1 debhelper (1.2.19) unstable; urgency=low
3 * dh_listpackages: new command. Takes the standard options taken by other
4 debhelper commands, and just outputs a list of the binary packages a
5 debhelper command would act on. Added because of bug #30626, and because
6 of wn's truely ugly use of debhelper internals to get the same info (and
7 because it's just 4 lines of code ;-).
8 * dh_compress: is now smart about compressing files that are hardlinks.
9 When possible, will only compress one file, delete the hardlinks, and
10 re-make hardlinks to the compressed file, saving some disk space.
12 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 22:26:41 -0500
14 debhelper (1.2.18) unstable; urgency=medium
16 * dh_fixperms: was not fixing permissions of files in usr/doc/ to 644,
17 this has been broken since version 1.2.3.
19 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 6 Dec 1998 23:35:35 -0800
21 debhelper (1.2.17) unstable; urgency=low
23 * dh_makeshlibs: relaxed regexp to find library name and number a little so
24 it will work on libraries with a major but no minor version in their
25 filename (examples of such: libtcl8.0.so.1, libBLT-unoff.so.1)
26 * dh_movefiles: added --sourcedir option to make it move files out of
27 some directory besides debian/tmp (#30221)
29 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 4 Dec 1998 13:56:57 -0800
31 debhelper (1.2.16) unstable; urgency=low
33 * dh_installchangelogs: now detects html changelogs and installs them as
34 changelog.html.gz, to comply with latest policy (which I disagree with
36 * manpages: updated policy version numbers.
37 * dh_installdocs: behavior change: all docs are now installed mode 644.
38 I have looked and it doesn't seem this will actually affect any packages
39 in debian. This is useful only if you want to use dh_installdocs and not
40 dh_fixperms, and that's the only time this behavior change will have any
41 effect, either. (#30118)
43 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 3 Dec 1998 23:31:56 -0800
45 debhelper (1.2.15) unstable; urgency=low
47 * Just a re-upload, last upload failed for some obscure reason.
49 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 29 Nov 1998 13:07:44 -0800
51 debhelper (1.2.14) unstable; urgency=low
53 * Really fixed #29762 this time. This also fixes #30025, which asked that
54 dh_makeshlibs come before dh_shlibdeps, so the files it generates can
55 also be used as a shlibs.local file, which will be used by dh_shlibdeps.
57 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 04:00:14 -0800
59 debhelper (1.2.13) unstable; urgency=low
61 * Spelling and typo fixes.
63 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 15:23:55 -0800
65 debhelper (1.2.12) unstable; urgency=low
67 * examples/*: moved dh_makeshlibs call to before dh_installdeb call.
68 (#29762). This is just so if you replace dh_makeshlibs with something
69 that generates debian/shlibs, it still gets installed properly.
70 * dh_suidregister: use names instead of uid's and gid's, at request of
71 suidregister maintainer (#29802).
73 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 21 Nov 1998 13:13:10 -0800
75 debhelper (1.2.11) unstable; urgency=low
77 * dh_movefiles: if given absolute filenames to move (note that that is
78 *wrong*), it will move relative files anyway. Related to bug #29761.
79 * dh_link: made relative links work right. (I hope!)
81 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 20:21:51 -0800
83 debhelper (1.2.10) unstable; urgency=low
85 * examples/*: added dh_link calls to example rules files.
87 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:43:07 -0800
89 debhelper (1.2.9) unstable; urgency=low
91 * Added dh_link, which generates policy complient symlinks in binary
94 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 19 Nov 1998 18:43:36 -0800
96 debhelper (1.2.8) unstable; urgency=low
98 * Suggest dh-make (#29376).
100 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 18 Nov 1998 02:29:47 -0800
102 debhelper (1.2.7) unstable; urgency=low
104 * dh_movefiles: Fixed another bug.
106 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 16 Nov 1998 12:53:05 -0800
108 debhelper (1.2.6) unstable; urgency=low
110 * dh_movefiles: fixed non-integer comparison (#29476)
112 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 15 Nov 1998 13:03:09 -0800
114 debhelper (1.2.5) unstable; urgency=low
116 * The perl conversion is complete.
118 * dh_compress: perlized (yay, perl has readlink, no more ls -l | awk
120 * dh_lib, dh_getopt.pl: deleted, nothing uses them anymore.
121 * debian/rules: don't install above 2 files.
122 * doc/PROGRAMMING: removed all documentation of the old shell library
125 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 13 Nov 1998 15:36:57 -0800
127 debhelper (1.2.4) unstable; urgency=low
129 * dh_debstd, dh_movefiles: perlized.
130 * dh_debstd: fixed -c option.
131 * dh_installinit: fixed minor perl -w warning.
132 * Only 1 shell script remains! (But it's a doozy..)
134 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 13 Nov 1998 13:29:39 -0800
136 debhelper (1.2.3) unstable; urgency=low
138 * dh_fixperms, dh_installdebfiles, dh_installdeb: perlized
139 * dh_suidregister: perlized, with help from Che_Fox (and Tom Christianson,
141 * dh_suidregister: include leading 0 (or 1 for sticky, etc) in file
143 * Only 3 more to go and it'll be 100% perl.
144 * Made $dh{EXCLUDE_FIND} available to perl scripts.
146 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 10 Nov 1998 15:47:43 -0800
148 debhelper (1.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
150 * dh_du, dh_shlibdeps, dh_undocumented: rewrite in perl.
151 * dh_undocumented: shortened the symlink used for section 7 undocumented
152 man pages, since it can link to undocuemented.7.gz in the same directory.
154 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 10 Nov 1998 13:40:22 -0800
156 debhelper (1.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
158 * dh_strip, dh_installinit: rewrite in perl.
160 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 9 Nov 1998 20:04:12 -0800
162 debhelper (1.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
164 * A new unstable dist means I'm back to converting more of debhelper to
165 perl.. Since 1.1 has actually stabalized, I've upped this to 1.2.
