Paul Wise <p...@debian.org> writes:
> On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 11:00 AM, T o n g wrote:
>> dpkg-gencontrol: warning: package dbab: unused substitution variable
>> ${perl:Depends}
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> If you aren't packaging Perl stuff you don't need this variable. You
> can read the dh_perl manual page to find out what this is for.
> http://manpages.debian.org/man/0/dh_perl
In this case, it's saying that it's unused, as opposed to unknown, which
means it's set but not mentioned in debian/control. (The two errors are
annoyingly similar; "unused" means something set it but you didn't use it,
and "unknown" means you tried to use it and nothing set it.) This that
dh_perl found some Perl script or library in the package and tried to
write out the substitution variable.
You probably just want to replace perl in your Depends line with
${perl:Depends}, although the details can depend on the exact situation.
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