1DH_INSTALLDEB(1) Debhelper DH_INSTALLDEB(1)
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6 dh_installdeb - install files into the DEBIAN directory
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9 dh_installdeb [debhelperĀ options]
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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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17 package.postinst
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21 These maintainer scripts are installed into the DEBIAN directory.
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23 Inside the scripts, the token #DEBHELPER# is replaced with shell
24 script snippets generated by other debhelper commands.
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26 package.triggers
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28 These control files are installed into the DEBIAN directory.
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30 Note that package.shlibs is only installed in compat level 9 and
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33 package.conffiles
34 Historically, this file was needed to manually mark files files as
35 conffiles. However, it has become de facto obsolete since
36 debhelper automatically computed which files should be marked as
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39 In compatibility level up and including 11, this control file will
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43 package.maintscript
44 Lines in this file correspond to dpkg-maintscript-helper(1)
45 commands and parameters. However, the "maint-script-parameters"
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51 rm_conffile /etc/obsolete.conf 0.2~ foo
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53 rm_conffile /etc/obsolete.conf 0.2~ foo -- "$@"
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55 In compat 10 or later, any shell metacharacters will be escaped, so
56 arbitrary shell code cannot be inserted here. For example, a line
57 such as "mv_conffile /etc/oldconffile /etc/newconffile" will insert
58 maintainer script snippets into all maintainer scripts sufficient
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61 It was also the intention to escape shell metacharacters in
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66 The dh_installdeb tool will do some basic validation of some of the
67 commands listed in this file to catch common mistakes. The
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74 This program is a part of debhelper.
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