166 * dh_md5sums: rewritten in perl, for large speed gain under some
167 circumstances (old version called perl sometimes, once per package.)
168 * dh_installmenu, dh_installwmacsen, dh_installwm: perlized.
169 * Dh_Lib.pm: made autoscript() really work.
171 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 9 Nov 1998 13:04:16 -0800
173 debhelper (1.1.24) unstable; urgency=low
175 * dh_suidregister: remove suid/sgid bits from all files registered. The
176 reason is this: if you're using suidmanager, and you want a file that
177 ships suid to never be suid on your system, shipping it suid in the .deb
178 will create a window where it is suid before suidmanager fixes it's
179 permissions. This change should be transparent to users and developers.
181 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 27 Oct 1998 18:19:48 -0800
183 debhelper (1.1.23) unstable; urgency=low
185 * dh_clean: At the suggestion of James Troup <james@nocrew.org> now deletes
186 files named *.P in .deps/ subdirectories. They are generated by automake.
188 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 24 Oct 1998 15:14:53 -0700
190 debhelper (1.1.22) unstable; urgency=low
192 * dh_fixperms: quoting fix from Roderick Schertler <roderick@argon.org>
193 * Added support for register-window-manager command which will be in a new
194 (as yet unreleased) xbase. Now a new dh_installwm program handles
195 registration of a window manager and the necessary modifications to
196 postinst and postrm. It's safe to go ahead and start using this for your
197 window manager packages, just note that it won't do anything until the new
198 xbase is out, and that due to the design of register-window-manager, if
199 your wm is installed before a xbase that supports register-window-manager
200 is installed, the window manager will never be registered. (#20971)
202 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 14 Oct 1998 23:08:04 -0700
204 debhelper (1.1.21) unstable; urgency=low
206 * Added install to .PHONY target of example rules files.
208 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 11 Oct 1998 22:36:10 -0700
210 debhelper (1.1.20) unstable; urgency=low
212 * Added a --same-arch flag, that is useful in the rare case when you have
213 a package that builds only for 1 architecture, as part of a multi-part,
214 multi-architecture source package. (Ie, netscape-dmotif).
215 * Modified dh_installinit -r so it does start the daemon on the initial
218 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 2 Oct 1998 15:55:13 -0700
220 debhelper (1.1.19) unstable; urgency=low
222 * dh_installmanpages: look at basename of man pacges specified on command
223 line to skip, for backwards compatability.
225 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 10 Sep 1998 11:31:42 -0700
227 debhelper (1.1.18) unstable; urgency=low
229 * dh_installemacsen: substitute package name for #PACKAGE# when setting
230 up postinst and prerm (#26560).
232 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 8 Sep 1998 14:24:30 -0700
234 debhelper (1.1.17) unstable; urgency=low
236 * dh_strip: on Richard Braakman's advice, strip the .comment and .note
237 sections of shared libraries.
238 * Added DH_OPTIONS environment variable - anything in it will be treated
239 as additional command line arguments by all debhelper commands. This in
240 useful in some situations, for example, if you need to pass -p to all
241 debhelper commands that will be run. If you use DH_OPTIONS, be sure to
242 use dh_testversion 1.1.17 - older debhelpers will ignore it and do
243 things you don't want them to.
244 * Made -N properly exclude packages when no -i, -a, or -p flags are
245 present. It didn't before, which was a bug.
247 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 7 Sep 1998 17:33:19 -0700
249 debhelper (1.1.16) unstable; urgency=low
251 * dh_fixperms: remove execute bits from static libraries as well as
252 shared libraries. (#26414)
254 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 4 Sep 1998 14:46:37 -0700
256 debhelper (1.1.15) unstable; urgency=medium
258 * dh_installmanpages: the new perl version had a nasty habit of
259 installing .so.x library files as man pages. Fixed.
260 * dh_installmanpages: the code to exclude searching for man pages in
261 debian/tmp directories was broken. Fixed.
263 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 31 Aug 1998 00:05:17 -0700
265 debhelper (1.1.14) unstable; urgency=low
267 * Debhelper now has a web page at http://kitenet.net/programs/debhelper/
269 * Added code to debian/rules to update the web page when I release new
271 * dh_compress: since version 0.88 or so, dh_compress has bombed out if
272 a debian/compress file returned an error code. This was actually
273 unintentional - in fact, the debian/compress example in the man page
274 will fail this way if usr/info or usr/X11R6 is not present. Corrected
275 the program to not fail. (#26214)
277 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 30 Aug 1998 22:15:44 -0700
279 debhelper (1.1.13) unstable; urgency=low
281 * dh_installmanpages: rewritten in perl. Allows me to fix bug #26221 (long
282 symlink problem after .so conversion), and is about twice as fast.
284 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 29 Aug 1998 22:06:06 -0700
286 debhelper (1.1.12) unstable; urgency=low
288 * dh_installdocs: forgot to pass package name to isnative(). Any native
289 debian package that had a debian/TODO would have it installed with the
290 wrong name, and debhelper would warn of undefined values for some
293 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 27 Aug 1998 12:35:42 -0700
295 debhelper (1.1.11) unstable; urgency=low
297 * dh_installchangelogs: added -k flag, that will make it install a symlink
298 to the original name of the upstream changelog.
300 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 20 Aug 1998 15:40:40 -0700
302 debhelper (1.1.10) unstable; urgency=low
304 * It's come to my attention that a few packages use filename globbing in
305 debian/{docs,examples,whatever} files and expect that to work. It used
306 to work before the perl conversion, but it was never _documented_, or
307 intented to work. If you use this in your packages, they are broken and
308 need fixing (and will refuse to build with current versions of debhelper).
309 I apologize for the inconvenience.
311 * dh_clean: fixed a bug, intorduced in version 1.1.8, where it didn't
312 remove debian/files properly.
