1MK-ORIGTARGZ(1)                                                MK-ORIGTARGZ(1)
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NAME

6       mk-origtargz - rename upstream tarball, optionally changing the
7       compression and removing unwanted files
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SYNOPSIS

10       mk-origtargz [options] foo-1.0.tar.gz
11       mk-origtargz --help
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DESCRIPTION

14       mk-origtargz renames the given file to match what is expected by dpkg-
15       buildpackage, based on the source package name and version in
16       debian/changelog. It can convert zip to tar, optionally change the
17       compression scheme and remove files according to Files-Excluded and
18       Files-Excluded-component in debian/copyright. The resulting file is
19       placed in debian/../... (In debian/copyright, the Files-Excluded and
20       Files-Excluded-component stanzas are a part of the first paragraph and
21       there is a blank line before the following paragraphs which contain
22       Files and other stanzas. The Files-Included stanza may be used to
23       ignore parts of subdirectories specified by the Files-Excluded stanza
24       See uscan(1) "COPYRIGHT FILE EXAMPLE".)
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26       The archive type for zip is detected by "file --dereference --brief
27       --mime-type" command.  So any zip type archives such as jar are treated
28       in the same way.  The xpi archive is detected by its extension and is
29       handled properly using the xpi-unpack command.
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31       If the package name is given via the --package option, no information
32       is read from debian/, and the result file is placed in the current
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35       mk-origtargz is commonly called via uscan, which first obtains the
36       upstream tarball.
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OPTIONS

39   Metadata options
40       The following options extend or replace information taken from debian/.
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42       --package package
43           Use package as the name of the Debian source package, and do not
44           require or use a debian/ directory. This option can only be used
45           together with --version.
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47           The default is to use the package name of the first entry in
48           debian/changelog.
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50       -v, --version version
51           Use version as the version of the package. This needs to be the
52           upstream version portion of a full Debian version, i.e. no Debian
53           revision, no epoch.
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55           The default is to use the upstream portion of the version of the
56           first entry in debian/changelog.
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58       --exclude-file glob
59           Remove files matching the given glob from the tarball, as if it was
60           listed in Files-Excluded.
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62       --copyright-file filename
63           Remove files matching the patterns found in filename, which should
64           have the format of a Debian copyright file (Format:
65           https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
66           to be precise). Errors parsing that file are silently ignored,
67           exactly as is the case with debian/copyright.
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69           Unmatched patterns will emit a warning so the user can verify
70           whether it is correct.  If there are multiple patterns which match
71           a file, only the last one will count as being matched.
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73           Both the --exclude-file and --copyright-file options amend the list
74           of patterns found in debian/copyright. If you do not want to read
75           that file, you will have to use --package.
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77       --signature signature-mode
78           Set signature-mode:
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80           0 for no signature
81           1 for normal detached signature
82           2 for signature on decompressed
83           3 for self signature
84       --signature-file signature-file
85           Use signature-file as the signature file corresponding to the
86           Debian source package to create a dpkg-source (post-stretch)
87           compatible signature file.  (optional)
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89   Action options
90       These options specify what exactly mk-origtargz should do. The options
91       --copy, --rename and --symlink are mutually exclusive.
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93       --symlink
94           Make the resulting file a symlink to the given original file. (This
95           is the default behaviour.)
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97           If the file has to be modified (because it is a zip, or xpi file,
98           because of --repack or Files-Excluded), this option behaves like
99           --copy.
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101       --copy
102           Make the resulting file a copy of the original file (unless it has
103           to be modified, of course).
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105       --rename
106           Rename the original file.
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108           If the file has to be modified (because it is a zip, or xpi file,
109           because of --repack or Files-Excluded), this implies that the
110           original file is deleted afterwards.
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112       --repack
113           If the given file is not compressed using the desired format (see
114           --compression), recompress it.
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116       -S, --repack-suffix suffix
117           If the file has to be modified, because of Files-Excluded, append
118           suffix to the upstream version.
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120       --force-repack
121           Recompress even if file is compressed using the desired format and
122           no files were deleted.
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124       -c, --component componentname
125           Use <componentname> as the component name for the secondary
126           upstream tarball.  Set componentname as the component name.  This
127           is used only for the secondary upstream tarball of the Debian
128           source package.  Then packagename_version.orig-componentname.tar.gz
129           is created.
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131       --compression [ gzip | bzip2 | lzma | xz | default ]
132           The default method is xz. When mk-origtargz is launched in a debian
133           source repository which format is "1.0" or undefined, the method
134           switches to gzip.
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136       -C, --directory directory
137           Put the resulting file in the given directory.
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139       --unzipopt options
140           Add the extra options to use with the unzip command such as -a,
141           -aa, and -b.
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SEE ALSO

144       uscan(1), uupdate(1)
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AUTHOR

147       mk-origtargz and this manpage have been written by Joachim Breitner
148       <nomeata@debian.org>.
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