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dh_update_autotools_config – Update autotools config files Synopsisdh_update_autotools_config [debhelper options] Descriptiondh_update_autotools_config replaces all occurrences of config.sub and config.guess in the source tree by the up-to-date versions found in the autotools-dev package. The original files are backed up and restored by dh_clean. See Alsodebhelper(7) This program is a part of debhelper. AuthorNiels Thykier <niels [at] thykier.net>

dh_undocumented – undocumented.7 symlink program (deprecated no-op) SynopsisDo not run! DescriptionThis program used to make symlinks to the undocumented.7 man page for man pages not present in a package. Debian policy now frowns on use of the undocumented.7 man page, and so this program does nothing, and should not be used. See Alsodebhelper(7) This program…

dh_ucf – register configuration files with ucf Synopsisdh_ucf [debhelper options] [-A] [-n] [file …] Descriptiondh_ucf is a debhelper program that is responsible for generating the postinst and postrm commands that register files with ucf(1) and ucfr(1). Filesdebian/package.ucf List pairs of source and destination files to register with ucf. Each pair should be put on its own line,…

dh_testroot – ensure that a package is built with necessary level of root permissions Synopsisdh_testroot [debhelper options] Descriptiondh_testroot is used to determine if the package has access to at least the level of root access that it declared it needed via the Rules-Requires-Root (R³) field. The following is how dh_testroot behaves based on the effective value…

dh_testdir – test directory before building Debian package Synopsisdh_testdir [debhelper options] [file …] Descriptiondh_testdir tries to make sure that you are in the correct directory when building a Debian package. It makes sure that the file debian/control exists, as well as any other files you specify. If not, it exits with an error. Optionsfile … Test for…

dh_systemd_start – start/stop/restart systemd unit files Synopsisdh_systemd_start [debhelper options] [–restart-after-upgrade] [–no-stop-on-upgrade] [unit file …] Descriptiondh_systemd_start is a debhelper program that is responsible for starting/stopping or restarting systemd unit files in case no corresponding sysv init script is available. As with dh_installinit, the unit file is stopped before upgrades and started afterwards (unless –restart-after-upgrade is specified, in which case…

dh_systemd_enable – enable/disable systemd unit files Synopsisdh_systemd_enable [debhelper options] [–no-enable] [–name=name] [unit file …] Descriptiondh_systemd_enable is a debhelper program that is responsible for enabling and disabling systemd unit files. In the simple case, it finds all unit files installed by a package (e.g. bacula-fd.service) and enables them. It is not necessary that the machine actually runs systemd during…

dh_suidregister – suid registration program (deprecated) SynopsisDo not run! DescriptionThis program used to register suid and sgid files with suidregister(1), but with the introduction of dpkg-statoverride(8), registration of files in this way is unnecessary, and even harmful, so this program is deprecated and should not be used. Converting To StatoverrideConverting a package that uses this…

dh_strip – strip executables, shared libraries, and some static libraries Synopsisdh_strip [debhelper options] [-Xitem] [–dbg-package=package] [–keep-debug] Descriptiondh_strip is a debhelper program that is responsible for stripping executables, shared libraries, and static libraries that are not used for debugging. This program examines your package build directories and works out what to strip on its own. It uses…

dh_shlibdeps – calculate shared library dependencies Synopsisdh_shlibdeps [debhelper options] [-Lpackage] [-ldirectory] [-Xitem] [— params] Descriptiondh_shlibdeps is a debhelper program that is responsible for calculating shared library dependencies for packages. This program is merely a wrapper around dpkg-shlibdeps(1) that calls it once for each package listed in the control file, passing it a list of ELF executables and…

dh_scrollkeeper – deprecated no-op Synopsisdh_scrollkeeper [debhelper options] [-n] [directory] Descriptiondh_scrollkeeper was a debhelper program that handled registering OMF files for ScrollKeeper. However, it no longer does anything, and is now deprecated. See Alsodebhelper This program is a part of debhelper. AuthorRoss Burton <ross [at] burtonini.com>

dh_scour – run scour optimizer on shipped SVG files Synopsisdh_scour [debhelper options] [— params] Descriptiondh_scour is a debhelper program that will run the scour SVG image scrubber on all shipped SVG files. Options— params Pass “params” to scour(1). By default, no extra arguments are passed.See Alsodebhelper AuthorMartin Pitt <martin.pitt [at] ubuntu.com>

dh_python3 – calculates Python dependencies, adds maintainer scripts to byte compile files, etc. Synopsisdh_python3 -p PACKAGE [-V [X.Y][-][A.B]] DIR [-X REGEXPR] DescriptionQuick Guide For Maintainers• if necessary, describe supported Python 3 versions via X-Python3-Version field in debian/control, • build depend on dh-python • build-depend on python3 or python3-all or python3-all-dev, • build module/application using its…

dh_python2 – calculates Python dependencies, adds maintainer scripts to byte compile files, etc. Synopsisdh_python2 -p PACKAGE [-V [X.Y][-][A.B]] DIR_OR_FILE [-X REGEXPR] DescriptionQuick Guide For Maintainers• if necessary, describe supported Python versions via X-Python-Version field in debian/control, • build-depend on python or python-all or python-all-dev (>= 2.6.6-3~), • build module/application using its standard build system, remember…

dh_pysupport – use the python-support framework to handle Python modules Synopsisdh_pysupport [debhelper options] [-V X.Y] [-X item […]] [-n] [module dirs …] Descriptiondh_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 to byte-compile modules…

dh_pypy – calculates PyPy dependencies, adds maintainer scripts to byte compile files, etc. Synopsisdh_pypy -p PACKAGE [-V [X.Y][-][A.B]] DIR [-X REGEXPR] DescriptionQuick 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, • add pypy to dh’s…

dh_pycentral – use the python-central framework to handle Python modules and extensions Synopsisdh_pycentral [debhelper options] [-n] [-Xitem] [-V version] [module dirs …] Descriptiondh_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. Extensions are kept…

dh_prep – perform cleanups in preparation for building a binary package Synopsisdh_prep [debhelper options] [-Xitem] Descriptiondh_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 generated when building…

dh_perl_openssl – add dependencies required for OpenSSL modules Synopsisdh_perl_openssl [debhelper options] Descriptiondh_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. A debhelper addon…

dh_perl – calculates Perl dependencies and cleans up after MakeMaker Synopsisdh_perl [debhelper options] [-d] [library dirs …] Descriptiondh_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 a dependency on…