313 * dh_shlibdeps, dh_testdir, dh_testroot, dh_testversion: converted to perl.
314 * Encode the version of debhelper in a sepererate file, so dh_testversion
315 doesn't have to be generated when a new version of debhelper is built.
316 * Removed bogus menu file.
318 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 17 Aug 1998 14:15:17 -0700
320 debhelper (1.1.9) unstable; urgency=low
322 * dh_fixperms: has been removing the +x bits of all doc/*/examples/* files
323 since version 0.97 or so. Fixed.
325 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 16 Aug 1998 17:11:48 -0700
327 debhelper (1.1.8) unstable; urgency=low
329 * Dh_Lib.pm: made U_PARAMS an array of parameters.
330 * Dh_Lib.pm: fixed bug in the escaping code, numbers don't need to be
331 escaped. Also, no longer escape "-".
332 * dh_clean, dh_gencontrol, dh_installcron: converted to perl.
333 * dh_gencontrol.1, dh_gencontrol: the man page had said that
334 --update-rcd-params was equivilant to -u for this program. You should
335 really use --dpkg-gencontrol-params.
337 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 14 Aug 1998 14:07:35 -0700
339 debhelper (1.1.7) unstable; urgency=low
341 * examples/rules.multi: moved dh_movefiles into the install section.
342 * doc/README: Added a note explaining why above change was necessary.
343 * Dh_Lib.pm: escape_shell(): now escapes the full range of special
344 characters recognized by bash (and ksh). Thanks to Branden Robinson
345 <branden@purdue.edu> for looking that up.
347 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 23:32:05 -0700
349 debhelper (1.1.6) unstable; urgency=low
351 * dh_movefiles: don't die on symlinks (#25642). (Hope I got the fix right
354 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 20:11:13 -0700
356 debhelper (1.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
358 * dh_builddeb, dh_installchangelogs: converted to perl.
359 * dh_installdirs: converted to perl, getting rid of nasty chdir en-route.
360 * dh_installdirs: now you can use absolute directory names too if you
362 * doc/PROGRAMMING: updated to cover new perl modules.
363 * Dh_Lib.pm: doit(): when printing out commands that have run, escape
364 metacharacters in the output. I probably don't escape out all the
365 characters I should, but this is just a convenience to the user anyway.
366 * dh_installdebfiles: it's been broken forever, I fixed it. Obviously
367 nobody uses it anymore, which is good, since it's deprected :-)
369 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 15:23:34 -0700
371 debhelper (1.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
373 * dh_movefiles: fixed bug introduced in 1.1.1 where it would fail in some
374 cases if you tried to move a broken symlink.
375 * dh_installdocs: was only operating on the first package.
376 * dh_installexamples: rewritten in perl.
377 * Dh_Lib.pm: all multiple package operations were broken.
378 * Dh_Lib.pm: implemented complex_doit() and autoscript().
379 * Made all perl code work with use strict and -w (well, except
380 dh_getopt.pl, but that's a hack that'll go away one day).
381 * I didn't realize, but rewriting dh_installdocs in perl fixed bug #24686
382 (blank lines in debian/docs file problem), although this same problem
383 applies to other debhelper programs... like dh_installexamples, which had
384 the same bug fixed when I rewrote it in perl just now.
385 * Dh_Lib.pm: accidentially didn't check DH_VERBOSE if commands were not
387 * Dh_Getopt.pm: --noscripts was broken.
389 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 12:44:04 -0700
391 debhelper (1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
393 * dh_md5sums: -x was broken since version 1.1.1 - fixed.
394 * dh_lib: removed get_arch_indep_packages() function that hasn't been used
395 at all for a long while.
396 * Added Dh_Lib.pm, a translation of dh_lib into perl.
397 * dh_getopt.pl: moved most of it into new Dh_Getopt.pm module, rewriting
398 large chunks in the process.
399 * dh_installdocs: completly rewritten in perl. Now it's faster and it can
400 install many oddly named files it died on before.
401 * dh_installdocs: fixed a bug that installed TODO files mode 655 in native
404 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 10 Aug 1998 15:01:15 -0700
406 debhelper (1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
408 * dh_strip: added -X to specify files to not strip (#25590).
409 * Added dh_installemacsen, for automatic registration with emacsen-common
411 * Preliminary thoughts in TODO about converting entire debhelper programs
414 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 10 Aug 1998 13:35:17 -0700
416 debhelper (1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
418 * dh_movefiles: try to move all files specified, and only then bomb out if
419 some of the file could not be found. Makes it easier for some packages
420 that don't always have the same files in them.
421 * dh_compress: any parameters passed to it on the command line specify
422 additional files to be compressed in the first package acted on.
423 * dh_compress: recognize standard -A parameter.
425 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 8 Aug 1998 22:48:01 -0700
427 debhelper (1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
429 * New unstable branch of debhelper.
431 * TODO: list all current bugs, in order I plan to tackle them.
432 * Added debhelper.1 man page, which groups all the debhelper options that
433 are common to all commands in once place so I can add new options w/o
434 updating 27 man pages.
435 * dh_*.1: updated all debheper man pages to refer to debhelper(1) where
436 appropriate. Also corrected a host of little errors.
437 * doc/README: moved a lot of this file into debhelper.1.
438 * dh_*: -N option now excludes a package from the list of packages the
439 programs act on. (#25247)
441 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 8 Aug 1998 17:49:56 -0700
443 debhelper (1.0) stable unstable; urgency=low
447 * This relelase is not really intended for stable. I throw a copy into
448 stable-updates because I want it to be available as an upgrade for
449 people using debian 2.0 (the current version in debian 2.0 has no
450 critical bugs, but this version is of course a lot nicer), and I plan
451 to start work on a new branch of debhelper that will fix many wishlist
452 bug reports, and of course introduce many new bugs, and which will go
455 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 8 Aug 1998 17:33:20 -0700
457 debhelper (0.99.4) unstable; urgency=low
459 * dh_debstd: only warn about scripts that actually lack #DEBHELPER#.
