,
253 because I think it's important that upstream changelogs always be accessable
255 * dh_compress: removed the usr/share/X11R6/man bit. Note part of FHS.
257 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 7 Jul 1999 10:46:03 -0700
259 debhelper (2.0.09) unstable; urgency=low
261 * dh_compress: added some FHS support. Though debhelper doesn't put stuff
262 there (and won't until people come up with a general transition strategy or
263 decide to not have a clean transiotion), dh_compress now compresses
264 various files in /usr/share/{man,doc,info}. (Closes: #40892)
266 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 7 Jul 1999 09:55:03 -0700
268 debhelper (2.0.08) unstable; urgency=low
270 * dh_*: redirect cd output to /den/null, because CD can actually output
271 things if CDPATH is set.
273 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 6 Jul 1999 10:14:00 -0700
275 debhelper (2.0.07) unstable; urgency=low
277 * Added dh_perl calls to example rules files.
279 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 4 Jul 1999 15:57:51 -0700
281 debhelper (2.0.06) unstable; urgency=low
283 * Now depends on perl5 | perl, I'll kill the | perl bit later on, but it
284 seems to make sense for the transition.
286 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 4 Jul 1999 10:56:03 -0700
288 debhelper (2.0.05) unstable; urgency=low
290 * dh_clean: clean debian/tmp even if v2 is being used. If you're
291 using dh_movefiles, stuff may well be left in there, and it needs to be
294 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 3 Jul 1999 13:23:46 -0700
296 debhelper (2.0.04) unstable; urgency=low
298 * Patch from Raphael Hertzog <rhertzog@hrnet.fr> to make dh_perl support a
299 -d flag that makes it add a dependancy on the sppropriate perl-XXX-base
300 package. Few packages will really need this. (Closes: #40631)
302 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 2 Jul 1999 11:22:00 -0700
304 debhelper (2.0.03) unstable; urgency=low
306 * Depend on file >= 2.23-1, because dh_perl uses file -b, introduced at
307 that version. (Closes: #40589)
309 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 1 Jul 1999 14:41:12 -0700
311 debhelper (2.0.02) unstable; urgency=low
313 * If you're going to use v2, it's reccommended you call
314 "dh_testversion 2". Added a note about that to doc/v2.
315 * Dh_Lib.pm compat: if a version that is greater than the highest
316 supported compatability level is specified, abort with an error. Perhaps
317 there will be a debhelper v3 some day...
319 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 1 Jul 1999 14:08:14 -0700
321 debhelper (2.0.01) unstable; urgency=low
323 * Actually include doc/v2 this time round.
325 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 1 Jul 1999 14:01:55 -0700
327 debhelper (2.0.00) unstable; urgency=low
329 * Don't let the version number fool you. Debhelper v2 is here, but just
330 barely. That's what all the zero's mean. :-)
331 * If DH_COMPAT=2, then debian/<package> will be used for the temporary
332 build directory for all packages. debian/tmp is no more! (Well, except
333 dh_movefiles still uses it.)
334 * debhelper.1: documented this.
335 * Dh_lib.pm: added compat(), pass in a number, it returns true if the
336 current compatability level is equal to that number.
337 * doc/PROGRAMMING: documented that.
338 * debhelper itself now builds using DH_COMPAT=2.
339 * dh_debstd forces DH_COMPAT=1, because it needs to stay compatable with
342 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 1 Jul 1999 13:37:58 -0700
344 debhelper (1.9.00) unstable; urgency=low
346 * This is a release of debhelper in preparation for debhelper v2.
347 * doc/v2: added, documented status of v2 changes.
348 * README: mention doc/v2
349 * debhelper.1: docuimented DH_COMPAT
350 * examples/*: added DH_COMAPT=1 to top of rules files
352 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 1 Jul 1999 13:16:41 -0700
354 debhelper (1.2.83) unstable; urgency=medium
356 * dh_perl: fixed substvars typo. Urgency medium since a lot of people will
357 be using this script RSN.
359 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 1 Jul 1999 11:44:05 -0700
361 debhelper (1.2.82) unstable; urgency=low
363 * dh_installinit: applied patch from Yann Dirson <ydirson@multimania.com>
364 to make it look for init.d scripts matching the --init-script parameter.
365 This is only useful if, like Yann, you have packages that need to install
366 more than 1 init script.
368 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 1999 11:38:05 -0700
370 debhelper (1.2.81) unstable; urgency=low
372 * dh_link: fixed bug #40159 and added a regression test for it. It was
373 failing if it was given absolute filenames.
375 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 1999 10:12:44 -0700
377 debhelper (1.2.80) unstable; urgency=low
379 * Changed perl version detection.
380 * Changed call to find.
382 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 24 Jun 1999 16:48:53 -0700
384 debhelper (1.2.79) unstable; urgency=low
386 * Added dh_perl by Raphael Hertzog <rhertzog@hrnet.fr>. dh_perl handles
387 finding dependancies of perl scripts, plus deleting those annoying
389 * I don't think dh_perl is going to be useful until the new version of
392 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 24 Jun 1999 14:47:55 -0700
394 debhelper (1.2.78) unstable; urgency=low
396 * Really include dh_installpam.
398 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 15 Jun 1999 09:00:36 -0700
400 debhelper (1.2.77) unstable; urgency=low
402 * dh_installpam: new program by Sean <shaleh@foo.livenet.net>
403 * Wrote man page for same.
405 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 11 Jun 1999 13:08:04 -0700
407 debhelper (1.2.76) unstable; urgency=low
409 * dh_fixperms: Do not use chmod/chown -R at all anymore, instead it uses
410 the (slower) find then chown method. Necessary because the -R methods will
411 happyily attempt to chown a dangling symlink, which makes them fail.
414 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 7 Jun 1999 20:20:01 -0700
416 debhelper (1.2.75) unstable; urgency=low
418 * dh_installemacsen: fixed perms of install, remove scripts.
421 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 7 Jun 1999 14:42:12 -0700
423 debhelper (1.2.74) unstable; urgency=low
425 * dh_installmanpages: recognizes gzipped man pages and installs them.
426 This is an experimental change, one problem is if your man page isn't
427 already gzip-9'd, it will be in violation of policy. (closes: #38673)
428 * The previous fix to dh_installemacsen was actually quite necessary - the
431 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 3 Jun 1999 15:14:27 -0700
433 debhelper (1.2.73) unstable; urgency=low
435 * dh_installemacsen: make sure files are installed mode 0644. Not strictly
436 necessary since dh_fixperms fixes them if you have a wacky umask, but oh
437 well. (Closes: 38900)
439 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 3 Jun 1999 14:50:42 -0700
441 debhelper (1.2.72) unstable; urgency=low
443 * dh_installemacsen: use debian/package.emacsen-startup, not
444 debian/package.emacsen-init. The former has always been documented to
445 work on the man page (closes: #38898).
447 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 3 Jun 1999 14:16:57 -0700
449 debhelper (1.2.71) unstable; urgency=low
451 * Fixed a typo (closes: #38881)
453 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 3 Jun 1999 13:23:23 -0700
455 debhelper (1.2.70) unstable; urgency=low
457 * dh_installmanpages: Properly quoted metacharacters in $dir in regexp.
460 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 25 May 1999 14:12:30 -0700
462 debhelper (1.2.69) unstable; urgency=low
464 * Don't include Test.pm in the binary package.
466 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 23 May 1999 19:29:27 -0700
468 debhelper (1.2.68) unstable; urgency=low
470 * doc/README: updated example of using #DEBHELPER# in a perl script, with
471 help from Julian Gilbey.
472 * dh_link: generate absolute symlinks where appropriate. The links
473 generated before were wrong simetimes (#37774)
474 * Started writing a regression test suite for debhelper. Currently covers
475 only the above bugfix and a few more dh_link tests.
476 * Tossed Test.pm into the package (for regression tests) until we get perl
477 5.005 which contains that package. That file is licenced the same as perl.
478 * dh_installchangelogs: force all installed files to be owned by root
481 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 16 May 1999 17:18:44 -0700
483 debhelper (1.2.67) unstable; urgency=low
485 * dh_installmodules: fixed type that made the program not work.
487 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 12 May 1999 00:25:05 -0700
489 debhelper (1.2.66) unstable; urgency=low
491 * examples/rules.multi: dh_shlibdeps must be run before dh_gencontrol
494 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 14:03:05 -0700
496 debhelper (1.2.65) unstable; urgency=low
500 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 6 May 1999 21:46:03 -0700
502 debhelper (1.2.64) unstable; urgency=low
504 * dh_installmime: new command (#37093, #32684).
