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

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diff --git a/dh_perl b/dh_perl
index 65b1da07..7e446b53 100755
--- 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