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NAME dh_pysupport – use the python-support framework to handle Python modules SYNOPSIS dh_pysupport [debhelper options] [-V X.Y] [-X item […]] [-n] [module dirs …] DESCRIPTION dh_pysupport is a debhelper program that will scan your package, detect public modules in /usr/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages, and move them to the shared Python modules location. It will generate appropriate postinst/prerm scripts…
NAME dh_pypy – calculates PyPy dependencies, adds maintainer scripts to byte compile files, etc. SYNOPSIS dh_pypy -p PACKAGE [-V [X.Y][-][A.B]] DIR [-X REGEXPR] DESCRIPTION QUICK GUIDE FOR MAINTAINERS • build-depend on pypy and dh-python, • add ${pypy:Depends} to Depends • build module/application using its standard build system, • install files to the standard locations, •…
NAME dh_pycentral – use the python-central framework to handle Python modules and extensions SYNOPSIS dh_pycentral [debhelper options] [-n] [-Xitem] [-V version] [module dirs …] DESCRIPTION dh_pycentral is a debhelper program that will scan your package, detect public Python modules and move them in /usr/share/pycentral so that python-central can byte-compile those for all supported Python versions….
NAME dh_prep – perform cleanups in preparation for building a binary package SYNOPSIS dh_prep [debhelper options] [-Xitem] DESCRIPTION dh_prep is a debhelper program that performs some file cleanups in preparation for building a binary package. (This is what dh_clean -k used to do.) It removes the package build directories, debian/tmp, and some temp files that are…
NAME dh_perl_openssl – add dependencies required for OpenSSL modules SYNOPSIS dh_perl_openssl [debhelper options] DESCRIPTION dh_perl_openssl is a debhelper program that is responsible for adding a dependency on perl-openssl-abi-* to the ${perl:Depends} substitution variable. Such a dependency is needed for packages that expose the OpenSSL binary interface to Perl code, such as pointers to "SSL_CTX" structs….
NAME dh_perl – calculates Perl dependencies and cleans up after MakeMaker SYNOPSIS dh_perl [debhelper options] [-d] [library dirs …] DESCRIPTION dh_perl is a debhelper program that is responsible for generating the ${perl: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…
NAME dh_numpy – adds Numpy depends to python:Depends substvar SYNOPSIS dh_numpy [debhelper options] DESCRIPTION dh_numpy adds information about the correct versioned depends on python-numpy to python:Depends substvar. This is needed because some Python extensions require strict versioned depends on python-numpy, and using this helper script is the easiest and most consistent way to get them….
NAME dh_nodejs – set nodejs dependencies SYNOPSIS dh_nodejs [debhelper options] DESCRIPTION dh_nodejs is a debhelper program that is responsible for generating appropriate dependencies on nodejs. The dependency on nodejs will be generated in ${misc:Depends}. SEE ALSO debhelper(7) This program is a part of nodejs-dev. AUTHOR Jonas Smedegaard <dr [at] jones.dk> Index
NAME dh_movefiles – move files out of debian/tmp into subpackages SYNOPSIS dh_movefiles [debhelper options] [–sourcedir=dir] [-Xitem] [file …] DESCRIPTION dh_movefiles is a debhelper program that is responsible for moving files out of debian/tmp or some other directory and into other package build directories. This may be useful if your package has a Makefile that installs everything into…
NAME dh_missing – check for missing files SYNOPSIS dh_missing [-Xitem] [–sourcedir=dir] [debhelper options] DESCRIPTION dh_missing compares the list of installed files with the files in the source directory. If any of the files (and symlinks) in the source directory were not installed to somewhere, it will warn on stderr about that (–list-missing) or fail (–fail-missing). Please…
NAME dh_md5sums – generate DEBIAN/md5sums file SYNOPSIS dh_md5sums [debhelper options] [-x] [-Xitem] [–include-conffiles] DESCRIPTION dh_md5sums is a debhelper program that is responsible for generating a DEBIAN/md5sums file, which lists the md5sums of each file in the package. These files are used by dpkg –verify or the debsums(1) program. All files in DEBIAN/ are omitted from the…