506 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 3 May 1999 13:37:34 -0700
508 debhelper (1.2.63) unstable; urgency=low
510 * dh_installxaw: updated to work with xaw-wrappers 0.90 and above. It
511 actually has to partially parse the xaw-wrappers config files now.
513 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 2 May 1999 19:13:34 -0700
515 debhelper (1.2.62) unstable; urgency=low
517 * dh_installemacsen: added support for site-start files. Added --flavor
518 and --number to control details of installation. (#36832)
520 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 2 May 1999 15:31:58 -0700
522 debhelper (1.2.61) unstable; urgency=low
524 * dh_md5sums.1: dh_md5sums is not deprecated, AFAIK, but the manpage has
525 somehow been modified to say it was at version 1.2.45.
527 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 26 Apr 1999 19:54:04 -0700
529 debhelper (1.2.60) unstable; urgency=low
531 * dh_installexamples.1: recycled docs fix.
533 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 26 Apr 1999 17:19:07 -0700
535 debhelper (1.2.59) unstable; urgency=low
537 * dh_builddeb: added --destdir option, which lets you tell it where
538 to put the generated .deb's. Default is .. of course.
540 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 22 Apr 1999 22:02:01 -0700
542 debhelper (1.2.58) unstable; urgency=low
544 * autoscripts/postinst-suid: use /#FILE# in elif test (#36297).
546 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 18 Apr 1999 22:33:52 -0700
548 debhelper (1.2.57) unstable; urgency=low
550 * examples/*: killed trailing spaces after diff: target
552 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 12 Apr 1999 22:02:32 -0700
554 debhelper (1.2.56) unstable; urgency=low
556 * dh_suidregister: make the chown/chmod only happen if the file actually
557 exists. This is useful if you have conffiles that have permissions and
558 may be deleted. (#35845)
560 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 10 Apr 1999 13:35:23 -0700
562 debhelper (1.2.55) unstable; urgency=low
564 * Various man page enhancements.
565 * dh_md5sums: supports -X to make it skip including files in the
568 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 18:21:58 -0700
570 debhelper (1.2.54) unstable; urgency=low
572 * dh_installinit.1: man page fixups (#34160).
573 * *.1: the date of each man page is now automatically updated when
574 debhelper is built to be the last modification time of the man page.
576 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 8 Apr 1999 20:28:00 -0700
578 debhelper (1.2.53) unstable; urgency=low
580 * dh_compress: leave .taz and .tgz files alone. Previously trying to
581 compress such files caused gzip to fail and the whole command to fail.
582 Probably fixes #35677. Actually, it now skips files with a whole
583 range of odd suffixes that gzip refuses to compress, including "_z" and
585 * dh_compress.1: updated docs to reflect this, and to give the new
586 suggested starting point if you want to write your own debian/compress
589 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 7 Apr 1999 02:20:14 -0700
591 debhelper (1.2.52) unstable; urgency=low
593 * dh_installmodules: new program, closes #32546.
595 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 1 Apr 1999 17:25:37 -0800
597 debhelper (1.2.51) unstable; urgency=low
599 * Another very minor typo fix.
601 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 1 Apr 1999 14:04:02 -0800
603 debhelper (1.2.50) unstable; urgency=low
605 * Very minor typo fix.
607 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 26 Mar 1999 17:27:01 -0800
609 debhelper (1.2.49) unstable; urgency=low
611 * dh_fixperms: if called with -X, was attempting to change permissions of
612 even symlinks. This could have even caused it to follow the symlinks and
613 modify files on the build system in some cases. Ignores them now. (#35102)
615 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 24 Mar 1999 13:21:49 -0800
617 debhelper (1.2.48) unstable; urgency=low
619 * dh_fixperms.1: improved documentation. (#34968)
621 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 23 Mar 1999 19:11:01 -0800
623 debhelper (1.2.47) unstable; urgency=low
625 * doc/README: updated the example of including debhelper shell script
626 fragments inside a perl program -- the old method didn't work with shell
627 variables properly (#34850).
629 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 21 Mar 1999 13:25:33 -0800
631 debhelper (1.2.46) unstable; urgency=low
633 * doc/README: pointer to maint-guide.
635 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 18 Mar 1999 21:04:57 -0800
637 debhelper (1.2.45) unstable; urgency=low
639 * dh_installwm.1: fixed two errors (#34534, #34535)
640 * debhelper.1: list all other debhelper commands with synopses
641 (automatically generated by build process).
643 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 14 Mar 1999 11:33:39 -0800
645 debhelper (1.2.44) unstable; urgency=medium
647 * dh_fixperms: has been mostly broken when used with -X, corrected this.
649 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 13 Mar 1999 17:25:59 -0800
651 debhelper (1.2.43) unstable; urgency=low
653 * dh_compress.1: man page fixes (Closes: #33858).
654 * dh_compress: now it can handle compressing arbitrary numbers of files,
655 spawning gzip multiple times like xargs does, if necessary.
657 * Dh_Lib.pm: added xargs() command.
659 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 9 Mar 1999 14:57:09 -0800
661 debhelper (1.2.42) unstable; urgency=low
663 * dh_m5sums: don't generate bogus md5sums file if the package contains no
664 files. Yes, someone found a legitimate reason to do that.
666 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 25 Feb 1999 00:03:47 -0800
668 debhelper (1.2.41) unstable; urgency=low
670 * README: minor typo fix.
672 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 20 Feb 1999 23:30:00 -0800
674 debhelper (1.2.40) unstable; urgency=low
676 * Let's just say 1.2.39 is not a good version of debhelper to use and
677 leave it at that. :-)
679 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 20 Feb 1999 22:55:27 -0800
681 debhelper (1.2.39) unstable; urgency=low
683 * dh_installcron: install files in cron.d with correct perms.
685 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 20 Feb 1999 22:28:38 -0800
687 debhelper (1.2.38) unstable; urgency=low
689 * dh_clean: don't try to delete directories named "core".
691 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 20 Feb 1999 19:13:40 -0800
693 debhelper (1.2.37) unstable; urgency=low
695 * dh_installdocs: Patch from Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com>, fixes regexp error (Closes: #33431).
696 * dh_installxaw: new program by Daniel Martin
697 <Daniel.Martin@jhu.edu>, handles xaw-wrappers integration.
698 * dh_installxaw.1: wrote man page.
700 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 18 Feb 1999 17:32:53 -0800
702 debhelper (1.2.36) unstable; urgency=low
704 * dh_compress.1: Fixed typo in man page. (Closes: #33364)
705 * autoscripts/postinst-menu-method: fixed typo. (Closes: #33376)
707 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 14 Feb 1999 13:45:18 -0800
709 debhelper (1.2.35) unstable; urgency=low
711 * Dh_Lib.pm filearray(): Deal with multiple spaces and spaces at the
712 beginning of lines in files. (closes: #33161)
714 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 9 Feb 1999 21:01:07 -0800
716 debhelper (1.2.34) unstable; urgency=low
718 * dh_clean: added -d flag (also --dirs-only) that will make it clean only
719 tmp dirs. (closes: #30807)
720 * dh_installdocs: to support packages that need multiple doc-base files,
721 will now look for debian/<package>.doc-base.<doc-id>.
722 * dh_compress: removed warning message (harmless).
724 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 6 Feb 1999 17:48:33 -0800
726 debhelper (1.2.33) unstable; urgency=low
728 * dh_compress: verbose_print() cd's.
729 * dh_compress: clear the hash of hard links when we loop - was making
730 dh_compress fail on multi-binary packages that had harlinks. Thanks to
731 Craig Small for spotting this.
733 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 4 Feb 1999 20:19:37 -0800
735 debhelper (1.2.32) unstable; urgency=low
737 * dh_suidmanager: if it cannot determine the user name or group name from
738 the uid or gid, it will pass the uid or gid to suidmanager. This should
739 probably never happen, but it's good to be safe.
741 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 4 Feb 1999 16:00:35 -0800
743 debhelper (1.2.31) unstable; urgency=low
745 * dh_installinit.1: minor typo fix (closes: #32753)
747 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 2 Feb 1999 14:32:46 -0800
749 debhelper (1.2.30) unstable; urgency=low
751 * dh_fixperms: cut down the number of chmod commands that are executed
752 from 3 to 1, no change in functionality.
754 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 1 Feb 1999 17:05:29 -0800
756 debhelper (1.2.29) unstable; urgency=high
758 * Do not include bogus chsh, chfn, passwd links in debhelper binary!
