tag 612356 + moreinfo patch thanks I'm attaching the patch I wrote some time ago to avoid losing it.
Also tagging moreinfo until we know whether the default options used by dpkg-source will change or not[1]. Ansgar [1] <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=612356#23>
Index: debian/changelog =================================================================== --- debian/changelog (revision 75464) +++ debian/changelog (working copy) @@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ [ Nicholas Bamber ] * Updated authorship notice + [ Ansgar Burchardt ] + * Add debian/source/local-options for packages that are maintained by the + Perl Group and use source format 3.0 (quilt). (Closes: #612356) + -- Salvatore Bonaccorso <car...@debian.org> Wed, 25 May 2011 16:04:40 +0200 dh-make-perl (0.72-1) unstable; urgency=low Index: lib/DhMakePerl/Command/Packaging.pm =================================================================== --- lib/DhMakePerl/Command/Packaging.pm (revision 75464) +++ lib/DhMakePerl/Command/Packaging.pm (working copy) @@ -1108,6 +1108,16 @@ $fh->print( $self->cfg->source_format, "\n" ); $fh->close; } + + if ( $self->cfg->pkg_perl && $self->cfg->source_format eq '3.0 (quilt)' ) { + my $local_options = catfile($dir, 'local-options'); + if ( ! -e $local_options ) { + my $fh = $self->_file_w($local_options); + $fh->print("abort-on-upstream-changes\n"); + $fh->print("unapply-patches\n"); + $fh->close; + } + } } sub module_build {