From: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:38:19 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Update changelog entries concerning the integration of Dpkg::Deps.
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Update changelog entries concerning the integration of Dpkg::Deps.
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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 30fa32e5..76cbc427 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@
 	exports ".." as $pkgdatadir during tests).
 	* scripts/dpkg-shlibdeps.pl: bugfix, avoid unwanted modification
 	of @pkg_shlibs by my_find_library.
+	* scripts/dpkg-{checkbuilddeps.pl,gencontrol.pl,source.pl}:
+	adapted to use the new Dpkg::Deps module. dpkg-gencontrol gains
+	new features such as automatic simplification of dependencies.
+	* scripts/controllib.pl: remove unused parsedep() and showdep().
+	* man/dpkg-gencontrol.1: document the new behaviour with
+	dependency fields.
 
 2007-10-14  Raphael Hertzog  <hertzog@debian.org>
 
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 3c953357..6c1c500a 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ dpkg (1.14.8) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     * If dpkg-shlibdeps doesn't find any dependency information for a
       shared library that is actively used, then it will fail. This can be
       disabled with the option --ignore-missing-info. Closes: #10807
+  * Switch perl programs to use the new Dpkg/Deps module. This changes the
+    behaviour of dpkg-gencontrol which will rewrite and simplify dependencies
+    as possible.
+    Multiple dependencies on the same package are replaced by their
+    intersection. Closes: #178203, #186809, #222652
+    This applies to dependencies as well as build dependencies.
 
   [ Frank Lichtenheld ]
   * Add $(MAKE) check to build target