759 These were acidentially left in after dh_link testing I did as I was
760 working on the last version of debhelper.
762 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 25 Jan 1999 20:26:46 -0800
764 debhelper (1.2.28) unstable; urgency=low
766 * dh_link: fixed bug that prevent multiple links to the same source from
769 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 24 Jan 1999 19:46:33 -0800
771 debhelper (1.2.27) unstable; urgency=low
773 * autoscripts/*menu*: "test", not "text"!
775 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 19 Jan 1999 15:18:52 -0800
777 debhelper (1.2.26) unstable; urgency=low
779 * dh_installdocs: use prerm-doc-base script fragement. Was using
780 postrm-doc-base, for some weird reason.
782 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 18 Jan 1999 13:36:40 -0800
784 debhelper (1.2.25) unstable; urgency=low
786 * autoscripts/*menu*: It turns out that "command" is like test -w, it will
787 still return true if update-menus is not executable. This can
788 legitimatly happen if you are upgrading the menu package, and it makes
789 postinsts that use command fail. Reverted to using test -x. Packages
790 built with debhelper >= 1.2.21 that use menus should be rebuilt.
792 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 16 Jan 1999 13:47:16 -0800
794 debhelper (1.2.24) unstable; urgency=low
796 * dh_fixperms: linux 2.1.x and 2.2.x differ from earlier versions in that
797 they do not clear the suid bit on a file when the owner of that file
798 changes. It seems that fakeroot behaves the same as linux 2.1 here. I
799 was relying on the old behavior to get rid of suid and sgid bits on files.
800 Since this no longer happens implicitly, I've changed to clearing the
802 * There's also a small behavior change involved here. Before, dh_fixperms
803 did not clear suid permissions on files that were already owned by root.
805 * dh_fixperms.1: cleaned up the docs to mention that those bits are
808 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 15 Jan 1999 16:54:44 -0800
810 debhelper (1.2.23) unstable; urgency=low
812 * autoscripts/postrm-wm: use "=", not "==" (#31727).
814 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 11 Jan 1999 13:35:00 -0800
816 debhelper (1.2.22) unstable; urgency=low
818 * Reversed change in last version; don't clobber mode (#31628).
820 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 8 Jan 1999 15:01:25 -0800
822 debhelper (1.2.21) unstable; urgency=low
824 * dh_installdocs: Added doc-base support, if debian/<package>.doc-base
825 exists, it will be installed as a doc-base control file. If you use this,
826 you probably want to add "dh_testversion 1.2.21" to the rules file to make
827 sure your package is built with a new enough debhelper.
828 * dh_installdocs: now supports -n to make it not modify postinst/prerm.
829 * dh_suidregister: turned off leading 0/1 in permissions settings, until
830 suidregister actually supports it.
831 * autoscripts/*: instead of "text -x", use "command -v" to see if various
832 binaries exist. This gets rid of lots of hard-coded paths.
834 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 30 Dec 1998 22:50:04 -0500
836 debhelper (1.2.20) unstable; urgency=low
838 * dh_compress: handle the hard link stuff properly, it was broken. Also
841 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 23 Dec 1998 19:53:03 -0500
843 debhelper (1.2.19) unstable; urgency=low
845 * dh_listpackages: new command. Takes the standard options taken by other
846 debhelper commands, and just outputs a list of the binary packages a
847 debhelper command would act on. Added because of bug #30626, and because
848 of wn's truely ugly use of debhelper internals to get the same info (and
849 because it's just 4 lines of code ;-).
850 * dh_compress: is now smart about compressing files that are hardlinks.
851 When possible, will only compress one file, delete the hardlinks, and
852 re-make hardlinks to the compressed file, saving some disk space.
854 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 22:26:41 -0500
856 debhelper (1.2.18) unstable; urgency=medium
858 * dh_fixperms: was not fixing permissions of files in usr/doc/ to 644,
859 this has been broken since version 1.2.3.
861 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 6 Dec 1998 23:35:35 -0800
863 debhelper (1.2.17) unstable; urgency=low
865 * dh_makeshlibs: relaxed regexp to find library name and number a little so
866 it will work on libraries with a major but no minor version in their
867 filename (examples of such: libtcl8.0.so.1, libBLT-unoff.so.1)
868 * dh_movefiles: added --sourcedir option to make it move files out of
869 some directory besides debian/tmp (#30221)
871 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 4 Dec 1998 13:56:57 -0800
873 debhelper (1.2.16) unstable; urgency=low
875 * dh_installchangelogs: now detects html changelogs and installs them as
876 changelog.html.gz, to comply with latest policy (which I disagree with
878 * manpages: updated policy version numbers.
879 * dh_installdocs: behavior change: all docs are now installed mode 644.
880 I have looked and it doesn't seem this will actually affect any packages
881 in debian. This is useful only if you want to use dh_installdocs and not
882 dh_fixperms, and that's the only time this behavior change will have any
883 effect, either. (#30118)
885 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 3 Dec 1998 23:31:56 -0800
887 debhelper (1.2.15) unstable; urgency=low
889 * Just a re-upload, last upload failed for some obscure reason.
891 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 29 Nov 1998 13:07:44 -0800
893 debhelper (1.2.14) unstable; urgency=low
895 * Really fixed #29762 this time. This also fixes #30025, which asked that
896 dh_makeshlibs come before dh_shlibdeps, so the files it generates can
897 also be used as a shlibs.local file, which will be used by dh_shlibdeps.
899 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 04:00:14 -0800
901 debhelper (1.2.13) unstable; urgency=low
903 * Spelling and typo fixes.
905 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 15:23:55 -0800
907 debhelper (1.2.12) unstable; urgency=low
909 * examples/*: moved dh_makeshlibs call to before dh_installdeb call.
910 (#29762). This is just so if you replace dh_makeshlibs with something
911 that generates debian/shlibs, it still gets installed properly.
912 * dh_suidregister: use names instead of uid's and gid's, at request of
913 suidregister maintainer (#29802).
915 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 21 Nov 1998 13:13:10 -0800
917 debhelper (1.2.11) unstable; urgency=low
919 * dh_movefiles: if given absolute filenames to move (note that that is
920 *wrong*), it will move relative files anyway. Related to bug #29761.
921 * dh_link: made relative links work right. (I hope!)
923 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 20:21:51 -0800
925 debhelper (1.2.10) unstable; urgency=low
927 * examples/*: added dh_link calls to example rules files.
929 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:43:07 -0800
931 debhelper (1.2.9) unstable; urgency=low
933 * Added dh_link, which generates policy complient symlinks in binary
934 packages, painlessly.
936 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 19 Nov 1998 18:43:36 -0800
938 debhelper (1.2.8) unstable; urgency=low
940 * Suggest dh-make (#29376).
942 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 18 Nov 1998 02:29:47 -0800
944 debhelper (1.2.7) unstable; urgency=low
946 * dh_movefiles: Fixed another bug.
948 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 16 Nov 1998 12:53:05 -0800
950 debhelper (1.2.6) unstable; urgency=low
952 * dh_movefiles: fixed non-integer comparison (#29476)
954 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 15 Nov 1998 13:03:09 -0800
956 debhelper (1.2.5) unstable; urgency=low
958 * The perl conversion is complete.
960 * dh_compress: perlized (yay, perl has readlink, no more ls -l | awk
962 * dh_lib, dh_getopt.pl: deleted, nothing uses them anymore.
963 * debian/rules: don't install above 2 files.
964 * doc/PROGRAMMING: removed all documentation of the old shell library
967 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 13 Nov 1998 15:36:57 -0800
969 debhelper (1.2.4) unstable; urgency=low
971 * dh_debstd, dh_movefiles: perlized.
972 * dh_debstd: fixed -c option.
973 * dh_installinit: fixed minor perl -w warning.
974 * Only 1 shell script remains! (But it's a doozy..)
976 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 13 Nov 1998 13:29:39 -0800
978 debhelper (1.2.3) unstable; urgency=low
980 * dh_fixperms, dh_installdebfiles, dh_installdeb: perlized
981 * dh_suidregister: perlized, with help from Che_Fox (and Tom Christianson,
983 * dh_suidregister: include leading 0 (or 1 for sticky, etc) in file
985 * Only 3 more to go and it'll be 100% perl.
986 * Made $dh{EXCLUDE_FIND} available to perl scripts.
988 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 10 Nov 1998 15:47:43 -0800
990 debhelper (1.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
992 * dh_du, dh_shlibdeps, dh_undocumented: rewrite in perl.
