1 debhelper (2.0.28) unstable; urgency=low
5 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 27 Aug 1999 19:16:38 -0700
7 debhelper (2.0.27) unstable; urgency=low
9 * No user visible changes. Modified the package to interface better with
10 my new local build system, which auto-updates the home page when a new
13 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 26 Aug 1999 23:20:40 -0700
15 debhelper (2.0.25) unstable; urgency=low
17 * Corrected debian/fixlinks to make the correct debian/* symlinks needed
18 for building debhelper.
19 * Fixed rules file to create and populate examples and docs dirs. Oops.
21 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 25 Aug 1999 19:46:08 -0700
23 debhelper (2.0.24) unstable; urgency=low
25 * dh_installdocs: Handle trailing whitespace after Document: name.
28 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 18 Aug 1999 10:23:17 -0700
30 debhelper (2.0.23) unstable; urgency=low
32 * Fixed makefile commit target.
33 * Misc changes to make CVS dirs not be copies into package.
35 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 22:43:39 -0700
37 debhelper (2.0.22) unstable; urgency=low
39 * Checked all of debhelper into CVS.
40 * Removed Test.pm (we have perl 5.005 now)
41 * Skip CVS dir when running tests.
42 * Since CVS is so brain dead about symlinks, added a debian/fixlinks script.
43 Modified debian/rules to make sure it's run if any of the symlinks are
44 missing. Also, made Makefile a short file that sources debian/rules so
45 it's always available.
47 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 22:35:12 -0700
49 debhelper (2.0.21) unstable; urgency=low
51 * Wow. It turns out dh_installdocs has been doing it wrong and doc-base
52 files have the doc-id inside them. Applied and modified a patch from
53 Peter Moulder <reiter@netspace.net.au> to make it use those id's instead
54 of coming up with it's own. (Closes: #42650)
56 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 8 Aug 1999 10:24:10 -0700
58 debhelper (2.0.20) unstable; urgency=low
60 * dh_perl: Patch from Raphael Hertzog <rhertzog@hrnet.fr> to allow
61 specification on the command line of alternate paths to search for perl
62 modules. (Closes: #42171)
64 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 30 Jul 1999 09:42:08 -0700
66 debhelper (2.0.19) unstable; urgency=low
68 * dh_installinfo: fixed bug if a info file had no section.
70 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 29 Jul 1999 11:41:11 -0700
72 debhelper (2.0.18) unstable; urgency=low
74 * dh_installxaw: fixed multiple stanza problem, for real this time (patch
75 misapplied last time). (Closes: #41862)
77 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 26 Jul 1999 13:00:09 -0700
79 debhelper (2.0.17) unstable; urgency=low
81 * dh_clean: compat() wasn't exported.
83 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 21 Jul 1999 12:49:52 -0700
85 debhelper (2.0.16) unstable; urgency=low
87 * Dh_lib.pm: when looking for debhelper files in debian/, test with -f,
88 not with -e, because it might fail if you're building a package named,
89 say, 'docs', with a temp dir of debian/docs. I don't anticipate this
90 ever happenning, but it pays to be safe.
92 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 20 Jul 1999 21:00:04 -0700
94 debhelper (2.0.15) unstable; urgency=low
96 * dh_clean: only force-remove debian/tmp if in v2 mode. In v1 mode, we
97 shouldn't remove it because we may only be acting on a single package.
100 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 20 Jul 1999 19:00:15 -0700
102 debhelper (2.0.14) unstable; urgency=low
104 * Moved /usr/lib/debhelper to /usr/share/debhelper for FHS compliance
105 (#41174). If you used Dh_lib or something in another package, be sure to
106 update your "use" line and declare an appropriate dependancy. (Closes:
108 * dh_installxaw: Patch from Josip Rodin <joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr> to fix
109 multiple-stanza xaw file support. (Closes: #41173)
111 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 12 Jul 1999 11:49:57 -0700
113 debhelper (2.0.13) unstable; urgency=low
115 * dh_fixperms: FHS fixes (#41058)
117 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 9 Jul 1999 13:07:49 -0700
119 debhelper (2.0.12) unstable; urgency=low
121 * dh_installinfo: fixed #SECTION# substitution.
123 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 7 Jul 1999 17:51:59 -0700
125 debhelper (2.0.11) unstable; urgency=low
127 * At long, long last, dh_installinfo is written. It takes a simple list of
128 info files and figures out the rest for you. (Closes: #15717)
130 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 7 Jul 1999 17:04:48 -0700
132 debhelper (2.0.10) unstable; urgency=low
134 * dh_compress: compress changelog.html files. (Closes: #40626)
135 * dh_installchangelogs: installs a link from changelog.html.gz to changelog.gz,
136 because I think it's important that upstream changelogs always be accessable
138 * dh_compress: removed the usr/share/X11R6/man bit. Note part of FHS.
140 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 7 Jul 1999 10:46:03 -0700
142 debhelper (2.0.09) unstable; urgency=low
144 * dh_compress: added some FHS support. Though debhelper doesn't put stuff
145 there (and won't until people come up with a general transition strategy or
146 decide to not have a clean transiotion), dh_compress now compresses
147 various files in /usr/share/{man,doc,info}. (Closes: #40892)
149 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 7 Jul 1999 09:55:03 -0700
151 debhelper (2.0.08) unstable; urgency=low
153 * dh_*: redirect cd output to /den/null, because CD can actually output
154 things if CDPATH is set.
156 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 6 Jul 1999 10:14:00 -0700
158 debhelper (2.0.07) unstable; urgency=low
160 * Added dh_perl calls to example rules files.
162 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 4 Jul 1999 15:57:51 -0700
164 debhelper (2.0.06) unstable; urgency=low
166 * Now depends on perl5 | perl, I'll kill the | perl bit later on, but it
167 seems to make sense for the transition.
169 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 4 Jul 1999 10:56:03 -0700
171 debhelper (2.0.05) unstable; urgency=low
173 * dh_clean: clean debian/tmp even if v2 is being used. If you're
174 using dh_movefiles, stuff may well be left in there, and it needs to be
177 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 3 Jul 1999 13:23:46 -0700
179 debhelper (2.0.04) unstable; urgency=low
181 * Patch from Raphael Hertzog <rhertzog@hrnet.fr> to make dh_perl support a
182 -d flag that makes it add a dependancy on the sppropriate perl-XXX-base
183 package. Few packages will really need this. (Closes: #40631)
185 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 2 Jul 1999 11:22:00 -0700
187 debhelper (2.0.03) unstable; urgency=low
189 * Depend on file >= 2.23-1, because dh_perl uses file -b, introduced at
190 that version. (Closes: #40589)
192 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 1 Jul 1999 14:41:12 -0700
194 debhelper (2.0.02) unstable; urgency=low
196 * If you're going to use v2, it's reccommended you call
197 "dh_testversion 2". Added a note about that to doc/v2.
198 * Dh_Lib.pm compat: if a version that is greater than the highest
199 supported compatability level is specified, abort with an error. Perhaps
200 there will be a debhelper v3 some day...
202 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 1 Jul 1999 14:08:14 -0700
204 debhelper (2.0.01) unstable; urgency=low
206 * Actually include doc/v2 this time round.
208 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 1 Jul 1999 14:01:55 -0700
210 debhelper (2.0.00) unstable; urgency=low
212 * Don't let the version number fool you. Debhelper v2 is here, but just
213 barely. That's what all the zero's mean. :-)
214 * If DH_COMPAT=2, then debian/<package> will be used for the temporary
215 build directory for all packages. debian/tmp is no more! (Well, except
216 dh_movefiles still uses it.)
217 * debhelper.1: documented this.
218 * Dh_lib.pm: added compat(), pass in a number, it returns true if the
219 current compatability level is equal to that number.
220 * doc/PROGRAMMING: documented that.
221 * debhelper itself now builds using DH_COMPAT=2.
222 * dh_debstd forces DH_COMPAT=1, because it needs to stay compatable with
225 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 1 Jul 1999 13:37:58 -0700
227 debhelper (1.9.00) unstable; urgency=low
229 * This is a release of debhelper in preparation for debhelper v2.
230 * doc/v2: added, documented status of v2 changes.
231 * README: mention doc/v2
232 * debhelper.1: docuimented DH_COMPAT
233 * examples/*: added DH_COMAPT=1 to top of rules files
235 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 1 Jul 1999 13:16:41 -0700
237 debhelper (1.2.83) unstable; urgency=medium
239 * dh_perl: fixed substvars typo. Urgency medium since a lot of people will
240 be using this script RSN.
242 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 1 Jul 1999 11:44:05 -0700
244 debhelper (1.2.82) unstable; urgency=low
246 * dh_installinit: applied patch from Yann Dirson <ydirson@multimania.com>
247 to make it look for init.d scripts matching the --init-script parameter.
248 This is only useful if, like Yann, you have packages that need to install
249 more than 1 init script.
251 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 1999 11:38:05 -0700
253 debhelper (1.2.81) unstable; urgency=low
255 * dh_link: fixed bug #40159 and added a regression test for it. It was
256 failing if it was given absolute filenames.
