1 debhelper (1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
3 * dh_movefiles: try to move all files specified, and only then bomb out if
4 some of the file could not be found. Makes it easier for some packages
5 that don't always have the same files in them.
6 * dh_compress: any parameters passed to it on the command line specify
7 additional files to be compressed in the first package acted on.
8 * dh_compress: recognize standard -A parameter.
10 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 8 Aug 1998 22:48:01 -0700
12 debhelper (1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
14 * New unstable branch of debhelper.
16 * TODO: list all current bugs, in order I plan to tackle them.
17 * Added debhelper.1 man page, which groups all the debhelper options that
18 are common to all commands in once place so I can add new options w/o
19 updating 27 man pages.
20 * dh_*.1: updated all debheper man pages to refer to debhelper(1) where
21 appropriate. Also corrected a host of little errors.
22 * doc/README: moved a lot of this file into debhelper.1.
23 * dh_*: -N option now excludes a package from the list of packages the
24 programs act on. (#25247)
26 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 8 Aug 1998 17:49:56 -0700
28 debhelper (1.0) stable unstable; urgency=low
32 * This relelase is not really intended for stable. I throw a copy into
33 stable-updates because I want it to be available as an upgrade for
34 people using debian 2.0 (the current version in debian 2.0 has no
35 critical bugs, but this version is of course a lot nicer), and I plan
36 to start work on a new branch of debhelper that will fix many wishlist
37 bug reports, and of course introduce many new bugs, and which will go
40 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 8 Aug 1998 17:33:20 -0700
42 debhelper (0.99.4) unstable; urgency=low
44 * dh_debstd: only warn about scripts that actually lack #DEBHELPER#.
47 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 7 Aug 1998 12:06:28 -0700
49 debhelper (0.99.3) unstable; urgency=low
51 * dh_movefiles: Fixed a over-eager sanity check introduced in the last
54 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 3 Aug 1998 18:31:45 -0700
56 debhelper (0.99.2) unstable; urgency=low
58 * dh_movefiles: allow passing of files to move on the command line. Only
59 rarely does this make sense. (#25197)
61 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 30 Jul 1998 10:38:34 -0700
63 debhelper (0.99.1) unstable; urgency=low
65 * dh_installcron: now supports /etc/cron.d (#25112).
67 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 27 Jul 1998 20:18:47 -0700
69 debhelper (0.99) unstable; urgency=low
71 * !!!! WARNING: Debhelper (specifically dh_compress) is broken with
72 !!!! libtricks. Use fakeroot instead until this is fixed.
73 * dh_compress: applied patch from Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
74 to make it not fail if there are no candidates for compression (#24654).
75 * Removed a whole debhelper-0.96 tree that had crept into the source
77 * Is version 1.0 next?
79 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 10:03:21 -0700
81 debhelper (0.98) unstable; urgency=low
83 * dh_lib: isnative: pass -l<changelog> to dpkg-parsechangelog, to support
84 odd packages with multiple different debian changelogs.
85 * doc/PROGRAMMING: cleaned up the docs on DH_EXCLUDE_FIND.
87 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 6 Jul 1998 12:45:13 -0700
89 debhelper (0.97) unstable; urgency=low
91 * doc/from-debstd: fixed a typo.
92 * examples/*: install-stamp no longer depends on phony build targey; now
93 install-stamp depends on build-stamp instead (#24234).
94 * dh_fixperms: applied patch from Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
95 to fix bad uses of the find command, so it should now work on packages
96 with files with spaces in them (#22005). It's also much cleaner. Thanks,
98 * dh_getopt.pl, doc/PROGRAMMING: added DH_EXCLUDE_FIND, to make the above
101 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 5 Jul 1998 18:09:25 -0700
103 debhelper (0.96) unstable; urgency=low
105 * dh_movefiles: fixed serious breakage introduced in the last version.
106 * dh_movefiles: really order all symlinks last.
107 * some minor reorganization of the source tree.
109 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 28 Jun 1998 21:53:45 -0700
111 debhelper (0.95) unstable; urgency=low
113 * dh_movefiles: move even very strangly named files. (#23775) Unfortunatly,
114 I had to use a temporary file. Oh well..
116 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 22 Jun 1998 17:16:17 -0700
118 debhelper (0.94) unstable; urgency=low
120 * dh_md5sums: fixed so it handles spaces and other odd characters in
121 filenames correctly. (#23046, #23700, #22010)
122 * As a side effect, got rid of the nasty temporary file dh_md5sums used
125 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 22 Jun 1998 16:14:42 -0700
127 debhelper (0.93) unstable; urgency=low
129 * Depend on file, since several dh_*'s use it.