993 * dh_undocumented: shortened the symlink used for section 7 undocumented
994 man pages, since it can link to undocuemented.7.gz in the same directory.
996 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 10 Nov 1998 13:40:22 -0800
998 debhelper (1.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1000 * dh_strip, dh_installinit: rewrite in perl.
1002 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 9 Nov 1998 20:04:12 -0800
1004 debhelper (1.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1006 * A new unstable dist means I'm back to converting more of debhelper to
1007 perl.. Since 1.1 has actually stabalized, I've upped this to 1.2.
1008 * dh_md5sums: rewritten in perl, for large speed gain under some
1009 circumstances (old version called perl sometimes, once per package.)
1010 * dh_installmenu, dh_installwmacsen, dh_installwm: perlized.
1011 * Dh_Lib.pm: made autoscript() really work.
1013 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 9 Nov 1998 13:04:16 -0800
1015 debhelper (1.1.24) unstable; urgency=low
1017 * dh_suidregister: remove suid/sgid bits from all files registered. The
1018 reason is this: if you're using suidmanager, and you want a file that
1019 ships suid to never be suid on your system, shipping it suid in the .deb
1020 will create a window where it is suid before suidmanager fixes it's
1021 permissions. This change should be transparent to users and developers.
1023 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 27 Oct 1998 18:19:48 -0800
1025 debhelper (1.1.23) unstable; urgency=low
1027 * dh_clean: At the suggestion of James Troup <james@nocrew.org> now deletes
1028 files named *.P in .deps/ subdirectories. They are generated by automake.
1030 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 24 Oct 1998 15:14:53 -0700
1032 debhelper (1.1.22) unstable; urgency=low
1034 * dh_fixperms: quoting fix from Roderick Schertler <roderick@argon.org>
1035 * Added support for register-window-manager command which will be in a new
1036 (as yet unreleased) xbase. Now a new dh_installwm program handles
1037 registration of a window manager and the necessary modifications to
1038 postinst and postrm. It's safe to go ahead and start using this for your
1039 window manager packages, just note that it won't do anything until the new
1040 xbase is out, and that due to the design of register-window-manager, if
1041 your wm is installed before a xbase that supports register-window-manager
1042 is installed, the window manager will never be registered. (#20971)
1044 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 14 Oct 1998 23:08:04 -0700
1046 debhelper (1.1.21) unstable; urgency=low
1048 * Added install to .PHONY target of example rules files.
1050 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 11 Oct 1998 22:36:10 -0700
1052 debhelper (1.1.20) unstable; urgency=low
1054 * Added a --same-arch flag, that is useful in the rare case when you have
1055 a package that builds only for 1 architecture, as part of a multi-part,
1056 multi-architecture source package. (Ie, netscape-dmotif).
1057 * Modified dh_installinit -r so it does start the daemon on the initial
1060 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 2 Oct 1998 15:55:13 -0700
1062 debhelper (1.1.19) unstable; urgency=low
1064 * dh_installmanpages: look at basename of man pacges specified on command
1065 line to skip, for backwards compatability.
1067 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 10 Sep 1998 11:31:42 -0700
1069 debhelper (1.1.18) unstable; urgency=low
1071 * dh_installemacsen: substitute package name for #PACKAGE# when setting
1072 up postinst and prerm (#26560).
1074 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 8 Sep 1998 14:24:30 -0700
1076 debhelper (1.1.17) unstable; urgency=low
1078 * dh_strip: on Richard Braakman's advice, strip the .comment and .note
1079 sections of shared libraries.
1080 * Added DH_OPTIONS environment variable - anything in it will be treated
1081 as additional command line arguments by all debhelper commands. This in
1082 useful in some situations, for example, if you need to pass -p to all
1083 debhelper commands that will be run. If you use DH_OPTIONS, be sure to
1084 use dh_testversion 1.1.17 - older debhelpers will ignore it and do
1085 things you don't want them to.
1086 * Made -N properly exclude packages when no -i, -a, or -p flags are
1087 present. It didn't before, which was a bug.
1089 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 7 Sep 1998 17:33:19 -0700
1091 debhelper (1.1.16) unstable; urgency=low
1093 * dh_fixperms: remove execute bits from static libraries as well as
1094 shared libraries. (#26414)
1096 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 4 Sep 1998 14:46:37 -0700
1098 debhelper (1.1.15) unstable; urgency=medium
1100 * dh_installmanpages: the new perl version had a nasty habit of
1101 installing .so.x library files as man pages. Fixed.
1102 * dh_installmanpages: the code to exclude searching for man pages in
1103 debian/tmp directories was broken. Fixed.
1105 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 31 Aug 1998 00:05:17 -0700
1107 debhelper (1.1.14) unstable; urgency=low
1109 * Debhelper now has a web page at http://kitenet.net/programs/debhelper/
1111 * Added code to debian/rules to update the web page when I release new
1113 * dh_compress: since version 0.88 or so, dh_compress has bombed out if
1114 a debian/compress file returned an error code. This was actually
1115 unintentional - in fact, the debian/compress example in the man page
1116 will fail this way if usr/info or usr/X11R6 is not present. Corrected
1117 the program to not fail. (#26214)
1119 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 30 Aug 1998 22:15:44 -0700
1121 debhelper (1.1.13) unstable; urgency=low
1123 * dh_installmanpages: rewritten in perl. Allows me to fix bug #26221 (long
1124 symlink problem after .so conversion), and is about twice as fast.
1126 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 29 Aug 1998 22:06:06 -0700
1128 debhelper (1.1.12) unstable; urgency=low
1130 * dh_installdocs: forgot to pass package name to isnative(). Any native
1131 debian package that had a debian/TODO would have it installed with the
1132 wrong name, and debhelper would warn of undefined values for some
1135 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 27 Aug 1998 12:35:42 -0700
1137 debhelper (1.1.11) unstable; urgency=low
1139 * dh_installchangelogs: added -k flag, that will make it install a symlink
1140 to the original name of the upstream changelog.
1142 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 20 Aug 1998 15:40:40 -0700
1144 debhelper (1.1.10) unstable; urgency=low
1146 * It's come to my attention that a few packages use filename globbing in
1147 debian/{docs,examples,whatever} files and expect that to work. It used
1148 to work before the perl conversion, but it was never _documented_, or
1149 intented to work. If you use this in your packages, they are broken and
1150 need fixing (and will refuse to build with current versions of debhelper).
1151 I apologize for the inconvenience.
1153 * dh_clean: fixed a bug, intorduced in version 1.1.8, where it didn't
1154 remove debian/files properly.
1155 * dh_shlibdeps, dh_testdir, dh_testroot, dh_testversion: converted to perl.
1156 * Encode the version of debhelper in a sepererate file, so dh_testversion
1157 doesn't have to be generated when a new version of debhelper is built.
1158 * Removed bogus menu file.
1160 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 17 Aug 1998 14:15:17 -0700
1162 debhelper (1.1.9) unstable; urgency=low
1164 * dh_fixperms: has been removing the +x bits of all doc/*/examples/* files
1165 since version 0.97 or so. Fixed.
1167 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 16 Aug 1998 17:11:48 -0700
1169 debhelper (1.1.8) unstable; urgency=low
1171 * Dh_Lib.pm: made U_PARAMS an array of parameters.
1172 * Dh_Lib.pm: fixed bug in the escaping code, numbers don't need to be
1173 escaped. Also, no longer escape "-".
1174 * dh_clean, dh_gencontrol, dh_installcron: converted to perl.
1175 * dh_gencontrol.1, dh_gencontrol: the man page had said that
1176 --update-rcd-params was equivilant to -u for this program. You should
1177 really use --dpkg-gencontrol-params.
1179 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 14 Aug 1998 14:07:35 -0700
1181 debhelper (1.1.7) unstable; urgency=low
1183 * examples/rules.multi: moved dh_movefiles into the install section.
1184 * doc/README: Added a note explaining why above change was necessary.
1185 * Dh_Lib.pm: escape_shell(): now escapes the full range of special
1186 characters recognized by bash (and ksh). Thanks to Branden Robinson
1187 <branden@purdue.edu> for looking that up.
1189 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 23:32:05 -0700
1191 debhelper (1.1.6) unstable; urgency=low
1193 * dh_movefiles: don't die on symlinks (#25642). (Hope I got the fix right
1196 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 20:11:13 -0700
1198 debhelper (1.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1200 * dh_builddeb, dh_installchangelogs: converted to perl.
1201 * dh_installdirs: converted to perl, getting rid of nasty chdir en-route.