258 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 1999 10:12:44 -0700
260 debhelper (1.2.80) unstable; urgency=low
262 * Changed perl version detection.
263 * Changed call to find.
265 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 24 Jun 1999 16:48:53 -0700
267 debhelper (1.2.79) unstable; urgency=low
269 * Added dh_perl by Raphael Hertzog <rhertzog@hrnet.fr>. dh_perl handles
270 finding dependancies of perl scripts, plus deleting those annoying
272 * I don't think dh_perl is going to be useful until the new version of
275 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 24 Jun 1999 14:47:55 -0700
277 debhelper (1.2.78) unstable; urgency=low
279 * Really include dh_installpam.
281 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 15 Jun 1999 09:00:36 -0700
283 debhelper (1.2.77) unstable; urgency=low
285 * dh_installpam: new program by Sean <shaleh@foo.livenet.net>
286 * Wrote man page for same.
288 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 11 Jun 1999 13:08:04 -0700
290 debhelper (1.2.76) unstable; urgency=low
292 * dh_fixperms: Do not use chmod/chown -R at all anymore, instead it uses
293 the (slower) find then chown method. Necessary because the -R methods will
294 happyily attempt to chown a dangling symlink, which makes them fail.
297 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 7 Jun 1999 20:20:01 -0700
299 debhelper (1.2.75) unstable; urgency=low
301 * dh_installemacsen: fixed perms of install, remove scripts.
304 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 7 Jun 1999 14:42:12 -0700
306 debhelper (1.2.74) unstable; urgency=low
308 * dh_installmanpages: recognizes gzipped man pages and installs them.
309 This is an experimental change, one problem is if your man page isn't
310 already gzip-9'd, it will be in violation of policy. (closes: #38673)
311 * The previous fix to dh_installemacsen was actually quite necessary - the
314 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 3 Jun 1999 15:14:27 -0700
316 debhelper (1.2.73) unstable; urgency=low
318 * dh_installemacsen: make sure files are installed mode 0644. Not strictly
319 necessary since dh_fixperms fixes them if you have a wacky umask, but oh
320 well. (Closes: 38900)
322 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 3 Jun 1999 14:50:42 -0700
324 debhelper (1.2.72) unstable; urgency=low
326 * dh_installemacsen: use debian/package.emacsen-startup, not
327 debian/package.emacsen-init. The former has always been documented to
328 work on the man page (closes: #38898).
330 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 3 Jun 1999 14:16:57 -0700
332 debhelper (1.2.71) unstable; urgency=low
334 * Fixed a typo (closes: #38881)
336 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 3 Jun 1999 13:23:23 -0700
338 debhelper (1.2.70) unstable; urgency=low
340 * dh_installmanpages: Properly quoted metacharacters in $dir in regexp.
343 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 25 May 1999 14:12:30 -0700
345 debhelper (1.2.69) unstable; urgency=low
347 * Don't include Test.pm in the binary package.
349 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 23 May 1999 19:29:27 -0700
351 debhelper (1.2.68) unstable; urgency=low
353 * doc/README: updated example of using #DEBHELPER# in a perl script, with
354 help from Julian Gilbey.
355 * dh_link: generate absolute symlinks where appropriate. The links
356 generated before were wrong simetimes (#37774)
357 * Started writing a regression test suite for debhelper. Currently covers
358 only the above bugfix and a few more dh_link tests.
359 * Tossed Test.pm into the package (for regression tests) until we get perl
360 5.005 which contains that package. That file is licenced the same as perl.
361 * dh_installchangelogs: force all installed files to be owned by root
364 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 16 May 1999 17:18:44 -0700
366 debhelper (1.2.67) unstable; urgency=low
368 * dh_installmodules: fixed type that made the program not work.
370 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 12 May 1999 00:25:05 -0700
372 debhelper (1.2.66) unstable; urgency=low
374 * examples/rules.multi: dh_shlibdeps must be run before dh_gencontrol
377 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 14:03:05 -0700
379 debhelper (1.2.65) unstable; urgency=low
383 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 6 May 1999 21:46:03 -0700
385 debhelper (1.2.64) unstable; urgency=low
387 * dh_installmime: new command (#37093, #32684).
389 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 3 May 1999 13:37:34 -0700
391 debhelper (1.2.63) unstable; urgency=low
393 * dh_installxaw: updated to work with xaw-wrappers 0.90 and above. It
394 actually has to partially parse the xaw-wrappers config files now.
396 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 2 May 1999 19:13:34 -0700
398 debhelper (1.2.62) unstable; urgency=low
400 * dh_installemacsen: added support for site-start files. Added --flavor
401 and --number to control details of installation. (#36832)
403 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 2 May 1999 15:31:58 -0700
405 debhelper (1.2.61) unstable; urgency=low
407 * dh_md5sums.1: dh_md5sums is not deprecated, AFAIK, but the manpage has
408 somehow been modified to say it was at version 1.2.45.
410 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 26 Apr 1999 19:54:04 -0700
412 debhelper (1.2.60) unstable; urgency=low
414 * dh_installexamples.1: recycled docs fix.
416 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 26 Apr 1999 17:19:07 -0700
418 debhelper (1.2.59) unstable; urgency=low
420 * dh_builddeb: added --destdir option, which lets you tell it where
421 to put the generated .deb's. Default is .. of course.
423 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 22 Apr 1999 22:02:01 -0700
425 debhelper (1.2.58) unstable; urgency=low
427 * autoscripts/postinst-suid: use /#FILE# in elif test (#36297).
429 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 18 Apr 1999 22:33:52 -0700
431 debhelper (1.2.57) unstable; urgency=low
433 * examples/*: killed trailing spaces after diff: target
435 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 12 Apr 1999 22:02:32 -0700
437 debhelper (1.2.56) unstable; urgency=low
439 * dh_suidregister: make the chown/chmod only happen if the file actually
440 exists. This is useful if you have conffiles that have permissions and
441 may be deleted. (#35845)
443 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 10 Apr 1999 13:35:23 -0700
445 debhelper (1.2.55) unstable; urgency=low
447 * Various man page enhancements.
448 * dh_md5sums: supports -X to make it skip including files in the
451 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 18:21:58 -0700
453 debhelper (1.2.54) unstable; urgency=low
455 * dh_installinit.1: man page fixups (#34160).
456 * *.1: the date of each man page is now automatically updated when
457 debhelper is built to be the last modification time of the man page.
459 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 8 Apr 1999 20:28:00 -0700
461 debhelper (1.2.53) unstable; urgency=low
463 * dh_compress: leave .taz and .tgz files alone. Previously trying to
464 compress such files caused gzip to fail and the whole command to fail.
465 Probably fixes #35677. Actually, it now skips files with a whole
466 range of odd suffixes that gzip refuses to compress, including "_z" and
468 * dh_compress.1: updated docs to reflect this, and to give the new
469 suggested starting point if you want to write your own debian/compress
472 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 7 Apr 1999 02:20:14 -0700
474 debhelper (1.2.52) unstable; urgency=low
476 * dh_installmodules: new program, closes #32546.
478 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 1 Apr 1999 17:25:37 -0800
480 debhelper (1.2.51) unstable; urgency=low
482 * Another very minor typo fix.
484 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 1 Apr 1999 14:04:02 -0800
486 debhelper (1.2.50) unstable; urgency=low
488 * Very minor typo fix.
490 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 26 Mar 1999 17:27:01 -0800
492 debhelper (1.2.49) unstable; urgency=low
494 * dh_fixperms: if called with -X, was attempting to change permissions of
495 even symlinks. This could have even caused it to follow the symlinks and
496 modify files on the build system in some cases. Ignores them now. (#35102)
498 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 24 Mar 1999 13:21:49 -0800
500 debhelper (1.2.48) unstable; urgency=low
502 * dh_fixperms.1: improved documentation. (#34968)
504 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 23 Mar 1999 19:11:01 -0800
506 debhelper (1.2.47) unstable; urgency=low
508 * doc/README: updated the example of including debhelper shell script
509 fragments inside a perl program -- the old method didn't work with shell
510 variables properly (#34850).
512 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 21 Mar 1999 13:25:33 -0800
514 debhelper (1.2.46) unstable; urgency=low
516 * doc/README: pointer to maint-guide.
518 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 18 Mar 1999 21:04:57 -0800
520 debhelper (1.2.45) unstable; urgency=low
522 * dh_installwm.1: fixed two errors (#34534, #34535)
523 * debhelper.1: list all other debhelper commands with synopses
524 (automatically generated by build process).
526 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 14 Mar 1999 11:33:39 -0800
528 debhelper (1.2.44) unstable; urgency=medium
530 * dh_fixperms: has been mostly broken when used with -X, corrected this.
532 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 13 Mar 1999 17:25:59 -0800
534 debhelper (1.2.43) unstable; urgency=low
536 * dh_compress.1: man page fixes (Closes: #33858).
537 * dh_compress: now it can handle compressing arbitrary numbers of files,
538 spawning gzip multiple times like xargs does, if necessary.
540 * Dh_Lib.pm: added xargs() command.
