dh: Allow creation of new sequences (such as to handle a patch target for quilt), by adding an add_command function to the sequence addon interface. See #540124.

3 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ae3846c3..69e75190 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+debhelper (7.3.12) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * dh: Allow creation of new sequences (such as to handle a patch
+    target for quilt), by adding an add_command function to the
+    sequence addon interface. See #540124.
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:07:45 -0400
+
 debhelper (7.3.11) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * perl_build: Fix Build check to honor source directory setting.
diff --git a/dh b/dh
index c34a5a02..2a6c0a31 100755
--- a/dh
+++ b/dh
@@ -322,6 +322,11 @@ sub remove_command {
 	}
 	
 }
+sub add_command {
+	my $command=shift;
+	my $sequence=shift;
+	unshift @{$sequences{$sequence}}, $command;
+}
 foreach my $addon (@{$dh{WITH}}) {
 	my $mod="Debian::Debhelper::Sequence::$addon";
 	$mod=~s/-/_/g;
diff --git a/doc/PROGRAMMING b/doc/PROGRAMMING
index 4e7ea463..c3530f26 100644
--- a/doc/PROGRAMMING
+++ b/doc/PROGRAMMING
@@ -263,7 +263,12 @@ insert_after($existing_command, $new_command)
 	Insert $new_command in sequences after $existing_command
 
 remove_command($existing_command)
-	Remove $existing_command from the list of commands to run.
+	Remove $existing_command from the list of commands to run
+	in all sequences.
+
+add_command($sequence, $new_command)
+	Add $new_command to the beginning of the specified sequence.
+	If the sequence does not exist, it will be created.
 
 Buildsystem Classes:
 -------------------