1202 * dh_installdirs: now you can use absolute directory names too if you
1204 * doc/PROGRAMMING: updated to cover new perl modules.
1205 * Dh_Lib.pm: doit(): when printing out commands that have run, escape
1206 metacharacters in the output. I probably don't escape out all the
1207 characters I should, but this is just a convenience to the user anyway.
1208 * dh_installdebfiles: it's been broken forever, I fixed it. Obviously
1209 nobody uses it anymore, which is good, since it's deprected :-)
1211 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 15:23:34 -0700
1213 debhelper (1.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1215 * dh_movefiles: fixed bug introduced in 1.1.1 where it would fail in some
1216 cases if you tried to move a broken symlink.
1217 * dh_installdocs: was only operating on the first package.
1218 * dh_installexamples: rewritten in perl.
1219 * Dh_Lib.pm: all multiple package operations were broken.
1220 * Dh_Lib.pm: implemented complex_doit() and autoscript().
1221 * Made all perl code work with use strict and -w (well, except
1222 dh_getopt.pl, but that's a hack that'll go away one day).
1223 * I didn't realize, but rewriting dh_installdocs in perl fixed bug #24686
1224 (blank lines in debian/docs file problem), although this same problem
1225 applies to other debhelper programs... like dh_installexamples, which had
1226 the same bug fixed when I rewrote it in perl just now.
1227 * Dh_Lib.pm: accidentially didn't check DH_VERBOSE if commands were not
1228 passed any switches.
1229 * Dh_Getopt.pm: --noscripts was broken.
1231 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 12:44:04 -0700
1233 debhelper (1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1235 * dh_md5sums: -x was broken since version 1.1.1 - fixed.
1236 * dh_lib: removed get_arch_indep_packages() function that hasn't been used
1237 at all for a long while.
1238 * Added Dh_Lib.pm, a translation of dh_lib into perl.
1239 * dh_getopt.pl: moved most of it into new Dh_Getopt.pm module, rewriting
1240 large chunks in the process.
1241 * dh_installdocs: completly rewritten in perl. Now it's faster and it can
1242 install many oddly named files it died on before.
1243 * dh_installdocs: fixed a bug that installed TODO files mode 655 in native
1246 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 10 Aug 1998 15:01:15 -0700
1248 debhelper (1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1250 * dh_strip: added -X to specify files to not strip (#25590).
1251 * Added dh_installemacsen, for automatic registration with emacsen-common
1253 * Preliminary thoughts in TODO about converting entire debhelper programs
1256 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 10 Aug 1998 13:35:17 -0700
1258 debhelper (1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1260 * dh_movefiles: try to move all files specified, and only then bomb out if
1261 some of the file could not be found. Makes it easier for some packages
1262 that don't always have the same files in them.
1263 * dh_compress: any parameters passed to it on the command line specify
1264 additional files to be compressed in the first package acted on.
1265 * dh_compress: recognize standard -A parameter.
1267 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 8 Aug 1998 22:48:01 -0700
1269 debhelper (1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1271 * New unstable branch of debhelper.
1273 * TODO: list all current bugs, in order I plan to tackle them.
1274 * Added debhelper.1 man page, which groups all the debhelper options that
1275 are common to all commands in once place so I can add new options w/o
1276 updating 27 man pages.
1277 * dh_*.1: updated all debheper man pages to refer to debhelper(1) where
1278 appropriate. Also corrected a host of little errors.
1279 * doc/README: moved a lot of this file into debhelper.1.
1280 * dh_*: -N option now excludes a package from the list of packages the
1281 programs act on. (#25247)
1283 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 8 Aug 1998 17:49:56 -0700
1285 debhelper (1.0) stable unstable; urgency=low
1289 * This relelase is not really intended for stable. I throw a copy into
1290 stable-updates because I want it to be available as an upgrade for
1291 people using debian 2.0 (the current version in debian 2.0 has no
1292 critical bugs, but this version is of course a lot nicer), and I plan
1293 to start work on a new branch of debhelper that will fix many wishlist
1294 bug reports, and of course introduce many new bugs, and which will go
1297 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 8 Aug 1998 17:33:20 -0700
1299 debhelper (0.99.4) unstable; urgency=low
1301 * dh_debstd: only warn about scripts that actually lack #DEBHELPER#.
1304 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 7 Aug 1998 12:06:28 -0700
1306 debhelper (0.99.3) unstable; urgency=low
1308 * dh_movefiles: Fixed a over-eager sanity check introduced in the last
1311 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 3 Aug 1998 18:31:45 -0700
1313 debhelper (0.99.2) unstable; urgency=low
1315 * dh_movefiles: allow passing of files to move on the command line. Only
1316 rarely does this make sense. (#25197)
1318 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 30 Jul 1998 10:38:34 -0700
1320 debhelper (0.99.1) unstable; urgency=low
1322 * dh_installcron: now supports /etc/cron.d (#25112).
1324 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 27 Jul 1998 20:18:47 -0700
1326 debhelper (0.99) unstable; urgency=low
1328 * !!!! WARNING: Debhelper (specifically dh_compress) is broken with
1329 !!!! libtricks. Use fakeroot instead until this is fixed.
1330 * dh_compress: applied patch from Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
1331 to make it not fail if there are no candidates for compression (#24654).
1332 * Removed a whole debhelper-0.96 tree that had crept into the source
1333 package by accident.
1334 * Is version 1.0 next?
1336 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 10:03:21 -0700
1338 debhelper (0.98) unstable; urgency=low
1340 * dh_lib: isnative: pass -l<changelog> to dpkg-parsechangelog, to support
1341 odd packages with multiple different debian changelogs.
1342 * doc/PROGRAMMING: cleaned up the docs on DH_EXCLUDE_FIND.
1344 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 6 Jul 1998 12:45:13 -0700
1346 debhelper (0.97) unstable; urgency=low
1348 * doc/from-debstd: fixed a typo.
1349 * examples/*: install-stamp no longer depends on phony build targey; now
1350 install-stamp depends on build-stamp instead (#24234).
1351 * dh_fixperms: applied patch from Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
1352 to fix bad uses of the find command, so it should now work on packages
1353 with files with spaces in them (#22005). It's also much cleaner. Thanks,
1355 * dh_getopt.pl, doc/PROGRAMMING: added DH_EXCLUDE_FIND, to make the above
1358 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 5 Jul 1998 18:09:25 -0700
1360 debhelper (0.96) unstable; urgency=low
1362 * dh_movefiles: fixed serious breakage introduced in the last version.
1363 * dh_movefiles: really order all symlinks last.
1364 * some minor reorganization of the source tree.
1366 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 28 Jun 1998 21:53:45 -0700
1368 debhelper (0.95) unstable; urgency=low
1370 * dh_movefiles: move even very strangly named files. (#23775) Unfortunatly,
1371 I had to use a temporary file. Oh well..
1373 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 22 Jun 1998 17:16:17 -0700
1375 debhelper (0.94) unstable; urgency=low
1377 * dh_md5sums: fixed so it handles spaces and other odd characters in
1378 filenames correctly. (#23046, #23700, #22010)
1379 * As a side effect, got rid of the nasty temporary file dh_md5sums used
1382 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 22 Jun 1998 16:14:42 -0700
1384 debhelper (0.93) unstable; urgency=low
1386 * Depend on file, since several dh_*'s use it.
1388 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 19 Jun 1998 21:43:51 -0700
1390 debhelper (0.92) unstable; urgency=low
1392 * dh_gencontrol: pass -isp to dpkg-gencontrol to make it include section
1393 and priority info in the .deb file. Back in Jan 1998, this came up, and
1394 a consensus was reached on debian-devel that it was a good thing for
1397 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 19 Jun 1998 16:15:24 -0700
1399 debhelper (0.91) unstable; urgency=low
1401 * dh_installdocs: support debian/<package>.{README.Debian,TODO}
1403 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 17 Jun 1998 19:09:35 -0700
1405 debhelper (0.90) unstable; urgency=low
1407 * I'd like to thank Len Pikulski and Igor Grobman at nothinbut.net for
1408 providing me with free internet access on a moment's notice, so I could
1409 get this package to you after hacking on it all over New England for the
1410 past week. Thanks, guys!
1412 * Added dh_debstd, which mimics the functionality of the debstd command.
1413 It's not a complete nor an exact copy, and it's not so much intended to
1414 be used in a debian/rules file, as it is to be run by hand when you are
1415 converting a package from debstd to debhelper. "dh_debstd -v" will
1416 output the sequence of debhelper commands that approximate what debstd
1417 would do in the same situation.