542 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 9 Mar 1999 14:57:09 -0800
544 debhelper (1.2.42) unstable; urgency=low
546 * dh_m5sums: don't generate bogus md5sums file if the package contains no
547 files. Yes, someone found a legitimate reason to do that.
549 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 25 Feb 1999 00:03:47 -0800
551 debhelper (1.2.41) unstable; urgency=low
553 * README: minor typo fix.
555 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 20 Feb 1999 23:30:00 -0800
557 debhelper (1.2.40) unstable; urgency=low
559 * Let's just say 1.2.39 is not a good version of debhelper to use and
560 leave it at that. :-)
562 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 20 Feb 1999 22:55:27 -0800
564 debhelper (1.2.39) unstable; urgency=low
566 * dh_installcron: install files in cron.d with correct perms.
568 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 20 Feb 1999 22:28:38 -0800
570 debhelper (1.2.38) unstable; urgency=low
572 * dh_clean: don't try to delete directories named "core".
574 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 20 Feb 1999 19:13:40 -0800
576 debhelper (1.2.37) unstable; urgency=low
578 * dh_installdocs: Patch from Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com>, fixes regexp error (Closes: #33431).
579 * dh_installxaw: new program by Daniel Martin
580 <Daniel.Martin@jhu.edu>, handles xaw-wrappers integration.
581 * dh_installxaw.1: wrote man page.
583 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 18 Feb 1999 17:32:53 -0800
585 debhelper (1.2.36) unstable; urgency=low
587 * dh_compress.1: Fixed typo in man page. (Closes: #33364)
588 * autoscripts/postinst-menu-method: fixed typo. (Closes: #33376)
590 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 14 Feb 1999 13:45:18 -0800
592 debhelper (1.2.35) unstable; urgency=low
594 * Dh_Lib.pm filearray(): Deal with multiple spaces and spaces at the
595 beginning of lines in files. (closes: #33161)
597 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 9 Feb 1999 21:01:07 -0800
599 debhelper (1.2.34) unstable; urgency=low
601 * dh_clean: added -d flag (also --dirs-only) that will make it clean only
602 tmp dirs. (closes: #30807)
603 * dh_installdocs: to support packages that need multiple doc-base files,
604 will now look for debian/<package>.doc-base.<doc-id>.
605 * dh_compress: removed warning message (harmless).
607 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 6 Feb 1999 17:48:33 -0800
609 debhelper (1.2.33) unstable; urgency=low
611 * dh_compress: verbose_print() cd's.
612 * dh_compress: clear the hash of hard links when we loop - was making
613 dh_compress fail on multi-binary packages that had harlinks. Thanks to
614 Craig Small for spotting this.
616 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 4 Feb 1999 20:19:37 -0800
618 debhelper (1.2.32) unstable; urgency=low
620 * dh_suidmanager: if it cannot determine the user name or group name from
621 the uid or gid, it will pass the uid or gid to suidmanager. This should
622 probably never happen, but it's good to be safe.
624 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 4 Feb 1999 16:00:35 -0800
626 debhelper (1.2.31) unstable; urgency=low
628 * dh_installinit.1: minor typo fix (closes: #32753)
630 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 2 Feb 1999 14:32:46 -0800
632 debhelper (1.2.30) unstable; urgency=low
634 * dh_fixperms: cut down the number of chmod commands that are executed
635 from 3 to 1, no change in functionality.
637 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 1 Feb 1999 17:05:29 -0800
639 debhelper (1.2.29) unstable; urgency=high
641 * Do not include bogus chsh, chfn, passwd links in debhelper binary!
642 These were acidentially left in after dh_link testing I did as I was
643 working on the last version of debhelper.
645 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 25 Jan 1999 20:26:46 -0800
647 debhelper (1.2.28) unstable; urgency=low
649 * dh_link: fixed bug that prevent multiple links to the same source from
652 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 24 Jan 1999 19:46:33 -0800
654 debhelper (1.2.27) unstable; urgency=low
656 * autoscripts/*menu*: "test", not "text"!
658 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 19 Jan 1999 15:18:52 -0800
660 debhelper (1.2.26) unstable; urgency=low
662 * dh_installdocs: use prerm-doc-base script fragement. Was using
663 postrm-doc-base, for some weird reason.
665 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 18 Jan 1999 13:36:40 -0800
667 debhelper (1.2.25) unstable; urgency=low
669 * autoscripts/*menu*: It turns out that "command" is like test -w, it will
670 still return true if update-menus is not executable. This can
671 legitimatly happen if you are upgrading the menu package, and it makes
672 postinsts that use command fail. Reverted to using test -x. Packages
673 built with debhelper >= 1.2.21 that use menus should be rebuilt.
675 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 16 Jan 1999 13:47:16 -0800
677 debhelper (1.2.24) unstable; urgency=low
679 * dh_fixperms: linux 2.1.x and 2.2.x differ from earlier versions in that
680 they do not clear the suid bit on a file when the owner of that file
681 changes. It seems that fakeroot behaves the same as linux 2.1 here. I
682 was relying on the old behavior to get rid of suid and sgid bits on files.
683 Since this no longer happens implicitly, I've changed to clearing the
685 * There's also a small behavior change involved here. Before, dh_fixperms
686 did not clear suid permissions on files that were already owned by root.
688 * dh_fixperms.1: cleaned up the docs to mention that those bits are
691 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 15 Jan 1999 16:54:44 -0800
693 debhelper (1.2.23) unstable; urgency=low
695 * autoscripts/postrm-wm: use "=", not "==" (#31727).
697 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 11 Jan 1999 13:35:00 -0800
699 debhelper (1.2.22) unstable; urgency=low
701 * Reversed change in last version; don't clobber mode (#31628).
703 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 8 Jan 1999 15:01:25 -0800
705 debhelper (1.2.21) unstable; urgency=low
707 * dh_installdocs: Added doc-base support, if debian/<package>.doc-base
708 exists, it will be installed as a doc-base control file. If you use this,
709 you probably want to add "dh_testversion 1.2.21" to the rules file to make
710 sure your package is built with a new enough debhelper.
711 * dh_installdocs: now supports -n to make it not modify postinst/prerm.
712 * dh_suidregister: turned off leading 0/1 in permissions settings, until
713 suidregister actually supports it.
714 * autoscripts/*: instead of "text -x", use "command -v" to see if various
715 binaries exist. This gets rid of lots of hard-coded paths.
717 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 30 Dec 1998 22:50:04 -0500
719 debhelper (1.2.20) unstable; urgency=low
721 * dh_compress: handle the hard link stuff properly, it was broken. Also
724 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 23 Dec 1998 19:53:03 -0500
726 debhelper (1.2.19) unstable; urgency=low
728 * dh_listpackages: new command. Takes the standard options taken by other
729 debhelper commands, and just outputs a list of the binary packages a
730 debhelper command would act on. Added because of bug #30626, and because
731 of wn's truely ugly use of debhelper internals to get the same info (and
732 because it's just 4 lines of code ;-).
733 * dh_compress: is now smart about compressing files that are hardlinks.
734 When possible, will only compress one file, delete the hardlinks, and
735 re-make hardlinks to the compressed file, saving some disk space.
737 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 22:26:41 -0500
739 debhelper (1.2.18) unstable; urgency=medium
741 * dh_fixperms: was not fixing permissions of files in usr/doc/ to 644,
742 this has been broken since version 1.2.3.
744 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 6 Dec 1998 23:35:35 -0800
746 debhelper (1.2.17) unstable; urgency=low
748 * dh_makeshlibs: relaxed regexp to find library name and number a little so
749 it will work on libraries with a major but no minor version in their
750 filename (examples of such: libtcl8.0.so.1, libBLT-unoff.so.1)
751 * dh_movefiles: added --sourcedir option to make it move files out of
752 some directory besides debian/tmp (#30221)
754 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 4 Dec 1998 13:56:57 -0800
756 debhelper (1.2.16) unstable; urgency=low
758 * dh_installchangelogs: now detects html changelogs and installs them as
759 changelog.html.gz, to comply with latest policy (which I disagree with
761 * manpages: updated policy version numbers.
762 * dh_installdocs: behavior change: all docs are now installed mode 644.
763 I have looked and it doesn't seem this will actually affect any packages
764 in debian. This is useful only if you want to use dh_installdocs and not
765 dh_fixperms, and that's the only time this behavior change will have any
766 effect, either. (#30118)
768 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 3 Dec 1998 23:31:56 -0800
770 debhelper (1.2.15) unstable; urgency=low
772 * Just a re-upload, last upload failed for some obscure reason.
774 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 29 Nov 1998 13:07:44 -0800
776 debhelper (1.2.14) unstable; urgency=low
778 * Really fixed #29762 this time. This also fixes #30025, which asked that
779 dh_makeshlibs come before dh_shlibdeps, so the files it generates can
780 also be used as a shlibs.local file, which will be used by dh_shlibdeps.
782 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 04:00:14 -0800
784 debhelper (1.2.13) unstable; urgency=low
786 * Spelling and typo fixes.