131 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 19 Jun 1998 21:43:51 -0700
133 debhelper (0.92) unstable; urgency=low
135 * dh_gencontrol: pass -isp to dpkg-gencontrol to make it include section
136 and priority info in the .deb file. Back in Jan 1998, this came up, and
137 a consensus was reached on debian-devel that it was a good thing for
140 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 19 Jun 1998 16:15:24 -0700
142 debhelper (0.91) unstable; urgency=low
144 * dh_installdocs: support debian/<package>.{README.Debian,TODO}
146 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 17 Jun 1998 19:09:35 -0700
148 debhelper (0.90) unstable; urgency=low
150 * I'd like to thank Len Pikulski and Igor Grobman at nothinbut.net for
151 providing me with free internet access on a moment's notice, so I could
152 get this package to you after hacking on it all over New England for the
153 past week. Thanks, guys!
155 * Added dh_debstd, which mimics the functionality of the debstd command.
156 It's not a complete nor an exact copy, and it's not so much intended to
157 be used in a debian/rules file, as it is to be run by hand when you are
158 converting a package from debstd to debhelper. "dh_debstd -v" will
159 output the sequence of debhelper commands that approximate what debstd
160 would do in the same situation.
161 * dh_debstd is completly untested, I don't have the source to any packages
162 that use debstd available. Once this is tested, I plan to release
164 * Added a from-debstd document that gives a recipe to convert from debstd
166 * dh_fixperms: can now use -X to exclude files from having their
168 * dh_testroot: test for uid == 0, instead of username == root, becuase
169 some people enjoy changing root's name.
170 * dh_installinit: handle debian/init.d as well as debian/init files,
171 for backwards compatability with debstd. Unlike with debstd, the two
172 files are treated identically.
173 * dh_lib, PROGRAMMING: added "warning" function.
174 * Minor man page fixes.
175 * dh_compress: don't bomb out if usr/doc/<package> is empty. (#23054)
176 * dh_compress, dh_installdirs: always cd into $TMP and back out, even if
177 --no-act is on. (#23054)
179 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 1 Jun 1998 21:57:45 -0400
181 debhelper (0.88) unstable; urgency=low
183 * I had many hours on a train to hack on debhelper... enjoy!
184 * dh_compress: always pass -f to gzip, to force compression.
185 * dh_compress: added -X switch, to make it easy to specify files to
186 exclude, without all the bother of a debian/compress script. You can
187 use -X multiple times, too.
188 * PROGRAMMING, dh_getopt.pl: DH_EXCLUDE is now a variable set by the
189 --exclude (-X) switch. -x now sets DH_INCLUDE_CONFFILES.
191 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 17 May 1998 11:26:09 -0700
193 debhelper (0.87) unstable; urgency=low
195 * dh_strip: strip .comment and .note, not comment and note, when stripping
196 elf binaries. This makes for smaller output files. This has always been
197 broken in debhelper before! (#22395)
199 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 13 May 1998 11:54:29 -0700
201 debhelper (0.86) unstable; urgency=low
203 * dh_compress: don't try to re-compress *.gz files. Eliminates warning
204 messages in some cases, shouldn't actually change the result at all.
206 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 27 Apr 1998 15:21:33 -0700
208 debhelper (0.85) unstable; urgency=low
210 * Moved a few things around that were broken by Che's patch:
211 - dh_installdirs should go in install target.
212 - dh_clean should not run in binary targets.
213 * This is just a quick fix to make it work, I'm not happy with it. I'm
214 going to discuss my problems with it with Che, and either make a new
215 version fixing them, or revert to 0.83.
216 * So be warned that the example rules files are not currently in good
217 shape if you're starting a new package.
219 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 18 Apr 1998 23:30:38 -0700
221 debhelper (0.84) unstable; urgency=low
223 * Applied Che_Fox'x patches to example rules files, which makes them use
224 an install target internally to move things into place in debian/tmp.
226 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 9 Apr 1998 12:08:45 -0700
228 debhelper (0.83) unstable; urgency=low
230 * Generate symlinks in build stage of debian/rules. cvs cannot create them
231 properly. Note that version 0.80 and 0.81 could not build some packages
232 because of missing symlinks.
