[dpkg] 77/200: debian: Do not insert a perl:Depends for libdpkg-perl

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commit f27865fad257cfc29511b01ba810466b40c994a1
Author: Guillem Jover <guillem at debian.org>
Date:   Fri Dec 16 22:39:25 2016 +0100

    debian: Do not insert a perl:Depends for libdpkg-perl
    
    Because tying the modules to a specific interpreter is wrong.
---
 debian/changelog | 5 +++++
 debian/control   | 1 -
 debian/rules     | 3 ++-
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 5f44574..e64a85b 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 dpkg (1.18.17) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
+  [ Guillem Jover ]
+  * Packaging:
+    - Do not let dh_perl insert a dependency for libdpkg-perl, because tying
+      the modules to a specific interpreter is wrong.
+
   [ Updated scripts translations ]
   * German (Helge Kreutzmann).
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 9e6915a..beff9b8 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ Architecture: all
 Multi-Arch: foreign
 Depends:
  ${misc:Depends},
- ${perl:Depends},
 # Needed for arch tuples.
  dpkg (>= 1.18.11),
 Recommends:
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 1418d52..2e92d8a 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ binary-indep: install
 	dh_installman -i
 	dh_link -i
 	dh_lintian -i
-	dh_perl -i
+	# The perl modules should not depend on a specific interpreter.
+	dh_perl -i -Nlibdpkg-perl
 	dh_compress -i
 	dh_fixperms -i
 	dh_installdeb -i

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