1dpkg-gencontrol(1) dpkg suite dpkg-gencontrol(1)
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6 dpkg-gencontrol - generate Debian control files
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9 dpkg-gencontrol [option...]
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12 dpkg-gencontrol reads information from an unpacked Debian source tree
13 and generates a binary package control file (which defaults to
14 debian/tmp/DEBIAN/control); during this process it will simplify the
15 relation fields.
16 Thus Pre-Depends, Depends, Recommends and Suggests are simplified in
18 this order by removing dependencies which are known to be true
19 according to the stronger dependencies already parsed. It will also
20 remove any self-dependency (in fact it will remove any dependency which
21 evaluates to true given the current version of the package as
22 installed). Logically it keeps the intersection of multiple
23 dependencies on the same package. The order of dependencies is
24 preserved as best as possible: if any dependency must be discarded due
25 to another dependency appearing further in the field, the superseding
26 dependency will take the place of the discarded one.
27 The other relation fields (Enhances, Conflicts, Breaks, Replaces and
29 Provides) are also simplified individually by computing the union of
30 the various dependencies when a package is listed multiple times in the
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32 dpkg-gencontrol also adds an entry for the binary package to
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37 -vversion
38 Sets the version number of the binary package which will be
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40 -Vname=value
42 Set an output substitution variable. See deb-substvars(5) for
43 discussion of output substitution.
44 -Tsubstvars-file
46 Read substitution variables in substvars-file; the default is
47 debian/substvars. This option can be used multiple times to read
48 substitution variables from multiple files (since dpkg 1.15.6).
49 -Dfield=value
51 Override or add an output control file field.
52 -Ufield
54 Remove an output control file field.
55 -ccontrol-file
57 Specifies the main source control file to read information from.
58 The default is debian/control.
59 -lchangelog-file
61 Specifies the changelog file to read information from. The default
62 is debian/changelog.
63 -ffiles-list-file
65 Read or write the list of files to be uploaded here, rather than
66 using debian/files.
67 -Fchangelog-format
69 Specifies the format of the changelog. See dpkg-parsechangelog(1)
70 for information about alternative formats.
71 -ppackage
73 Generate information for the binary package package. If the source
74 control file lists only one binary package then this option may be
75 omitted; otherwise it is essential to select which binary package's
76 information to generate.
77 -nfilename
79 Assume the filename of the package will be filename instead of the
80 normal package_version_arch.deb filename.
81 -is, -ip, -isp
83 These options are ignored for compatibility with older versions of
84 the dpkg build scripts but are now deprecated. Previously they were
85 used to tell dpkg-gencontrol to include the Section and Priority
86 fields in the control file. This is now the default behaviour. If
87 you want to get the old behaviour you can use the -U option to
88 delete the fields from the control file.
89 -Ppackage-build-dir
91 Scan package-build-dir instead of debian/tmp. This value is used
92 to find the default value of the Installed-Size substitution
93 variable and control file field, and for the default location of
94 the output file.
95 -O[filename]
97 Print the control file to standard output (or filename if
98 specified, since dpkg 1.17.2), rather than to
99 debian/tmp/DEBIAN/control (or package-build-dir/DEBIAN/control if
100 -P was used).
101 -?, --help
103 Show the usage message and exit.
104 --version
106 Show the version and exit.
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109 DPKG_COLORS
110 Sets the color mode (since dpkg 1.18.5). The currently accepted
111 values are: auto (default), always and never.
112 DPKG_NLS
114 If set, it will be used to decide whether to activate Native
115 Language Support, also known as internationalization (or i18n)
116 support (since dpkg 1.19.0). The accepted values are: 0 and 1
117 (default).
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120 debian/control
121 The main source control information file, giving version-
122 independent information about the source package and the binary
123 packages it can produce.
124 debian/files
126 The list of generated files which are part of the upload being
127 prepared. dpkg-gencontrol adds the presumed filenames of binary
128 packages whose control files it generates here.
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131 deb-substvars(5), deb-src-control(5), deb-changelog(5), deb-control(5).
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