234 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 31 Mar 1998 19:27:29 -0800
236 debhelper (0.81) unstable; urgency=low
238 * dh_movefiles: empty $tomove (#20495).
240 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 31 Mar 1998 15:36:32 -0800
242 debhelper (0.80) unstable; urgency=low
244 * Moved under cvs (so I can fork a stable and an unstable version).
245 * dh_movefiles: first move real files, then move symlinks. (#18220)
246 Thanks to Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> and Adam Heath
247 <adam.heath@usa.net> for help on the implementation.
248 * dh_installchangelogs: use debian/package.changelog files if they exist
249 rather than debian/changelog. It appears some people do need per-package
251 * dh_gencontrol: if debian/package.changelogs files exist, use them.
252 * Above 2 changes close #20442.
254 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 30 Mar 1998 20:54:26 -0800
256 debhelper (0.78) frozen unstable; urgency=low
258 * More spelling fixes from Christian T. Steigies. (I ignored the spelling
259 fixes to the changelog, though - too many, and a changelog isn't meant
260 to be changed after the fact :-)
261 * dh_fixperms: remove execute bits from .la files genrated by libtool.
263 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 30 Mar 1998 12:44:42 -0800
265 debhelper (0.77) frozen unstable; urgency=low
267 * Fixed a nasty bug in dh_makeshlibs when it was called with -V, but with
268 no version string after the -V.
270 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 29 Mar 1998 16:08:27 -0800
272 debhelper (0.76) frozen unstable; urgency=low
274 * I intended version 0.75 to make it in before the freeze, and it did not.
275 This is just to get it into frozen. There are no changes except bug
278 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 26 Mar 1998 12:25:47 -0800
280 debhelper (0.75) unstable; urgency=low
282 * Actually exit if there is an unknown option on the command line (oooops!)
283 * Fix .so file conversion to actually work (#19933).
285 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 19 Mar 1998 11:54:58 -0800
287 debhelper (0.74) unstable; urgency=low
289 * dh_installmanpages: convert .so links to symlinks at last (#19829).
290 * dh_installmanpages.1: documented that no, dh_installmanpages never
291 installs symlink man pages from the source package (#19831).
292 * dh_installmanpages: minor speedups
293 * PROGRAMMING: numerous spelling fixes, thanks to Christian T. Steigies.
294 Life is too short for me to spell check my technical documentation, but
295 I always welcome corrections!
297 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 17 Mar 1998 22:09:07 -0800
299 debhelper (0.73) unstable; urgency=low
301 * Fixed typo in dh_suidregister.1
303 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 12 Mar 1998 16:30:27 -0800
305 debhelper (0.72) unstable; urgency=low
307 * Applied patch from Yann Dirson <ydirson@a2points.com> to add a
308 --init-script parameter to dh_installinit. (#19227)
309 * Documented this new switch.
311 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 9 Mar 1998 17:12:04 -0800
313 debhelper (0.71) unstable; urgency=low
315 * dh_makeshlibs: -V flag was broken: if just -V was specified,
316 dh_makeshlibs would die. Corrected this.
317 * dh_lib: removed warning if the arguments passed to a debhelper command
318 do not apply to the main package. It's been long enough so I'm 100% sure
319 no packages use the old behavior.
321 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 9 Mar 1998 11:46:59 -0800
323 debhelper (0.70) unstable; urgency=low
325 * dh_lib: autoscript(): no longer add the modification date to the
326 comments aurrounding debhelper-added code. I don't think this date was
327 gaining us anything, so let's remove it and save some disk space.
329 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 8 Mar 1998 21:15:13 -0800
331 debhelper (0.69) unstable; urgency=low
333 * Refer to suidregister (8), not (1). Bug #19149.
334 * Removed junk file from debian/ dir.
336 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 8 Mar 1998 13:04:36 -0800
338 debhelper (0.68) unstable; urgency=low
340 * Document that README.debian files are installed as README.Debian (#19089).
342 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 6 Mar 1998 17:48:32 -0800
344 debhelper (0.67) unstable; urgency=low
346 * Added PROGRAMMING document that describes the interface of dh_lib, to
347 aid others in writing and understanding debhelper programs.
349 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 6 Mar 1998 12:45:08 -0800
351 debhelper (0.66) unstable; urgency=low
353 * README, dh_testversion.1, dh_movefiles.1: more doc fixes.
