1 debhelper (2.0.59) unstable; urgency=low
3 * dh_installdocs: if $TMP/usr/share/doc/$PACKAGE is a broken symlink,
4 leaves it alone, assumming that the maintainer knows what they're doing
5 and is probably linking to the doc dir of another package.
8 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 4 Oct 1999 16:27:28 -0700
10 debhelper (2.0.58) unstable; urgency=low
12 * Dh_Lib.pm: fixed bug in xargs() that made boundry words be skipped.
14 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 3 Oct 1999 18:55:29 -0700
16 debhelper (2.0.57) unstable; urgency=low
18 * Added note to man pages of commands that use autoscript to note they are
21 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 1 Oct 1999 13:18:20 -0700
23 debhelper (2.0.56) unstable; urgency=low
25 * Fiddlesticks. The neat make trick I was using in rules.multi2 failed if
26 you try to build binary-indep and binary-arch targets in the same make
27 run. Make tries to be too smart. Modified the file so it will work,
28 though it's now uglier. Closes: 46287
29 * examples/*: It's important that one -not- use a install-stamp target.
30 Install should run every time binary-* calls it. Otherwise if a binary-*
31 target is called twice by hand, you get duplicate entries in the
32 maintainer script fragment files. Closes: #46313
34 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 30 Sep 1999 12:01:40 -0700
36 debhelper (2.0.55) unstable; urgency=low
38 * Fixed quoting problem in examples/rules.multi (Closes: #46254)
40 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 29 Sep 1999 12:06:59 -0700
42 debhelper (2.0.54) unstable; urgency=low
44 * Enhanced debconf support -- the database is now cleaned up on package
46 * Broke all debconf support off into a dh_installdebconf script. This
47 seems conceptually a little cleaner.
49 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 28 Sep 1999 16:12:53 -0700
51 debhelper (2.0.53) unstable; urgency=low
53 * Minor changes to rules.multi2.
55 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 27 Sep 1999 13:57:17 -0700
57 debhelper (2.0.52) unstable; urgency=low
59 * dh_movefiles: if the wildcards in the filelist expand to nothing,
60 don't do anything, rather than crashing.
62 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 23 Sep 1999 15:18:00 -0700
64 debhelper (2.0.51) unstable; urgency=low
66 * dh_installdocs: create the compatability symlink before calling
67 install-docs. I'm told this is better in some cases. (Closes: #45608)
68 * examples/rules.multi2: clarified what you have to comment/uncomment.
70 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 20 Sep 1999 12:43:09 -0700
72 debhelper (2.0.50) unstable; urgency=medium
74 * Oops. Fixed dh_shlibdeps so it actually generates dependancies, broke in
77 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 18 Sep 1999 19:00:10 -0700
79 debhelper (2.0.49) unstable; urgency=low
81 * dh_shlibdeps: detect statically linked binaries and don't pass them to
83 * dh_installdeb: debconf support.
85 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 17 Sep 1999 00:28:59 -0700
87 debhelper (2.0.48) unstable; urgency=low
89 * 4 whole days without a debhelper upload! Can't let that happen. Let's see..
90 * dh_installperl.1: explain what you have to put in your control file
91 for the dependancies to be generated.
93 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 16 Sep 1999 21:15:05 -0700
95 debhelper (2.0.47) unstable; urgency=low
97 * dh_undocumented: installs links for X11 man pages to the undocumented.7
98 page in /usr/share/man. (Closes: #44909)
100 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 13:12:34 -0700
102 debhelper (2.0.46) unstable; urgency=low
104 * dh_installemacsen: the script fragments it generates now test for the
105 existance of emacs-package-install/remove before calling them. Though
106 a strict reading of the emacsen policy indicates that such a test
107 shouldn't be needed, there may be edge cases (cf bug 44924), where it
110 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 12:54:37 -0700
112 debhelper (2.0.45) unstable; urgency=low
114 * dh_installdocs.1: clarified how the doc-id is determined. Closes: #44864
115 * dh_makeshlibs: will now overwrite existing debian/tmp/DEBIAN/shlibs
116 files, instead of erroring out. (Closes: #44828)
118 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 11 Sep 1999 13:15:33 -0700
120 debhelper (2.0.44) unstable; urgency=low
122 * dh_compress: fixed #ARGV bug (again) Closes: #44853
124 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 11 Sep 1999 13:04:15 -0700
126 debhelper (2.0.43) unstable; urgency=low
128 * Corrected example rules files, which had some messed up targets.
130 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 9 Sep 1999 11:22:09 -0700
132 debhelper (2.0.42) unstable; urgency=low
134 * dh_installinfo: failed pretty miserably if the info file's section
135 contained '/' characters. Doesn't now.
137 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 6 Sep 1999 16:33:13 -0700
139 debhelper (2.0.41) unstable; urgency=low
141 * dh_installinfo: use FHS info dir. I wonder how I missed that..
143 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 6 Sep 1999 13:22:08 -0700
145 debhelper (2.0.40) unstable; urgency=low
147 * FHS complience. Patch from Johnie Ingram <johnie@netgod.net>.
148 For the most part, this was a straight-forward substitution,
149 dh_installmanpages needed a non-obvious change though.
150 * Closes: #42489, #42587, #41732.
151 * dh_installdocs: Adds code to postinst and prerm as specified in
152 http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-ctte-9908/msg00038.html,
153 to make /usr/doc/<package> a compatability symlink to
154 /usr/share/doc/<package>. Note that currently if something exists in
155 /usr/doc/<package> when the postinst is run, it will silently not make
156 the symlink. I'm considering more intellingent handing of this case.
157 * Note that if you build a package with this version of debhelper, it will
158 use /usr/share/man, /usr/share/doc, and /usr/share/info. You may need to
159 modify other files in your package that reference the old locations.
161 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 5 Sep 1999 21:06:11 -0700
163 debhelper (2.0.30) unstable; urgency=low
165 * It turns out it's possible to set up make variables that are specific to
166 a single target of a Makefile. This works tremendously well with
167 DH_OPTIONS: no need to put "-i" or "-pfoo" after every debhelper command
169 * debhelper.1: mentioned above technique.
170 * examples/rules.multi: use the above method to get rid of -i's and -a's.
171 * examples/rules.multi2: new file, example of a multi-binary package that
172 works for arch-indep and arch-dependant packages, and also allows
173 building of single binary packages independntly, via binary-<package>
174 targets. It accomplishes all this using only one list of debhelper
176 * examples/*: removed source and diff targets. They've been obsolete for 2
177 years -- or is it 3? No need for a nice error message on failure anymore.
179 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 3 Sep 1999 11:28:24 -0700
181 debhelper (2.0.29) unstable; urgency=low
183 * dh_shlibdeps: Fixed quoting problem that made it fail on weird file names.
184 Patch from Devin Carraway <debianbug-debhelper@devin.com>, Closes: #44016
186 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 2 Sep 1999 13:40:37 -0700
188 debhelper (2.0.28) unstable; urgency=low
190 * Oops, dh_installpam was omitted from the package. Added back.
193 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 27 Aug 1999 19:16:38 -0700
195 debhelper (2.0.27) unstable; urgency=low
197 * No user visible changes. Modified the package to interface better with
198 my new local build system, which auto-updates the home page when a new
201 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 26 Aug 1999 23:20:40 -0700
203 debhelper (2.0.25) unstable; urgency=low
205 * Corrected debian/fixlinks to make the correct debian/* symlinks needed
206 for building debhelper.
207 * Fixed rules file to create and populate examples and docs dirs. Oops.
209 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 25 Aug 1999 19:46:08 -0700
211 debhelper (2.0.24) unstable; urgency=low
213 * dh_installdocs: Handle trailing whitespace after Document: name.
216 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 18 Aug 1999 10:23:17 -0700
218 debhelper (2.0.23) unstable; urgency=low
220 * Fixed makefile commit target.
221 * Misc changes to make CVS dirs not be copies into package.
223 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 22:43:39 -0700
225 debhelper (2.0.22) unstable; urgency=low
227 * Checked all of debhelper into CVS.
228 * Removed Test.pm (we have perl 5.005 now)
229 * Skip CVS dir when running tests.
230 * Since CVS is so brain dead about symlinks, added a debian/fixlinks script.
231 Modified debian/rules to make sure it's run if any of the symlinks are
232 missing. Also, made Makefile a short file that sources debian/rules so
233 it's always available.
235 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 22:35:12 -0700
237 debhelper (2.0.21) unstable; urgency=low
239 * Wow. It turns out dh_installdocs has been doing it wrong and doc-base
240 files have the doc-id inside them. Applied and modified a patch from
241 Peter Moulder <reiter@netspace.net.au> to make it use those id's instead
242 of coming up with it's own. (Closes: #42650)
244 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 8 Aug 1999 10:24:10 -0700
246 debhelper (2.0.20) unstable; urgency=low
248 * dh_perl: Patch from Raphael Hertzog <rhertzog@hrnet.fr> to allow
249 specification on the command line of alternate paths to search for perl
250 modules. (Closes: #42171)
252 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 30 Jul 1999 09:42:08 -0700
254 debhelper (2.0.19) unstable; urgency=low
256 * dh_installinfo: fixed bug if a info file had no section.
258 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 29 Jul 1999 11:41:11 -0700
260 debhelper (2.0.18) unstable; urgency=low
262 * dh_installxaw: fixed multiple stanza problem, for real this time (patch
263 misapplied last time). (Closes: #41862)
265 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 26 Jul 1999 13:00:09 -0700
267 debhelper (2.0.17) unstable; urgency=low
269 * dh_clean: compat() wasn't exported.
271 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 21 Jul 1999 12:49:52 -0700
273 debhelper (2.0.16) unstable; urgency=low
275 * Dh_lib.pm: when looking for debhelper files in debian/, test with -f,
276 not with -e, because it might fail if you're building a package named,
277 say, 'docs', with a temp dir of debian/docs. I don't anticipate this
278 ever happenning, but it pays to be safe.