788 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 15:23:55 -0800
790 debhelper (1.2.12) unstable; urgency=low
792 * examples/*: moved dh_makeshlibs call to before dh_installdeb call.
793 (#29762). This is just so if you replace dh_makeshlibs with something
794 that generates debian/shlibs, it still gets installed properly.
795 * dh_suidregister: use names instead of uid's and gid's, at request of
796 suidregister maintainer (#29802).
798 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 21 Nov 1998 13:13:10 -0800
800 debhelper (1.2.11) unstable; urgency=low
802 * dh_movefiles: if given absolute filenames to move (note that that is
803 *wrong*), it will move relative files anyway. Related to bug #29761.
804 * dh_link: made relative links work right. (I hope!)
806 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 20:21:51 -0800
808 debhelper (1.2.10) unstable; urgency=low
810 * examples/*: added dh_link calls to example rules files.
812 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:43:07 -0800
814 debhelper (1.2.9) unstable; urgency=low
816 * Added dh_link, which generates policy complient symlinks in binary
817 packages, painlessly.
819 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 19 Nov 1998 18:43:36 -0800
821 debhelper (1.2.8) unstable; urgency=low
823 * Suggest dh-make (#29376).
825 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 18 Nov 1998 02:29:47 -0800
827 debhelper (1.2.7) unstable; urgency=low
829 * dh_movefiles: Fixed another bug.
831 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 16 Nov 1998 12:53:05 -0800
833 debhelper (1.2.6) unstable; urgency=low
835 * dh_movefiles: fixed non-integer comparison (#29476)
837 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 15 Nov 1998 13:03:09 -0800
839 debhelper (1.2.5) unstable; urgency=low
841 * The perl conversion is complete.
843 * dh_compress: perlized (yay, perl has readlink, no more ls -l | awk
845 * dh_lib, dh_getopt.pl: deleted, nothing uses them anymore.
846 * debian/rules: don't install above 2 files.
847 * doc/PROGRAMMING: removed all documentation of the old shell library
850 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 13 Nov 1998 15:36:57 -0800
852 debhelper (1.2.4) unstable; urgency=low
854 * dh_debstd, dh_movefiles: perlized.
855 * dh_debstd: fixed -c option.
856 * dh_installinit: fixed minor perl -w warning.
857 * Only 1 shell script remains! (But it's a doozy..)
859 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 13 Nov 1998 13:29:39 -0800
861 debhelper (1.2.3) unstable; urgency=low
863 * dh_fixperms, dh_installdebfiles, dh_installdeb: perlized
864 * dh_suidregister: perlized, with help from Che_Fox (and Tom Christianson,
866 * dh_suidregister: include leading 0 (or 1 for sticky, etc) in file
868 * Only 3 more to go and it'll be 100% perl.
869 * Made $dh{EXCLUDE_FIND} available to perl scripts.
871 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 10 Nov 1998 15:47:43 -0800
873 debhelper (1.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
875 * dh_du, dh_shlibdeps, dh_undocumented: rewrite in perl.
876 * dh_undocumented: shortened the symlink used for section 7 undocumented
877 man pages, since it can link to undocuemented.7.gz in the same directory.
879 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 10 Nov 1998 13:40:22 -0800
881 debhelper (1.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
883 * dh_strip, dh_installinit: rewrite in perl.
885 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 9 Nov 1998 20:04:12 -0800
887 debhelper (1.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
889 * A new unstable dist means I'm back to converting more of debhelper to
890 perl.. Since 1.1 has actually stabalized, I've upped this to 1.2.
891 * dh_md5sums: rewritten in perl, for large speed gain under some
892 circumstances (old version called perl sometimes, once per package.)
893 * dh_installmenu, dh_installwmacsen, dh_installwm: perlized.
894 * Dh_Lib.pm: made autoscript() really work.
896 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 9 Nov 1998 13:04:16 -0800
898 debhelper (1.1.24) unstable; urgency=low
900 * dh_suidregister: remove suid/sgid bits from all files registered. The
901 reason is this: if you're using suidmanager, and you want a file that
902 ships suid to never be suid on your system, shipping it suid in the .deb
903 will create a window where it is suid before suidmanager fixes it's
904 permissions. This change should be transparent to users and developers.
906 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 27 Oct 1998 18:19:48 -0800
908 debhelper (1.1.23) unstable; urgency=low
910 * dh_clean: At the suggestion of James Troup <james@nocrew.org> now deletes
911 files named *.P in .deps/ subdirectories. They are generated by automake.
913 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 24 Oct 1998 15:14:53 -0700
915 debhelper (1.1.22) unstable; urgency=low
917 * dh_fixperms: quoting fix from Roderick Schertler <roderick@argon.org>
918 * Added support for register-window-manager command which will be in a new
919 (as yet unreleased) xbase. Now a new dh_installwm program handles
920 registration of a window manager and the necessary modifications to
921 postinst and postrm. It's safe to go ahead and start using this for your
922 window manager packages, just note that it won't do anything until the new
923 xbase is out, and that due to the design of register-window-manager, if
924 your wm is installed before a xbase that supports register-window-manager
925 is installed, the window manager will never be registered. (#20971)
927 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 14 Oct 1998 23:08:04 -0700
929 debhelper (1.1.21) unstable; urgency=low
931 * Added install to .PHONY target of example rules files.
933 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 11 Oct 1998 22:36:10 -0700
935 debhelper (1.1.20) unstable; urgency=low
937 * Added a --same-arch flag, that is useful in the rare case when you have
938 a package that builds only for 1 architecture, as part of a multi-part,
939 multi-architecture source package. (Ie, netscape-dmotif).
940 * Modified dh_installinit -r so it does start the daemon on the initial
943 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 2 Oct 1998 15:55:13 -0700
945 debhelper (1.1.19) unstable; urgency=low
947 * dh_installmanpages: look at basename of man pacges specified on command
948 line to skip, for backwards compatability.
950 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 10 Sep 1998 11:31:42 -0700
952 debhelper (1.1.18) unstable; urgency=low
954 * dh_installemacsen: substitute package name for #PACKAGE# when setting
955 up postinst and prerm (#26560).
957 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 8 Sep 1998 14:24:30 -0700
959 debhelper (1.1.17) unstable; urgency=low
961 * dh_strip: on Richard Braakman's advice, strip the .comment and .note
962 sections of shared libraries.
963 * Added DH_OPTIONS environment variable - anything in it will be treated
964 as additional command line arguments by all debhelper commands. This in
965 useful in some situations, for example, if you need to pass -p to all
966 debhelper commands that will be run. If you use DH_OPTIONS, be sure to
967 use dh_testversion 1.1.17 - older debhelpers will ignore it and do
968 things you don't want them to.
969 * Made -N properly exclude packages when no -i, -a, or -p flags are
970 present. It didn't before, which was a bug.
972 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 7 Sep 1998 17:33:19 -0700
974 debhelper (1.1.16) unstable; urgency=low
976 * dh_fixperms: remove execute bits from static libraries as well as
977 shared libraries. (#26414)
979 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 4 Sep 1998 14:46:37 -0700
981 debhelper (1.1.15) unstable; urgency=medium
983 * dh_installmanpages: the new perl version had a nasty habit of
984 installing .so.x library files as man pages. Fixed.
985 * dh_installmanpages: the code to exclude searching for man pages in
986 debian/tmp directories was broken. Fixed.
988 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 31 Aug 1998 00:05:17 -0700
990 debhelper (1.1.14) unstable; urgency=low
992 * Debhelper now has a web page at http://kitenet.net/programs/debhelper/
994 * Added code to debian/rules to update the web page when I release new
996 * dh_compress: since version 0.88 or so, dh_compress has bombed out if
997 a debian/compress file returned an error code. This was actually
998 unintentional - in fact, the debian/compress example in the man page
999 will fail this way if usr/info or usr/X11R6 is not present. Corrected
1000 the program to not fail. (#26214)
1002 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 30 Aug 1998 22:15:44 -0700
1004 debhelper (1.1.13) unstable; urgency=low
1006 * dh_installmanpages: rewritten in perl. Allows me to fix bug #26221 (long
1007 symlink problem after .so conversion), and is about twice as fast.
1009 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 29 Aug 1998 22:06:06 -0700
1011 debhelper (1.1.12) unstable; urgency=low
1013 * dh_installdocs: forgot to pass package name to isnative(). Any native
1014 debian package that had a debian/TODO would have it installed with the
1015 wrong name, and debhelper would warn of undefined values for some
1018 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 27 Aug 1998 12:35:42 -0700
1020 debhelper (1.1.11) unstable; urgency=low
1022 * dh_installchangelogs: added -k flag, that will make it install a symlink
1023 to the original name of the upstream changelog.
1025 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 20 Aug 1998 15:40:40 -0700
1027 debhelper (1.1.10) unstable; urgency=low
1029 * It's come to my attention that a few packages use filename globbing in
1030 debian/{docs,examples,whatever} files and expect that to work. It used
1031 to work before the perl conversion, but it was never _documented_, or
1032 intented to work. If you use this in your packages, they are broken and
1033 need fixing (and will refuse to build with current versions of debhelper).