354 * dh_movefiles: don't check for package names to see if files are being
355 moved from one package back into itself, instead, check tmp dir names.
356 If you use this behavior, you should use "dh_testversion 0.66".
358 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 2 Mar 1998 17:50:29 -0800
360 debhelper (0.65) unstable; urgency=low
362 * dh_installdocs.1, dh_movefiles.1: clarified documentation for Che.
364 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 2 Mar 1998 17:20:39 -0800
366 debhelper (0.64) unstable; urgency=low
368 * Removed some junk (a whole old debhelper source tree!) that had gotten
369 into the source package by accident.
371 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 23 Feb 1998 20:23:34 -0800
373 debhelper (0.63) unstable; urgency=low
375 * Removed some debugging output from dh_installmanpages.
376 * du_du: no longer does anything, becuase it has been decided on
377 debian-policy that du control files are bad.
378 * examples/*: removed dh_du calls.
379 * debian/rules: removed dh_du call.
380 * Modified dh_gencontrol, dh_makeshlibs, and dh_md5sums to generate files
381 with the correct permissions even if the umask is set to unusual
384 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 16 Feb 1998 23:34:36 -0800
386 debhelper (0.62) unstable; urgency=low
388 * dh_installmanpages: if the man page filename ends in 'x', install it in
390 * TODO: expanded descriptions of stuff, in the hope someone else will get
391 inspired to implement some of it.
392 * Also added all wishlist bugs to the TODO.
394 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 12 Feb 1998 22:38:53 -0800
396 debhelper (0.61) unstable; urgency=low
398 * dh_installmanpages: Add / to end of egrep -v regexp, fixes it so
399 debian/icewm.1 can be found.
401 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 11 Feb 1998 09:09:28 -0800
403 debhelper (0.60) unstable; urgency=low
405 * dh_fixperms: make all files readable and writable by owner
406 (policy 3.3.8 paragraph 2).
407 Lintian found lots of bugs that will be fixed by this change.
409 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 9 Feb 1998 12:26:13 -0800
411 debhelper (0.59) unstable; urgency=low
413 * Added DH_NO_ACT and --no-act, which make debhelper commands run without
414 actually doing anything. (Combine with -v to see what the command would
417 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 1 Feb 1998 14:51:08 -0800
419 debhelper (0.58) unstable; urgency=low
421 * Fixed bug #17597 - DH_VERBOSE wasn'talways taking effect.
423 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 28 Jan 1998 17:18:17 -0500
425 debhelper (0.57) unstable; urgency=low
427 * Depend on perl 5.004 or greater (for Getopt::Long).
429 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 17 Jan 1998 02:12:06 -0500
431 debhelper (0.56) unstable; urgency=low
433 * dh_compress: Applied patch from Yann Dirson <ydirson@a2points.com>,
434 to make it not abort of one of the find's fails.
436 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 15 Jan 1998 19:16:48 -0500
438 debhelper (0.55) unstable; urgency=low
440 * dh_clean: delete substvarsfiles probperly again (broken in 0.53). #17077
441 * Added call to dh_movefiles, and a commented out call to dh_testversion,
442 to some of the sample rules files. #17076
444 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 14 Jan 1998 12:48:43 -0500
446 debhelper (0.54) unstable; urgency=low
448 * dh_lib: no longer call getopt(1) to parse options. I wrote my own
449 argument processor in perl.
450 * Added long versions of all arguments. TODO: document them.
451 * All parameters may now be passed values that include whitespace (ie,
452 dh_installinit -u"defaults 10")
453 * Now depends on perl (needs Getopt::Long).
455 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 10 Jan 1998 15:44:09 -0500
457 debhelper (0.53) unstable; urgency=low
459 * dh_installmanpages: ignore all man pages installed into debian/tmp
460 type directories. (#16933)
461 * dh_*: set up alternative name for files like debian/dirs; you may now
462 use debian/<mainpackage>.dirs too, for consistency. (#16934)
463 * dh_installdocs: if a debian/package.copyright file exists, use it in
464 preference to debian/copyright, so subpackages with varying copyrights
465 are supported. (#16935)
466 * Added dh_movefiles, which moves files out of debian/tmp into subpackages.