280 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 20 Jul 1999 21:00:04 -0700
282 debhelper (2.0.15) unstable; urgency=low
284 * dh_clean: only force-remove debian/tmp if in v2 mode. In v1 mode, we
285 shouldn't remove it because we may only be acting on a single package.
288 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 20 Jul 1999 19:00:15 -0700
290 debhelper (2.0.14) unstable; urgency=low
292 * Moved /usr/lib/debhelper to /usr/share/debhelper for FHS compliance
293 (#41174). If you used Dh_lib or something in another package, be sure to
294 update your "use" line and declare an appropriate dependancy. (Closes:
296 * dh_installxaw: Patch from Josip Rodin <joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr> to fix
297 multiple-stanza xaw file support. (Closes: #41173)
299 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 12 Jul 1999 11:49:57 -0700
301 debhelper (2.0.13) unstable; urgency=low
303 * dh_fixperms: FHS fixes (#41058)
305 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 9 Jul 1999 13:07:49 -0700
307 debhelper (2.0.12) unstable; urgency=low
309 * dh_installinfo: fixed #SECTION# substitution.
311 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 7 Jul 1999 17:51:59 -0700
313 debhelper (2.0.11) unstable; urgency=low
315 * At long, long last, dh_installinfo is written. It takes a simple list of
316 info files and figures out the rest for you. (Closes: #15717)
318 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 7 Jul 1999 17:04:48 -0700
320 debhelper (2.0.10) unstable; urgency=low
322 * dh_compress: compress changelog.html files. (Closes: #40626)
323 * dh_installchangelogs: installs a link from changelog.html.gz to changelog.gz,
324 because I think it's important that upstream changelogs always be accessable
326 * dh_compress: removed the usr/share/X11R6/man bit. Note part of FHS.
328 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 7 Jul 1999 10:46:03 -0700
330 debhelper (2.0.09) unstable; urgency=low
332 * dh_compress: added some FHS support. Though debhelper doesn't put stuff
333 there (and won't until people come up with a general transition strategy or
334 decide to not have a clean transiotion), dh_compress now compresses
335 various files in /usr/share/{man,doc,info}. (Closes: #40892)
337 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 7 Jul 1999 09:55:03 -0700
339 debhelper (2.0.08) unstable; urgency=low
341 * dh_*: redirect cd output to /den/null, because CD can actually output
342 things if CDPATH is set.
344 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 6 Jul 1999 10:14:00 -0700
346 debhelper (2.0.07) unstable; urgency=low
348 * Added dh_perl calls to example rules files.
350 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 4 Jul 1999 15:57:51 -0700
352 debhelper (2.0.06) unstable; urgency=low
354 * Now depends on perl5 | perl, I'll kill the | perl bit later on, but it
355 seems to make sense for the transition.
357 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 4 Jul 1999 10:56:03 -0700
359 debhelper (2.0.05) unstable; urgency=low
361 * dh_clean: clean debian/tmp even if v2 is being used. If you're
362 using dh_movefiles, stuff may well be left in there, and it needs to be
365 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 3 Jul 1999 13:23:46 -0700
367 debhelper (2.0.04) unstable; urgency=low
369 * Patch from Raphael Hertzog <rhertzog@hrnet.fr> to make dh_perl support a
370 -d flag that makes it add a dependancy on the sppropriate perl-XXX-base
371 package. Few packages will really need this. (Closes: #40631)
373 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 2 Jul 1999 11:22:00 -0700
375 debhelper (2.0.03) unstable; urgency=low
377 * Depend on file >= 2.23-1, because dh_perl uses file -b, introduced at
378 that version. (Closes: #40589)
380 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 1 Jul 1999 14:41:12 -0700
382 debhelper (2.0.02) unstable; urgency=low
384 * If you're going to use v2, it's reccommended you call
385 "dh_testversion 2". Added a note about that to doc/v2.
386 * Dh_Lib.pm compat: if a version that is greater than the highest
387 supported compatability level is specified, abort with an error. Perhaps
388 there will be a debhelper v3 some day...
390 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 1 Jul 1999 14:08:14 -0700
392 debhelper (2.0.01) unstable; urgency=low
394 * Actually include doc/v2 this time round.
396 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 1 Jul 1999 14:01:55 -0700
398 debhelper (2.0.00) unstable; urgency=low
400 * Don't let the version number fool you. Debhelper v2 is here, but just
401 barely. That's what all the zero's mean. :-)
402 * If DH_COMPAT=2, then debian/<package> will be used for the temporary
403 build directory for all packages. debian/tmp is no more! (Well, except
404 dh_movefiles still uses it.)
405 * debhelper.1: documented this.
406 * Dh_lib.pm: added compat(), pass in a number, it returns true if the
407 current compatability level is equal to that number.
408 * doc/PROGRAMMING: documented that.
409 * debhelper itself now builds using DH_COMPAT=2.
410 * dh_debstd forces DH_COMPAT=1, because it needs to stay compatable with
413 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 1 Jul 1999 13:37:58 -0700
415 debhelper (1.9.00) unstable; urgency=low
417 * This is a release of debhelper in preparation for debhelper v2.
418 * doc/v2: added, documented status of v2 changes.
419 * README: mention doc/v2
420 * debhelper.1: docuimented DH_COMPAT
421 * examples/*: added DH_COMAPT=1 to top of rules files
423 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 1 Jul 1999 13:16:41 -0700
425 debhelper (1.2.83) unstable; urgency=medium
427 * dh_perl: fixed substvars typo. Urgency medium since a lot of people will
428 be using this script RSN.
430 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 1 Jul 1999 11:44:05 -0700
432 debhelper (1.2.82) unstable; urgency=low
434 * dh_installinit: applied patch from Yann Dirson <ydirson@multimania.com>
435 to make it look for init.d scripts matching the --init-script parameter.
436 This is only useful if, like Yann, you have packages that need to install
437 more than 1 init script.
439 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 1999 11:38:05 -0700
441 debhelper (1.2.81) unstable; urgency=low
443 * dh_link: fixed bug #40159 and added a regression test for it. It was
444 failing if it was given absolute filenames.
446 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 1999 10:12:44 -0700
448 debhelper (1.2.80) unstable; urgency=low
450 * Changed perl version detection.
451 * Changed call to find.
453 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 24 Jun 1999 16:48:53 -0700
455 debhelper (1.2.79) unstable; urgency=low
457 * Added dh_perl by Raphael Hertzog <rhertzog@hrnet.fr>. dh_perl handles
458 finding dependancies of perl scripts, plus deleting those annoying
460 * I don't think dh_perl is going to be useful until the new version of
463 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 24 Jun 1999 14:47:55 -0700
465 debhelper (1.2.78) unstable; urgency=low
467 * Really include dh_installpam.
469 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 15 Jun 1999 09:00:36 -0700
471 debhelper (1.2.77) unstable; urgency=low
473 * dh_installpam: new program by Sean <shaleh@foo.livenet.net>
474 * Wrote man page for same.
476 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 11 Jun 1999 13:08:04 -0700
478 debhelper (1.2.76) unstable; urgency=low
480 * dh_fixperms: Do not use chmod/chown -R at all anymore, instead it uses
481 the (slower) find then chown method. Necessary because the -R methods will
482 happyily attempt to chown a dangling symlink, which makes them fail.
485 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 7 Jun 1999 20:20:01 -0700
487 debhelper (1.2.75) unstable; urgency=low
489 * dh_installemacsen: fixed perms of install, remove scripts.
492 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 7 Jun 1999 14:42:12 -0700
494 debhelper (1.2.74) unstable; urgency=low
496 * dh_installmanpages: recognizes gzipped man pages and installs them.
497 This is an experimental change, one problem is if your man page isn't
498 already gzip-9'd, it will be in violation of policy. (closes: #38673)
499 * The previous fix to dh_installemacsen was actually quite necessary - the
502 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 3 Jun 1999 15:14:27 -0700
504 debhelper (1.2.73) unstable; urgency=low
506 * dh_installemacsen: make sure files are installed mode 0644. Not strictly
507 necessary since dh_fixperms fixes them if you have a wacky umask, but oh
508 well. (Closes: 38900)
510 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 3 Jun 1999 14:50:42 -0700
512 debhelper (1.2.72) unstable; urgency=low
514 * dh_installemacsen: use debian/package.emacsen-startup, not
515 debian/package.emacsen-init. The former has always been documented to
516 work on the man page (closes: #38898).
518 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 3 Jun 1999 14:16:57 -0700
520 debhelper (1.2.71) unstable; urgency=low
522 * Fixed a typo (closes: #38881)
524 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 3 Jun 1999 13:23:23 -0700
526 debhelper (1.2.70) unstable; urgency=low
528 * dh_installmanpages: Properly quoted metacharacters in $dir in regexp.
531 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 25 May 1999 14:12:30 -0700
533 debhelper (1.2.69) unstable; urgency=low
535 * Don't include Test.pm in the binary package.
537 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 23 May 1999 19:29:27 -0700
539 debhelper (1.2.68) unstable; urgency=low
541 * doc/README: updated example of using #DEBHELPER# in a perl script, with
542 help from Julian Gilbey.
543 * dh_link: generate absolute symlinks where appropriate. The links
544 generated before were wrong simetimes (#37774)
545 * Started writing a regression test suite for debhelper. Currently covers
546 only the above bugfix and a few more dh_link tests.
547 * Tossed Test.pm into the package (for regression tests) until we get perl
548 5.005 which contains that package. That file is licenced the same as perl.
549 * dh_installchangelogs: force all installed files to be owned by root
552 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 16 May 1999 17:18:44 -0700
554 debhelper (1.2.67) unstable; urgency=low
556 * dh_installmodules: fixed type that made the program not work.
558 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 12 May 1999 00:25:05 -0700
560 debhelper (1.2.66) unstable; urgency=low
562 * examples/rules.multi: dh_shlibdeps must be run before dh_gencontrol
565 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 14:03:05 -0700
567 debhelper (1.2.65) unstable; urgency=low
571 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 6 May 1999 21:46:03 -0700
573 debhelper (1.2.64) unstable; urgency=low
575 * dh_installmime: new command (#37093, #32684).
