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>