469 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 10 Jan 1998 11:30:12 -0500
471 debhelper (0.52) unstable; urgency=low
473 * dh_compress: compress file belongs in debian/. It was looking in ./
474 This has been broken since version 0.30.
476 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 6 Jan 1998 14:08:31 -0500
478 debhelper (0.51) unstable; urgency=low
480 * dh_fixperms: make shared libraries non-executable, in accordance with
482 * dh_makeshlibs: introduced a -V flag, which allows you to specify explicit
483 version requirements in the shlibs file.
484 * dh_{installdirs,installdocs,installexamples,suidregister,undocumented}:
485 Added a -A flag, which makes any files/directories specified on the
486 command line apply to ALL packages acted on.
487 * Updated Standards-Version to latest.
489 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 5 Jan 1998 16:15:01 -0500
491 debhelper (0.50) unstable; urgency=low
493 * dh_makeshlibs: added -m parameter, which can force the major number
494 of the shared library if it is guessed incorrectly.
495 * Added dh_testversion to let your package depend on a certian version of
497 * dh_{installdirs,installdocs,installexamples,suidregieter,undocumented}:
498 behavior modification - any files/directories specified on the command
499 line now apply to the first package acted on. This may not be the
500 first package listed in debian/control, if you use -p to make it act on
501 a given package, or -i or -a.
502 * If you take advantage of the above new behavior, I suggest you add
503 "dh_testversion 0.50" to your debian/rules.
504 * Display a warning message in cases where the above behavior is triggered,
505 and debhelper's behavior has altered.
506 * I have grepped debian's source packages, and I'm quite sure this
507 is not going to affect any packages currently in debian.
508 * dh_lib: isnative() now caches its return value, which should optimize
509 away several more calls to dpkg-parsechangelog.
510 * README: explain a way to embed debhelper generated shell script into a
512 * dh_installinit: A hack to work around the problem in getopt(1) that
513 led to bug report #16229: Any text specified on the command line that is
514 not a flag will be presumed to be part of the -u flag. Yuck.
516 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 3 Jan 1998 14:36:15 -0500
518 debhelper (0.37) unstable; urgency=low
520 * dh_du: Fixed hardcoded debian/tmp.
521 * This change got lost by accident, redid it: Optimized out most of the
522 slowdown caused by using dpkg-parsechangelog - now it's only called by
525 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 28 Dec 1997 20:45:22 -0500
527 debhelper (0.36) unstable; urgency=low
529 * dh_undocumented: exit with an error message if the man page specified
530 does not have a section.
532 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 27 Dec 1997 14:14:04 -0500
534 debhelper (0.35) unstable; urgency=low
536 * dh_lib: use dpkg-parsechangelog instead of parsing it by hand. This
537 makes a package build slower (by about 30 seconds, on average), so
538 I might remove it or optimize it if too many people yell at me. :-)
539 * dh_undocumented.1: note that it really links to undocumented.7.gz.
541 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 22 Dec 1997 22:19:39 -0500
543 debhelper (0.34) unstable; urgency=low
547 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 22 Dec 1997 14:41:46 -0500
549 debhelper (0.33) unstable; urgency=low
551 * examples/*: use prefix, instead of PREFIX, becuase autoconf uses that.
552 Also, use `pwd`/debian/tmp, instead of debian/tmp.
553 * Always substitute #DEBHELPER# in maintainer scripts, even if it expands
554 to nothing, for neatness and to save a few bytes. #15863
555 * dh_clean: added -k parameter to not delete debian/files. #15789
556 * examples/*: use dh_clean -k in the binary targets of all rules files,
559 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 11 Dec 1997 19:05:41 -0500
561 debhelper (0.32) unstable; urgency=low
563 * Split dh_installdebfiles into 3 programs (dh_installdeb, dh_shlibdeps,
564 and dh_gencontrol). dh_installdebfiles still works, but is depricated.
565 * Added an examples/rules.indep file.
566 * examples/rules.multi: changed dh_du -a to dh_du -i in binary-indep
569 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 10 Dec 1997 19:53:13 -0500
571 debhelper (0.31) unstable; urgency=low
573 * Fixed man page typos #15685.
575 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 6 Dec 1997 21:44:58 -0500
577 debhelper (0.30) unstable; urgency=low
579 * dh_md5sumes, dh_installdirs, dh_compress: fixed assorted cd bugs.
581 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 5 Dec 1997 15:08:36 -0500
583 debhelper (0.29) unstable; urgency=low
585 * dh_lib: don't expand text passed to doit() a second time. This fixes
586 #15624, and hopefully doesn't break anything else.