NAME dh_makeshlibs – automatically create shlibs file and call dpkg-gensymbols SYNOPSIS dh_makeshlibs [debhelper options] [-mmajor] [-V[dependencies]] [-n] [-Xitem] [— params] DESCRIPTION dh_makeshlibs is a debhelper program that automatically scans for shared libraries, and generates a shlibs file for the libraries it finds. It will also ensure that ldconfig is invoked during install and removal when it finds…
NAME dh_listpackages – list binary packages debhelper will act on SYNOPSIS dh_listpackages [debhelper options] DESCRIPTION dh_listpackages is a debhelper program that outputs a list of all binary packages debhelper commands will act on. If you pass it some options, it will change the list to match the packages other debhelper commands would act on if passed…
NAME dh_lintian – install lintian override files into package build directories SYNOPSIS dh_lintian [debhelper options] DESCRIPTION dh_lintian is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing override files used by lintian into package build directories. FILES debian/package.lintian-overrides Installed into usr/share/lintian/overrides/package in the package build directory. This file is used to suppress erroneous lintian diagnostics. debian/source/lintian-overrides These…
NAME dh_link – create symlinks in package build directories SYNOPSIS dh_link [debhelper options] [-A] [-Xitem] [source destination …] DESCRIPTION dh_link is a debhelper program that creates symlinks in package build directories. dh_link accepts a list of pairs of source and destination files. The source files are the already existing files that will be symlinked from (called target by…
NAME dh_installxmlcatalogs – install and register XML catalog files SYNOPSIS dh_installxmlcatalogs [debhelper options] [-n] DESCRIPTION dh_installxmlcatalogs is a debhelper program that installs and registers XML catalog files. It complies with the Debian XML/SGML policy. The file debian/package.xmlcatalogs lists the local XML catalog files to be installed per package as well as the XML entities in…
NAME dh_installxfonts – register X fonts SYNOPSIS dh_installxfonts [debhelper options] DESCRIPTION dh_installxfonts is a debhelper program that is responsible for registering X fonts, so their corresponding fonts.dir, fonts.alias, and fonts.scale be rebuilt properly at install time. Before calling this program, you should have installed any X fonts provided by your package into the appropriate location in…
NAME dh_installwm – register a window manager SYNOPSIS dh_installwm [debhelper options] [-n] [–priority=n] [wm …] DESCRIPTION dh_installwm is a debhelper program that is responsible for generating the postinst and prerm commands that register a window manager with update-alternatives(8). The window manager’s man page is also registered as a slave symlink (in v6 mode and up). It must…
NAME dh_installudev – install udev rules files SYNOPSIS dh_installudev [debhelper options] [-n] [–name=name] [–priority=priority] DESCRIPTION dh_installudev is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing udev rules files. FILES debian/package.udev Installed into lib/udev/rules.d/ in the package build directory. OPTIONS –name=name When this parameter is used, dh_installudev looks for and installs files named debian/package.name.udev instead of the…
NAME dh_installtex – register Type 1 fonts, hyphenation patterns, or formats with TeX SYNOPSIS dh_installtex [debhelper options] [-n] [–flavor=flavor[,flavor]] [map=MixedMap,file.map] [map=Map,file.map] [map=KanjiMap,file.map] [mapfile=file.cfg] [hyphen=lang,file[,lhm=n][,rhm=n][,synonym=syn,…]] [hyphenfile=file.cnf] [format=format,engine,hyphenfile,rest args] [formatfile=file.cnf] DESCRIPTION dh_installtex is a debhelper program that is responsible for updating the ls-R databases, registering map files, new formats, and new hyphenation patterns with TeX. Your package…