1418 * dh_debstd is completly untested, I don't have the source to any packages
1419 that use debstd available. Once this is tested, I plan to release
1421 * Added a from-debstd document that gives a recipe to convert from debstd
1423 * dh_fixperms: can now use -X to exclude files from having their
1424 permissions changed.
1425 * dh_testroot: test for uid == 0, instead of username == root, becuase
1426 some people enjoy changing root's name.
1427 * dh_installinit: handle debian/init.d as well as debian/init files,
1428 for backwards compatability with debstd. Unlike with debstd, the two
1429 files are treated identically.
1430 * dh_lib, PROGRAMMING: added "warning" function.
1431 * Minor man page fixes.
1432 * dh_compress: don't bomb out if usr/doc/<package> is empty. (#23054)
1433 * dh_compress, dh_installdirs: always cd into $TMP and back out, even if
1434 --no-act is on. (#23054)
1436 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 1 Jun 1998 21:57:45 -0400
1438 debhelper (0.88) unstable; urgency=low
1440 * I had many hours on a train to hack on debhelper... enjoy!
1441 * dh_compress: always pass -f to gzip, to force compression.
1442 * dh_compress: added -X switch, to make it easy to specify files to
1443 exclude, without all the bother of a debian/compress script. You can
1444 use -X multiple times, too.
1445 * PROGRAMMING, dh_getopt.pl: DH_EXCLUDE is now a variable set by the
1446 --exclude (-X) switch. -x now sets DH_INCLUDE_CONFFILES.
1448 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 17 May 1998 11:26:09 -0700
1450 debhelper (0.87) unstable; urgency=low
1452 * dh_strip: strip .comment and .note, not comment and note, when stripping
1453 elf binaries. This makes for smaller output files. This has always been
1454 broken in debhelper before! (#22395)
1456 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 13 May 1998 11:54:29 -0700
1458 debhelper (0.86) unstable; urgency=low
1460 * dh_compress: don't try to re-compress *.gz files. Eliminates warning
1461 messages in some cases, shouldn't actually change the result at all.
1463 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 27 Apr 1998 15:21:33 -0700
1465 debhelper (0.85) unstable; urgency=low
1467 * Moved a few things around that were broken by Che's patch:
1468 - dh_installdirs should go in install target.
1469 - dh_clean should not run in binary targets.
1470 * This is just a quick fix to make it work, I'm not happy with it. I'm
1471 going to discuss my problems with it with Che, and either make a new
1472 version fixing them, or revert to 0.83.
1473 * So be warned that the example rules files are not currently in good
1474 shape if you're starting a new package.
1476 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 18 Apr 1998 23:30:38 -0700
1478 debhelper (0.84) unstable; urgency=low
1480 * Applied Che_Fox'x patches to example rules files, which makes them use
1481 an install target internally to move things into place in debian/tmp.
1483 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 9 Apr 1998 12:08:45 -0700
1485 debhelper (0.83) unstable; urgency=low
1487 * Generate symlinks in build stage of debian/rules. cvs cannot create them
1488 properly. Note that version 0.80 and 0.81 could not build some packages
1489 because of missing symlinks.
1491 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 31 Mar 1998 19:27:29 -0800
1493 debhelper (0.81) unstable; urgency=low
1495 * dh_movefiles: empty $tomove (#20495).
1497 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 31 Mar 1998 15:36:32 -0800
1499 debhelper (0.80) unstable; urgency=low
1501 * Moved under cvs (so I can fork a stable and an unstable version).
1502 * dh_movefiles: first move real files, then move symlinks. (#18220)
1503 Thanks to Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> and Adam Heath
1504 <adam.heath@usa.net> for help on the implementation.
1505 * dh_installchangelogs: use debian/package.changelog files if they exist
1506 rather than debian/changelog. It appears some people do need per-package
1508 * dh_gencontrol: if debian/package.changelogs files exist, use them.
1509 * Above 2 changes close #20442.
1511 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 30 Mar 1998 20:54:26 -0800
1513 debhelper (0.78) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1515 * More spelling fixes from Christian T. Steigies. (I ignored the spelling
1516 fixes to the changelog, though - too many, and a changelog isn't meant
1517 to be changed after the fact :-)
1518 * dh_fixperms: remove execute bits from .la files genrated by libtool.
1520 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 30 Mar 1998 12:44:42 -0800
1522 debhelper (0.77) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1524 * Fixed a nasty bug in dh_makeshlibs when it was called with -V, but with
1525 no version string after the -V.
1527 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 29 Mar 1998 16:08:27 -0800
1529 debhelper (0.76) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1531 * I intended version 0.75 to make it in before the freeze, and it did not.
1532 This is just to get it into frozen. There are no changes except bug
1535 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 26 Mar 1998 12:25:47 -0800
1537 debhelper (0.75) unstable; urgency=low
1539 * Actually exit if there is an unknown option on the command line (oooops!)
1540 * Fix .so file conversion to actually work (#19933).
1542 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 19 Mar 1998 11:54:58 -0800
1544 debhelper (0.74) unstable; urgency=low
1546 * dh_installmanpages: convert .so links to symlinks at last (#19829).
1547 * dh_installmanpages.1: documented that no, dh_installmanpages never
1548 installs symlink man pages from the source package (#19831).
1549 * dh_installmanpages: minor speedups
1550 * PROGRAMMING: numerous spelling fixes, thanks to Christian T. Steigies.
1551 Life is too short for me to spell check my technical documentation, but
1552 I always welcome corrections!
1554 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 17 Mar 1998 22:09:07 -0800
1556 debhelper (0.73) unstable; urgency=low
1558 * Fixed typo in dh_suidregister.1
1560 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 12 Mar 1998 16:30:27 -0800
1562 debhelper (0.72) unstable; urgency=low
1564 * Applied patch from Yann Dirson <ydirson@a2points.com> to add a
1565 --init-script parameter to dh_installinit. (#19227)
1566 * Documented this new switch.
1568 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 9 Mar 1998 17:12:04 -0800
1570 debhelper (0.71) unstable; urgency=low
1572 * dh_makeshlibs: -V flag was broken: if just -V was specified,
1573 dh_makeshlibs would die. Corrected this.
1574 * dh_lib: removed warning if the arguments passed to a debhelper command
1575 do not apply to the main package. It's been long enough so I'm 100% sure
1576 no packages use the old behavior.
1578 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 9 Mar 1998 11:46:59 -0800
1580 debhelper (0.70) unstable; urgency=low
1582 * dh_lib: autoscript(): no longer add the modification date to the
1583 comments aurrounding debhelper-added code. I don't think this date was
1584 gaining us anything, so let's remove it and save some disk space.
1586 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 8 Mar 1998 21:15:13 -0800
1588 debhelper (0.69) unstable; urgency=low
1590 * Refer to suidregister (8), not (1). Bug #19149.
1591 * Removed junk file from debian/ dir.
1593 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 8 Mar 1998 13:04:36 -0800
1595 debhelper (0.68) unstable; urgency=low
1597 * Document that README.debian files are installed as README.Debian (#19089).
1599 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 6 Mar 1998 17:48:32 -0800
1601 debhelper (0.67) unstable; urgency=low
1603 * Added PROGRAMMING document that describes the interface of dh_lib, to
1604 aid others in writing and understanding debhelper programs.
1606 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 6 Mar 1998 12:45:08 -0800
1608 debhelper (0.66) unstable; urgency=low
1610 * README, dh_testversion.1, dh_movefiles.1: more doc fixes.
1611 * dh_movefiles: don't check for package names to see if files are being
1612 moved from one package back into itself, instead, check tmp dir names.
1613 If you use this behavior, you should use "dh_testversion 0.66".
1615 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 2 Mar 1998 17:50:29 -0800
1617 debhelper (0.65) unstable; urgency=low
1619 * dh_installdocs.1, dh_movefiles.1: clarified documentation for Che.
1621 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 2 Mar 1998 17:20:39 -0800
1623 debhelper (0.64) unstable; urgency=low
1625 * Removed some junk (a whole old debhelper source tree!) that had gotten
1626 into the source package by accident.
1628 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 23 Feb 1998 20:23:34 -0800
1630 debhelper (0.63) unstable; urgency=low
1632 * Removed some debugging output from dh_installmanpages.
1633 * du_du: no longer does anything, becuase it has been decided on
1634 debian-policy that du control files are bad.
1635 * examples/*: removed dh_du calls.
1636 * debian/rules: removed dh_du call.