1034 I apologize for the inconvenience.
1036 * dh_clean: fixed a bug, intorduced in version 1.1.8, where it didn't
1037 remove debian/files properly.
1038 * dh_shlibdeps, dh_testdir, dh_testroot, dh_testversion: converted to perl.
1039 * Encode the version of debhelper in a sepererate file, so dh_testversion
1040 doesn't have to be generated when a new version of debhelper is built.
1041 * Removed bogus menu file.
1043 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 17 Aug 1998 14:15:17 -0700
1045 debhelper (1.1.9) unstable; urgency=low
1047 * dh_fixperms: has been removing the +x bits of all doc/*/examples/* files
1048 since version 0.97 or so. Fixed.
1050 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 16 Aug 1998 17:11:48 -0700
1052 debhelper (1.1.8) unstable; urgency=low
1054 * Dh_Lib.pm: made U_PARAMS an array of parameters.
1055 * Dh_Lib.pm: fixed bug in the escaping code, numbers don't need to be
1056 escaped. Also, no longer escape "-".
1057 * dh_clean, dh_gencontrol, dh_installcron: converted to perl.
1058 * dh_gencontrol.1, dh_gencontrol: the man page had said that
1059 --update-rcd-params was equivilant to -u for this program. You should
1060 really use --dpkg-gencontrol-params.
1062 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 14 Aug 1998 14:07:35 -0700
1064 debhelper (1.1.7) unstable; urgency=low
1066 * examples/rules.multi: moved dh_movefiles into the install section.
1067 * doc/README: Added a note explaining why above change was necessary.
1068 * Dh_Lib.pm: escape_shell(): now escapes the full range of special
1069 characters recognized by bash (and ksh). Thanks to Branden Robinson
1070 <branden@purdue.edu> for looking that up.
1072 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 23:32:05 -0700
1074 debhelper (1.1.6) unstable; urgency=low
1076 * dh_movefiles: don't die on symlinks (#25642). (Hope I got the fix right
1079 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 20:11:13 -0700
1081 debhelper (1.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1083 * dh_builddeb, dh_installchangelogs: converted to perl.
1084 * dh_installdirs: converted to perl, getting rid of nasty chdir en-route.
1085 * dh_installdirs: now you can use absolute directory names too if you
1087 * doc/PROGRAMMING: updated to cover new perl modules.
1088 * Dh_Lib.pm: doit(): when printing out commands that have run, escape
1089 metacharacters in the output. I probably don't escape out all the
1090 characters I should, but this is just a convenience to the user anyway.
1091 * dh_installdebfiles: it's been broken forever, I fixed it. Obviously
1092 nobody uses it anymore, which is good, since it's deprected :-)
1094 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 15:23:34 -0700
1096 debhelper (1.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1098 * dh_movefiles: fixed bug introduced in 1.1.1 where it would fail in some
1099 cases if you tried to move a broken symlink.
1100 * dh_installdocs: was only operating on the first package.
1101 * dh_installexamples: rewritten in perl.
1102 * Dh_Lib.pm: all multiple package operations were broken.
1103 * Dh_Lib.pm: implemented complex_doit() and autoscript().
1104 * Made all perl code work with use strict and -w (well, except
1105 dh_getopt.pl, but that's a hack that'll go away one day).
1106 * I didn't realize, but rewriting dh_installdocs in perl fixed bug #24686
1107 (blank lines in debian/docs file problem), although this same problem
1108 applies to other debhelper programs... like dh_installexamples, which had
1109 the same bug fixed when I rewrote it in perl just now.
1110 * Dh_Lib.pm: accidentially didn't check DH_VERBOSE if commands were not
1111 passed any switches.
1112 * Dh_Getopt.pm: --noscripts was broken.
1114 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 12:44:04 -0700
1116 debhelper (1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1118 * dh_md5sums: -x was broken since version 1.1.1 - fixed.
1119 * dh_lib: removed get_arch_indep_packages() function that hasn't been used
1120 at all for a long while.
1121 * Added Dh_Lib.pm, a translation of dh_lib into perl.
1122 * dh_getopt.pl: moved most of it into new Dh_Getopt.pm module, rewriting
1123 large chunks in the process.
1124 * dh_installdocs: completly rewritten in perl. Now it's faster and it can
1125 install many oddly named files it died on before.
1126 * dh_installdocs: fixed a bug that installed TODO files mode 655 in native
1129 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 10 Aug 1998 15:01:15 -0700
1131 debhelper (1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1133 * dh_strip: added -X to specify files to not strip (#25590).
1134 * Added dh_installemacsen, for automatic registration with emacsen-common
1136 * Preliminary thoughts in TODO about converting entire debhelper programs
1139 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 10 Aug 1998 13:35:17 -0700
1141 debhelper (1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1143 * dh_movefiles: try to move all files specified, and only then bomb out if
1144 some of the file could not be found. Makes it easier for some packages
1145 that don't always have the same files in them.
1146 * dh_compress: any parameters passed to it on the command line specify
1147 additional files to be compressed in the first package acted on.
1148 * dh_compress: recognize standard -A parameter.
1150 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 8 Aug 1998 22:48:01 -0700
1152 debhelper (1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1154 * New unstable branch of debhelper.
1156 * TODO: list all current bugs, in order I plan to tackle them.
1157 * Added debhelper.1 man page, which groups all the debhelper options that
1158 are common to all commands in once place so I can add new options w/o
1159 updating 27 man pages.
1160 * dh_*.1: updated all debheper man pages to refer to debhelper(1) where
1161 appropriate. Also corrected a host of little errors.
1162 * doc/README: moved a lot of this file into debhelper.1.
1163 * dh_*: -N option now excludes a package from the list of packages the
1164 programs act on. (#25247)
1166 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 8 Aug 1998 17:49:56 -0700
1168 debhelper (1.0) stable unstable; urgency=low
1172 * This relelase is not really intended for stable. I throw a copy into
1173 stable-updates because I want it to be available as an upgrade for
1174 people using debian 2.0 (the current version in debian 2.0 has no
1175 critical bugs, but this version is of course a lot nicer), and I plan
1176 to start work on a new branch of debhelper that will fix many wishlist
1177 bug reports, and of course introduce many new bugs, and which will go
1180 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 8 Aug 1998 17:33:20 -0700
1182 debhelper (0.99.4) unstable; urgency=low
1184 * dh_debstd: only warn about scripts that actually lack #DEBHELPER#.
1187 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 7 Aug 1998 12:06:28 -0700
1189 debhelper (0.99.3) unstable; urgency=low
1191 * dh_movefiles: Fixed a over-eager sanity check introduced in the last
1194 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 3 Aug 1998 18:31:45 -0700
1196 debhelper (0.99.2) unstable; urgency=low
1198 * dh_movefiles: allow passing of files to move on the command line. Only
1199 rarely does this make sense. (#25197)
1201 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 30 Jul 1998 10:38:34 -0700
1203 debhelper (0.99.1) unstable; urgency=low
1205 * dh_installcron: now supports /etc/cron.d (#25112).
1207 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 27 Jul 1998 20:18:47 -0700
1209 debhelper (0.99) unstable; urgency=low
1211 * !!!! WARNING: Debhelper (specifically dh_compress) is broken with
1212 !!!! libtricks. Use fakeroot instead until this is fixed.
1213 * dh_compress: applied patch from Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
1214 to make it not fail if there are no candidates for compression (#24654).
1215 * Removed a whole debhelper-0.96 tree that had crept into the source
1216 package by accident.
1217 * Is version 1.0 next?
1219 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 10:03:21 -0700
1221 debhelper (0.98) unstable; urgency=low
1223 * dh_lib: isnative: pass -l<changelog> to dpkg-parsechangelog, to support
1224 odd packages with multiple different debian changelogs.
1225 * doc/PROGRAMMING: cleaned up the docs on DH_EXCLUDE_FIND.
1227 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 6 Jul 1998 12:45:13 -0700
1229 debhelper (0.97) unstable; urgency=low
1231 * doc/from-debstd: fixed a typo.
1232 * examples/*: install-stamp no longer depends on phony build targey; now
1233 install-stamp depends on build-stamp instead (#24234).
1234 * dh_fixperms: applied patch from Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
1235 to fix bad uses of the find command, so it should now work on packages
1236 with files with spaces in them (#22005). It's also much cleaner. Thanks,
1238 * dh_getopt.pl, doc/PROGRAMMING: added DH_EXCLUDE_FIND, to make the above
1241 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 5 Jul 1998 18:09:25 -0700
1243 debhelper (0.96) unstable; urgency=low
1245 * dh_movefiles: fixed serious breakage introduced in the last version.
1246 * dh_movefiles: really order all symlinks last.
1247 * some minor reorganization of the source tree.
