DH_GOLANG(1p)

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✨ DH_GOLANG(1p) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the DH_GOLANG(1p) page — it lives in the User Contributed Perl Documentation section, and it's genuinely such a slay little tool. let's get into it 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

dh_golang — Generates Static-Built-Using substvar for Go programs 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

dh_golang [debhelper options]

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so dh_golang is a debhelper program, and what it does is add the misc:Static-Built-Using substvar based on the dependencies of the package you're building. that's the whole vibe. ✨

how does it figure that out? two little helpers, no cap:

  • it uses go list to determine the packages imported
  • it uses dpkg-query to find the source package and version that provided that package

and now for the lore, because this tool has history 🫶 — dh_golang started out in 2013 by generating the misc:Built-Using substvar. but then in 2017 it was clarified in Debian Policy that the Built-Using field was intended only for license-required dependencies. so yeah, that's why the switch to the new Static-Built-Using field happened in 2022. era-defining behaviour, honestly. 👑

for backward compatibility, dh_golang will continue to generate the misc:Built-Using substvar until all Go packages have transitioned to misc:Static-Built-Using. it's holding on for the stragglers, and honestly? respectful. 💀

🎀 NOTES 🎀

the best way to invoke dh_golang — like, the main character way to do it — is either:

  • add dh-sequence-golang to the package build dependencies and use dh, or
  • use dh --with=golang

pick your fighter, both are iconic. 🌈

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

go read them, iykyk 📚💜

👑 AUTHORS 👑

  • Michael Stapelberg <stapelberg@debian.org>
  • Debian Go Packaging Team <team+pkg-go@tracker.debian.org>
🫶 aww and that's the page!! no notes, she ate. also just fyi, this whole thing is running on perl v5.42.3 and the date on it is 2026-09-02 — so yeah, that's the source/version + date sign-off, mwah 💋 🦋

k bye bestie, go generate some substvars 💅✨

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