From ccbeaf97437d089f1da8762900da8a58f996eaa4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: giraffedata <giraffedata@9d0c8265-081b-0410-96cb-a4ca84ce46f8>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 02:33:00 +0000
Subject: Make 'make deb' work with more recent dpgk-deb

git-svn-id: http://svn.code.sf.net/p/netpbm/code/trunk@3778 9d0c8265-081b-0410-96cb-a4ca84ce46f8
---
 buildtools/debian/mkdeb | 2 --
 doc/HISTORY             | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/buildtools/debian/mkdeb b/buildtools/debian/mkdeb
index 6fb8d2e7..f0bd6145 100755
--- a/buildtools/debian/mkdeb
+++ b/buildtools/debian/mkdeb
@@ -148,8 +148,6 @@ sub control($$) {
         'perl-base, ' .
         'bash'
         ;
-    $control{'Recommends'} = '';
-    $control{'Recommends'} = '';
     $control{'Conflicts'} = $debianNativeNetpbm;
     $control{'Replaces'} = $debianNativeNetpbm;
     $control{'Provides'} = 
diff --git a/doc/HISTORY b/doc/HISTORY
index 1222f87d..35432793 100644
--- a/doc/HISTORY
+++ b/doc/HISTORY
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ not yet  BJH  Release 10.90.00
               libnetpbm: pm_read_unknown_size, rawtopgm, zeisstopnm: crash
               when out of memory
 
+              Build: make deb: don't include empty Recommends; newer dpkg-deb
+              won't accept it.
+
               Install: Use e.g. "10.90.00" for version in pkg-config and
               config file, intead of e.g. "Netpbm 10.90.00".
 
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