587 * A side effect of this (of interest only to the debhelper programmer) is
588 that doit() can no longer handle complex commands now. (ie, pipes, `;',
589 `&', etc separating multiple commands, or redirection)
590 * dh_makeshlibs, dh_md5sums, dh_installdebfiles, dh_du, dh_clean,
591 dh_installdirs: don't pass complex commands to doit().
593 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 4 Dec 1997 13:56:14 -0500
595 debhelper (0.28) unstable; urgency=low
597 * dh_makeshlibs: fixes type that caused the program to crash (#15536).
599 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 3 Dec 1997 13:22:48 -0500
601 debhelper (0.27) unstable; urgency=low
603 * README: fixed typoes (one serious).
604 * Ran ispell on all the documentation.
606 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 30 Nov 1997 18:48:20 -0500
608 debhelper (0.26) unstable; urgency=low
610 * dh_installdirs: Do not create usr/doc/$PACKAGE directory. Bug #15498
611 * README: documented that $PACKAGE can be used in the arguments to some of
612 the dh_* programs (#15497).
613 * dh_du.1: no, this is not really the dh_md5sums man page (#15499).
615 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 30 Nov 1997 13:01:40 -0500
617 debhelper (0.25) unstable; urgency=low
619 * dh_compress: was not reading debian/compress file - fixed.
620 * examples/*: moved dh_clean call to after make clean is run.
622 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 25 Nov 1997 15:43:58 -0500
624 debhelper (0.24) unstable; urgency=low
626 * dh_clean: no longer clean up empty (0 byte) files (#15240).
628 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 25 Nov 1997 14:29:37 -0500
630 debhelper (0.23) unstable; urgency=low
632 * Now depends on fileutils (>= 3.16-4), becuase with any earlier version
633 of fileutils, install -p will not work (#14680)
635 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 19 Nov 1997 23:59:43 -0500
637 debhelper (0.22) unstable; urgency=low
639 * dh_installdocs: Install README.debian as README.Debian (of course,
640 README.Debian is installed with the same name..)
642 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 18 Nov 1997 01:23:53 -0500
644 debhelper (0.21) unstable; urgency=low
646 * dh_installinit: on removal, fixed how update-rc.d is called.
648 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 15 Nov 1997 20:43:14 -0500
650 debhelper (0.20) unstable; urgency=low
652 * Added dh_installinit, which installs an init.d script, and edits the
653 postinst, postrm, etc.
655 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 14 Nov 1997 00:45:53 -0500
657 debhelper (0.19) unstable; urgency=low
659 * dh_installmenu.1: menufile is in section 5, not 1.
661 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 12 Nov 1997 19:54:48 -0500
663 debhelper (0.18) unstable; urgency=low
665 * examples/*: added source, diff targets that just print an error.
666 * dh_clean: clean up more files - *.orig, *.rej, *.bak, .*.orig, .*.rej,
667 .SUMS, TAGS, and empty files.
668 * dh_lib: doit(): use eval on parameters, instead of directly running
669 them. This lets me clean up several nasty areas where I had to echo the
670 commands once, and then run them seperatly.
672 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 10 Nov 1997 19:48:36 -0500
674 debhelper (0.17) unstable; urgency=low
676 * Added dh_installdirs, automatically creates subdirectories (for
677 compatability with debstd's debian/dirs file.
678 * dh_lib: fixed problem with -P flag.
680 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 7 Nov 1997 16:07:11 -0500
682 debhelper (0.16) unstable; urgency=low
684 * dh_compress: always compress changelog and upstream changelog, no
685 matter what their size (#14604) (policy 5.8)
687 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 6 Nov 1997 19:50:36 -0500
689 debhelper (0.15) unstable; urgency=low
691 * README: documented what temporary directories are used by default for
692 installing package files into.
693 * dh_*: added -P flag, to let a different package build directory be
696 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 6 Nov 1997 15:51:22 -0500
698 debhelper (0.14) unstable; urgency=low
700 * dh_fixperms: leave permissions on files in /usr/doc/packages/examples
702 * Install examples/rules* executable.
704 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 27 Oct 1997 12:42:33 -0500
706 debhelper (0.13) unstable; urgency=low
708 * Added dh_makeshlibs, automatically generates a shlibs file.
710 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 24 Oct 1997 20:33:14 -0400
712 debhelper (0.12) unstable; urgency=low
714 * Fixed mispelling of dh_md5sums in examples rules files and README.