577 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 3 May 1999 13:37:34 -0700
579 debhelper (1.2.63) unstable; urgency=low
581 * dh_installxaw: updated to work with xaw-wrappers 0.90 and above. It
582 actually has to partially parse the xaw-wrappers config files now.
584 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 2 May 1999 19:13:34 -0700
586 debhelper (1.2.62) unstable; urgency=low
588 * dh_installemacsen: added support for site-start files. Added --flavor
589 and --number to control details of installation. (#36832)
591 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 2 May 1999 15:31:58 -0700
593 debhelper (1.2.61) unstable; urgency=low
595 * dh_md5sums.1: dh_md5sums is not deprecated, AFAIK, but the manpage has
596 somehow been modified to say it was at version 1.2.45.
598 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 26 Apr 1999 19:54:04 -0700
600 debhelper (1.2.60) unstable; urgency=low
602 * dh_installexamples.1: recycled docs fix.
604 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 26 Apr 1999 17:19:07 -0700
606 debhelper (1.2.59) unstable; urgency=low
608 * dh_builddeb: added --destdir option, which lets you tell it where
609 to put the generated .deb's. Default is .. of course.
611 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 22 Apr 1999 22:02:01 -0700
613 debhelper (1.2.58) unstable; urgency=low
615 * autoscripts/postinst-suid: use /#FILE# in elif test (#36297).
617 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 18 Apr 1999 22:33:52 -0700
619 debhelper (1.2.57) unstable; urgency=low
621 * examples/*: killed trailing spaces after diff: target
623 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 12 Apr 1999 22:02:32 -0700
625 debhelper (1.2.56) unstable; urgency=low
627 * dh_suidregister: make the chown/chmod only happen if the file actually
628 exists. This is useful if you have conffiles that have permissions and
629 may be deleted. (#35845)
631 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 10 Apr 1999 13:35:23 -0700
633 debhelper (1.2.55) unstable; urgency=low
635 * Various man page enhancements.
636 * dh_md5sums: supports -X to make it skip including files in the
639 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 18:21:58 -0700
641 debhelper (1.2.54) unstable; urgency=low
643 * dh_installinit.1: man page fixups (#34160).
644 * *.1: the date of each man page is now automatically updated when
645 debhelper is built to be the last modification time of the man page.
647 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 8 Apr 1999 20:28:00 -0700
649 debhelper (1.2.53) unstable; urgency=low
651 * dh_compress: leave .taz and .tgz files alone. Previously trying to
652 compress such files caused gzip to fail and the whole command to fail.
653 Probably fixes #35677. Actually, it now skips files with a whole
654 range of odd suffixes that gzip refuses to compress, including "_z" and
656 * dh_compress.1: updated docs to reflect this, and to give the new
657 suggested starting point if you want to write your own debian/compress
660 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 7 Apr 1999 02:20:14 -0700
662 debhelper (1.2.52) unstable; urgency=low
664 * dh_installmodules: new program, closes #32546.
666 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 1 Apr 1999 17:25:37 -0800
668 debhelper (1.2.51) unstable; urgency=low
670 * Another very minor typo fix.
672 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 1 Apr 1999 14:04:02 -0800
674 debhelper (1.2.50) unstable; urgency=low
676 * Very minor typo fix.
678 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 26 Mar 1999 17:27:01 -0800
680 debhelper (1.2.49) unstable; urgency=low
682 * dh_fixperms: if called with -X, was attempting to change permissions of
683 even symlinks. This could have even caused it to follow the symlinks and
684 modify files on the build system in some cases. Ignores them now. (#35102)
686 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 24 Mar 1999 13:21:49 -0800
688 debhelper (1.2.48) unstable; urgency=low
690 * dh_fixperms.1: improved documentation. (#34968)
692 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 23 Mar 1999 19:11:01 -0800
694 debhelper (1.2.47) unstable; urgency=low
696 * doc/README: updated the example of including debhelper shell script
697 fragments inside a perl program -- the old method didn't work with shell
698 variables properly (#34850).
700 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 21 Mar 1999 13:25:33 -0800
702 debhelper (1.2.46) unstable; urgency=low
704 * doc/README: pointer to maint-guide.
706 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 18 Mar 1999 21:04:57 -0800
708 debhelper (1.2.45) unstable; urgency=low
710 * dh_installwm.1: fixed two errors (#34534, #34535)
711 * debhelper.1: list all other debhelper commands with synopses
712 (automatically generated by build process).
714 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 14 Mar 1999 11:33:39 -0800
716 debhelper (1.2.44) unstable; urgency=medium
718 * dh_fixperms: has been mostly broken when used with -X, corrected this.
720 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 13 Mar 1999 17:25:59 -0800
722 debhelper (1.2.43) unstable; urgency=low
724 * dh_compress.1: man page fixes (Closes: #33858).
725 * dh_compress: now it can handle compressing arbitrary numbers of files,
726 spawning gzip multiple times like xargs does, if necessary.
728 * Dh_Lib.pm: added xargs() command.
730 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 9 Mar 1999 14:57:09 -0800
732 debhelper (1.2.42) unstable; urgency=low
734 * dh_m5sums: don't generate bogus md5sums file if the package contains no
735 files. Yes, someone found a legitimate reason to do that.
737 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 25 Feb 1999 00:03:47 -0800
739 debhelper (1.2.41) unstable; urgency=low
741 * README: minor typo fix.
743 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 20 Feb 1999 23:30:00 -0800
745 debhelper (1.2.40) unstable; urgency=low
747 * Let's just say 1.2.39 is not a good version of debhelper to use and
748 leave it at that. :-)
750 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 20 Feb 1999 22:55:27 -0800
752 debhelper (1.2.39) unstable; urgency=low
754 * dh_installcron: install files in cron.d with correct perms.
756 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 20 Feb 1999 22:28:38 -0800
758 debhelper (1.2.38) unstable; urgency=low
760 * dh_clean: don't try to delete directories named "core".
762 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 20 Feb 1999 19:13:40 -0800
764 debhelper (1.2.37) unstable; urgency=low
766 * dh_installdocs: Patch from Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com>, fixes regexp error (Closes: #33431).
767 * dh_installxaw: new program by Daniel Martin
768 <Daniel.Martin@jhu.edu>, handles xaw-wrappers integration.
769 * dh_installxaw.1: wrote man page.
771 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 18 Feb 1999 17:32:53 -0800
773 debhelper (1.2.36) unstable; urgency=low
775 * dh_compress.1: Fixed typo in man page. (Closes: #33364)
776 * autoscripts/postinst-menu-method: fixed typo. (Closes: #33376)
778 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 14 Feb 1999 13:45:18 -0800
780 debhelper (1.2.35) unstable; urgency=low
782 * Dh_Lib.pm filearray(): Deal with multiple spaces and spaces at the
783 beginning of lines in files. (closes: #33161)
785 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 9 Feb 1999 21:01:07 -0800
787 debhelper (1.2.34) unstable; urgency=low
789 * dh_clean: added -d flag (also --dirs-only) that will make it clean only
790 tmp dirs. (closes: #30807)
791 * dh_installdocs: to support packages that need multiple doc-base files,
792 will now look for debian/<package>.doc-base.<doc-id>.
793 * dh_compress: removed warning message (harmless).
795 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 6 Feb 1999 17:48:33 -0800
797 debhelper (1.2.33) unstable; urgency=low
799 * dh_compress: verbose_print() cd's.
800 * dh_compress: clear the hash of hard links when we loop - was making
801 dh_compress fail on multi-binary packages that had harlinks. Thanks to
802 Craig Small for spotting this.
804 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 4 Feb 1999 20:19:37 -0800
806 debhelper (1.2.32) unstable; urgency=low
808 * dh_suidmanager: if it cannot determine the user name or group name from
809 the uid or gid, it will pass the uid or gid to suidmanager. This should
810 probably never happen, but it's good to be safe.
812 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 4 Feb 1999 16:00:35 -0800
814 debhelper (1.2.31) unstable; urgency=low
816 * dh_installinit.1: minor typo fix (closes: #32753)
818 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 2 Feb 1999 14:32:46 -0800
820 debhelper (1.2.30) unstable; urgency=low
822 * dh_fixperms: cut down the number of chmod commands that are executed
823 from 3 to 1, no change in functionality.
825 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 1 Feb 1999 17:05:29 -0800
827 debhelper (1.2.29) unstable; urgency=high
829 * Do not include bogus chsh, chfn, passwd links in debhelper binary!
830 These were acidentially left in after dh_link testing I did as I was
831 working on the last version of debhelper.
833 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 25 Jan 1999 20:26:46 -0800
835 debhelper (1.2.28) unstable; urgency=low
837 * dh_link: fixed bug that prevent multiple links to the same source from
840 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 24 Jan 1999 19:46:33 -0800
842 debhelper (1.2.27) unstable; urgency=low
844 * autoscripts/*menu*: "test", not "text"!
846 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 19 Jan 1999 15:18:52 -0800
848 debhelper (1.2.26) unstable; urgency=low
850 * dh_installdocs: use prerm-doc-base script fragement. Was using
851 postrm-doc-base, for some weird reason.
853 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 18 Jan 1999 13:36:40 -0800
855 debhelper (1.2.25) unstable; urgency=low
857 * autoscripts/*menu*: It turns out that "command" is like test -w, it will
858 still return true if update-menus is not executable. This can
859 legitimatly happen if you are upgrading the menu package, and it makes
860 postinsts that use command fail. Reverted to using test -x. Packages
861 built with debhelper >= 1.2.21 that use menus should be rebuilt.