1249 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 28 Jun 1998 21:53:45 -0700
1251 debhelper (0.95) unstable; urgency=low
1253 * dh_movefiles: move even very strangly named files. (#23775) Unfortunatly,
1254 I had to use a temporary file. Oh well..
1256 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 22 Jun 1998 17:16:17 -0700
1258 debhelper (0.94) unstable; urgency=low
1260 * dh_md5sums: fixed so it handles spaces and other odd characters in
1261 filenames correctly. (#23046, #23700, #22010)
1262 * As a side effect, got rid of the nasty temporary file dh_md5sums used
1265 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 22 Jun 1998 16:14:42 -0700
1267 debhelper (0.93) unstable; urgency=low
1269 * Depend on file, since several dh_*'s use it.
1271 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 19 Jun 1998 21:43:51 -0700
1273 debhelper (0.92) unstable; urgency=low
1275 * dh_gencontrol: pass -isp to dpkg-gencontrol to make it include section
1276 and priority info in the .deb file. Back in Jan 1998, this came up, and
1277 a consensus was reached on debian-devel that it was a good thing for
1280 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 19 Jun 1998 16:15:24 -0700
1282 debhelper (0.91) unstable; urgency=low
1284 * dh_installdocs: support debian/<package>.{README.Debian,TODO}
1286 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 17 Jun 1998 19:09:35 -0700
1288 debhelper (0.90) unstable; urgency=low
1290 * I'd like to thank Len Pikulski and Igor Grobman at nothinbut.net for
1291 providing me with free internet access on a moment's notice, so I could
1292 get this package to you after hacking on it all over New England for the
1293 past week. Thanks, guys!
1295 * Added dh_debstd, which mimics the functionality of the debstd command.
1296 It's not a complete nor an exact copy, and it's not so much intended to
1297 be used in a debian/rules file, as it is to be run by hand when you are
1298 converting a package from debstd to debhelper. "dh_debstd -v" will
1299 output the sequence of debhelper commands that approximate what debstd
1300 would do in the same situation.
1301 * dh_debstd is completly untested, I don't have the source to any packages
1302 that use debstd available. Once this is tested, I plan to release
1304 * Added a from-debstd document that gives a recipe to convert from debstd
1306 * dh_fixperms: can now use -X to exclude files from having their
1307 permissions changed.
1308 * dh_testroot: test for uid == 0, instead of username == root, becuase
1309 some people enjoy changing root's name.
1310 * dh_installinit: handle debian/init.d as well as debian/init files,
1311 for backwards compatability with debstd. Unlike with debstd, the two
1312 files are treated identically.
1313 * dh_lib, PROGRAMMING: added "warning" function.
1314 * Minor man page fixes.
1315 * dh_compress: don't bomb out if usr/doc/<package> is empty. (#23054)
1316 * dh_compress, dh_installdirs: always cd into $TMP and back out, even if
1317 --no-act is on. (#23054)
1319 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 1 Jun 1998 21:57:45 -0400
1321 debhelper (0.88) unstable; urgency=low
1323 * I had many hours on a train to hack on debhelper... enjoy!
1324 * dh_compress: always pass -f to gzip, to force compression.
1325 * dh_compress: added -X switch, to make it easy to specify files to
1326 exclude, without all the bother of a debian/compress script. You can
1327 use -X multiple times, too.
1328 * PROGRAMMING, dh_getopt.pl: DH_EXCLUDE is now a variable set by the
1329 --exclude (-X) switch. -x now sets DH_INCLUDE_CONFFILES.
1331 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 17 May 1998 11:26:09 -0700
1333 debhelper (0.87) unstable; urgency=low
1335 * dh_strip: strip .comment and .note, not comment and note, when stripping
1336 elf binaries. This makes for smaller output files. This has always been
1337 broken in debhelper before! (#22395)
1339 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 13 May 1998 11:54:29 -0700
1341 debhelper (0.86) unstable; urgency=low
1343 * dh_compress: don't try to re-compress *.gz files. Eliminates warning
1344 messages in some cases, shouldn't actually change the result at all.
1346 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 27 Apr 1998 15:21:33 -0700
1348 debhelper (0.85) unstable; urgency=low
1350 * Moved a few things around that were broken by Che's patch:
1351 - dh_installdirs should go in install target.
1352 - dh_clean should not run in binary targets.
1353 * This is just a quick fix to make it work, I'm not happy with it. I'm
1354 going to discuss my problems with it with Che, and either make a new
1355 version fixing them, or revert to 0.83.
1356 * So be warned that the example rules files are not currently in good
1357 shape if you're starting a new package.
1359 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 18 Apr 1998 23:30:38 -0700
1361 debhelper (0.84) unstable; urgency=low
1363 * Applied Che_Fox'x patches to example rules files, which makes them use
1364 an install target internally to move things into place in debian/tmp.
1366 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 9 Apr 1998 12:08:45 -0700
1368 debhelper (0.83) unstable; urgency=low
1370 * Generate symlinks in build stage of debian/rules. cvs cannot create them
1371 properly. Note that version 0.80 and 0.81 could not build some packages
1372 because of missing symlinks.
1374 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 31 Mar 1998 19:27:29 -0800
1376 debhelper (0.81) unstable; urgency=low
1378 * dh_movefiles: empty $tomove (#20495).
1380 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 31 Mar 1998 15:36:32 -0800
1382 debhelper (0.80) unstable; urgency=low
1384 * Moved under cvs (so I can fork a stable and an unstable version).
1385 * dh_movefiles: first move real files, then move symlinks. (#18220)
1386 Thanks to Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> and Adam Heath
1387 <adam.heath@usa.net> for help on the implementation.
1388 * dh_installchangelogs: use debian/package.changelog files if they exist
1389 rather than debian/changelog. It appears some people do need per-package
1391 * dh_gencontrol: if debian/package.changelogs files exist, use them.
1392 * Above 2 changes close #20442.
1394 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 30 Mar 1998 20:54:26 -0800
1396 debhelper (0.78) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1398 * More spelling fixes from Christian T. Steigies. (I ignored the spelling
1399 fixes to the changelog, though - too many, and a changelog isn't meant
1400 to be changed after the fact :-)
1401 * dh_fixperms: remove execute bits from .la files genrated by libtool.
1403 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 30 Mar 1998 12:44:42 -0800
1405 debhelper (0.77) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1407 * Fixed a nasty bug in dh_makeshlibs when it was called with -V, but with
1408 no version string after the -V.
1410 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 29 Mar 1998 16:08:27 -0800
1412 debhelper (0.76) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1414 * I intended version 0.75 to make it in before the freeze, and it did not.
1415 This is just to get it into frozen. There are no changes except bug
1418 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 26 Mar 1998 12:25:47 -0800
1420 debhelper (0.75) unstable; urgency=low
1422 * Actually exit if there is an unknown option on the command line (oooops!)
1423 * Fix .so file conversion to actually work (#19933).
1425 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 19 Mar 1998 11:54:58 -0800
1427 debhelper (0.74) unstable; urgency=low
1429 * dh_installmanpages: convert .so links to symlinks at last (#19829).
1430 * dh_installmanpages.1: documented that no, dh_installmanpages never
1431 installs symlink man pages from the source package (#19831).
1432 * dh_installmanpages: minor speedups
1433 * PROGRAMMING: numerous spelling fixes, thanks to Christian T. Steigies.
1434 Life is too short for me to spell check my technical documentation, but
1435 I always welcome corrections!
1437 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 17 Mar 1998 22:09:07 -0800
1439 debhelper (0.73) unstable; urgency=low
1441 * Fixed typo in dh_suidregister.1
1443 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 12 Mar 1998 16:30:27 -0800
1445 debhelper (0.72) unstable; urgency=low
1447 * Applied patch from Yann Dirson <ydirson@a2points.com> to add a
1448 --init-script parameter to dh_installinit. (#19227)
1449 * Documented this new switch.
1451 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 9 Mar 1998 17:12:04 -0800
1453 debhelper (0.71) unstable; urgency=low
1455 * dh_makeshlibs: -V flag was broken: if just -V was specified,
1456 dh_makeshlibs would die. Corrected this.
1457 * dh_lib: removed warning if the arguments passed to a debhelper command
1458 do not apply to the main package. It's been long enough so I'm 100% sure
1459 no packages use the old behavior.
1461 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 9 Mar 1998 11:46:59 -0800
1463 debhelper (0.70) unstable; urgency=low
1465 * dh_lib: autoscript(): no longer add the modification date to the
1466 comments aurrounding debhelper-added code. I don't think this date was
1467 gaining us anything, so let's remove it and save some disk space.
1469 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 8 Mar 1998 21:15:13 -0800
1471 debhelper (0.69) unstable; urgency=low
1473 * Refer to suidregister (8), not (1). Bug #19149.
1474 * Removed junk file from debian/ dir.
1476 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 8 Mar 1998 13:04:36 -0800
1478 debhelper (0.68) unstable; urgency=low
1480 * Document that README.debian files are installed as README.Debian (#19089).
1482 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 6 Mar 1998 17:48:32 -0800
1484 debhelper (0.67) unstable; urgency=low
1486 * Added PROGRAMMING document that describes the interface of dh_lib, to
1487 aid others in writing and understanding debhelper programs.
1489 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 6 Mar 1998 12:45:08 -0800
1491 debhelper (0.66) unstable; urgency=low
1493 * README, dh_testversion.1, dh_movefiles.1: more doc fixes.
