man, perl: Remove most AUTHOR sections

These are strongly discouraged by the man-pages project, because they
are redundant with the copyright notices, and tend to get out-of-sync.

In addition their format is inconsitent. Just remove them in the same
way we did for man pages in the past.

debian/changelog

@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ dpkg (1.18.8) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
     - Move dpkg-source -q option from “Build options” to “General options”
       section in --help output.
     - Clarify shared library search order in dpkg-shlibdeps(1).
+    - Remove most remaining AUTHOR sections from man an POD, as they are
+      strongly discouraged, for being redundant, tending to get out-of-sync,
+      and their format being inconsistent. In addition most got already
+      removed in the past for the man pages.
 
   [ Updated programs translations ]
   * German (Sven Joachim).

man/dpkg.cfg.5

@@ -34,9 +34,5 @@ allowed by starting a line with a hash sign (\(oq\fB#\fR\(cq).
 .br
 .I ~/.dpkg.cfg
 .
-.SH AUTHOR
-See \fI/usr/share/doc/dpkg/THANKS\fP for the list of people who have
-contributed to \fBdpkg\fP.
-.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR dpkg (1).

man/dselect.cfg.5

@@ -34,9 +34,5 @@ allowed by starting a line with a hash sign (\(oq\fB#\fR\(cq).
 .br
 .I ~/.dselect.cfg
 .
-.SH AUTHOR
-See \fI/usr/share/doc/dpkg/THANKS\fP for the list of people who have
-contributed to \fBdselect\fP.
-.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR dselect (1).

scripts/Dpkg/BuildFlags.pm

@@ -470,10 +470,6 @@ based on the package maintainer directives.
 
 Mark the module as public.
 
-=head1 AUTHOR
-
-Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
-
 =cut
 
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scripts/Dpkg/BuildOptions.pm

@@ -200,10 +200,6 @@ Thus add support for the "envvar" option at creation time.
 
 Mark the module as public.
 
-=head1 AUTHOR
-
-Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
-
 =cut
 
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scripts/Dpkg/Changelog.pm

@@ -778,10 +778,5 @@ New field Timestamp in output formats.
 
 Mark the module as public.
 
-=head1 AUTHOR
-
-Frank Lichtenheld, E<lt>frank@lichtenheld.deE<gt>
-Raphaël Hertzog, E<lt>hertzog@debian.orgE<gt>
-
 =cut
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scripts/Dpkg/Changelog/Debian.pm

@@ -251,11 +251,6 @@ __END__
 
 Mark the module as public.
 
-=head1 AUTHORS
-
-Frank Lichtenheld, E<lt>frank@lichtenheld.deE<gt>
-Raphaël Hertzog, E<lt>hertzog@debian.orgE<gt>
-
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
 Dpkg::Changelog

scripts/Dpkg/Changelog/Entry.pm

@@ -317,10 +317,6 @@ New method: $entry->get_timepiece().
 
 Mark the module as public.
 
-=head1 AUTHOR
-
-Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>.
-
 =cut
 
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scripts/Dpkg/Changelog/Entry/Debian.pm

@@ -430,10 +430,6 @@ Deprecated variables: $regex_header, $regex_trailer
 
 Mark the module as public.
 
-=head1 AUTHOR
-
-Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>.
-
 =cut
 
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scripts/Dpkg/Checksums.pm

@@ -425,10 +425,6 @@ $ck->add_from_control().
 
 Mark the module as public.
 
-=head1 AUTHOR
-
-Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>.
-
 =cut
 
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scripts/Dpkg/Compression.pm

@@ -246,10 +246,6 @@ Default compression level is not global any more, it is per compressor type.
 
 Mark the module as public.
 
-=head1 AUTHOR
-
-Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>.
-
 =cut
 
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scripts/Dpkg/Compression/FileHandle.pm

@@ -466,9 +466,5 @@ New argument: $fh->ensure_open() accepts an %opts argument.
 
 Mark the module as public.
 
-=head1 AUTHOR
-
-Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
-
 =cut
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scripts/Dpkg/Compression/Process.pm

@@ -206,10 +206,6 @@ sub wait_end_process {
 
 Mark the module as public.
 
