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@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -.TH DH_PERLCHECK 1 "22 June 1999" "Debhelper Commands" "Debhelper Commands" +.TH DH_PERL 1 "22 June 1999" "Debhelper Commands" "Debhelper Commands" .SH NAME dh_perl \- calculates perl scripts & modules dependencies .SH SYNOPSIS .B dh_perl -.I "[debhelper options] [-k]" +.I "[debhelper options] [-k] [-d] [library dirs ...]" .SH "DESCRIPTION" dh_perl is a debhelper program that is responsible for generating the perl:Depends substitutions and adding them to substvars files. @@ -28,6 +28,22 @@ for a list of options common to all debhelper commands. .TP .B -k Keep .packlist files. +.TP +.B -d +In some specific cases you may want to depend on a -base package +(ie perl-5.00X-base or perl5-base). If so, you can pass +the -d option to make +.BR dh_perl +generate a dependency on the correct base package. This is only necessary +for some modules that are included in the base system. +.TP +.B library dirs +If your package does install perl modules in non-standard +directories, you can make +.BR dh_perl +check those directories by passing their names on the command line. +.BR dh_perl +will only check usr/lib/perl5 by default. .SH ENVIRONMENT See .BR debhelper (1) @@ -37,7 +53,7 @@ for a list of environment variables that affect all debhelper commands. .BR debhelper (1) .SH "CONFORMS TO" .P -Debian policy, version 2.5.0.0 +Debian policy, version 3.0.1 .P Perl policy, version 1.0 .SH AUTHOR |