From: joey <joey>
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 14:05:24 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: r1760: releasing version 4.2.37
X-Git-Tag: 4.2.37^0
X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?p=debhelper.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=90f4f5db1d9f9c5af67fa5e58f89211dc00c7fb2

r1760: releasing version 4.2.37
---

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ca8078e..42a8021 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+debhelper (4.2.37) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Document getpackages in PROGRAMMING.
+  * Patch from Jeff Bailey to make dh_python set $python_version if -V is
+    specified so it looks in the right site-packages directories.
+    Closes: #312661
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Thu,  9 Jun 2005 10:01:20 -0400
+
 debhelper (4.2.36) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Spanish translation update for dh_installdebconf(1).
diff --git a/dh_python b/dh_python
index a2dde7b..3bd2ac7 100755
--- a/dh_python
+++ b/dh_python
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ foreach (@python_allversions) {
 # Check for -V
 my $usepython = "python$python_version";
 if($dh{V_FLAG_SET}) {
+	$python_version = $dh{V_FLAG};
 	$usepython = $dh{V_FLAG};
 	$usepython =~ s/^/python/;
 	if (! grep { $_ eq $usepython } @python_allversions) {
diff --git a/doc/PROGRAMMING b/doc/PROGRAMMING
index 8151c3e..4b19db5 100644
--- a/doc/PROGRAMMING
+++ b/doc/PROGRAMMING
@@ -243,5 +243,12 @@ is_udeb($package)
 	file.
 udeb_filename($package)
 	Returns the filename of the udeb package.
+getpackages($type)
+	Returns a list of packages in the control file.
+	Must pass "arch" or "indep" or "same" to specify arch-dependant or
+	-independant or same arch packages. If nothing is specified, returns all
+	packages.
+	As a side effect, populates %package_arches and %package_types with
+	the types of all packages (not only those returned).
 
 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>