1494 * dh_movefiles: don't check for package names to see if files are being
1495 moved from one package back into itself, instead, check tmp dir names.
1496 If you use this behavior, you should use "dh_testversion 0.66".
1498 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 2 Mar 1998 17:50:29 -0800
1500 debhelper (0.65) unstable; urgency=low
1502 * dh_installdocs.1, dh_movefiles.1: clarified documentation for Che.
1504 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 2 Mar 1998 17:20:39 -0800
1506 debhelper (0.64) unstable; urgency=low
1508 * Removed some junk (a whole old debhelper source tree!) that had gotten
1509 into the source package by accident.
1511 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 23 Feb 1998 20:23:34 -0800
1513 debhelper (0.63) unstable; urgency=low
1515 * Removed some debugging output from dh_installmanpages.
1516 * du_du: no longer does anything, becuase it has been decided on
1517 debian-policy that du control files are bad.
1518 * examples/*: removed dh_du calls.
1519 * debian/rules: removed dh_du call.
1520 * Modified dh_gencontrol, dh_makeshlibs, and dh_md5sums to generate files
1521 with the correct permissions even if the umask is set to unusual
1524 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 16 Feb 1998 23:34:36 -0800
1526 debhelper (0.62) unstable; urgency=low
1528 * dh_installmanpages: if the man page filename ends in 'x', install it in
1530 * TODO: expanded descriptions of stuff, in the hope someone else will get
1531 inspired to implement some of it.
1532 * Also added all wishlist bugs to the TODO.
1534 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 12 Feb 1998 22:38:53 -0800
1536 debhelper (0.61) unstable; urgency=low
1538 * dh_installmanpages: Add / to end of egrep -v regexp, fixes it so
1539 debian/icewm.1 can be found.
1541 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 11 Feb 1998 09:09:28 -0800
1543 debhelper (0.60) unstable; urgency=low
1545 * dh_fixperms: make all files readable and writable by owner
1546 (policy 3.3.8 paragraph 2).
1547 Lintian found lots of bugs that will be fixed by this change.
1549 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 9 Feb 1998 12:26:13 -0800
1551 debhelper (0.59) unstable; urgency=low
1553 * Added DH_NO_ACT and --no-act, which make debhelper commands run without
1554 actually doing anything. (Combine with -v to see what the command would
1555 have done.) (#17598)
1557 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 1 Feb 1998 14:51:08 -0800
1559 debhelper (0.58) unstable; urgency=low
1561 * Fixed bug #17597 - DH_VERBOSE wasn'talways taking effect.
1563 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 28 Jan 1998 17:18:17 -0500
1565 debhelper (0.57) unstable; urgency=low
1567 * Depend on perl 5.004 or greater (for Getopt::Long).
1569 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 17 Jan 1998 02:12:06 -0500
1571 debhelper (0.56) unstable; urgency=low
1573 * dh_compress: Applied patch from Yann Dirson <ydirson@a2points.com>,
1574 to make it not abort of one of the find's fails.
1576 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 15 Jan 1998 19:16:48 -0500
1578 debhelper (0.55) unstable; urgency=low
1580 * dh_clean: delete substvarsfiles probperly again (broken in 0.53). #17077
1581 * Added call to dh_movefiles, and a commented out call to dh_testversion,
1582 to some of the sample rules files. #17076
1584 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 14 Jan 1998 12:48:43 -0500
1586 debhelper (0.54) unstable; urgency=low
1588 * dh_lib: no longer call getopt(1) to parse options. I wrote my own
1589 argument processor in perl.
1590 * Added long versions of all arguments. TODO: document them.
1591 * All parameters may now be passed values that include whitespace (ie,
1592 dh_installinit -u"defaults 10")
1593 * Now depends on perl (needs Getopt::Long).
1595 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 10 Jan 1998 15:44:09 -0500
1597 debhelper (0.53) unstable; urgency=low
1599 * dh_installmanpages: ignore all man pages installed into debian/tmp
1600 type directories. (#16933)
1601 * dh_*: set up alternative name for files like debian/dirs; you may now
1602 use debian/<mainpackage>.dirs too, for consistency. (#16934)
1603 * dh_installdocs: if a debian/package.copyright file exists, use it in
1604 preference to debian/copyright, so subpackages with varying copyrights
1605 are supported. (#16935)
1606 * Added dh_movefiles, which moves files out of debian/tmp into subpackages.
1609 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 10 Jan 1998 11:30:12 -0500
1611 debhelper (0.52) unstable; urgency=low
1613 * dh_compress: compress file belongs in debian/. It was looking in ./
1614 This has been broken since version 0.30.
1616 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 6 Jan 1998 14:08:31 -0500
1618 debhelper (0.51) unstable; urgency=low
1620 * dh_fixperms: make shared libraries non-executable, in accordance with
1622 * dh_makeshlibs: introduced a -V flag, which allows you to specify explicit
1623 version requirements in the shlibs file.
1624 * dh_{installdirs,installdocs,installexamples,suidregister,undocumented}:
1625 Added a -A flag, which makes any files/directories specified on the
1626 command line apply to ALL packages acted on.
1627 * Updated Standards-Version to latest.
1629 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 5 Jan 1998 16:15:01 -0500
1631 debhelper (0.50) unstable; urgency=low
1633 * dh_makeshlibs: added -m parameter, which can force the major number
1634 of the shared library if it is guessed incorrectly.
1635 * Added dh_testversion to let your package depend on a certian version of
1637 * dh_{installdirs,installdocs,installexamples,suidregieter,undocumented}:
1638 behavior modification - any files/directories specified on the command
1639 line now apply to the first package acted on. This may not be the
1640 first package listed in debian/control, if you use -p to make it act on
1641 a given package, or -i or -a.
1642 * If you take advantage of the above new behavior, I suggest you add
1643 "dh_testversion 0.50" to your debian/rules.
1644 * Display a warning message in cases where the above behavior is triggered,
1645 and debhelper's behavior has altered.
1646 * I have grepped debian's source packages, and I'm quite sure this
1647 is not going to affect any packages currently in debian.
1648 * dh_lib: isnative() now caches its return value, which should optimize
1649 away several more calls to dpkg-parsechangelog.
1650 * README: explain a way to embed debhelper generated shell script into a
1652 * dh_installinit: A hack to work around the problem in getopt(1) that
1653 led to bug report #16229: Any text specified on the command line that is
1654 not a flag will be presumed to be part of the -u flag. Yuck.
1656 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 3 Jan 1998 14:36:15 -0500
1658 debhelper (0.37) unstable; urgency=low
1660 * dh_du: Fixed hardcoded debian/tmp.
1661 * This change got lost by accident, redid it: Optimized out most of the
1662 slowdown caused by using dpkg-parsechangelog - now it's only called by
1665 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 28 Dec 1997 20:45:22 -0500
1667 debhelper (0.36) unstable; urgency=low
1669 * dh_undocumented: exit with an error message if the man page specified
1670 does not have a section.
1672 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 27 Dec 1997 14:14:04 -0500
1674 debhelper (0.35) unstable; urgency=low
1676 * dh_lib: use dpkg-parsechangelog instead of parsing it by hand. This
1677 makes a package build slower (by about 30 seconds, on average), so
1678 I might remove it or optimize it if too many people yell at me. :-)
1679 * dh_undocumented.1: note that it really links to undocumented.7.gz.
1681 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 22 Dec 1997 22:19:39 -0500
1683 debhelper (0.34) unstable; urgency=low
1685 * Fixed typo #16215.
1687 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 22 Dec 1997 14:41:46 -0500
1689 debhelper (0.33) unstable; urgency=low
1691 * examples/*: use prefix, instead of PREFIX, becuase autoconf uses that.
1692 Also, use `pwd`/debian/tmp, instead of debian/tmp.
1693 * Always substitute #DEBHELPER# in maintainer scripts, even if it expands
1694 to nothing, for neatness and to save a few bytes. #15863
1695 * dh_clean: added -k parameter to not delete debian/files. #15789
1696 * examples/*: use dh_clean -k in the binary targets of all rules files,
1699 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 11 Dec 1997 19:05:41 -0500
1701 debhelper (0.32) unstable; urgency=low
1703 * Split dh_installdebfiles into 3 programs (dh_installdeb, dh_shlibdeps,
1704 and dh_gencontrol). dh_installdebfiles still works, but is depricated.
1705 * Added an examples/rules.indep file.
1706 * examples/rules.multi: changed dh_du -a to dh_du -i in binary-indep
1709 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 10 Dec 1997 19:53:13 -0500
1711 debhelper (0.31) unstable; urgency=low
1713 * Fixed man page typos #15685.
1715 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 6 Dec 1997 21:44:58 -0500
1717 debhelper (0.30) unstable; urgency=low
1719 * dh_md5sumes, dh_installdirs, dh_compress: fixed assorted cd bugs.
1721 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 5 Dec 1997 15:08:36 -0500
1723 debhelper (0.29) unstable; urgency=low
1725 * dh_lib: don't expand text passed to doit() a second time. This fixes
1726 #15624, and hopefully doesn't break anything else.
