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6 dh_perl - calculates Perl dependencies and cleans up after MakeMaker
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9 dh_perl [debhelper options] [-d] [library dirs ...]
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12 dh_perl is a debhelper program that is responsible for generating the
13 ${perl:Depends} substitutions and adding them to substvars files.
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15 The program will look at Perl scripts and modules in your package, and
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17 The dependency will be substituted into your package's control file
18 wherever you place the token ${perl:Depends}.
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20 dh_perl also cleans up empty directories that MakeMaker can generate
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24 -d In some specific cases you may want to depend on perl-base rather
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34 -V By default, scripts and architecture independent modules don't
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48 Perl policy, version 1.20
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53 This program is a part of debhelper.
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56 Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
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