#!/usr/bin/perl # Generate build deps line from comments in the control file and replace # the current Build-Depends-Indep line in the control file with it. my $control; if (-e "debian/control") { $control="debian/control"; } elsif (-e "control") { $control="control"; } else { die "cannot find control file"; } my @builddeps; my @lines; open (IN, $control) || die "read $control: $!"; while () { push @lines, $_; chomp; if (/^#\s+-\s+(.*)$/) { push @builddeps, $1; } } close IN; my $builddeps=join(", ", @builddeps); open (OUT, ">$control.tmp") || die "write $control.tmp: $!"; foreach (@lines) { s/^(Build-Depends-Indep:\s+)(.*)/$1$builddeps/; print OUT || die "print: $!"; } close OUT || die "close: $!"; rename("$control.tmp", "$control");