462 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 7 Aug 1998 12:06:28 -0700
464 debhelper (0.99.3) unstable; urgency=low
466 * dh_movefiles: Fixed a over-eager sanity check introduced in the last
469 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 3 Aug 1998 18:31:45 -0700
471 debhelper (0.99.2) unstable; urgency=low
473 * dh_movefiles: allow passing of files to move on the command line. Only
474 rarely does this make sense. (#25197)
476 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 30 Jul 1998 10:38:34 -0700
478 debhelper (0.99.1) unstable; urgency=low
480 * dh_installcron: now supports /etc/cron.d (#25112).
482 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 27 Jul 1998 20:18:47 -0700
484 debhelper (0.99) unstable; urgency=low
486 * !!!! WARNING: Debhelper (specifically dh_compress) is broken with
487 !!!! libtricks. Use fakeroot instead until this is fixed.
488 * dh_compress: applied patch from Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
489 to make it not fail if there are no candidates for compression (#24654).
490 * Removed a whole debhelper-0.96 tree that had crept into the source
492 * Is version 1.0 next?
494 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 10:03:21 -0700
496 debhelper (0.98) unstable; urgency=low
498 * dh_lib: isnative: pass -l<changelog> to dpkg-parsechangelog, to support
499 odd packages with multiple different debian changelogs.
500 * doc/PROGRAMMING: cleaned up the docs on DH_EXCLUDE_FIND.
502 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 6 Jul 1998 12:45:13 -0700
504 debhelper (0.97) unstable; urgency=low
506 * doc/from-debstd: fixed a typo.
507 * examples/*: install-stamp no longer depends on phony build targey; now
508 install-stamp depends on build-stamp instead (#24234).
509 * dh_fixperms: applied patch from Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
510 to fix bad uses of the find command, so it should now work on packages
511 with files with spaces in them (#22005). It's also much cleaner. Thanks,
513 * dh_getopt.pl, doc/PROGRAMMING: added DH_EXCLUDE_FIND, to make the above
516 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 5 Jul 1998 18:09:25 -0700
518 debhelper (0.96) unstable; urgency=low
520 * dh_movefiles: fixed serious breakage introduced in the last version.
521 * dh_movefiles: really order all symlinks last.
522 * some minor reorganization of the source tree.
524 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 28 Jun 1998 21:53:45 -0700
526 debhelper (0.95) unstable; urgency=low
528 * dh_movefiles: move even very strangly named files. (#23775) Unfortunatly,
529 I had to use a temporary file. Oh well..
531 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 22 Jun 1998 17:16:17 -0700
533 debhelper (0.94) unstable; urgency=low
535 * dh_md5sums: fixed so it handles spaces and other odd characters in
536 filenames correctly. (#23046, #23700, #22010)
537 * As a side effect, got rid of the nasty temporary file dh_md5sums used
540 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 22 Jun 1998 16:14:42 -0700
542 debhelper (0.93) unstable; urgency=low
544 * Depend on file, since several dh_*'s use it.
546 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 19 Jun 1998 21:43:51 -0700
548 debhelper (0.92) unstable; urgency=low
550 * dh_gencontrol: pass -isp to dpkg-gencontrol to make it include section
551 and priority info in the .deb file. Back in Jan 1998, this came up, and
552 a consensus was reached on debian-devel that it was a good thing for
555 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 19 Jun 1998 16:15:24 -0700
557 debhelper (0.91) unstable; urgency=low
559 * dh_installdocs: support debian/<package>.{README.Debian,TODO}
561 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 17 Jun 1998 19:09:35 -0700
563 debhelper (0.90) unstable; urgency=low
565 * I'd like to thank Len Pikulski and Igor Grobman at nothinbut.net for
566 providing me with free internet access on a moment's notice, so I could
567 get this package to you after hacking on it all over New England for the
568 past week. Thanks, guys!
570 * Added dh_debstd, which mimics the functionality of the debstd command.
571 It's not a complete nor an exact copy, and it's not so much intended to
572 be used in a debian/rules file, as it is to be run by hand when you are
573 converting a package from debstd to debhelper. "dh_debstd -v" will
574 output the sequence of debhelper commands that approximate what debstd
575 would do in the same situation.
576 * dh_debstd is completly untested, I don't have the source to any packages
577 that use debstd available. Once this is tested, I plan to release
579 * Added a from-debstd document that gives a recipe to convert from debstd
581 * dh_fixperms: can now use -X to exclude files from having their
583 * dh_testroot: test for uid == 0, instead of username == root, becuase
584 some people enjoy changing root's name.
585 * dh_installinit: handle debian/init.d as well as debian/init files,
586 for backwards compatability with debstd. Unlike with debstd, the two
587 files are treated identically.
588 * dh_lib, PROGRAMMING: added "warning" function.
589 * Minor man page fixes.
590 * dh_compress: don't bomb out if usr/doc/<package> is empty. (#23054)
591 * dh_compress, dh_installdirs: always cd into $TMP and back out, even if
592 --no-act is on. (#23054)
594 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 1 Jun 1998 21:57:45 -0400
596 debhelper (0.88) unstable; urgency=low
598 * I had many hours on a train to hack on debhelper... enjoy!
599 * dh_compress: always pass -f to gzip, to force compression.
600 * dh_compress: added -X switch, to make it easy to specify files to
601 exclude, without all the bother of a debian/compress script. You can
602 use -X multiple times, too.
603 * PROGRAMMING, dh_getopt.pl: DH_EXCLUDE is now a variable set by the
604 --exclude (-X) switch. -x now sets DH_INCLUDE_CONFFILES.
