r1653: * dh_strip: Add note to man page that the detached debugging symbols options

     mean the package must build-depend on a new enough version of binutils.
     Closes: #231382
   * dh_installdebconf: The debconf dependency has changed to include
     "| debconf-2.0". Closes: #230622

diff --git a/dh_installdebconf b/dh_installdebconf
index c9c72b2ab110c84dc273dbac8f7b802f26044bea..66dafd0ca22af9913762c37cc1f23ad01bec9d9b 100755 (executable)
--- a/dh_installdebconf
+++ b/dh_installdebconf
@@ -112,13 +112,14 @@ foreach my $package (@{$dh{DOPACKAGES}}) {
                }
        }
 
+       # I'm going with debconf 0.5 because it was the first
+       # "modern" one.
+       my $debconfdep="debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0";
        if ($config ne '' || $templates ne '') {
-               # I'm going with debconf 0.5 because it was the first
-               # "modern" one.
-               addsubstvar($package, "misc:Depends", "debconf", ">= 0.5");
+               addsubstvar($package, "misc:Depends", $debconfdep);
        }
        else {
-               addsubstvar($package, "misc:Depends", "debconf", ">= 0.5", 1); # remove
+               addsubstvar($package, "misc:Depends", $debconfdep, undef, 1); # remove
        }
        
        if (($config ne '' || $templates ne '') && ! $dh{NOSCRIPTS}) {

diff --git a/dh_perl b/dh_perl
index 65b1da076d61e8e0fc42876b7c153decb8dd1d84..7e446b53ad06d8497c0fa9e240ca03e2a44df1e5 100755 (executable)
--- a/dh_perl
+++ b/dh_perl
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ full perl package. If so, you can pass the -d option to make dh_perl generate
 a dependency on the correct base package. This is only necessary for some
 packages that are included in the base system.
 
+Note that this flag may cause no dependency on perl-base to be generated at
+all. perl-base is Essential, so its dependency can be left out, unless a
+versioned dependency is needed.
+
 =item B<-V>
 
 By default, scripts and architecture independent modules don't depend

diff --git a/dh_strip b/dh_strip
index 93d59b36043b5668add4a828928d492ef5a1bce5..a0906181dc308762f431b6e9d778c8b5a05605c2 100755 (executable)
--- a/dh_strip
+++ b/dh_strip
@@ -58,12 +58,18 @@ automatically load up the debugging symbols from it when debugging libfoo.
 
 This option may be repeated to list more than one package.
 
+Note that if you use this option, your package should build-depend on
+binutils (>= 2.12.90.0.9).
+
 =item B<-k>, B<--keep-debug>
 
 Debug symbols will be retained, but split into an independant
 file in usr/lib/debug/ in the package build directory. --dbg-package
 is easier to use than this option, but this option is more flexible.
 
+Note that if you use this option, your package should build-depend on
+binutils (>= 2.12.90.0.9).
+
 =back
 
 =head1 NOTES