863 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 16 Jan 1999 13:47:16 -0800
865 debhelper (1.2.24) unstable; urgency=low
867 * dh_fixperms: linux 2.1.x and 2.2.x differ from earlier versions in that
868 they do not clear the suid bit on a file when the owner of that file
869 changes. It seems that fakeroot behaves the same as linux 2.1 here. I
870 was relying on the old behavior to get rid of suid and sgid bits on files.
871 Since this no longer happens implicitly, I've changed to clearing the
873 * There's also a small behavior change involved here. Before, dh_fixperms
874 did not clear suid permissions on files that were already owned by root.
876 * dh_fixperms.1: cleaned up the docs to mention that those bits are
879 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 15 Jan 1999 16:54:44 -0800
881 debhelper (1.2.23) unstable; urgency=low
883 * autoscripts/postrm-wm: use "=", not "==" (#31727).
885 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 11 Jan 1999 13:35:00 -0800
887 debhelper (1.2.22) unstable; urgency=low
889 * Reversed change in last version; don't clobber mode (#31628).
891 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 8 Jan 1999 15:01:25 -0800
893 debhelper (1.2.21) unstable; urgency=low
895 * dh_installdocs: Added doc-base support, if debian/<package>.doc-base
896 exists, it will be installed as a doc-base control file. If you use this,
897 you probably want to add "dh_testversion 1.2.21" to the rules file to make
898 sure your package is built with a new enough debhelper.
899 * dh_installdocs: now supports -n to make it not modify postinst/prerm.
900 * dh_suidregister: turned off leading 0/1 in permissions settings, until
901 suidregister actually supports it.
902 * autoscripts/*: instead of "text -x", use "command -v" to see if various
903 binaries exist. This gets rid of lots of hard-coded paths.
905 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 30 Dec 1998 22:50:04 -0500
907 debhelper (1.2.20) unstable; urgency=low
909 * dh_compress: handle the hard link stuff properly, it was broken. Also
912 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 23 Dec 1998 19:53:03 -0500
914 debhelper (1.2.19) unstable; urgency=low
916 * dh_listpackages: new command. Takes the standard options taken by other
917 debhelper commands, and just outputs a list of the binary packages a
918 debhelper command would act on. Added because of bug #30626, and because
919 of wn's truely ugly use of debhelper internals to get the same info (and
920 because it's just 4 lines of code ;-).
921 * dh_compress: is now smart about compressing files that are hardlinks.
922 When possible, will only compress one file, delete the hardlinks, and
923 re-make hardlinks to the compressed file, saving some disk space.
925 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 22:26:41 -0500
927 debhelper (1.2.18) unstable; urgency=medium
929 * dh_fixperms: was not fixing permissions of files in usr/doc/ to 644,
930 this has been broken since version 1.2.3.
932 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 6 Dec 1998 23:35:35 -0800
934 debhelper (1.2.17) unstable; urgency=low
936 * dh_makeshlibs: relaxed regexp to find library name and number a little so
937 it will work on libraries with a major but no minor version in their
938 filename (examples of such: libtcl8.0.so.1, libBLT-unoff.so.1)
939 * dh_movefiles: added --sourcedir option to make it move files out of
940 some directory besides debian/tmp (#30221)
942 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 4 Dec 1998 13:56:57 -0800
944 debhelper (1.2.16) unstable; urgency=low
946 * dh_installchangelogs: now detects html changelogs and installs them as
947 changelog.html.gz, to comply with latest policy (which I disagree with
949 * manpages: updated policy version numbers.
950 * dh_installdocs: behavior change: all docs are now installed mode 644.
951 I have looked and it doesn't seem this will actually affect any packages
952 in debian. This is useful only if you want to use dh_installdocs and not
953 dh_fixperms, and that's the only time this behavior change will have any
954 effect, either. (#30118)
956 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 3 Dec 1998 23:31:56 -0800
958 debhelper (1.2.15) unstable; urgency=low
960 * Just a re-upload, last upload failed for some obscure reason.
962 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 29 Nov 1998 13:07:44 -0800
964 debhelper (1.2.14) unstable; urgency=low
966 * Really fixed #29762 this time. This also fixes #30025, which asked that
967 dh_makeshlibs come before dh_shlibdeps, so the files it generates can
968 also be used as a shlibs.local file, which will be used by dh_shlibdeps.
970 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 04:00:14 -0800
972 debhelper (1.2.13) unstable; urgency=low
974 * Spelling and typo fixes.
976 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 15:23:55 -0800
978 debhelper (1.2.12) unstable; urgency=low
980 * examples/*: moved dh_makeshlibs call to before dh_installdeb call.
981 (#29762). This is just so if you replace dh_makeshlibs with something
982 that generates debian/shlibs, it still gets installed properly.
983 * dh_suidregister: use names instead of uid's and gid's, at request of
984 suidregister maintainer (#29802).
986 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 21 Nov 1998 13:13:10 -0800
988 debhelper (1.2.11) unstable; urgency=low
990 * dh_movefiles: if given absolute filenames to move (note that that is
991 *wrong*), it will move relative files anyway. Related to bug #29761.
992 * dh_link: made relative links work right. (I hope!)
994 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 20:21:51 -0800
996 debhelper (1.2.10) unstable; urgency=low
998 * examples/*: added dh_link calls to example rules files.
1000 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:43:07 -0800
1002 debhelper (1.2.9) unstable; urgency=low
1004 * Added dh_link, which generates policy complient symlinks in binary
1005 packages, painlessly.
1007 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 19 Nov 1998 18:43:36 -0800
1009 debhelper (1.2.8) unstable; urgency=low
1011 * Suggest dh-make (#29376).
1013 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 18 Nov 1998 02:29:47 -0800
1015 debhelper (1.2.7) unstable; urgency=low
1017 * dh_movefiles: Fixed another bug.
1019 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 16 Nov 1998 12:53:05 -0800
1021 debhelper (1.2.6) unstable; urgency=low
1023 * dh_movefiles: fixed non-integer comparison (#29476)
1025 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 15 Nov 1998 13:03:09 -0800
1027 debhelper (1.2.5) unstable; urgency=low
1029 * The perl conversion is complete.
1031 * dh_compress: perlized (yay, perl has readlink, no more ls -l | awk
1033 * dh_lib, dh_getopt.pl: deleted, nothing uses them anymore.
1034 * debian/rules: don't install above 2 files.
1035 * doc/PROGRAMMING: removed all documentation of the old shell library
1038 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 13 Nov 1998 15:36:57 -0800
1040 debhelper (1.2.4) unstable; urgency=low
1042 * dh_debstd, dh_movefiles: perlized.
1043 * dh_debstd: fixed -c option.
1044 * dh_installinit: fixed minor perl -w warning.
1045 * Only 1 shell script remains! (But it's a doozy..)
1047 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 13 Nov 1998 13:29:39 -0800
1049 debhelper (1.2.3) unstable; urgency=low
1051 * dh_fixperms, dh_installdebfiles, dh_installdeb: perlized
1052 * dh_suidregister: perlized, with help from Che_Fox (and Tom Christianson,
1054 * dh_suidregister: include leading 0 (or 1 for sticky, etc) in file
1056 * Only 3 more to go and it'll be 100% perl.
1057 * Made $dh{EXCLUDE_FIND} available to perl scripts.
1059 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 10 Nov 1998 15:47:43 -0800
1061 debhelper (1.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1063 * dh_du, dh_shlibdeps, dh_undocumented: rewrite in perl.
1064 * dh_undocumented: shortened the symlink used for section 7 undocumented
1065 man pages, since it can link to undocuemented.7.gz in the same directory.
1067 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 10 Nov 1998 13:40:22 -0800
1069 debhelper (1.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1071 * dh_strip, dh_installinit: rewrite in perl.
1073 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 9 Nov 1998 20:04:12 -0800
1075 debhelper (1.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1077 * A new unstable dist means I'm back to converting more of debhelper to
1078 perl.. Since 1.1 has actually stabalized, I've upped this to 1.2.
1079 * dh_md5sums: rewritten in perl, for large speed gain under some
1080 circumstances (old version called perl sometimes, once per package.)
1081 * dh_installmenu, dh_installwmacsen, dh_installwm: perlized.
1082 * Dh_Lib.pm: made autoscript() really work.
1084 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 9 Nov 1998 13:04:16 -0800
1086 debhelper (1.1.24) unstable; urgency=low
1088 * dh_suidregister: remove suid/sgid bits from all files registered. The
1089 reason is this: if you're using suidmanager, and you want a file that
1090 ships suid to never be suid on your system, shipping it suid in the .deb
1091 will create a window where it is suid before suidmanager fixes it's
1092 permissions. This change should be transparent to users and developers.
1094 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 27 Oct 1998 18:19:48 -0800
1096 debhelper (1.1.23) unstable; urgency=low
1098 * dh_clean: At the suggestion of James Troup <james@nocrew.org> now deletes
1099 files named *.P in .deps/ subdirectories. They are generated by automake.
1101 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 24 Oct 1998 15:14:53 -0700
1103 debhelper (1.1.22) unstable; urgency=low
1105 * dh_fixperms: quoting fix from Roderick Schertler <roderick@argon.org>
1106 * Added support for register-window-manager command which will be in a new
1107 (as yet unreleased) xbase. Now a new dh_installwm program handles
1108 registration of a window manager and the necessary modifications to
1109 postinst and postrm. It's safe to go ahead and start using this for your
1110 window manager packages, just note that it won't do anything until the new
1111 xbase is out, and that due to the design of register-window-manager, if
1112 your wm is installed before a xbase that supports register-window-manager
1113 is installed, the window manager will never be registered. (#20971)
1115 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 14 Oct 1998 23:08:04 -0700
1117 debhelper (1.1.21) unstable; urgency=low
1119 * Added install to .PHONY target of example rules files.
1121 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 11 Oct 1998 22:36:10 -0700
1123 debhelper (1.1.20) unstable; urgency=low
1125 * Added a --same-arch flag, that is useful in the rare case when you have
1126 a package that builds only for 1 architecture, as part of a multi-part,
1127 multi-architecture source package. (Ie, netscape-dmotif).
