Bug#478781: dh-make-perl: suggest look for deps with dpkg -S too

[gregor herrmann]

On Sat, 28 Feb 2009 08:22:14 +0200, Damyan Ivanov wrote:

>  * search through Contents (if apt-file is installed) warn if no 
>    Contents files are found (done now)

Ok.

>  * if there are still dependencies whose packages are not found, run 
>    dlocate if available (and warn if not available) -- possibly when 
>    an option is given (off by default)?
>  * if there are still unfound dependencies, walk over all 
>    /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list files (if an option is given, off by 
>    default) -- or even just call dpkg -S?

The last two steps look like legitimate "add-on-features", and I
think that "off by default" is important, so that dh-make-perl in its
default settings works with packages that are in Debian proper.
 
> Controlling more aggressive searches via options gives everyone what 
> is needed. With the introduction of ~/.dh-make-perl/dh-make-perl.conf 
> there won't be need to specify the desired options on each invocation 
> so one is able to change the defaults to their liking.

Yeah \o/


Cheers,
gregor 
 
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