1637 * Modified dh_gencontrol, dh_makeshlibs, and dh_md5sums to generate files
1638 with the correct permissions even if the umask is set to unusual
1641 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 16 Feb 1998 23:34:36 -0800
1643 debhelper (0.62) unstable; urgency=low
1645 * dh_installmanpages: if the man page filename ends in 'x', install it in
1647 * TODO: expanded descriptions of stuff, in the hope someone else will get
1648 inspired to implement some of it.
1649 * Also added all wishlist bugs to the TODO.
1651 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 12 Feb 1998 22:38:53 -0800
1653 debhelper (0.61) unstable; urgency=low
1655 * dh_installmanpages: Add / to end of egrep -v regexp, fixes it so
1656 debian/icewm.1 can be found.
1658 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 11 Feb 1998 09:09:28 -0800
1660 debhelper (0.60) unstable; urgency=low
1662 * dh_fixperms: make all files readable and writable by owner
1663 (policy 3.3.8 paragraph 2).
1664 Lintian found lots of bugs that will be fixed by this change.
1666 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 9 Feb 1998 12:26:13 -0800
1668 debhelper (0.59) unstable; urgency=low
1670 * Added DH_NO_ACT and --no-act, which make debhelper commands run without
1671 actually doing anything. (Combine with -v to see what the command would
1672 have done.) (#17598)
1674 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 1 Feb 1998 14:51:08 -0800
1676 debhelper (0.58) unstable; urgency=low
1678 * Fixed bug #17597 - DH_VERBOSE wasn'talways taking effect.
1680 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 28 Jan 1998 17:18:17 -0500
1682 debhelper (0.57) unstable; urgency=low
1684 * Depend on perl 5.004 or greater (for Getopt::Long).
1686 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 17 Jan 1998 02:12:06 -0500
1688 debhelper (0.56) unstable; urgency=low
1690 * dh_compress: Applied patch from Yann Dirson <ydirson@a2points.com>,
1691 to make it not abort of one of the find's fails.
1693 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 15 Jan 1998 19:16:48 -0500
1695 debhelper (0.55) unstable; urgency=low
1697 * dh_clean: delete substvarsfiles probperly again (broken in 0.53). #17077
1698 * Added call to dh_movefiles, and a commented out call to dh_testversion,
1699 to some of the sample rules files. #17076
1701 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 14 Jan 1998 12:48:43 -0500
1703 debhelper (0.54) unstable; urgency=low
1705 * dh_lib: no longer call getopt(1) to parse options. I wrote my own
1706 argument processor in perl.
1707 * Added long versions of all arguments. TODO: document them.
1708 * All parameters may now be passed values that include whitespace (ie,
1709 dh_installinit -u"defaults 10")
1710 * Now depends on perl (needs Getopt::Long).
1712 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 10 Jan 1998 15:44:09 -0500
1714 debhelper (0.53) unstable; urgency=low
1716 * dh_installmanpages: ignore all man pages installed into debian/tmp
1717 type directories. (#16933)
1718 * dh_*: set up alternative name for files like debian/dirs; you may now
1719 use debian/<mainpackage>.dirs too, for consistency. (#16934)
1720 * dh_installdocs: if a debian/package.copyright file exists, use it in
1721 preference to debian/copyright, so subpackages with varying copyrights
1722 are supported. (#16935)
1723 * Added dh_movefiles, which moves files out of debian/tmp into subpackages.
1726 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 10 Jan 1998 11:30:12 -0500
1728 debhelper (0.52) unstable; urgency=low
1730 * dh_compress: compress file belongs in debian/. It was looking in ./
1731 This has been broken since version 0.30.
1733 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 6 Jan 1998 14:08:31 -0500
1735 debhelper (0.51) unstable; urgency=low
1737 * dh_fixperms: make shared libraries non-executable, in accordance with
1739 * dh_makeshlibs: introduced a -V flag, which allows you to specify explicit
1740 version requirements in the shlibs file.
1741 * dh_{installdirs,installdocs,installexamples,suidregister,undocumented}:
1742 Added a -A flag, which makes any files/directories specified on the
1743 command line apply to ALL packages acted on.
1744 * Updated Standards-Version to latest.
1746 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 5 Jan 1998 16:15:01 -0500
1748 debhelper (0.50) unstable; urgency=low
1750 * dh_makeshlibs: added -m parameter, which can force the major number
1751 of the shared library if it is guessed incorrectly.
1752 * Added dh_testversion to let your package depend on a certian version of
1754 * dh_{installdirs,installdocs,installexamples,suidregieter,undocumented}:
1755 behavior modification - any files/directories specified on the command
1756 line now apply to the first package acted on. This may not be the
1757 first package listed in debian/control, if you use -p to make it act on
1758 a given package, or -i or -a.
1759 * If you take advantage of the above new behavior, I suggest you add
1760 "dh_testversion 0.50" to your debian/rules.
1761 * Display a warning message in cases where the above behavior is triggered,
1762 and debhelper's behavior has altered.
1763 * I have grepped debian's source packages, and I'm quite sure this
1764 is not going to affect any packages currently in debian.
1765 * dh_lib: isnative() now caches its return value, which should optimize
1766 away several more calls to dpkg-parsechangelog.
1767 * README: explain a way to embed debhelper generated shell script into a
1769 * dh_installinit: A hack to work around the problem in getopt(1) that
1770 led to bug report #16229: Any text specified on the command line that is
1771 not a flag will be presumed to be part of the -u flag. Yuck.
1773 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 3 Jan 1998 14:36:15 -0500
1775 debhelper (0.37) unstable; urgency=low
1777 * dh_du: Fixed hardcoded debian/tmp.
1778 * This change got lost by accident, redid it: Optimized out most of the
1779 slowdown caused by using dpkg-parsechangelog - now it's only called by
1782 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 28 Dec 1997 20:45:22 -0500
1784 debhelper (0.36) unstable; urgency=low
1786 * dh_undocumented: exit with an error message if the man page specified
1787 does not have a section.
1789 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 27 Dec 1997 14:14:04 -0500
1791 debhelper (0.35) unstable; urgency=low
1793 * dh_lib: use dpkg-parsechangelog instead of parsing it by hand. This
1794 makes a package build slower (by about 30 seconds, on average), so
1795 I might remove it or optimize it if too many people yell at me. :-)
1796 * dh_undocumented.1: note that it really links to undocumented.7.gz.
1798 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 22 Dec 1997 22:19:39 -0500
1800 debhelper (0.34) unstable; urgency=low
1802 * Fixed typo #16215.
1804 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 22 Dec 1997 14:41:46 -0500
1806 debhelper (0.33) unstable; urgency=low
1808 * examples/*: use prefix, instead of PREFIX, becuase autoconf uses that.
1809 Also, use `pwd`/debian/tmp, instead of debian/tmp.
1810 * Always substitute #DEBHELPER# in maintainer scripts, even if it expands
1811 to nothing, for neatness and to save a few bytes. #15863
1812 * dh_clean: added -k parameter to not delete debian/files. #15789
1813 * examples/*: use dh_clean -k in the binary targets of all rules files,
1816 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 11 Dec 1997 19:05:41 -0500
1818 debhelper (0.32) unstable; urgency=low
1820 * Split dh_installdebfiles into 3 programs (dh_installdeb, dh_shlibdeps,
1821 and dh_gencontrol). dh_installdebfiles still works, but is depricated.
1822 * Added an examples/rules.indep file.
1823 * examples/rules.multi: changed dh_du -a to dh_du -i in binary-indep
1826 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 10 Dec 1997 19:53:13 -0500
1828 debhelper (0.31) unstable; urgency=low
1830 * Fixed man page typos #15685.
1832 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 6 Dec 1997 21:44:58 -0500
1834 debhelper (0.30) unstable; urgency=low
1836 * dh_md5sumes, dh_installdirs, dh_compress: fixed assorted cd bugs.
1838 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 5 Dec 1997 15:08:36 -0500
1840 debhelper (0.29) unstable; urgency=low
1842 * dh_lib: don't expand text passed to doit() a second time. This fixes
1843 #15624, and hopefully doesn't break anything else.
1844 * A side effect of this (of interest only to the debhelper programmer) is
1845 that doit() can no longer handle complex commands now. (ie, pipes, `;',
1846 `&', etc separating multiple commands, or redirection)
1847 * dh_makeshlibs, dh_md5sums, dh_installdebfiles, dh_du, dh_clean,
1848 dh_installdirs: don't pass complex commands to doit().
1850 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 4 Dec 1997 13:56:14 -0500
1852 debhelper (0.28) unstable; urgency=low
1854 * dh_makeshlibs: fixes type that caused the program to crash (#15536).