1128 * Modified dh_installinit -r so it does start the daemon on the initial
1131 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 2 Oct 1998 15:55:13 -0700
1133 debhelper (1.1.19) unstable; urgency=low
1135 * dh_installmanpages: look at basename of man pacges specified on command
1136 line to skip, for backwards compatability.
1138 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 10 Sep 1998 11:31:42 -0700
1140 debhelper (1.1.18) unstable; urgency=low
1142 * dh_installemacsen: substitute package name for #PACKAGE# when setting
1143 up postinst and prerm (#26560).
1145 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 8 Sep 1998 14:24:30 -0700
1147 debhelper (1.1.17) unstable; urgency=low
1149 * dh_strip: on Richard Braakman's advice, strip the .comment and .note
1150 sections of shared libraries.
1151 * Added DH_OPTIONS environment variable - anything in it will be treated
1152 as additional command line arguments by all debhelper commands. This in
1153 useful in some situations, for example, if you need to pass -p to all
1154 debhelper commands that will be run. If you use DH_OPTIONS, be sure to
1155 use dh_testversion 1.1.17 - older debhelpers will ignore it and do
1156 things you don't want them to.
1157 * Made -N properly exclude packages when no -i, -a, or -p flags are
1158 present. It didn't before, which was a bug.
1160 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 7 Sep 1998 17:33:19 -0700
1162 debhelper (1.1.16) unstable; urgency=low
1164 * dh_fixperms: remove execute bits from static libraries as well as
1165 shared libraries. (#26414)
1167 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 4 Sep 1998 14:46:37 -0700
1169 debhelper (1.1.15) unstable; urgency=medium
1171 * dh_installmanpages: the new perl version had a nasty habit of
1172 installing .so.x library files as man pages. Fixed.
1173 * dh_installmanpages: the code to exclude searching for man pages in
1174 debian/tmp directories was broken. Fixed.
1176 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 31 Aug 1998 00:05:17 -0700
1178 debhelper (1.1.14) unstable; urgency=low
1180 * Debhelper now has a web page at http://kitenet.net/programs/debhelper/
1182 * Added code to debian/rules to update the web page when I release new
1184 * dh_compress: since version 0.88 or so, dh_compress has bombed out if
1185 a debian/compress file returned an error code. This was actually
1186 unintentional - in fact, the debian/compress example in the man page
1187 will fail this way if usr/info or usr/X11R6 is not present. Corrected
1188 the program to not fail. (#26214)
1190 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 30 Aug 1998 22:15:44 -0700
1192 debhelper (1.1.13) unstable; urgency=low
1194 * dh_installmanpages: rewritten in perl. Allows me to fix bug #26221 (long
1195 symlink problem after .so conversion), and is about twice as fast.
1197 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 29 Aug 1998 22:06:06 -0700
1199 debhelper (1.1.12) unstable; urgency=low
1201 * dh_installdocs: forgot to pass package name to isnative(). Any native
1202 debian package that had a debian/TODO would have it installed with the
1203 wrong name, and debhelper would warn of undefined values for some
1206 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 27 Aug 1998 12:35:42 -0700
1208 debhelper (1.1.11) unstable; urgency=low
1210 * dh_installchangelogs: added -k flag, that will make it install a symlink
1211 to the original name of the upstream changelog.
1213 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 20 Aug 1998 15:40:40 -0700
1215 debhelper (1.1.10) unstable; urgency=low
1217 * It's come to my attention that a few packages use filename globbing in
1218 debian/{docs,examples,whatever} files and expect that to work. It used
1219 to work before the perl conversion, but it was never _documented_, or
1220 intented to work. If you use this in your packages, they are broken and
1221 need fixing (and will refuse to build with current versions of debhelper).
1222 I apologize for the inconvenience.
1224 * dh_clean: fixed a bug, intorduced in version 1.1.8, where it didn't
1225 remove debian/files properly.
1226 * dh_shlibdeps, dh_testdir, dh_testroot, dh_testversion: converted to perl.
1227 * Encode the version of debhelper in a sepererate file, so dh_testversion
1228 doesn't have to be generated when a new version of debhelper is built.
1229 * Removed bogus menu file.
1231 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 17 Aug 1998 14:15:17 -0700
1233 debhelper (1.1.9) unstable; urgency=low
1235 * dh_fixperms: has been removing the +x bits of all doc/*/examples/* files
1236 since version 0.97 or so. Fixed.
1238 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 16 Aug 1998 17:11:48 -0700
1240 debhelper (1.1.8) unstable; urgency=low
1242 * Dh_Lib.pm: made U_PARAMS an array of parameters.
1243 * Dh_Lib.pm: fixed bug in the escaping code, numbers don't need to be
1244 escaped. Also, no longer escape "-".
1245 * dh_clean, dh_gencontrol, dh_installcron: converted to perl.
1246 * dh_gencontrol.1, dh_gencontrol: the man page had said that
1247 --update-rcd-params was equivilant to -u for this program. You should
1248 really use --dpkg-gencontrol-params.
1250 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 14 Aug 1998 14:07:35 -0700
1252 debhelper (1.1.7) unstable; urgency=low
1254 * examples/rules.multi: moved dh_movefiles into the install section.
1255 * doc/README: Added a note explaining why above change was necessary.
1256 * Dh_Lib.pm: escape_shell(): now escapes the full range of special
1257 characters recognized by bash (and ksh). Thanks to Branden Robinson
1258 <branden@purdue.edu> for looking that up.
1260 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 23:32:05 -0700
1262 debhelper (1.1.6) unstable; urgency=low
1264 * dh_movefiles: don't die on symlinks (#25642). (Hope I got the fix right
1267 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 20:11:13 -0700
1269 debhelper (1.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1271 * dh_builddeb, dh_installchangelogs: converted to perl.
1272 * dh_installdirs: converted to perl, getting rid of nasty chdir en-route.
1273 * dh_installdirs: now you can use absolute directory names too if you
1275 * doc/PROGRAMMING: updated to cover new perl modules.
1276 * Dh_Lib.pm: doit(): when printing out commands that have run, escape
1277 metacharacters in the output. I probably don't escape out all the
1278 characters I should, but this is just a convenience to the user anyway.
1279 * dh_installdebfiles: it's been broken forever, I fixed it. Obviously
1280 nobody uses it anymore, which is good, since it's deprected :-)
1282 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 15:23:34 -0700
1284 debhelper (1.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1286 * dh_movefiles: fixed bug introduced in 1.1.1 where it would fail in some
1287 cases if you tried to move a broken symlink.
1288 * dh_installdocs: was only operating on the first package.
1289 * dh_installexamples: rewritten in perl.
1290 * Dh_Lib.pm: all multiple package operations were broken.
1291 * Dh_Lib.pm: implemented complex_doit() and autoscript().
1292 * Made all perl code work with use strict and -w (well, except
1293 dh_getopt.pl, but that's a hack that'll go away one day).
1294 * I didn't realize, but rewriting dh_installdocs in perl fixed bug #24686
1295 (blank lines in debian/docs file problem), although this same problem
1296 applies to other debhelper programs... like dh_installexamples, which had
1297 the same bug fixed when I rewrote it in perl just now.
1298 * Dh_Lib.pm: accidentially didn't check DH_VERBOSE if commands were not
1299 passed any switches.
1300 * Dh_Getopt.pm: --noscripts was broken.
1302 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 12:44:04 -0700
1304 debhelper (1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1306 * dh_md5sums: -x was broken since version 1.1.1 - fixed.
1307 * dh_lib: removed get_arch_indep_packages() function that hasn't been used
1308 at all for a long while.
1309 * Added Dh_Lib.pm, a translation of dh_lib into perl.
1310 * dh_getopt.pl: moved most of it into new Dh_Getopt.pm module, rewriting
1311 large chunks in the process.
1312 * dh_installdocs: completly rewritten in perl. Now it's faster and it can
1313 install many oddly named files it died on before.
1314 * dh_installdocs: fixed a bug that installed TODO files mode 655 in native
1317 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 10 Aug 1998 15:01:15 -0700
1319 debhelper (1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1321 * dh_strip: added -X to specify files to not strip (#25590).
1322 * Added dh_installemacsen, for automatic registration with emacsen-common
1324 * Preliminary thoughts in TODO about converting entire debhelper programs
1327 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 10 Aug 1998 13:35:17 -0700
1329 debhelper (1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1331 * dh_movefiles: try to move all files specified, and only then bomb out if
1332 some of the file could not be found. Makes it easier for some packages
1333 that don't always have the same files in them.
1334 * dh_compress: any parameters passed to it on the command line specify
1335 additional files to be compressed in the first package acted on.
1336 * dh_compress: recognize standard -A parameter.
1338 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 8 Aug 1998 22:48:01 -0700
1340 debhelper (1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1342 * New unstable branch of debhelper.
1344 * TODO: list all current bugs, in order I plan to tackle them.
1345 * Added debhelper.1 man page, which groups all the debhelper options that
1346 are common to all commands in once place so I can add new options w/o
1347 updating 27 man pages.
1348 * dh_*.1: updated all debheper man pages to refer to debhelper(1) where
1349 appropriate. Also corrected a host of little errors.
1350 * doc/README: moved a lot of this file into debhelper.1.
1351 * dh_*: -N option now excludes a package from the list of packages the
1352 programs act on. (#25247)
1354 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 8 Aug 1998 17:49:56 -0700
1356 debhelper (1.0) stable unstable; urgency=low
1360 * This relelase is not really intended for stable. I throw a copy into
1361 stable-updates because I want it to be available as an upgrade for
1362 people using debian 2.0 (the current version in debian 2.0 has no
1363 critical bugs, but this version is of course a lot nicer), and I plan
1364 to start work on a new branch of debhelper that will fix many wishlist
1365 bug reports, and of course introduce many new bugs, and which will go
1368 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 8 Aug 1998 17:33:20 -0700
1370 debhelper (0.99.4) unstable; urgency=low
1372 * dh_debstd: only warn about scripts that actually lack #DEBHELPER#.