-=head1 AUTHOR
-
-Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>.
-
 =cut
 
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scripts/Dpkg/Conf.pm

@@ -268,10 +268,6 @@ New method: $conf->filter()
 
 Mark the module as public.
 
-=head1 AUTHOR
-
-Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>.
-
 =cut
 
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scripts/Dpkg/Control.pm

@@ -253,10 +253,6 @@ CTRL_COPYRIGHT_LICENSE.
 
 Mark the module as public.
 
-=head1 AUTHOR
-
-Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>.
-
 =cut
 
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scripts/Dpkg/Control/Changelog.pm

@@ -60,10 +60,6 @@ sub new {
 
 Mark the module as public.
 
-=head1 AUTHOR
-
-Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>.
-
 =cut
 
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scripts/Dpkg/Control/Fields.pm

@@ -61,10 +61,6 @@ inherited from Dpkg::Control::FieldsCore.
 
 Mark the module as public.
 
-=head1 AUTHOR
-
-Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>.
-
 =cut
 
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scripts/Dpkg/Control/FieldsCore.pm

@@ -767,10 +767,6 @@ sub field_insert_before($$@) {
 
 Mark the module as public.
 
-=head1 AUTHOR
-
-Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>.
-
 =cut
 
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scripts/Dpkg/Control/Hash.pm

@@ -43,10 +43,6 @@ field knowledge.
 
 Mark the module as public.
 
-=head1 AUTHOR
-
-Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>.
-
 =cut
 
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scripts/Dpkg/Control/HashCore.pm

@@ -549,10 +549,6 @@ New method: $c->parse_error().
 
 Mark the module as public.
 
-=head1 AUTHOR
-
-Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>.
-
 =cut
 
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scripts/Dpkg/Control/Info.pm

@@ -221,10 +221,6 @@ New argument: The $c->new() constructor accepts an %opts argument.
 
 Mark the module as public.
 
-=head1 AUTHOR
-
-Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>.
-
 =cut
 
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scripts/Dpkg/Control/Types.pm

@@ -94,10 +94,6 @@ use constant {
 
 This is a private module.
 
-=head1 AUTHOR
-
-Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>.
-
 =cut
 
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scripts/Dpkg/IPC.pm

@@ -413,11 +413,6 @@ New options: spawn() now accepts 'sig' and 'delete_sig'.
 
 Mark the module as public.
 
-=head1 AUTHORS
-
-Written by Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> and
-Frank Lichtenheld <djpig@debian.org>.
-
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
 Dpkg, Dpkg::ErrorHandling

scripts/Dpkg/Index.pm

@@ -363,10 +363,6 @@ sub output {
 
 Mark the module as public.
 
-=head1 AUTHOR
-
-Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>.
-
 =cut
 
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scripts/Dpkg/Interface/Storable.pm

@@ -144,10 +144,6 @@ sub _stringify {
 
 Mark the module as public.
 
-=head1 AUTHOR
-
-Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>.
-
 =cut
 
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scripts/Dpkg/Path.pm

@@ -301,10 +301,6 @@ New function: find_command()
 
 Mark the module as public.
 
-=head1 AUTHOR
-
-Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>.
-
 =cut
 
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scripts/Dpkg/Source/Package.pm

@@ -674,10 +674,6 @@ Deprecated variables: $diff_ignore_default_regexp, @tar_ignore_default_pattern
 
 Mark the module as public.
 
-=head1 AUTHOR
-
-Raphaël Hertzog, E<lt>hertzog@debian.orgE<gt>
-
 =cut
 
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scripts/Dpkg/Substvars.pm

@@ -420,10 +420,6 @@ New method: $s->set_as_used().
 
 Mark the module as public.
 
-=head1 AUTHOR
-
-Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>.
-
 =cut
 
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scripts/Dpkg/Version.pm

@@ -450,12 +450,6 @@ New method: $v->is_native().
 
 Mark the module as public.
 
-=head1 AUTHOR
-
-Don Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com>, Colin Watson
-<cjwatson@debian.org> and Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>, based on
-the implementation in F<dpkg/lib/version.c> by Ian Jackson and others.
-
 =cut
 
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