1DH_GENCONTROL(1)                   Debhelper                  DH_GENCONTROL(1)
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NAME

6       dh_gencontrol - generate and install control file
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SYNOPSIS

9       dh_gencontrol [debhelper options] [-- params]
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DESCRIPTION

12       dh_gencontrol is a debhelper program that is responsible for generating
13       control files, and installing them into the DEBIAN directory with the
14       proper permissions.
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16       This program is merely a wrapper around dpkg-gencontrol(1), which calls
17       it once for each package being acted on (plus related dbgsym packages),
18       and passes in some additional useful flags.
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20       Note that if you use dh_gencontrol, you must also use dh_builddeb(1) to
21       build the packages.  Otherwise, your build may fail to build as
22       dh_gencontrol (via dpkg-gencontrol(1)) declares which packages are
23       built.  As debhelper automatically generates dbgsym packages, it some
24       times adds additional packages, which will be built by dh_builddeb(1).
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OPTIONS

27       -- params
28           Pass params to dpkg-gencontrol(1).
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30       -uparams, --dpkg-gencontrol-params=params
31           This is another way to pass params to dpkg-gencontrol(1).  It is
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SEE ALSO

35       debhelper(7)
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37       This program is a part of debhelper.
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AUTHOR

40       Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
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