---
name: "dh_pdl"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "pdl"
version: "1:2.100-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dh_pdl"
---

# dh\_pdl(1)

calculates pdl dependencies

## NAME

dh\_pdl - calculates pdl dependencies

## SYNOPSIS

**dh\_pdl** \[*debhelper options*\] \[**-d**\] \[*library dirs ...*\]

## DESCRIPTION

dh\_pdl is a debhelper program that is responsible for generating the ${pdl:Depends} substitutions and adding them to substvars files.

The program will look at perl scripts and modules in your package, and will use this information to generate a dependency on pdl or pdlapi. The dependency will be substituted into your package's control file wherever you place the token "${pdl:Depends}".

## OPTIONS

- **-V**

  By default, scripts and architecture independent modules don't depend on any specific version of pdl.  The -V option causes the current version of the pdl package to be specified.

- *library dirs*

  If your package installs perl modules in non-standard directories, you can make dh\_perl check those directories by passing their names on the command line. It will only check the vendorlib and vendorarch directories by default.

## CONFORMS TO

Debian policy, version 3.8.3

## SEE ALSO

[**debhelper**(7)](/debhelper/7.md)

## AUTHOR

Henning Glawe \<glaweh@debian.org\>

Based on dh\_perl by Brendan O'Dea \<bod@debian.org\>