1727 * A side effect of this (of interest only to the debhelper programmer) is
1728 that doit() can no longer handle complex commands now. (ie, pipes, `;',
1729 `&', etc separating multiple commands, or redirection)
1730 * dh_makeshlibs, dh_md5sums, dh_installdebfiles, dh_du, dh_clean,
1731 dh_installdirs: don't pass complex commands to doit().
1733 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 4 Dec 1997 13:56:14 -0500
1735 debhelper (0.28) unstable; urgency=low
1737 * dh_makeshlibs: fixes type that caused the program to crash (#15536).
1739 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 3 Dec 1997 13:22:48 -0500
1741 debhelper (0.27) unstable; urgency=low
1743 * README: fixed typoes (one serious).
1744 * Ran ispell on all the documentation.
1746 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 30 Nov 1997 18:48:20 -0500
1748 debhelper (0.26) unstable; urgency=low
1750 * dh_installdirs: Do not create usr/doc/$PACKAGE directory. Bug #15498
1751 * README: documented that $PACKAGE can be used in the arguments to some of
1752 the dh_* programs (#15497).
1753 * dh_du.1: no, this is not really the dh_md5sums man page (#15499).
1755 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 30 Nov 1997 13:01:40 -0500
1757 debhelper (0.25) unstable; urgency=low
1759 * dh_compress: was not reading debian/compress file - fixed.
1760 * examples/*: moved dh_clean call to after make clean is run.
1762 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 25 Nov 1997 15:43:58 -0500
1764 debhelper (0.24) unstable; urgency=low
1766 * dh_clean: no longer clean up empty (0 byte) files (#15240).
1768 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 25 Nov 1997 14:29:37 -0500
1770 debhelper (0.23) unstable; urgency=low
1772 * Now depends on fileutils (>= 3.16-4), becuase with any earlier version
1773 of fileutils, install -p will not work (#14680)
1775 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 19 Nov 1997 23:59:43 -0500
1777 debhelper (0.22) unstable; urgency=low
1779 * dh_installdocs: Install README.debian as README.Debian (of course,
1780 README.Debian is installed with the same name..)
1782 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 18 Nov 1997 01:23:53 -0500
1784 debhelper (0.21) unstable; urgency=low
1786 * dh_installinit: on removal, fixed how update-rc.d is called.
1788 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 15 Nov 1997 20:43:14 -0500
1790 debhelper (0.20) unstable; urgency=low
1792 * Added dh_installinit, which installs an init.d script, and edits the
1793 postinst, postrm, etc.
1795 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 14 Nov 1997 00:45:53 -0500
1797 debhelper (0.19) unstable; urgency=low
1799 * dh_installmenu.1: menufile is in section 5, not 1.
1801 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 12 Nov 1997 19:54:48 -0500
1803 debhelper (0.18) unstable; urgency=low
1805 * examples/*: added source, diff targets that just print an error.
1806 * dh_clean: clean up more files - *.orig, *.rej, *.bak, .*.orig, .*.rej,
1807 .SUMS, TAGS, and empty files.
1808 * dh_lib: doit(): use eval on parameters, instead of directly running
1809 them. This lets me clean up several nasty areas where I had to echo the
1810 commands once, and then run them seperatly.
1812 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 10 Nov 1997 19:48:36 -0500
1814 debhelper (0.17) unstable; urgency=low
1816 * Added dh_installdirs, automatically creates subdirectories (for
1817 compatability with debstd's debian/dirs file.
1818 * dh_lib: fixed problem with -P flag.
1820 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 7 Nov 1997 16:07:11 -0500
1822 debhelper (0.16) unstable; urgency=low
1824 * dh_compress: always compress changelog and upstream changelog, no
1825 matter what their size (#14604) (policy 5.8)
1827 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 6 Nov 1997 19:50:36 -0500
1829 debhelper (0.15) unstable; urgency=low
1831 * README: documented what temporary directories are used by default for
1832 installing package files into.
1833 * dh_*: added -P flag, to let a different package build directory be
1836 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Thu, 6 Nov 1997 15:51:22 -0500
1838 debhelper (0.14) unstable; urgency=low
1840 * dh_fixperms: leave permissions on files in /usr/doc/packages/examples
1842 * Install examples/rules* executable.
1844 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 27 Oct 1997 12:42:33 -0500
1846 debhelper (0.13) unstable; urgency=low
1848 * Added dh_makeshlibs, automatically generates a shlibs file.
1850 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 24 Oct 1997 20:33:14 -0400
1852 debhelper (0.12) unstable; urgency=low
1854 * Fixed mispelling of dh_md5sums in examples rules files and README.
1855 (#13990) Thanks, Adrian.
1857 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 24 Oct 1997 14:35:30 -0400
1859 debhelper (0.11) unstable; urgency=low
1861 * dh_md5sums: behavior modification: do not generate md5sums for conffiles.
1862 (Thanks to Charles Briscoe-Smith <cpb4@ukc.ac.uk>) #14048.
1863 * dh_md5sums: can generate conffile md5sums with -x parameter.
1864 * Added a "converting from debstd" section to the README.
1865 * Added dh_du, generates a DEBIAN/du file with disk usage stats (#14048).
1867 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 13:17:28 -0400
1869 debhelper (0.10) unstable; urgency=medium
1871 * dh_installdebfiles: fixed *bad* bug that messed up the names of all
1872 files installed into DEBIAN/ for multiple binary packages.
1873 * dh_md5sums: fixed another serious bug if dh_md5sums was used for
1874 multiple binary packages.
1875 * If you have made any multiple binary packages using debhelper, you
1876 should rebuild them with this version.
1877 * dh_md5sums: show cd commands in verbose mode.
1879 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 20 Oct 1997 14:44:30 -0400
1881 debhelper (0.9) unstable; urgency=low
1883 * Added dh_suidregister, interfaces to to the suidmanager package.
1884 * dh_installdebfiles: fixed typo on man page.
1886 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sat, 18 Oct 1997 20:55:39 -0400
1888 debhelper (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
1890 * Added dh_md5sum, generates a md5sums file.
1891 * dh_clean: fixed to echo all commands when verbose mode is on.
1893 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 17 Oct 1997 14:18:26 -0400
1895 debhelper (0.7) unstable; urgency=low
1897 * Sped up some things by removing unnecesary for loops.
1898 * dh_installdocs: behavior modifcation: if there is a debian/TODO, it is
1899 named like a debian/changelog file: if the package is a debian native
1900 package, it is installed as TODO. If the package is not a native package,
1901 it is installed as TODO.Debian.
1902 * dh_installdocs: handle debian/README.Debian as well as
1903 debian/README.debian.
1904 * Added dh_undocumented program, which can set up undocumented.7 symlinks.
1905 * Moved dh_installdebfiles to come after dh_fixperms in the example rules
1906 files. (dh_installdebfiles makes sure it installs things with the proper
1907 permissions, and this reorganization makes the file a bit more flexable
1908 in a few situations.)
1910 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 13 Oct 1997 20:08:05 -0400
1912 debhelper (0.6) unstable; urgency=low
1914 * Got rid of bashisms - this package should work now if /bin/sh is ash.
1916 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 10 Oct 1997 15:24:40 -0400
1918 debhelper (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1920 * Added dh_installcron to install cron jobs.
1922 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 30 Sep 1997 19:37:41 -0400
1924 debhelper (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1926 * Added dh_strip to strip binaries and libraries.
1927 * Fixed several man pages.
1929 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Sun, 28 Sep 1997 20:46:32 -0400
1931 debhelper (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1933 * Added support for automatic generation of debian install scripts to
1934 dh_installmenu and dh_installdebfiles and dh_clean.
1935 * Removed some pointless uses of cat.
1937 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Fri, 26 Sep 1997 21:52:53 -0400
1939 debhelper (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1941 * Moved out of unstable, it still has rough edges and incomplete bits, but
1942 is ready for general use.
1943 * Added man pages for all commands.
1944 * Multiple binary package support.
1945 * Support for specifying exactly what set of binary packages to act on,
1946 by group (arch or noarch), and by package name.
1947 * dh_clean: allow specification of additional files to remove as
1949 * dh_compress: fixed it to not compress doc/package/copyright
1950 * dh_installmanpage: allow listing of man pages that should not be
1951 auto-installed as parameters.
1952 * dh_installdebfiles: make sure all installed files have proper ownerships
1954 * dh_installdebfiles: only pass ELF files to dpkg-shlibdeps, and pass .so
1957 * dh_compress: changed behavior - debian/compress script is now run inside
1958 the package build directory it is to act on.
1959 * Added dh_lib symlink in debian/ so the debhelper apps used in this
1960 package's debian/rules always use the most up-to-date db_lib.
1961 * Changed dh_cleantmp commands in the examples rules files to dh_clean.
1963 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Tue, 23 Sep 1997 12:26:12 -0400
1965 debhelper (0.1) experimental; urgency=low
1967 * First release. This is a snapshot of my work so far, and it not yet
1968 ready to replace debstd.
1970 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Mon, 22 Sep 1997 15:01:25 -0400