DH_GERMINATE_METAPACKAGE(1)					     Debhelper					       DH_GERMINATE_METAPACKAGE(1)

NAME

       dh_germinate_metapackage - create metapackages based on seeds

SYNOPSIS

       dh_germinate_metapackage [debhelper options]

DESCRIPTION

       dh_germinate_metapackage is a debhelper program that generates ${germinate:Depends} substitutions and adds them to substvars files.

       The program will read the "metapackage-map" file that should have been created by a previous run of "germinate-update-metapackage" for your
       package, and for each seed listed there it will generate dependencies and recommendations based on the previous results of
       "germinate-update-metapackage". Dependencies will be substituted into your package's control file wherever you place the token
       "${germinate:Depends}", and similarly recommendations will be substituted wherever you place the token "${germinate:Recommends}".

       You must run "germinate-update-metapackage" before building the source package. Normally, source packages that use this program will
       include an "update" script that will call it with appropriate arguments.

EXAMPLES

       dh_germinate_metapackage is usually called indirectly in a rules file via the dh command.

	       %:
		       dh --with germinate $@

       You must build-depend on at least debhelper (>= 7.0.8) to use this form, and in any case you must build-depend on at least germinate (>=
       1.18) to use this program at all.

       It can also be called directly at any time before "dh_installdeb".

	       build:
		       dh_testdir
		       dh_germinate_metapackage

SEE ALSO

       debhelper(7), germinate-update-metapackage(1)

       This program is a part of germinate.

AUTHOR

       Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>

       Copyright (C) 2009 Canonical Ltd., licensed under the GNU GPL v2 or later.

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