1375 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 7 Aug 1998 12:06:28 -0700
1377 debhelper (0.99.3) unstable; urgency=low
1379 * dh_movefiles: Fixed a over-eager sanity check introduced in the last
1382 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 3 Aug 1998 18:31:45 -0700
1384 debhelper (0.99.2) unstable; urgency=low
1386 * dh_movefiles: allow passing of files to move on the command line. Only
1387 rarely does this make sense. (#25197)
1389 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 30 Jul 1998 10:38:34 -0700
1391 debhelper (0.99.1) unstable; urgency=low
1393 * dh_installcron: now supports /etc/cron.d (#25112).
1395 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 27 Jul 1998 20:18:47 -0700
1397 debhelper (0.99) unstable; urgency=low
1399 * !!!! WARNING: Debhelper (specifically dh_compress) is broken with
1400 !!!! libtricks. Use fakeroot instead until this is fixed.
1401 * dh_compress: applied patch from Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
1402 to make it not fail if there are no candidates for compression (#24654).
1403 * Removed a whole debhelper-0.96 tree that had crept into the source
1404 package by accident.
1405 * Is version 1.0 next?
1407 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 10:03:21 -0700
1409 debhelper (0.98) unstable; urgency=low
1411 * dh_lib: isnative: pass -l<changelog> to dpkg-parsechangelog, to support
1412 odd packages with multiple different debian changelogs.
1413 * doc/PROGRAMMING: cleaned up the docs on DH_EXCLUDE_FIND.
1415 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 6 Jul 1998 12:45:13 -0700
1417 debhelper (0.97) unstable; urgency=low
1419 * doc/from-debstd: fixed a typo.
1420 * examples/*: install-stamp no longer depends on phony build targey; now
1421 install-stamp depends on build-stamp instead (#24234).
1422 * dh_fixperms: applied patch from Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
1423 to fix bad uses of the find command, so it should now work on packages
1424 with files with spaces in them (#22005). It's also much cleaner. Thanks,
1426 * dh_getopt.pl, doc/PROGRAMMING: added DH_EXCLUDE_FIND, to make the above
1429 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 5 Jul 1998 18:09:25 -0700
1431 debhelper (0.96) unstable; urgency=low
1433 * dh_movefiles: fixed serious breakage introduced in the last version.
1434 * dh_movefiles: really order all symlinks last.
1435 * some minor reorganization of the source tree.
1437 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 28 Jun 1998 21:53:45 -0700
1439 debhelper (0.95) unstable; urgency=low
1441 * dh_movefiles: move even very strangly named files. (#23775) Unfortunatly,
1442 I had to use a temporary file. Oh well..
1444 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 22 Jun 1998 17:16:17 -0700
1446 debhelper (0.94) unstable; urgency=low
1448 * dh_md5sums: fixed so it handles spaces and other odd characters in
1449 filenames correctly. (#23046, #23700, #22010)
1450 * As a side effect, got rid of the nasty temporary file dh_md5sums used
1453 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 22 Jun 1998 16:14:42 -0700
1455 debhelper (0.93) unstable; urgency=low
1457 * Depend on file, since several dh_*'s use it.
1459 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 19 Jun 1998 21:43:51 -0700
1461 debhelper (0.92) unstable; urgency=low
1463 * dh_gencontrol: pass -isp to dpkg-gencontrol to make it include section
1464 and priority info in the .deb file. Back in Jan 1998, this came up, and
1465 a consensus was reached on debian-devel that it was a good thing for
1468 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 19 Jun 1998 16:15:24 -0700
1470 debhelper (0.91) unstable; urgency=low
1472 * dh_installdocs: support debian/<package>.{README.Debian,TODO}
1474 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 17 Jun 1998 19:09:35 -0700
1476 debhelper (0.90) unstable; urgency=low
1478 * I'd like to thank Len Pikulski and Igor Grobman at nothinbut.net for
1479 providing me with free internet access on a moment's notice, so I could
1480 get this package to you after hacking on it all over New England for the
1481 past week. Thanks, guys!
1483 * Added dh_debstd, which mimics the functionality of the debstd command.
1484 It's not a complete nor an exact copy, and it's not so much intended to
1485 be used in a debian/rules file, as it is to be run by hand when you are
1486 converting a package from debstd to debhelper. "dh_debstd -v" will
1487 output the sequence of debhelper commands that approximate what debstd
1488 would do in the same situation.
1489 * dh_debstd is completly untested, I don't have the source to any packages
1490 that use debstd available. Once this is tested, I plan to release
1492 * Added a from-debstd document that gives a recipe to convert from debstd
1494 * dh_fixperms: can now use -X to exclude files from having their
1495 permissions changed.
1496 * dh_testroot: test for uid == 0, instead of username == root, becuase
1497 some people enjoy changing root's name.
1498 * dh_installinit: handle debian/init.d as well as debian/init files,
1499 for backwards compatability with debstd. Unlike with debstd, the two
1500 files are treated identically.
1501 * dh_lib, PROGRAMMING: added "warning" function.
1502 * Minor man page fixes.
1503 * dh_compress: don't bomb out if usr/doc/<package> is empty. (#23054)
1504 * dh_compress, dh_installdirs: always cd into $TMP and back out, even if
1505 --no-act is on. (#23054)
1507 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 1 Jun 1998 21:57:45 -0400
1509 debhelper (0.88) unstable; urgency=low
1511 * I had many hours on a train to hack on debhelper... enjoy!
1512 * dh_compress: always pass -f to gzip, to force compression.
1513 * dh_compress: added -X switch, to make it easy to specify files to
1514 exclude, without all the bother of a debian/compress script. You can
1515 use -X multiple times, too.
1516 * PROGRAMMING, dh_getopt.pl: DH_EXCLUDE is now a variable set by the
1517 --exclude (-X) switch. -x now sets DH_INCLUDE_CONFFILES.
1519 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 17 May 1998 11:26:09 -0700
1521 debhelper (0.87) unstable; urgency=low
1523 * dh_strip: strip .comment and .note, not comment and note, when stripping
1524 elf binaries. This makes for smaller output files. This has always been
1525 broken in debhelper before! (#22395)
1527 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 13 May 1998 11:54:29 -0700
1529 debhelper (0.86) unstable; urgency=low
1531 * dh_compress: don't try to re-compress *.gz files. Eliminates warning
1532 messages in some cases, shouldn't actually change the result at all.
1534 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 27 Apr 1998 15:21:33 -0700
1536 debhelper (0.85) unstable; urgency=low
1538 * Moved a few things around that were broken by Che's patch:
1539 - dh_installdirs should go in install target.
1540 - dh_clean should not run in binary targets.
1541 * This is just a quick fix to make it work, I'm not happy with it. I'm
1542 going to discuss my problems with it with Che, and either make a new
1543 version fixing them, or revert to 0.83.
1544 * So be warned that the example rules files are not currently in good
1545 shape if you're starting a new package.
1547 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 18 Apr 1998 23:30:38 -0700
1549 debhelper (0.84) unstable; urgency=low
1551 * Applied Che_Fox'x patches to example rules files, which makes them use
1552 an install target internally to move things into place in debian/tmp.
1554 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 9 Apr 1998 12:08:45 -0700
1556 debhelper (0.83) unstable; urgency=low
1558 * Generate symlinks in build stage of debian/rules. cvs cannot create them
1559 properly. Note that version 0.80 and 0.81 could not build some packages
1560 because of missing symlinks.
1562 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 31 Mar 1998 19:27:29 -0800
1564 debhelper (0.81) unstable; urgency=low
1566 * dh_movefiles: empty $tomove (#20495).
1568 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 31 Mar 1998 15:36:32 -0800
1570 debhelper (0.80) unstable; urgency=low
1572 * Moved under cvs (so I can fork a stable and an unstable version).
1573 * dh_movefiles: first move real files, then move symlinks. (#18220)
1574 Thanks to Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> and Adam Heath
1575 <adam.heath@usa.net> for help on the implementation.
1576 * dh_installchangelogs: use debian/package.changelog files if they exist
1577 rather than debian/changelog. It appears some people do need per-package
1579 * dh_gencontrol: if debian/package.changelogs files exist, use them.
1580 * Above 2 changes close #20442.
1582 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 30 Mar 1998 20:54:26 -0800
1584 debhelper (0.78) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1586 * More spelling fixes from Christian T. Steigies. (I ignored the spelling
1587 fixes to the changelog, though - too many, and a changelog isn't meant
1588 to be changed after the fact :-)
1589 * dh_fixperms: remove execute bits from .la files genrated by libtool.
1591 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 30 Mar 1998 12:44:42 -0800
1593 debhelper (0.77) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1595 * Fixed a nasty bug in dh_makeshlibs when it was called with -V, but with
1596 no version string after the -V.
1598 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 29 Mar 1998 16:08:27 -0800
1600 debhelper (0.76) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1602 * I intended version 0.75 to make it in before the freeze, and it did not.
1603 This is just to get it into frozen. There are no changes except bug
1606 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 26 Mar 1998 12:25:47 -0800
1608 debhelper (0.75) unstable; urgency=low
1610 * Actually exit if there is an unknown option on the command line (oooops!)
1611 * Fix .so file conversion to actually work (#19933).
1613 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 19 Mar 1998 11:54:58 -0800
1615 debhelper (0.74) unstable; urgency=low
1617 * dh_installmanpages: convert .so links to symlinks at last (#19829).
1618 * dh_installmanpages.1: documented that no, dh_installmanpages never
1619 installs symlink man pages from the source package (#19831).
1620 * dh_installmanpages: minor speedups
1621 * PROGRAMMING: numerous spelling fixes, thanks to Christian T. Steigies.
