DH_GENCONTROL
Section: Debhelper (1)
Updated: 2021-02-15
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NAME
dh_gencontrol - generate and install control file
SYNOPSIS
dh_gencontrol [
debhelper options] [
-- params]
DESCRIPTION
dh_gencontrol is a debhelper program that is responsible for generating
control files, and installing them into the
DEBIAN directory with the
proper permissions.
This program is merely a wrapper around dpkg-gencontrol(1), which
calls it once for each package being acted on (plus related dbgsym
packages), and passes in some additional useful flags.
Note that if you use dh_gencontrol, you must also use
dh_builddeb(1) to build the packages. Otherwise, your build may
fail to build as dh_gencontrol (via dpkg-gencontrol(1)) declares
which packages are built. As debhelper automatically generates dbgsym
packages, it some times adds additional packages, which will be built
by dh_builddeb(1).
OPTIONS
- -- params
-
Pass params to dpkg-gencontrol(1).
- -uparams, --dpkg-gencontrol-params=params
-
This is another way to pass params to dpkg-gencontrol(1).
It is deprecated; use -- instead.
SEE ALSO
debhelper(7)
This program is a part of debhelper.
AUTHOR
Joey Hess <
joeyh@debian.org>