NAME

       deb-scrub-obsolete - scrub a Debian package of no longer necessary configuration

SYNOPSIS

       deb-scrub-obsolete [-h] [--no-update-changelog] [--version] [--upgrade-release=RELEASE]

DESCRIPTION

       Scrub a Debian source package from unnecessary versioned depends, conflicts and maintscripts.

       Specifically, it make the following categories of changes:

       •      obsolete maintscript entries for upgrades from versions older than that in $compat_release

       •      depends on packages that are essential since $compat_release

       •      build-depends on packages that are build-essential since $compat_release

       •      replacing  dependencies on "transitional dummy packages" with the real thing (if satisfiable since
              $compat_release)

       •      conflicts with packages that are gone since before $compat_release

       •      version constraints in build-depends or depends that are met by the package in $compat_release

   optional arguments:
       -h, --help
              show this help message and exit

       --no-update-changelog
              Whether to update the changelog.

       --version
              show program's version number and exit

       --upgrade-release=RELEASE
              Don't remove any constraints that are necessary for upgrading from RELEASE or newer releases. This
              can either be a codename ("bookworm"), or an alias ("unstable",  "old-old-stable").   For  a  full
              list options, see distro-info(1).

       --compat-release=RELEASE
              Don't  remove  any  constraints that are necessary for building on RELEASE or newer releases. This
              can either be a codename ("bookworm"), or an alias ("unstable",  "old-old-stable").   For  a  full
              list options, see distro-info(1).

       --identity
              Print  the  identity  (name and e-mailaddress) that apply-multiarch-hints will use when committing
              changes, and exit.

       --debug
              Print debugging information

       --keep-minimum-depends-versions
              Keep minimum version dependencies, even when unnecessary

ENVIRONMENT

       DEB_UPDATE_CHANGELOG
              Used to control whether the changelog should be  updated,  depending  on  whether  it  is  set  to
              "leave",  "update"  or "auto". The --update-changelog and --no-update-changelog arguments override
              this.

SEE ALSO

       lintian-brush.conf(5) lintian-brush(1)

AUTHORS

       Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@debian.org>

deb-scrub-obsolete 0.1                           September 2020                            deb-scrub-obsolete(1)