1622 Life is too short for me to spell check my technical documentation, but
1623 I always welcome corrections!
1625 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 17 Mar 1998 22:09:07 -0800
1627 debhelper (0.73) unstable; urgency=low
1629 * Fixed typo in dh_suidregister.1
1631 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 12 Mar 1998 16:30:27 -0800
1633 debhelper (0.72) unstable; urgency=low
1635 * Applied patch from Yann Dirson <ydirson@a2points.com> to add a
1636 --init-script parameter to dh_installinit. (#19227)
1637 * Documented this new switch.
1639 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 9 Mar 1998 17:12:04 -0800
1641 debhelper (0.71) unstable; urgency=low
1643 * dh_makeshlibs: -V flag was broken: if just -V was specified,
1644 dh_makeshlibs would die. Corrected this.
1645 * dh_lib: removed warning if the arguments passed to a debhelper command
1646 do not apply to the main package. It's been long enough so I'm 100% sure
1647 no packages use the old behavior.
1649 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 9 Mar 1998 11:46:59 -0800
1651 debhelper (0.70) unstable; urgency=low
1653 * dh_lib: autoscript(): no longer add the modification date to the
1654 comments aurrounding debhelper-added code. I don't think this date was
1655 gaining us anything, so let's remove it and save some disk space.
1657 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 8 Mar 1998 21:15:13 -0800
1659 debhelper (0.69) unstable; urgency=low
1661 * Refer to suidregister (8), not (1). Bug #19149.
1662 * Removed junk file from debian/ dir.
1664 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 8 Mar 1998 13:04:36 -0800
1666 debhelper (0.68) unstable; urgency=low
1668 * Document that README.debian files are installed as README.Debian (#19089).
1670 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 6 Mar 1998 17:48:32 -0800
1672 debhelper (0.67) unstable; urgency=low
1674 * Added PROGRAMMING document that describes the interface of dh_lib, to
1675 aid others in writing and understanding debhelper programs.
1677 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 6 Mar 1998 12:45:08 -0800
1679 debhelper (0.66) unstable; urgency=low
1681 * README, dh_testversion.1, dh_movefiles.1: more doc fixes.
1682 * dh_movefiles: don't check for package names to see if files are being
1683 moved from one package back into itself, instead, check tmp dir names.
1684 If you use this behavior, you should use "dh_testversion 0.66".
1686 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 2 Mar 1998 17:50:29 -0800
1688 debhelper (0.65) unstable; urgency=low
1690 * dh_installdocs.1, dh_movefiles.1: clarified documentation for Che.
1692 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 2 Mar 1998 17:20:39 -0800
1694 debhelper (0.64) unstable; urgency=low
1696 * Removed some junk (a whole old debhelper source tree!) that had gotten
1697 into the source package by accident.
1699 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 23 Feb 1998 20:23:34 -0800
1701 debhelper (0.63) unstable; urgency=low
1703 * Removed some debugging output from dh_installmanpages.
1704 * du_du: no longer does anything, becuase it has been decided on
1705 debian-policy that du control files are bad.
1706 * examples/*: removed dh_du calls.
1707 * debian/rules: removed dh_du call.
1708 * Modified dh_gencontrol, dh_makeshlibs, and dh_md5sums to generate files
1709 with the correct permissions even if the umask is set to unusual
1712 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 16 Feb 1998 23:34:36 -0800
1714 debhelper (0.62) unstable; urgency=low
1716 * dh_installmanpages: if the man page filename ends in 'x', install it in
1718 * TODO: expanded descriptions of stuff, in the hope someone else will get
1719 inspired to implement some of it.
1720 * Also added all wishlist bugs to the TODO.
1722 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 12 Feb 1998 22:38:53 -0800
1724 debhelper (0.61) unstable; urgency=low
1726 * dh_installmanpages: Add / to end of egrep -v regexp, fixes it so
1727 debian/icewm.1 can be found.
1729 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 11 Feb 1998 09:09:28 -0800
1731 debhelper (0.60) unstable; urgency=low
1733 * dh_fixperms: make all files readable and writable by owner
1734 (policy 3.3.8 paragraph 2).
1735 Lintian found lots of bugs that will be fixed by this change.
1737 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 9 Feb 1998 12:26:13 -0800
1739 debhelper (0.59) unstable; urgency=low
1741 * Added DH_NO_ACT and --no-act, which make debhelper commands run without
1742 actually doing anything. (Combine with -v to see what the command would
1743 have done.) (#17598)
1745 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 1 Feb 1998 14:51:08 -0800
1747 debhelper (0.58) unstable; urgency=low
1749 * Fixed bug #17597 - DH_VERBOSE wasn'talways taking effect.
1751 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 28 Jan 1998 17:18:17 -0500
1753 debhelper (0.57) unstable; urgency=low
1755 * Depend on perl 5.004 or greater (for Getopt::Long).
1757 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 17 Jan 1998 02:12:06 -0500
1759 debhelper (0.56) unstable; urgency=low
1761 * dh_compress: Applied patch from Yann Dirson <ydirson@a2points.com>,
1762 to make it not abort of one of the find's fails.
1764 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 15 Jan 1998 19:16:48 -0500
1766 debhelper (0.55) unstable; urgency=low
1768 * dh_clean: delete substvarsfiles probperly again (broken in 0.53). #17077
1769 * Added call to dh_movefiles, and a commented out call to dh_testversion,
1770 to some of the sample rules files. #17076
1772 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 14 Jan 1998 12:48:43 -0500
1774 debhelper (0.54) unstable; urgency=low
1776 * dh_lib: no longer call getopt(1) to parse options. I wrote my own
1777 argument processor in perl.
1778 * Added long versions of all arguments. TODO: document them.
1779 * All parameters may now be passed values that include whitespace (ie,
1780 dh_installinit -u"defaults 10")
1781 * Now depends on perl (needs Getopt::Long).
1783 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 10 Jan 1998 15:44:09 -0500
1785 debhelper (0.53) unstable; urgency=low
1787 * dh_installmanpages: ignore all man pages installed into debian/tmp
1788 type directories. (#16933)
1789 * dh_*: set up alternative name for files like debian/dirs; you may now
1790 use debian/<mainpackage>.dirs too, for consistency. (#16934)
1791 * dh_installdocs: if a debian/package.copyright file exists, use it in
1792 preference to debian/copyright, so subpackages with varying copyrights
1793 are supported. (#16935)
1794 * Added dh_movefiles, which moves files out of debian/tmp into subpackages.
1797 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 10 Jan 1998 11:30:12 -0500
1799 debhelper (0.52) unstable; urgency=low
1801 * dh_compress: compress file belongs in debian/. It was looking in ./
1802 This has been broken since version 0.30.
1804 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 6 Jan 1998 14:08:31 -0500
1806 debhelper (0.51) unstable; urgency=low
1808 * dh_fixperms: make shared libraries non-executable, in accordance with
1810 * dh_makeshlibs: introduced a -V flag, which allows you to specify explicit
1811 version requirements in the shlibs file.
1812 * dh_{installdirs,installdocs,installexamples,suidregister,undocumented}:
1813 Added a -A flag, which makes any files/directories specified on the
1814 command line apply to ALL packages acted on.
1815 * Updated Standards-Version to latest.
1817 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 5 Jan 1998 16:15:01 -0500
1819 debhelper (0.50) unstable; urgency=low
1821 * dh_makeshlibs: added -m parameter, which can force the major number
1822 of the shared library if it is guessed incorrectly.
1823 * Added dh_testversion to let your package depend on a certian version of
1825 * dh_{installdirs,installdocs,installexamples,suidregieter,undocumented}:
1826 behavior modification - any files/directories specified on the command
1827 line now apply to the first package acted on. This may not be the
1828 first package listed in debian/control, if you use -p to make it act on
1829 a given package, or -i or -a.
1830 * If you take advantage of the above new behavior, I suggest you add
1831 "dh_testversion 0.50" to your debian/rules.
1832 * Display a warning message in cases where the above behavior is triggered,
1833 and debhelper's behavior has altered.
1834 * I have grepped debian's source packages, and I'm quite sure this
1835 is not going to affect any packages currently in debian.
1836 * dh_lib: isnative() now caches its return value, which should optimize
1837 away several more calls to dpkg-parsechangelog.
1838 * README: explain a way to embed debhelper generated shell script into a
1840 * dh_installinit: A hack to work around the problem in getopt(1) that
1841 led to bug report #16229: Any text specified on the command line that is
1842 not a flag will be presumed to be part of the -u flag. Yuck.
1844 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 3 Jan 1998 14:36:15 -0500
1846 debhelper (0.37) unstable; urgency=low
1848 * dh_du: Fixed hardcoded debian/tmp.
1849 * This change got lost by accident, redid it: Optimized out most of the
1850 slowdown caused by using dpkg-parsechangelog - now it's only called by
1853 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 28 Dec 1997 20:45:22 -0500
1855 debhelper (0.36) unstable; urgency=low
1857 * dh_undocumented: exit with an error message if the man page specified
1858 does not have a section.
1860 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 27 Dec 1997 14:14:04 -0500
1862 debhelper (0.35) unstable; urgency=low
1864 * dh_lib: use dpkg-parsechangelog instead of parsing it by hand. This
1865 makes a package build slower (by about 30 seconds, on average), so
1866 I might remove it or optimize it if too many people yell at me. :-)
1867 * dh_undocumented.1: note that it really links to undocumented.7.gz.
1869 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 22 Dec 1997 22:19:39 -0500
1871 debhelper (0.34) unstable; urgency=low
1873 * Fixed typo #16215.
1875 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 22 Dec 1997 14:41:46 -0500
1877 debhelper (0.33) unstable; urgency=low
1879 * examples/*: use prefix, instead of PREFIX, becuase autoconf uses that.
1880 Also, use `pwd`/debian/tmp, instead of debian/tmp.
1881 * Always substitute #DEBHELPER# in maintainer scripts, even if it expands
1882 to nothing, for neatness and to save a few bytes. #15863
1883 * dh_clean: added -k parameter to not delete debian/files. #15789
1884 * examples/*: use dh_clean -k in the binary targets of all rules files,
1887 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 11 Dec 1997 19:05:41 -0500
1889 debhelper (0.32) unstable; urgency=low
1891 * Split dh_installdebfiles into 3 programs (dh_installdeb, dh_shlibdeps,
1892 and dh_gencontrol). dh_installdebfiles still works, but is depricated.
