Bug#851136: dh-make-perl: docs of where available modules -> debs found

Kevin Ryde user42_kevin at yahoo.com.au
Fri Jan 27 08:04:45 UTC 2017


gregor herrmann <gregoa at debian.org> writes:
>
> +=head2 DEPENDENCY RESOLUTION                                           
> +                                                                       
> +For mapping upstream build, test, and runtime requirements to build and
> +runtime dependencies on Debian packages, B<dh-make-perl> can use APT's 
> +F<Contents> files, if L<apt-file(1)> is installed, and additionally    
> +F</var/lib/dpkg/available>, if C<libdpkg-parse-perl> is installed.     

Can we have those files under FILES too, for man page style and quick
skimming readers.

I wondered if Contents files were to be compressed or uncompressed for
dh-make-perl.  The FILES bit could show both if both are ok ... since
you mentioned not running apt-file, otherwise it'd be up to it.



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