715 (#13990) Thanks, Adrian.
717 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 24 Oct 1997 14:35:30 -0400
719 debhelper (0.11) unstable; urgency=low
721 * dh_md5sums: behavior modification: do not generate md5sums for conffiles.
722 (Thanks to Charles Briscoe-Smith <cpb4@ukc.ac.uk>) #14048.
723 * dh_md5sums: can generate conffile md5sums with -x parameter.
724 * Added a "converting from debstd" section to the README.
725 * Added dh_du, generates a DEBIAN/du file with disk usage stats (#14048).
727 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 13:17:28 -0400
729 debhelper (0.10) unstable; urgency=medium
731 * dh_installdebfiles: fixed *bad* bug that messed up the names of all
732 files installed into DEBIAN/ for multiple binary packages.
733 * dh_md5sums: fixed another serious bug if dh_md5sums was used for
734 multiple binary packages.
735 * If you have made any multiple binary packages using debhelper, you
736 should rebuild them with this version.
737 * dh_md5sums: show cd commands in verbose mode.
739 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 20 Oct 1997 14:44:30 -0400
741 debhelper (0.9) unstable; urgency=low
743 * Added dh_suidregister, interfaces to to the suidmanager package.
744 * dh_installdebfiles: fixed typo on man page.
746 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 18 Oct 1997 20:55:39 -0400
748 debhelper (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
750 * Added dh_md5sum, generates a md5sums file.
751 * dh_clean: fixed to echo all commands when verbose mode is on.
753 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 17 Oct 1997 14:18:26 -0400
755 debhelper (0.7) unstable; urgency=low
757 * Sped up some things by removing unnecesary for loops.
758 * dh_installdocs: behavior modifcation: if there is a debian/TODO, it is
759 named like a debian/changelog file: if the package is a debian native
760 package, it is installed as TODO. If the package is not a native package,
761 it is installed as TODO.Debian.
762 * dh_installdocs: handle debian/README.Debian as well as
763 debian/README.debian.
764 * Added dh_undocumented program, which can set up undocumented.7 symlinks.
765 * Moved dh_installdebfiles to come after dh_fixperms in the example rules
766 files. (dh_installdebfiles makes sure it installs things with the proper
767 permissions, and this reorganization makes the file a bit more flexable
768 in a few situations.)
770 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 13 Oct 1997 20:08:05 -0400
772 debhelper (0.6) unstable; urgency=low
774 * Got rid of bashisms - this package should work now if /bin/sh is ash.
776 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 10 Oct 1997 15:24:40 -0400
778 debhelper (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
780 * Added dh_installcron to install cron jobs.
782 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 30 Sep 1997 19:37:41 -0400
784 debhelper (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
786 * Added dh_strip to strip binaries and libraries.
787 * Fixed several man pages.
789 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 28 Sep 1997 20:46:32 -0400
791 debhelper (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
793 * Added support for automatic generation of debian install scripts to
794 dh_installmenu and dh_installdebfiles and dh_clean.
795 * Removed some pointless uses of cat.
797 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 26 Sep 1997 21:52:53 -0400
799 debhelper (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
801 * Moved out of unstable, it still has rough edges and incomplete bits, but
802 is ready for general use.
803 * Added man pages for all commands.
804 * Multiple binary package support.
805 * Support for specifying exactly what set of binary packages to act on,
806 by group (arch or noarch), and by package name.
807 * dh_clean: allow specification of additional files to remove as
809 * dh_compress: fixed it to not compress doc/package/copyright
810 * dh_installmanpage: allow listing of man pages that should not be
811 auto-installed as parameters.
812 * dh_installdebfiles: make sure all installed files have proper ownerships
814 * dh_installdebfiles: only pass ELF files to dpkg-shlibdeps, and pass .so
817 * dh_compress: changed behavior - debian/compress script is now run inside
818 the package build directory it is to act on.
819 * Added dh_lib symlink in debian/ so the debhelper apps used in this
820 package's debian/rules always use the most up-to-date db_lib.
821 * Changed dh_cleantmp commands in the examples rules files to dh_clean.
823 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 23 Sep 1997 12:26:12 -0400
825 debhelper (0.1) experimental; urgency=low
827 * First release. This is a snapshot of my work so far, and it not yet
828 ready to replace debstd.
830 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 22 Sep 1997 15:01:25 -0400