r228: Initial Import

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1ef02943cc93fa937f09c420b98e7fd585ea18ac..0ae47f801fad84faaf27a8f2c73eea3f5778c4f7 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+debhelper (2.0.03) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Depend on file >= 2.23-1, because dh_perl uses file -b, introduced at
+    that version. (Closes: #40589)
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org>  Thu,  1 Jul 1999 14:41:12 -0700
+
 debhelper (2.0.02) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * If you're going to use v2, it's reccommended you call 

diff --git a/dh_perl.1 b/dh_perl.1
index f1277b0b0126b0825be2dd4e7cc4d120ddaa8303..2d23bcb76b4c6ccdfb8818d2d1b225c59a1ac4b8 100644 (file)
--- a/dh_perl.1
+++ b/dh_perl.1
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-.TH DH_PERLCHECK 1 "22 June 1999" "Debhelper Commands" "Debhelper Commands"
+.TH DH_PERL 1 "22 June 1999" "Debhelper Commands" "Debhelper Commands"
 .SH NAME
 dh_perl \- calculates perl scripts & modules dependencies
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B dh_perl
-.I "[debhelper options] [-k]"
+.I "[debhelper options] [-k] [-d]"
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 dh_perl is a debhelper program that is responsible for generating
 the perl:Depends substitutions and adding them to substvars files. 
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ for a list of options common to all debhelper commands.
 .TP
 .B -k
 Keep .packlist files.
+.TP
+.B -d
+In some specific cases you may want to depend on a -base package
+(ie perl-5.00X-base or perl5-base). If so, you can pass
+the -d option to make
+.BR dh_perl 
+generate a dependency on the correct base package. This is only necessary
+for some modules that are included in the base system.
 .SH ENVIRONMENT
 See
 .BR debhelper (1)