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equivs-build(1) [debian man page]

EQUIVS-BUILD(1) 						    Debian/GNU							   EQUIVS-BUILD(1)

NAME

       equivs-build - make a Debian package to register local software

SYNOPSIS

       equivs-build [--full|-f] [--arch=foo|-a=foo] controlfile

DESCRIPTION

       equivs-build is a program that creates Debian packages which can be used to inform dpkg about locally installed packages and their
       dependencies. Also empty packages that just require other packages can be created with equivs. These can be used as "profile" packages
       which just mark other ones for installation.

       Please note that this is a crude hack and if thoughtlessly used, it might possibly do damage to your packaging system. And please note as
       well that using it is not the recommended way of dealing with broken dependencies. Better file a bug report instead.

       The control file has a structure like the control files in "real" Debian packages, but it doesn't have to define all keys, as default
       values will be used if you omit one.

       There are several additional fields that can be used:

       Changelog:
	   File to be used as the changelog

       Version:
	   If you don't use a local changelog, equivs will create a dummy one. As the version of the package is defined in the changelog, equivs
	   will assume the version 1.0. With this field, you can set an explicit version.

       Readme:
	   A file to be used as the README.Debian file. You can use the strings @packagename@ and @depends@ to insert the package name and the
	   dependency information used.

       Copyright:
	   The copyright file to by used. If omitted, the GPL 2 will be used.

       Preinst: Postinst: Prerm: Postrm:
	   Maintainerscripts executed before/after installation/removal of the package. See the Debian developers reference for a description
	   (package developers-reference).

       Extra-Files:
	   A comma-separated list of files to copy to the /usr/share/doc/packagename directory.

       Files:
	   Files to be copied into some directory of the created package.  Each line contains a source filename and a destination directory,
	   space-separated.  As with other multi-line headers, all lines but the first must be indented.  Example:

	     Files: foo-cron /etc/cron.d/
	      foo-cron-helper /usr/local/bin/

       File:
	   Files to be copied into some directory of the created package, specified inline in the source control file. The field syntax is the
	   name of the files to be created, followed by lines indented by 1 space denoting file content; leading space will be trimmed.  An octal
	   file mode may be specified after the filename; it defaults to 644, and will be normalised to 644 or 755.  Example:

	     File: /usr/local/bin/true 755
	      #!/bin/sh
	      exit 0

       See /usr/share/doc/equivs/README.Debian for more information.

OPTIONS

       --full | -f
	   Do a complete build. debuild will be called, that is, a full package will be built and signed, suitable for upload to the Debian
	   servers.

	   The ID used to signed is taken from, in that order, the user from the last entry of a supplied changelog, the Maintainer: field in the
	   equivs control file, or the local username.

       --arch | -a
	   Build package for the specified architecture. Used e.g. for building packages for hurd under linux. equivs-build uses dpkg-architecture
	   to provide this facility.

DISTRIBUTION

       Distribution is subject to the GNU public licence version 2.

AUTHOR

       Martin Bialasinski <martinb@debian.org>

SEE ALSO

       equivs-control(1), /usr/share/doc/equivs/README.Debian

30 Sep 2011															   EQUIVS-BUILD(1)

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MK-BUILD-DEPS(1)														  MK-BUILD-DEPS(1)

NAME

       mk-build-deps - build a package satisfying a package's build-dependencies

SYNOPSIS

       mk-build-deps --help|--version

       mk-build-deps [options] control file | package name ...

DESCRIPTION

       Given a package name and/or control file, mk-build-deps will use equivs to generate a binary package which may be installed to satisfy all
       the build dependencies of the given package.

       If --build-dep and/or --build-indep are given, then the resulting binary package(s) will depend solely on the
       Build-Depends/Build-Depends-Indep dependencies, respectively.

OPTIONS

       -i, --install
	   Install the generated packages and its build-dependencies.

       -t, --tool
	   When installing the generated package use the specified tool.  (default: apt-get --no-install-recommends)

       -r, --remove
	   Remove the package file after installing it. Ignored if used without the --install switch.

       -a foo, --arch foo
	   If the source package has architecture-specific build dependencies, produce a package for architecture foo, not for the system
	   architecture. (If the source package does not have architecture-specific build dependencies, the package produced is always for the
	   pseudo-architecture all.)

       -B, --build-dep
	   Generate a package which only depends on the source package's Build-Depends dependencies.

       -A, --build-indep
	   Generate a package which only depends on the source package's Build-Depends-Indep dependencies.

       -h, --help
	   Show a summary of options.

       -v, --version
	   Show version and copyright information.

       -s, --root-cmd
	   Use the specified tool to gain root privileges before installing.  Ignored if used without the --install switch.

AUTHOR

       mk-build-deps is copyright by Vincent Fourmond and was modified for the devscripts package by Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>.

       This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.	You are free to redistribute this code under the terms of the GNU General Public License,
       version 2 or later.

Debian Utilities						    2013-12-23							  MK-BUILD-DEPS(1)
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