606 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 17 May 1998 11:26:09 -0700
608 debhelper (0.87) unstable; urgency=low
610 * dh_strip: strip .comment and .note, not comment and note, when stripping
611 elf binaries. This makes for smaller output files. This has always been
612 broken in debhelper before! (#22395)
614 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 13 May 1998 11:54:29 -0700
616 debhelper (0.86) unstable; urgency=low
618 * dh_compress: don't try to re-compress *.gz files. Eliminates warning
619 messages in some cases, shouldn't actually change the result at all.
621 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 27 Apr 1998 15:21:33 -0700
623 debhelper (0.85) unstable; urgency=low
625 * Moved a few things around that were broken by Che's patch:
626 - dh_installdirs should go in install target.
627 - dh_clean should not run in binary targets.
628 * This is just a quick fix to make it work, I'm not happy with it. I'm
629 going to discuss my problems with it with Che, and either make a new
630 version fixing them, or revert to 0.83.
631 * So be warned that the example rules files are not currently in good
632 shape if you're starting a new package.
634 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 18 Apr 1998 23:30:38 -0700
636 debhelper (0.84) unstable; urgency=low
638 * Applied Che_Fox'x patches to example rules files, which makes them use
639 an install target internally to move things into place in debian/tmp.
641 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 9 Apr 1998 12:08:45 -0700
643 debhelper (0.83) unstable; urgency=low
645 * Generate symlinks in build stage of debian/rules. cvs cannot create them
646 properly. Note that version 0.80 and 0.81 could not build some packages
647 because of missing symlinks.
649 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 31 Mar 1998 19:27:29 -0800
651 debhelper (0.81) unstable; urgency=low
653 * dh_movefiles: empty $tomove (#20495).
655 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 31 Mar 1998 15:36:32 -0800
657 debhelper (0.80) unstable; urgency=low
659 * Moved under cvs (so I can fork a stable and an unstable version).
660 * dh_movefiles: first move real files, then move symlinks. (#18220)
661 Thanks to Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> and Adam Heath
662 <adam.heath@usa.net> for help on the implementation.
663 * dh_installchangelogs: use debian/package.changelog files if they exist
664 rather than debian/changelog. It appears some people do need per-package
666 * dh_gencontrol: if debian/package.changelogs files exist, use them.
667 * Above 2 changes close #20442.
669 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 30 Mar 1998 20:54:26 -0800
671 debhelper (0.78) frozen unstable; urgency=low
673 * More spelling fixes from Christian T. Steigies. (I ignored the spelling
674 fixes to the changelog, though - too many, and a changelog isn't meant
675 to be changed after the fact :-)
676 * dh_fixperms: remove execute bits from .la files genrated by libtool.
678 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 30 Mar 1998 12:44:42 -0800
680 debhelper (0.77) frozen unstable; urgency=low
682 * Fixed a nasty bug in dh_makeshlibs when it was called with -V, but with
683 no version string after the -V.
685 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 29 Mar 1998 16:08:27 -0800
687 debhelper (0.76) frozen unstable; urgency=low
689 * I intended version 0.75 to make it in before the freeze, and it did not.
690 This is just to get it into frozen. There are no changes except bug
693 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 26 Mar 1998 12:25:47 -0800
695 debhelper (0.75) unstable; urgency=low
697 * Actually exit if there is an unknown option on the command line (oooops!)
698 * Fix .so file conversion to actually work (#19933).
700 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 19 Mar 1998 11:54:58 -0800
702 debhelper (0.74) unstable; urgency=low
704 * dh_installmanpages: convert .so links to symlinks at last (#19829).
705 * dh_installmanpages.1: documented that no, dh_installmanpages never
706 installs symlink man pages from the source package (#19831).
707 * dh_installmanpages: minor speedups
708 * PROGRAMMING: numerous spelling fixes, thanks to Christian T. Steigies.
709 Life is too short for me to spell check my technical documentation, but
710 I always welcome corrections!
712 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 17 Mar 1998 22:09:07 -0800
714 debhelper (0.73) unstable; urgency=low
716 * Fixed typo in dh_suidregister.1
718 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 12 Mar 1998 16:30:27 -0800
720 debhelper (0.72) unstable; urgency=low
722 * Applied patch from Yann Dirson <ydirson@a2points.com> to add a
723 --init-script parameter to dh_installinit. (#19227)
724 * Documented this new switch.
726 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 9 Mar 1998 17:12:04 -0800
728 debhelper (0.71) unstable; urgency=low
730 * dh_makeshlibs: -V flag was broken: if just -V was specified,
731 dh_makeshlibs would die. Corrected this.
732 * dh_lib: removed warning if the arguments passed to a debhelper command
733 do not apply to the main package. It's been long enough so I'm 100% sure
734 no packages use the old behavior.
736 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 9 Mar 1998 11:46:59 -0800
738 debhelper (0.70) unstable; urgency=low
740 * dh_lib: autoscript(): no longer add the modification date to the
741 comments aurrounding debhelper-added code. I don't think this date was
742 gaining us anything, so let's remove it and save some disk space.
744 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 8 Mar 1998 21:15:13 -0800
746 debhelper (0.69) unstable; urgency=low
748 * Refer to suidregister (8), not (1). Bug #19149.
749 * Removed junk file from debian/ dir.
751 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 8 Mar 1998 13:04:36 -0800
753 debhelper (0.68) unstable; urgency=low
755 * Document that README.debian files are installed as README.Debian (#19089).
757 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 6 Mar 1998 17:48:32 -0800
759 debhelper (0.67) unstable; urgency=low
761 * Added PROGRAMMING document that describes the interface of dh_lib, to
762 aid others in writing and understanding debhelper programs.
764 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 6 Mar 1998 12:45:08 -0800
766 debhelper (0.66) unstable; urgency=low
768 * README, dh_testversion.1, dh_movefiles.1: more doc fixes.
769 * dh_movefiles: don't check for package names to see if files are being
770 moved from one package back into itself, instead, check tmp dir names.
