DH_PERL(L)                  Debhelper                  DH_PERL(L)



NAME
       dh_perl - calculates perl scripts & modules dependencies

SYNOPSIS
       dh_perl [debhelper options] [-d] [library dirs ...]

DESCRIPTION
       dh_perl is a debhelper program that is responsible for
       generating the ${perl:Depends} substitutions and adding
       them to substvars files.

       The program will look at perl scripts and modules in your
       package, and will use this information to generate a
       dependency.  The dependency will be substituted into your
       package's control file wherever you place the token
       "${perl:Depends}".

OPTIONS
       -d  In some specific cases you may want to depend on perl-
           base rather than the full perl package. If so, you can
           pass the -d option to make dh_perl generate a depen-
           dency on the correct base package. This is only neces-
           sary for some packages that are included in the base
           system.

       -V  By default, scripts and architecture independent mod-
           ules don't depend on any specific version of perl.
           The -V option causes the current version of the perl
           (or perl-base with -d) package to be specified.

       library dirs
           If your package installs perl modules in non-standard
           directories, you can make dh_perl check those directo-
           ries by passing their names on the command line. It
           will only check the vendorlib and vendorarch directo-
           ries by default.

CONFORMS TO
       Debian policy, version 3.0.1

       Perl policy, version 1.18

SEE ALSO
       debhelper(r)

       This program is a part of debhelper.

AUTHOR
       Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>



4.0.2                       2002-01-27                 DH_PERL(L)