r449: * dh_perl update

3 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/Debian/Debhelper/Dh_Lib.pm b/Debian/Debhelper/Dh_Lib.pm
index e17913ed..5ed9d163 100644
--- a/Debian/Debhelper/Dh_Lib.pm
+++ b/Debian/Debhelper/Dh_Lib.pm
@@ -60,9 +60,7 @@ sub init {
 	# the default, doing them all.
 	if (! defined $dh{DOPACKAGES} || ! @{$dh{DOPACKAGES}}) {
 		if ($dh{DOINDEP} || $dh{DOARCH} || $dh{DOSAME}) {
-			# User specified that all arch (in)dep package be 
-			# built, and there are none of that type.
-			error("I have no package to act on");
+			error("You asked that all arch in(dep) packages be built, but there are none of that type.");
 		}
 		push @{$dh{DOPACKAGES}},@allpackages;
 	}
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index bd59672e..15109a62 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+debhelper (3.0.8) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * dh_perl update
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Sat, 24 Feb 2001 23:31:31 -0800
+
 debhelper (3.0.7) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * dh_makeshlibs: only generate call to ldconfig if it really looks like 
diff --git a/dh_perl b/dh_perl
index 64cb362b..8bdfdad8 100755
--- a/dh_perl
+++ b/dh_perl
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ 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.
 
+=item B<-V>
+
+By default, scripts and architecture independent modules don't depend
+on any specific version of perl.  The -V option causes the current
+version of the perl (or perl-base with -d) package to be specified.
+
 =item I<library dirs>
 
 If your package installs perl modules in non-standard
@@ -107,7 +113,7 @@ foreach my $package (@{$dh{DOPACKAGES}}) {
 	my $perl_depends = $perl;
 	if ($deps & XS_MODULE or $dh{V_FLAG_SET})
 	{
-	    ($version) = `dpkg -p $perl` =~ /^Version:\s*(\S+)/m
+	    ($version) = `dpkg -s $perl` =~ /^Version:\s*(\S+)/m
 		unless $version;
 
 	    $perl_depends .= " (>= $version)";