771 If you use this behavior, you should use "dh_testversion 0.66".
773 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 2 Mar 1998 17:50:29 -0800
775 debhelper (0.65) unstable; urgency=low
777 * dh_installdocs.1, dh_movefiles.1: clarified documentation for Che.
779 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 2 Mar 1998 17:20:39 -0800
781 debhelper (0.64) unstable; urgency=low
783 * Removed some junk (a whole old debhelper source tree!) that had gotten
784 into the source package by accident.
786 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 23 Feb 1998 20:23:34 -0800
788 debhelper (0.63) unstable; urgency=low
790 * Removed some debugging output from dh_installmanpages.
791 * du_du: no longer does anything, becuase it has been decided on
792 debian-policy that du control files are bad.
793 * examples/*: removed dh_du calls.
794 * debian/rules: removed dh_du call.
795 * Modified dh_gencontrol, dh_makeshlibs, and dh_md5sums to generate files
796 with the correct permissions even if the umask is set to unusual
799 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 16 Feb 1998 23:34:36 -0800
801 debhelper (0.62) unstable; urgency=low
803 * dh_installmanpages: if the man page filename ends in 'x', install it in
805 * TODO: expanded descriptions of stuff, in the hope someone else will get
806 inspired to implement some of it.
807 * Also added all wishlist bugs to the TODO.
809 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 12 Feb 1998 22:38:53 -0800
811 debhelper (0.61) unstable; urgency=low
813 * dh_installmanpages: Add / to end of egrep -v regexp, fixes it so
814 debian/icewm.1 can be found.
816 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 11 Feb 1998 09:09:28 -0800
818 debhelper (0.60) unstable; urgency=low
820 * dh_fixperms: make all files readable and writable by owner
821 (policy 3.3.8 paragraph 2).
822 Lintian found lots of bugs that will be fixed by this change.
824 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 9 Feb 1998 12:26:13 -0800
826 debhelper (0.59) unstable; urgency=low
828 * Added DH_NO_ACT and --no-act, which make debhelper commands run without
829 actually doing anything. (Combine with -v to see what the command would
832 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 1 Feb 1998 14:51:08 -0800
834 debhelper (0.58) unstable; urgency=low
836 * Fixed bug #17597 - DH_VERBOSE wasn'talways taking effect.
838 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 28 Jan 1998 17:18:17 -0500
840 debhelper (0.57) unstable; urgency=low
842 * Depend on perl 5.004 or greater (for Getopt::Long).
844 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 17 Jan 1998 02:12:06 -0500
846 debhelper (0.56) unstable; urgency=low
848 * dh_compress: Applied patch from Yann Dirson <ydirson@a2points.com>,
849 to make it not abort of one of the find's fails.
851 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 15 Jan 1998 19:16:48 -0500
853 debhelper (0.55) unstable; urgency=low
855 * dh_clean: delete substvarsfiles probperly again (broken in 0.53). #17077
856 * Added call to dh_movefiles, and a commented out call to dh_testversion,
857 to some of the sample rules files. #17076
859 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 14 Jan 1998 12:48:43 -0500
861 debhelper (0.54) unstable; urgency=low
863 * dh_lib: no longer call getopt(1) to parse options. I wrote my own
864 argument processor in perl.
865 * Added long versions of all arguments. TODO: document them.
866 * All parameters may now be passed values that include whitespace (ie,
867 dh_installinit -u"defaults 10")
868 * Now depends on perl (needs Getopt::Long).
870 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 10 Jan 1998 15:44:09 -0500
872 debhelper (0.53) unstable; urgency=low
874 * dh_installmanpages: ignore all man pages installed into debian/tmp
875 type directories. (#16933)
876 * dh_*: set up alternative name for files like debian/dirs; you may now
877 use debian/<mainpackage>.dirs too, for consistency. (#16934)
878 * dh_installdocs: if a debian/package.copyright file exists, use it in
879 preference to debian/copyright, so subpackages with varying copyrights
880 are supported. (#16935)
881 * Added dh_movefiles, which moves files out of debian/tmp into subpackages.
884 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 10 Jan 1998 11:30:12 -0500
886 debhelper (0.52) unstable; urgency=low
888 * dh_compress: compress file belongs in debian/. It was looking in ./
889 This has been broken since version 0.30.
891 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 6 Jan 1998 14:08:31 -0500
893 debhelper (0.51) unstable; urgency=low
895 * dh_fixperms: make shared libraries non-executable, in accordance with
897 * dh_makeshlibs: introduced a -V flag, which allows you to specify explicit
898 version requirements in the shlibs file.
899 * dh_{installdirs,installdocs,installexamples,suidregister,undocumented}:
900 Added a -A flag, which makes any files/directories specified on the
901 command line apply to ALL packages acted on.
902 * Updated Standards-Version to latest.
904 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 5 Jan 1998 16:15:01 -0500
906 debhelper (0.50) unstable; urgency=low
908 * dh_makeshlibs: added -m parameter, which can force the major number
909 of the shared library if it is guessed incorrectly.
910 * Added dh_testversion to let your package depend on a certian version of
912 * dh_{installdirs,installdocs,installexamples,suidregieter,undocumented}:
913 behavior modification - any files/directories specified on the command
914 line now apply to the first package acted on. This may not be the
915 first package listed in debian/control, if you use -p to make it act on
916 a given package, or -i or -a.
917 * If you take advantage of the above new behavior, I suggest you add
918 "dh_testversion 0.50" to your debian/rules.
919 * Display a warning message in cases where the above behavior is triggered,
920 and debhelper's behavior has altered.
921 * I have grepped debian's source packages, and I'm quite sure this
922 is not going to affect any packages currently in debian.
923 * dh_lib: isnative() now caches its return value, which should optimize
924 away several more calls to dpkg-parsechangelog.
925 * README: explain a way to embed debhelper generated shell script into a
927 * dh_installinit: A hack to work around the problem in getopt(1) that
928 led to bug report #16229: Any text specified on the command line that is
929 not a flag will be presumed to be part of the -u flag. Yuck.
