r480: * Revert change of 3.0.30. This broke too much stuff. Maybe I'll

[debhelper.git] / dh_gencontrol

diff --git a/dh_gencontrol b/dh_gencontrol
index 99923cf4465c48f0341dce26ea2f8cabe923efe3..ae8605a6c7d30160db647717191546381d228c3a 100755 (executable)
--- a/dh_gencontrol
+++ b/dh_gencontrol
@@ -23,14 +23,6 @@ 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". 
 
-Note that L<dpkg-gencontrol(1)> expands certian substirution variables
-when generating the control file (for details, see its man page). Those
-variables are typically generated by L<dh_shlibdeps(1)> and like programs.
-However, if you want to specify some of your own manually, you may do so,
-by creating files named debian/package.substvars (where package is the
-package these variables apply to). The files should be of the same form
-output by L<dpkg-shlibdeps(1)>
-
 =head1 OPTIONS
 
 =over 4
@@ -60,17 +52,9 @@ foreach my $package (@{$dh{DOPACKAGES}}) {
                doit("install","-o",0,"-g",0,"-d","$tmp/DEBIAN");
        }
 
-       # Merge in user-specified substvars file with debhelper generated
-       # one.
-       my $substvars=pkgfile($package,"substvars");
-       if ($substvars) {
-               complex_doit("cat $substvars >> debian/${ext}substvars.debhelper");
-       }
-
        # Generate and install control file.
        doit("dpkg-gencontrol","-l$changelog","-isp","-p$package",
-                    "-Tdebian/${ext}substvars.debhelper",
-                    "-P$tmp",@{$dh{U_PARAMS}});
+                    "-Tdebian/${ext}substvars", "-P$tmp",@{$dh{U_PARAMS}});
 
        # This chmod is only necessary if the user sets the umask to
        # something odd.