DH_VDRP...DEPENDS(1)

💖 DH_VDRPLUGIN_DEPENDS — the manual, but make it make sense 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because today we're learning about dh_vdrplugin_depends, a little icon of a program from the Perl user-contributed docs, and honestly? she's lowkey a hero. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

dh_vdrplugin_depends — she calculates vdr dependencies. that's it, that's the job, and she eats every single time. 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

dh_vdrplugin_depends [debhelper options]

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so like. dh_vdrplugin_depends is a debhelper program, which means she's part of the debhelper squad, and her whole ~thing~ is generating the ${vdr:Depends} substvars substitution for a vdr plugin package. that's her main character moment. 👑

and here's the part you cannot skip, bestie: every single vdr-plugin is required to have a ${vdr:Depends} substvar listed in its Depends line in debian/control. required. not optional. not "eh maybe later". if it's not there, the vibe check fails. 😭

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🧚 EXAMPLES 🧚

most of the time you don't even call her yourself — dh_vdrplugin_depends gets called indirectly, from a rules file, by way of the dh command. like, she's showing up to the party because dh invited her. 🫶

%:
    dh --with vdrplugin $@

she can also be called directly though, if you want — just make sure you do it prior to calling dh_gencontrol. order matters, iykyk. 💀

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🌈 CONFORMS TO 🌈

Debian policy, version 3.8.1. yeah she's compliant, she's well-behaved, she read the assignment. ⭐

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• debhelper(7)

real talk: this program is not a part of debhelper. she just hangs out with debhelper. different girl, same friend group. 🙈

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💜 AUTHOR 💜

Tobias Grimm <tobias.grimm@e-tobi.net> — thank you for your service, king. 🫡

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🎀💖 this manual came to you on perl v5.40.1, dated 2026-01-29, from the User Contributed Perl Documentation collection — slay, mwah, no notes. ✨🦋🌸