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NAME

6       dh_installdeb - install files into the DEBIAN directory
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SYNOPSIS

9       dh_installdeb [debhelperĀ options]
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DESCRIPTION

12       dh_installdeb is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing
13       files into the DEBIAN directories in package build directories with the
14       correct permissions.
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FILES

17       package.postinst
18       package.preinst
19       package.postrm
20       package.prerm
21           These maintainer scripts are installed into the DEBIAN directory.
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23           dh_installdeb will perform substitution of known tokens of the
24           pattern #TOKEN#.  In generally, scripts will want to include the
25           #DEBHELPER# to benefit from the shell scripts generated by
26           debhelper commands (including those from dh_installdeb when it
27           processes package.maintscript files).
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29           The #DEBHELPER# token should be placed on its own line as it is
30           often replaced by a multi-line shell script.
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32       package.triggers
33       package.shlibs
34           These control files are installed into the DEBIAN directory.
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36           Note that package.shlibs is only installed in compat level 9 and
37           earlier.  In compat 10, please use dh_makeshlibs(1).
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39       package.conffiles
40           Historically, this file was needed to manually mark files files as
41           conffiles.  However, it has become de facto obsolete since
42           debhelper automatically computed which files should be marked as
43           conffiles.
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45           In compatibility level up and including 11, this control file will
46           be installed into the DEBIAN directory.  In compatibility level 12
47           and later, the file is silently ignored.
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49       package.maintscript
50           Lines in this file correspond to dpkg-maintscript-helper(1)
51           commands and parameters.  However, the "maint-script-parameters"
52           should not be included as debhelper will add those automatically.
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56               # Correct
57               rm_conffile /etc/obsolete.conf 0.2~ foo
58               # INCORRECT
59               rm_conffile /etc/obsolete.conf 0.2~ foo -- "$@"
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61           In compat 10 or later, any shell metacharacters will be escaped, so
62           arbitrary shell code cannot be inserted here.  For example, a line
63           such as "mv_conffile /etc/oldconffile /etc/newconffile" will insert
64           maintainer script snippets into all maintainer scripts sufficient
65           to move that conffile.
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67           It was also the intention to escape shell metacharacters in
68           previous compat levels.  However, it did not work properly and as
69           such it was possible to embed arbitrary shell code in earlier
70           compat levels.
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72           The dh_installdeb tool will do some basic validation of some of the
73           commands listed in this file to catch common mistakes.  The
74           validation is enabled as a warning since compat 10 and as a hard
75           error in compat 12.
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OPTIONS

78       -DTOKEN=VALUE, --define TOKEN=VALUE
79           Define tokens to be replaced inside the maintainer scripts when it
80           is generated.  Please note that the limitations described in
81           "Limitations in token names" also applies to tokens defined on the
82           command line.  Invalid token names will trigger an error.
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84           In the simple case, this parameter will cause #TOKEN# to be
85           replaced by VALUE.  If VALUE starts with a literal @-sign, then
86           VALUE is expected to point to a file containing the actual value to
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89           An explicit declared token with this parameter will replace built-
90           in tokens.
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92           Test examples to aid with the understanding:
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94                   cat >> debian/postinst <<EOF
95                   #SIMPLE#
96                   #FILEBASED#
97                   EOF
98                   echo -n "Complex value" > some-file
99               dh_installdeb --define SIMPLE=direct --define FILEBASED=@some-file
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101           In this example, #SIMPLE# will expand to direct and #FILEBASED#
102           will expand to Complex value.
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104           It is also possible to set package-specific values for a given
105           token.  This is useful when dh_installdeb is acting on multiple
106           packages that need different values for the same token.  This is
107           done by prefixing the token name with pkg.package-name..
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109           This can be used as in the following example:
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111                   cat >> debian/foo.postinst <<EOF
112                   # Script for #PACKAGE#
113                   #TOKEN#
114                   EOF
115                   cat >> debian/bar.postinst <<EOF
116                   # Script for #PACKAGE#
117                   #TOKEN#
118                   EOF
119                   cat >> debian/baz.postinst <<EOF
120                   # Script for #PACKAGE#
121                   #TOKEN#
122                   EOF
123               dh_installdeb -pfoo -pbar -pbaz  --define TOKEN=default --define pkg.bar.TOKEN=unique-bar-value \
124                 --define pkg.baz.TOKEN=unique-baz-value
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126           In this example, #TOKEN# will expand to default in
127           debian/foo.postinst, to unique-bar-value in debian/bar.postinst and
128           to unique-baz-value in debian/baz.postinst.
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130           Note that the #pkg.*# tokens will be visible in all scripts acted
131           on.  E.g.  you can refer to #pkg.bar.TOKEN# inside
132           debian/foo.postinst and it will be replaced by unique-bar-value.
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SUBSTITUTION IN MAINTAINER SCRIPTS

135       The dh_installdeb will automatically replace the following tokens
136       inside a provided maintainer script (if not replaced via -D/--define):
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138       #DEBHELPER#
139           This token is by default replaced with generated shell snippets
140           debhelper commands.  This includes the snippets generated by
141           dh_installdeb from package.maintscript file (if present).
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143       #DEB_HOST_NAME#, #DEB_BUILD_NAME#, #DEB_TARGET_NAME#
144           These tokens are replaced with the respective variable from
145           dpkg-architecture(1).  In almost all cases, you will want use the
146           #DEB_HOST_NAME variant in a script to ensure you get the right
147           value when cross-building.
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149           On a best effort, tokens of this pattern that do not match a
150           variable in dpkg-architecture(1) will be left as-is.
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152       #ENV.NAME#
153           These tokens of this form will be replaced with value of the
154           corresponding environment variable.  If the environment variable is
155           unset, the token is replaced with the empty string.
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157           Note that there are limits on which names can be used (see
158           "Limitations in token names").
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160       #PACKAGE#
161           This token is by default replaced by the package name, which will
162           contain the concrete script.
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164   Limitations in token names
165       All tokens intended to be substituted must match the regex:
166       #[A-Za-z0-9_.+]+#
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168       Tokens that do not match that regex will be silently ignored if found
169       in the script template.  Invalid token names passed to -D or --define
170       will cause dh_installdeb to reject the command with an error in most
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SEE ALSO

174       debhelper(7)
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176       This program is a part of debhelper.
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AUTHOR

179       Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
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18312.7.3                            2020-07-27                  DH_INSTALLDEB(1)
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