dh_gencontrol (1) - Linux Manuals

dh_gencontrol: generate and install control file

Command to display dh_gencontrol manual in Linux: $ man 1 dh_gencontrol

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.

AUTHOR

Joey Hess <joeyh [at] debian.org>