1856 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 3 Dec 1997 13:22:48 -0500
1858 debhelper (0.27) unstable; urgency=low
1860 * README: fixed typoes (one serious).
1861 * Ran ispell on all the documentation.
1863 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 30 Nov 1997 18:48:20 -0500
1865 debhelper (0.26) unstable; urgency=low
1867 * dh_installdirs: Do not create usr/doc/$PACKAGE directory. Bug #15498
1868 * README: documented that $PACKAGE can be used in the arguments to some of
1869 the dh_* programs (#15497).
1870 * dh_du.1: no, this is not really the dh_md5sums man page (#15499).
1872 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 30 Nov 1997 13:01:40 -0500
1874 debhelper (0.25) unstable; urgency=low
1876 * dh_compress: was not reading debian/compress file - fixed.
1877 * examples/*: moved dh_clean call to after make clean is run.
1879 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 25 Nov 1997 15:43:58 -0500
1881 debhelper (0.24) unstable; urgency=low
1883 * dh_clean: no longer clean up empty (0 byte) files (#15240).
1885 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 25 Nov 1997 14:29:37 -0500
1887 debhelper (0.23) unstable; urgency=low
1889 * Now depends on fileutils (>= 3.16-4), becuase with any earlier version
1890 of fileutils, install -p will not work (#14680)
1892 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 19 Nov 1997 23:59:43 -0500
1894 debhelper (0.22) unstable; urgency=low
1896 * dh_installdocs: Install README.debian as README.Debian (of course,
1897 README.Debian is installed with the same name..)
1899 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 18 Nov 1997 01:23:53 -0500
1901 debhelper (0.21) unstable; urgency=low
1903 * dh_installinit: on removal, fixed how update-rc.d is called.
1905 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 15 Nov 1997 20:43:14 -0500
1907 debhelper (0.20) unstable; urgency=low
1909 * Added dh_installinit, which installs an init.d script, and edits the
1910 postinst, postrm, etc.
1912 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 14 Nov 1997 00:45:53 -0500
1914 debhelper (0.19) unstable; urgency=low
1916 * dh_installmenu.1: menufile is in section 5, not 1.
1918 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 12 Nov 1997 19:54:48 -0500
1920 debhelper (0.18) unstable; urgency=low
1922 * examples/*: added source, diff targets that just print an error.
1923 * dh_clean: clean up more files - *.orig, *.rej, *.bak, .*.orig, .*.rej,
1924 .SUMS, TAGS, and empty files.
1925 * dh_lib: doit(): use eval on parameters, instead of directly running
1926 them. This lets me clean up several nasty areas where I had to echo the
1927 commands once, and then run them seperatly.
1929 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 10 Nov 1997 19:48:36 -0500
1931 debhelper (0.17) unstable; urgency=low
1933 * Added dh_installdirs, automatically creates subdirectories (for
1934 compatability with debstd's debian/dirs file.
1935 * dh_lib: fixed problem with -P flag.
1937 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 7 Nov 1997 16:07:11 -0500
1939 debhelper (0.16) unstable; urgency=low
1941 * dh_compress: always compress changelog and upstream changelog, no
1942 matter what their size (#14604) (policy 5.8)
1944 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 6 Nov 1997 19:50:36 -0500
1946 debhelper (0.15) unstable; urgency=low
1948 * README: documented what temporary directories are used by default for
1949 installing package files into.
1950 * dh_*: added -P flag, to let a different package build directory be
1953 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 6 Nov 1997 15:51:22 -0500
1955 debhelper (0.14) unstable; urgency=low
1957 * dh_fixperms: leave permissions on files in /usr/doc/packages/examples
1959 * Install examples/rules* executable.
1961 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 27 Oct 1997 12:42:33 -0500
1963 debhelper (0.13) unstable; urgency=low
1965 * Added dh_makeshlibs, automatically generates a shlibs file.
1967 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 24 Oct 1997 20:33:14 -0400
1969 debhelper (0.12) unstable; urgency=low
1971 * Fixed mispelling of dh_md5sums in examples rules files and README.
1972 (#13990) Thanks, Adrian.
1974 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 24 Oct 1997 14:35:30 -0400
1976 debhelper (0.11) unstable; urgency=low
1978 * dh_md5sums: behavior modification: do not generate md5sums for conffiles.
1979 (Thanks to Charles Briscoe-Smith <cpb4@ukc.ac.uk>) #14048.
1980 * dh_md5sums: can generate conffile md5sums with -x parameter.
1981 * Added a "converting from debstd" section to the README.
1982 * Added dh_du, generates a DEBIAN/du file with disk usage stats (#14048).
1984 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 13:17:28 -0400
1986 debhelper (0.10) unstable; urgency=medium
1988 * dh_installdebfiles: fixed *bad* bug that messed up the names of all
1989 files installed into DEBIAN/ for multiple binary packages.
1990 * dh_md5sums: fixed another serious bug if dh_md5sums was used for
1991 multiple binary packages.
1992 * If you have made any multiple binary packages using debhelper, you
1993 should rebuild them with this version.
1994 * dh_md5sums: show cd commands in verbose mode.
1996 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 20 Oct 1997 14:44:30 -0400
1998 debhelper (0.9) unstable; urgency=low
2000 * Added dh_suidregister, interfaces to to the suidmanager package.
2001 * dh_installdebfiles: fixed typo on man page.
2003 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 18 Oct 1997 20:55:39 -0400
2005 debhelper (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
2007 * Added dh_md5sum, generates a md5sums file.
2008 * dh_clean: fixed to echo all commands when verbose mode is on.
2010 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 17 Oct 1997 14:18:26 -0400
2012 debhelper (0.7) unstable; urgency=low
2014 * Sped up some things by removing unnecesary for loops.
2015 * dh_installdocs: behavior modifcation: if there is a debian/TODO, it is
2016 named like a debian/changelog file: if the package is a debian native
2017 package, it is installed as TODO. If the package is not a native package,
2018 it is installed as TODO.Debian.
2019 * dh_installdocs: handle debian/README.Debian as well as
2020 debian/README.debian.
2021 * Added dh_undocumented program, which can set up undocumented.7 symlinks.
2022 * Moved dh_installdebfiles to come after dh_fixperms in the example rules
2023 files. (dh_installdebfiles makes sure it installs things with the proper
2024 permissions, and this reorganization makes the file a bit more flexable
2025 in a few situations.)
2027 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 13 Oct 1997 20:08:05 -0400
2029 debhelper (0.6) unstable; urgency=low
2031 * Got rid of bashisms - this package should work now if /bin/sh is ash.
2033 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 10 Oct 1997 15:24:40 -0400
2035 debhelper (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
2037 * Added dh_installcron to install cron jobs.
2039 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 30 Sep 1997 19:37:41 -0400
2041 debhelper (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
2043 * Added dh_strip to strip binaries and libraries.
2044 * Fixed several man pages.
2046 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 28 Sep 1997 20:46:32 -0400
2048 debhelper (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
2050 * Added support for automatic generation of debian install scripts to
2051 dh_installmenu and dh_installdebfiles and dh_clean.
2052 * Removed some pointless uses of cat.
2054 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 26 Sep 1997 21:52:53 -0400
2056 debhelper (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
2058 * Moved out of unstable, it still has rough edges and incomplete bits, but
2059 is ready for general use.
2060 * Added man pages for all commands.
2061 * Multiple binary package support.
2062 * Support for specifying exactly what set of binary packages to act on,
2063 by group (arch or noarch), and by package name.
2064 * dh_clean: allow specification of additional files to remove as
2066 * dh_compress: fixed it to not compress doc/package/copyright
2067 * dh_installmanpage: allow listing of man pages that should not be
2068 auto-installed as parameters.
2069 * dh_installdebfiles: make sure all installed files have proper ownerships
2071 * dh_installdebfiles: only pass ELF files to dpkg-shlibdeps, and pass .so
2074 * dh_compress: changed behavior - debian/compress script is now run inside
2075 the package build directory it is to act on.
2076 * Added dh_lib symlink in debian/ so the debhelper apps used in this
2077 package's debian/rules always use the most up-to-date db_lib.
2078 * Changed dh_cleantmp commands in the examples rules files to dh_clean.
2080 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 23 Sep 1997 12:26:12 -0400
2082 debhelper (0.1) experimental; urgency=low
2084 * First release. This is a snapshot of my work so far, and it not yet
2085 ready to replace debstd.
2087 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 22 Sep 1997 15:01:25 -0400