DH_ASTERISK(1)

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version 22.10.0 · 4 versions
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💅 DH_ASTERISK — the bestie that fixes your Asterisk deps

okay so real talk, <rainbow>dh_asterisk</rainbow> is a lil helper from the Asterisk packaging tools, and its whole job is: Add dependency on the ABI version of Asterisk. that's it. that's the gig. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

dh_asterisk [debhelper options]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so <pink>dh_asterisk</pink> is a debhelper program, and its entire main character moment is setting the dependency on <cyan>asterisk-abi-asterisk-ABI-version</cyan> for a package. correctly. no cap. 💅

here's the situation: you're writing a package that builds an Asterisk module, but it is not built with Asterisk itself — which means it depends on the exact binary version 🫶. when that's you, you gotta:

  1. add <green>${asterisk:Depends}</green> to the package's <green>Depends:</green> field in debian/control
  2. run <pink>dh_asterisk</pink>

and that's it, slay. 🔥

a debhelper addon is also provided 👑 — which means you can literally just use this for debian/rules:

#!/usr/bin/make -f
%:
    dh $@ --with asterisk

lowkey iconic.

alternatively (because we love options bestie 🌸), you can just build-depend on <cyan>dh-sequence-asterisk</cyan> and omit the <green>"--with asterisk"</green> part entirely. the way that works is so clean. 😭

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

👑 AUTHOR 👑

  • Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir@debian.org>
  • Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>

Copyright 2022, Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>

This packaging is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any later version.

fr fr, that license clause is doing the most but she's valid. 💀

and that's the whole page babes — this one shipped as part of the asterisk package, version 22.10.0+dfsg+~cs6.17.6..., dated 2026-09-04. go set those deps, bestie, you're gonna ate. 🦋✨💖

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