931 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 3 Jan 1998 14:36:15 -0500
933 debhelper (0.37) unstable; urgency=low
935 * dh_du: Fixed hardcoded debian/tmp.
936 * This change got lost by accident, redid it: Optimized out most of the
937 slowdown caused by using dpkg-parsechangelog - now it's only called by
940 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 28 Dec 1997 20:45:22 -0500
942 debhelper (0.36) unstable; urgency=low
944 * dh_undocumented: exit with an error message if the man page specified
945 does not have a section.
947 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 27 Dec 1997 14:14:04 -0500
949 debhelper (0.35) unstable; urgency=low
951 * dh_lib: use dpkg-parsechangelog instead of parsing it by hand. This
952 makes a package build slower (by about 30 seconds, on average), so
953 I might remove it or optimize it if too many people yell at me. :-)
954 * dh_undocumented.1: note that it really links to undocumented.7.gz.
956 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 22 Dec 1997 22:19:39 -0500
958 debhelper (0.34) unstable; urgency=low
962 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 22 Dec 1997 14:41:46 -0500
964 debhelper (0.33) unstable; urgency=low
966 * examples/*: use prefix, instead of PREFIX, becuase autoconf uses that.
967 Also, use `pwd`/debian/tmp, instead of debian/tmp.
968 * Always substitute #DEBHELPER# in maintainer scripts, even if it expands
969 to nothing, for neatness and to save a few bytes. #15863
970 * dh_clean: added -k parameter to not delete debian/files. #15789
971 * examples/*: use dh_clean -k in the binary targets of all rules files,
974 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 11 Dec 1997 19:05:41 -0500
976 debhelper (0.32) unstable; urgency=low
978 * Split dh_installdebfiles into 3 programs (dh_installdeb, dh_shlibdeps,
979 and dh_gencontrol). dh_installdebfiles still works, but is depricated.
980 * Added an examples/rules.indep file.
981 * examples/rules.multi: changed dh_du -a to dh_du -i in binary-indep
984 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 10 Dec 1997 19:53:13 -0500
986 debhelper (0.31) unstable; urgency=low
988 * Fixed man page typos #15685.
990 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 6 Dec 1997 21:44:58 -0500
992 debhelper (0.30) unstable; urgency=low
994 * dh_md5sumes, dh_installdirs, dh_compress: fixed assorted cd bugs.
996 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 5 Dec 1997 15:08:36 -0500
998 debhelper (0.29) unstable; urgency=low
1000 * dh_lib: don't expand text passed to doit() a second time. This fixes
1001 #15624, and hopefully doesn't break anything else.
1002 * A side effect of this (of interest only to the debhelper programmer) is
1003 that doit() can no longer handle complex commands now. (ie, pipes, `;',
1004 `&', etc separating multiple commands, or redirection)
1005 * dh_makeshlibs, dh_md5sums, dh_installdebfiles, dh_du, dh_clean,
1006 dh_installdirs: don't pass complex commands to doit().
1008 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 4 Dec 1997 13:56:14 -0500
1010 debhelper (0.28) unstable; urgency=low
1012 * dh_makeshlibs: fixes type that caused the program to crash (#15536).
1014 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 3 Dec 1997 13:22:48 -0500
1016 debhelper (0.27) unstable; urgency=low
1018 * README: fixed typoes (one serious).
1019 * Ran ispell on all the documentation.
1021 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 30 Nov 1997 18:48:20 -0500
1023 debhelper (0.26) unstable; urgency=low
1025 * dh_installdirs: Do not create usr/doc/$PACKAGE directory. Bug #15498
1026 * README: documented that $PACKAGE can be used in the arguments to some of
1027 the dh_* programs (#15497).
1028 * dh_du.1: no, this is not really the dh_md5sums man page (#15499).
1030 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 30 Nov 1997 13:01:40 -0500
1032 debhelper (0.25) unstable; urgency=low
1034 * dh_compress: was not reading debian/compress file - fixed.
1035 * examples/*: moved dh_clean call to after make clean is run.
1037 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 25 Nov 1997 15:43:58 -0500
1039 debhelper (0.24) unstable; urgency=low
1041 * dh_clean: no longer clean up empty (0 byte) files (#15240).
1043 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 25 Nov 1997 14:29:37 -0500
1045 debhelper (0.23) unstable; urgency=low
1047 * Now depends on fileutils (>= 3.16-4), becuase with any earlier version
1048 of fileutils, install -p will not work (#14680)
1050 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 19 Nov 1997 23:59:43 -0500
1052 debhelper (0.22) unstable; urgency=low
1054 * dh_installdocs: Install README.debian as README.Debian (of course,
1055 README.Debian is installed with the same name..)
1057 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 18 Nov 1997 01:23:53 -0500
1059 debhelper (0.21) unstable; urgency=low
1061 * dh_installinit: on removal, fixed how update-rc.d is called.
1063 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 15 Nov 1997 20:43:14 -0500
1065 debhelper (0.20) unstable; urgency=low
1067 * Added dh_installinit, which installs an init.d script, and edits the
1068 postinst, postrm, etc.
1070 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 14 Nov 1997 00:45:53 -0500
1072 debhelper (0.19) unstable; urgency=low
1074 * dh_installmenu.1: menufile is in section 5, not 1.
1076 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 12 Nov 1997 19:54:48 -0500
1078 debhelper (0.18) unstable; urgency=low
1080 * examples/*: added source, diff targets that just print an error.
1081 * dh_clean: clean up more files - *.orig, *.rej, *.bak, .*.orig, .*.rej,
1082 .SUMS, TAGS, and empty files.
1083 * dh_lib: doit(): use eval on parameters, instead of directly running
1084 them. This lets me clean up several nasty areas where I had to echo the
1085 commands once, and then run them seperatly.
