deb-scrub-obsolete(1)
scrub a Debian package of no longer necessary configuration
Description
deb-scrub-obsolete
NAME
deb-scrub-obsolete - scrub a Debian package of no longer necessary configuration
SYNOPSIS
deb-scrub-obsolete [-h] [--no-update-changelog] [--version] [--upgrade-release=RELEASE]
DESCRIPTION
Scrub a Debian source package from unnecessary versioned depends, conflicts and maintscripts.
Specifically, it make the following categories of changes:
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obsolete maintscript entries for upgrades from versions older than that in $compat_release | ||
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depends on packages that are essential since $compat_release | ||
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build-depends on packages that are build-essential since $compat_release | ||
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replacing dependencies on "transitional dummy packages" with the real thing (if satisfiable since $compat_release) | ||
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conflicts with packages that are gone since before $compat_release | ||
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version constraints in build-depends or depends that are met by the package in $compat_release |
optional arguments:
-h, --help
show this help message and exit
--no-update-changelog
Whether to update the changelog.
--version
show program’s version number and exit
--upgrade-release=RELEASE
Don’t remove any constraints that are necessary for upgrading from RELEASE or newer releases. This can either be a codename ("bookworm"), or an alias ("unstable", "old-old-stable"). For a full list options, see distro-info(1).
--compat-release=RELEASE
Don’t remove any constraints that are necessary for building on RELEASE or newer releases. This can either be a codename ("bookworm"), or an alias ("unstable", "old-old-stable"). For a full list options, see distro-info(1).
--identity
Print the identity (name and e-mailaddress) that apply-multiarch-hints will use when committing changes, and exit.
--debug
Print debugging information
--keep-minimum-depends-versions
Keep minimum version dependencies, even when unnecessary
ENVIRONMENT
DEB_UPDATE_CHANGELOG
Used to control whether the changelog should be updated, depending on whether it is set to "leave", "update" or "auto". The --update-changelog and --no-update-changelog arguments override this.
SEE ALSO
lintian-brush.conf(5) lintian-brush(1)
AUTHORS
Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@debian.org>