=head1 DESCRIPTION
-dh_gencontrol is a debhelper program that is responsible for generating
-control files, and installing them into the DEBIAN directory with the
+B<dh_gencontrol> is a debhelper program that is responsible for generating
+control files, and installing them into the I<DEBIAN> directory with the
proper permissions.
This program is merely a wrapper around L<dpkg-gencontrol(1)>, which calls
it once for each package being acted on, and passes in some additional
-useful flags including "-isp".
+useful flags.
=head1 OPTIONS
=over 4
-=item B<-u>I<params>, B<--dpkg-gencontrol-params>I<params>
-
=item B<--> I<params>
-Pass "params" to L<dpkg-gencontrol(1)>.
+Pass I<params> to L<dpkg-gencontrol(1)>.
+
+=item B<-u>I<params>, B<--dpkg-gencontrol-params=>I<params>
+
+This is another way to pass I<params> to L<dpkg-gencontrol(1)>.
+It is deprecated; use B<--> instead.
=back
=cut
-init();
+init(options => {
+ "dpkg-gencontrol-params=s", => \$dh{U_PARAMS},
+});
foreach my $package (@{$dh{DOPACKAGES}}) {
my $tmp=tmpdir($package);
my $ext=pkgext($package);
+
+ my $substvars="debian/${ext}substvars";
my $changelog=pkgfile($package,'changelog');
if (! $changelog) {
doit("install","-o",0,"-g",0,"-d","$tmp/DEBIAN");
}
+ # avoid gratuitous warning
+ if (! -e $substvars || system("grep -q '^misc:Depends=' $substvars") != 0) {
+ complex_doit("echo misc:Depends= >> $substvars");
+ }
+
# Generate and install control file.
my @command="dpkg-gencontrol";
- if (GetPackages() > 1) {
+ if (getpackages() > 1) {
push @command, "-p$package";
}
- doit(@command, "-l$changelog", "-isp", "-Tdebian/${ext}substvars",
+ doit(@command, "-l$changelog", "-T$substvars",
"-P$tmp",@{$dh{U_PARAMS}});
# This chmod is only necessary if the user sets the umask to