1087 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 10 Nov 1997 19:48:36 -0500
1089 debhelper (0.17) unstable; urgency=low
1091 * Added dh_installdirs, automatically creates subdirectories (for
1092 compatability with debstd's debian/dirs file.
1093 * dh_lib: fixed problem with -P flag.
1095 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 7 Nov 1997 16:07:11 -0500
1097 debhelper (0.16) unstable; urgency=low
1099 * dh_compress: always compress changelog and upstream changelog, no
1100 matter what their size (#14604) (policy 5.8)
1102 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 6 Nov 1997 19:50:36 -0500
1104 debhelper (0.15) unstable; urgency=low
1106 * README: documented what temporary directories are used by default for
1107 installing package files into.
1108 * dh_*: added -P flag, to let a different package build directory be
1111 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 6 Nov 1997 15:51:22 -0500
1113 debhelper (0.14) unstable; urgency=low
1115 * dh_fixperms: leave permissions on files in /usr/doc/packages/examples
1117 * Install examples/rules* executable.
1119 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 27 Oct 1997 12:42:33 -0500
1121 debhelper (0.13) unstable; urgency=low
1123 * Added dh_makeshlibs, automatically generates a shlibs file.
1125 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 24 Oct 1997 20:33:14 -0400
1127 debhelper (0.12) unstable; urgency=low
1129 * Fixed mispelling of dh_md5sums in examples rules files and README.
1130 (#13990) Thanks, Adrian.
1132 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 24 Oct 1997 14:35:30 -0400
1134 debhelper (0.11) unstable; urgency=low
1136 * dh_md5sums: behavior modification: do not generate md5sums for conffiles.
1137 (Thanks to Charles Briscoe-Smith <cpb4@ukc.ac.uk>) #14048.
1138 * dh_md5sums: can generate conffile md5sums with -x parameter.
1139 * Added a "converting from debstd" section to the README.
1140 * Added dh_du, generates a DEBIAN/du file with disk usage stats (#14048).
1142 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 13:17:28 -0400
1144 debhelper (0.10) unstable; urgency=medium
1146 * dh_installdebfiles: fixed *bad* bug that messed up the names of all
1147 files installed into DEBIAN/ for multiple binary packages.
1148 * dh_md5sums: fixed another serious bug if dh_md5sums was used for
1149 multiple binary packages.
1150 * If you have made any multiple binary packages using debhelper, you
1151 should rebuild them with this version.
1152 * dh_md5sums: show cd commands in verbose mode.
1154 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 20 Oct 1997 14:44:30 -0400
1156 debhelper (0.9) unstable; urgency=low
1158 * Added dh_suidregister, interfaces to to the suidmanager package.
1159 * dh_installdebfiles: fixed typo on man page.
1161 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 18 Oct 1997 20:55:39 -0400
1163 debhelper (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
1165 * Added dh_md5sum, generates a md5sums file.
1166 * dh_clean: fixed to echo all commands when verbose mode is on.
1168 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 17 Oct 1997 14:18:26 -0400
1170 debhelper (0.7) unstable; urgency=low
1172 * Sped up some things by removing unnecesary for loops.
1173 * dh_installdocs: behavior modifcation: if there is a debian/TODO, it is
1174 named like a debian/changelog file: if the package is a debian native
1175 package, it is installed as TODO. If the package is not a native package,
1176 it is installed as TODO.Debian.
1177 * dh_installdocs: handle debian/README.Debian as well as
1178 debian/README.debian.
1179 * Added dh_undocumented program, which can set up undocumented.7 symlinks.
1180 * Moved dh_installdebfiles to come after dh_fixperms in the example rules
1181 files. (dh_installdebfiles makes sure it installs things with the proper
1182 permissions, and this reorganization makes the file a bit more flexable
1183 in a few situations.)
1185 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 13 Oct 1997 20:08:05 -0400
1187 debhelper (0.6) unstable; urgency=low
1189 * Got rid of bashisms - this package should work now if /bin/sh is ash.
1191 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 10 Oct 1997 15:24:40 -0400
1193 debhelper (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1195 * Added dh_installcron to install cron jobs.
1197 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 30 Sep 1997 19:37:41 -0400
1199 debhelper (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1201 * Added dh_strip to strip binaries and libraries.
1202 * Fixed several man pages.
1204 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 28 Sep 1997 20:46:32 -0400
1206 debhelper (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1208 * Added support for automatic generation of debian install scripts to
1209 dh_installmenu and dh_installdebfiles and dh_clean.
1210 * Removed some pointless uses of cat.
1212 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 26 Sep 1997 21:52:53 -0400
1214 debhelper (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1216 * Moved out of unstable, it still has rough edges and incomplete bits, but
1217 is ready for general use.
1218 * Added man pages for all commands.
1219 * Multiple binary package support.
1220 * Support for specifying exactly what set of binary packages to act on,
1221 by group (arch or noarch), and by package name.
1222 * dh_clean: allow specification of additional files to remove as
1224 * dh_compress: fixed it to not compress doc/package/copyright
1225 * dh_installmanpage: allow listing of man pages that should not be
1226 auto-installed as parameters.
1227 * dh_installdebfiles: make sure all installed files have proper ownerships
1229 * dh_installdebfiles: only pass ELF files to dpkg-shlibdeps, and pass .so
1232 * dh_compress: changed behavior - debian/compress script is now run inside
1233 the package build directory it is to act on.
1234 * Added dh_lib symlink in debian/ so the debhelper apps used in this
1235 package's debian/rules always use the most up-to-date db_lib.
1236 * Changed dh_cleantmp commands in the examples rules files to dh_clean.
1238 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 23 Sep 1997 12:26:12 -0400
1240 debhelper (0.1) experimental; urgency=low
1242 * First release. This is a snapshot of my work so far, and it not yet
1243 ready to replace debstd.
1245 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 22 Sep 1997 15:01:25 -0400