[debhelper-devel] Bug#808603: Bug#808603: debhelper: dh_installmanpages is broken

[Axel Beckert]

Control: tag -1 + pending

Hi,

Niko Tyni wrote:
> It looks like 
>  https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/debhelper/debhelper.git/commit/?id=1bd369cc52115fd179a46d6f8d9af6e9f126ffa8
> 
> broke dh_installmanpages, which has
>     @allpackages=getpackages('');
> 
> The new code handles a missing argument but not an empty one.
> 
> +   my ($type) = @_;
> +   $type //= 'both';
> 
> This made at least four packages FTBFS, see
>  #808592 #808590 #808589 #808588

At least one more in the meanwhile: #808758

> Not sure which side to fix so I'm leaving it to you.  

Niels has pushed a fix to git two days ago:

https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/debhelper/debhelper.git/commit/?id=61df6eb53302cadf11c1e0aa87b2ff0af207da2f

		Regards, Axel
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