1893 * Added an examples/rules.indep file.
1894 * examples/rules.multi: changed dh_du -a to dh_du -i in binary-indep
1897 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 10 Dec 1997 19:53:13 -0500
1899 debhelper (0.31) unstable; urgency=low
1901 * Fixed man page typos #15685.
1903 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 6 Dec 1997 21:44:58 -0500
1905 debhelper (0.30) unstable; urgency=low
1907 * dh_md5sumes, dh_installdirs, dh_compress: fixed assorted cd bugs.
1909 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 5 Dec 1997 15:08:36 -0500
1911 debhelper (0.29) unstable; urgency=low
1913 * dh_lib: don't expand text passed to doit() a second time. This fixes
1914 #15624, and hopefully doesn't break anything else.
1915 * A side effect of this (of interest only to the debhelper programmer) is
1916 that doit() can no longer handle complex commands now. (ie, pipes, `;',
1917 `&', etc separating multiple commands, or redirection)
1918 * dh_makeshlibs, dh_md5sums, dh_installdebfiles, dh_du, dh_clean,
1919 dh_installdirs: don't pass complex commands to doit().
1921 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 4 Dec 1997 13:56:14 -0500
1923 debhelper (0.28) unstable; urgency=low
1925 * dh_makeshlibs: fixes type that caused the program to crash (#15536).
1927 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 3 Dec 1997 13:22:48 -0500
1929 debhelper (0.27) unstable; urgency=low
1931 * README: fixed typoes (one serious).
1932 * Ran ispell on all the documentation.
1934 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 30 Nov 1997 18:48:20 -0500
1936 debhelper (0.26) unstable; urgency=low
1938 * dh_installdirs: Do not create usr/doc/$PACKAGE directory. Bug #15498
1939 * README: documented that $PACKAGE can be used in the arguments to some of
1940 the dh_* programs (#15497).
1941 * dh_du.1: no, this is not really the dh_md5sums man page (#15499).
1943 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 30 Nov 1997 13:01:40 -0500
1945 debhelper (0.25) unstable; urgency=low
1947 * dh_compress: was not reading debian/compress file - fixed.
1948 * examples/*: moved dh_clean call to after make clean is run.
1950 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 25 Nov 1997 15:43:58 -0500
1952 debhelper (0.24) unstable; urgency=low
1954 * dh_clean: no longer clean up empty (0 byte) files (#15240).
1956 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 25 Nov 1997 14:29:37 -0500
1958 debhelper (0.23) unstable; urgency=low
1960 * Now depends on fileutils (>= 3.16-4), becuase with any earlier version
1961 of fileutils, install -p will not work (#14680)
1963 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 19 Nov 1997 23:59:43 -0500
1965 debhelper (0.22) unstable; urgency=low
1967 * dh_installdocs: Install README.debian as README.Debian (of course,
1968 README.Debian is installed with the same name..)
1970 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 18 Nov 1997 01:23:53 -0500
1972 debhelper (0.21) unstable; urgency=low
1974 * dh_installinit: on removal, fixed how update-rc.d is called.
1976 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 15 Nov 1997 20:43:14 -0500
1978 debhelper (0.20) unstable; urgency=low
1980 * Added dh_installinit, which installs an init.d script, and edits the
1981 postinst, postrm, etc.
1983 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 14 Nov 1997 00:45:53 -0500
1985 debhelper (0.19) unstable; urgency=low
1987 * dh_installmenu.1: menufile is in section 5, not 1.
1989 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 12 Nov 1997 19:54:48 -0500
1991 debhelper (0.18) unstable; urgency=low
1993 * examples/*: added source, diff targets that just print an error.
1994 * dh_clean: clean up more files - *.orig, *.rej, *.bak, .*.orig, .*.rej,
1995 .SUMS, TAGS, and empty files.
1996 * dh_lib: doit(): use eval on parameters, instead of directly running
1997 them. This lets me clean up several nasty areas where I had to echo the
1998 commands once, and then run them seperatly.
2000 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 10 Nov 1997 19:48:36 -0500
2002 debhelper (0.17) unstable; urgency=low
2004 * Added dh_installdirs, automatically creates subdirectories (for
2005 compatability with debstd's debian/dirs file.
2006 * dh_lib: fixed problem with -P flag.
2008 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 7 Nov 1997 16:07:11 -0500
2010 debhelper (0.16) unstable; urgency=low
2012 * dh_compress: always compress changelog and upstream changelog, no
2013 matter what their size (#14604) (policy 5.8)
2015 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 6 Nov 1997 19:50:36 -0500
2017 debhelper (0.15) unstable; urgency=low
2019 * README: documented what temporary directories are used by default for
2020 installing package files into.
2021 * dh_*: added -P flag, to let a different package build directory be
2024 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 6 Nov 1997 15:51:22 -0500
2026 debhelper (0.14) unstable; urgency=low
2028 * dh_fixperms: leave permissions on files in /usr/doc/packages/examples
2030 * Install examples/rules* executable.
2032 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 27 Oct 1997 12:42:33 -0500
2034 debhelper (0.13) unstable; urgency=low
2036 * Added dh_makeshlibs, automatically generates a shlibs file.
2038 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 24 Oct 1997 20:33:14 -0400
2040 debhelper (0.12) unstable; urgency=low
2042 * Fixed mispelling of dh_md5sums in examples rules files and README.
2043 (#13990) Thanks, Adrian.
2045 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 24 Oct 1997 14:35:30 -0400
2047 debhelper (0.11) unstable; urgency=low
2049 * dh_md5sums: behavior modification: do not generate md5sums for conffiles.
2050 (Thanks to Charles Briscoe-Smith <cpb4@ukc.ac.uk>) #14048.
2051 * dh_md5sums: can generate conffile md5sums with -x parameter.
2052 * Added a "converting from debstd" section to the README.
2053 * Added dh_du, generates a DEBIAN/du file with disk usage stats (#14048).
2055 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 13:17:28 -0400
2057 debhelper (0.10) unstable; urgency=medium
2059 * dh_installdebfiles: fixed *bad* bug that messed up the names of all
2060 files installed into DEBIAN/ for multiple binary packages.
2061 * dh_md5sums: fixed another serious bug if dh_md5sums was used for
2062 multiple binary packages.
2063 * If you have made any multiple binary packages using debhelper, you
2064 should rebuild them with this version.
2065 * dh_md5sums: show cd commands in verbose mode.
2067 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 20 Oct 1997 14:44:30 -0400
2069 debhelper (0.9) unstable; urgency=low
2071 * Added dh_suidregister, interfaces to to the suidmanager package.
2072 * dh_installdebfiles: fixed typo on man page.
2074 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 18 Oct 1997 20:55:39 -0400
2076 debhelper (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
2078 * Added dh_md5sum, generates a md5sums file.
2079 * dh_clean: fixed to echo all commands when verbose mode is on.
2081 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 17 Oct 1997 14:18:26 -0400
2083 debhelper (0.7) unstable; urgency=low
2085 * Sped up some things by removing unnecesary for loops.
2086 * dh_installdocs: behavior modifcation: if there is a debian/TODO, it is
2087 named like a debian/changelog file: if the package is a debian native
2088 package, it is installed as TODO. If the package is not a native package,
2089 it is installed as TODO.Debian.
2090 * dh_installdocs: handle debian/README.Debian as well as
2091 debian/README.debian.
2092 * Added dh_undocumented program, which can set up undocumented.7 symlinks.
2093 * Moved dh_installdebfiles to come after dh_fixperms in the example rules
2094 files. (dh_installdebfiles makes sure it installs things with the proper
2095 permissions, and this reorganization makes the file a bit more flexable
2096 in a few situations.)
2098 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 13 Oct 1997 20:08:05 -0400
2100 debhelper (0.6) unstable; urgency=low
2102 * Got rid of bashisms - this package should work now if /bin/sh is ash.
2104 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 10 Oct 1997 15:24:40 -0400
2106 debhelper (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
2108 * Added dh_installcron to install cron jobs.
2110 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 30 Sep 1997 19:37:41 -0400
2112 debhelper (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
2114 * Added dh_strip to strip binaries and libraries.
2115 * Fixed several man pages.
2117 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 28 Sep 1997 20:46:32 -0400
2119 debhelper (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
2121 * Added support for automatic generation of debian install scripts to
2122 dh_installmenu and dh_installdebfiles and dh_clean.
2123 * Removed some pointless uses of cat.
2125 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 26 Sep 1997 21:52:53 -0400
2127 debhelper (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
2129 * Moved out of unstable, it still has rough edges and incomplete bits, but
2130 is ready for general use.
2131 * Added man pages for all commands.
2132 * Multiple binary package support.
2133 * Support for specifying exactly what set of binary packages to act on,
2134 by group (arch or noarch), and by package name.
2135 * dh_clean: allow specification of additional files to remove as
2137 * dh_compress: fixed it to not compress doc/package/copyright
2138 * dh_installmanpage: allow listing of man pages that should not be
2139 auto-installed as parameters.
2140 * dh_installdebfiles: make sure all installed files have proper ownerships
2142 * dh_installdebfiles: only pass ELF files to dpkg-shlibdeps, and pass .so
2145 * dh_compress: changed behavior - debian/compress script is now run inside
2146 the package build directory it is to act on.
2147 * Added dh_lib symlink in debian/ so the debhelper apps used in this
2148 package's debian/rules always use the most up-to-date db_lib.
2149 * Changed dh_cleantmp commands in the examples rules files to dh_clean.
2151 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 23 Sep 1997 12:26:12 -0400
2153 debhelper (0.1) experimental; urgency=low
2155 * First release. This is a snapshot of my work so far, and it not yet
2156 ready to replace debstd.
2158 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 22 Sep 1997 15:01:25 -0400