CABAL-DEBIAN(1) 					      General Commands Manual						   CABAL-DEBIAN(1)

NAME

       cabal-debian - create Debian package meta data from a Haskell cabal file.

SYNOPSIS

       cabal-debian [flags]

DESCRIPTION

       cabal-debian will generated the Debian meta data for a Debian package from the cabal file of a Haskell package. The program expects to find
       the package's <pkgname>.cabal file in the directory from which it was run.

       --prefix=PATH
	      Pass this prefix if we need to configure the package

       --ghc  Compile with GHC.

       --hugs Compile with HUGS.

       --jhc  Compile with JHC.

       --nhc  Compile with NHC.

       -h, -?, --help
	      Show this help text.

       --name=NAME
	      Override the default package name.

       --disable-haddock
	      Don't generate API docs.

       --disable-library-profiling
	      Don't generate profiling libraries.

       --disable-optimization
	      Don't generate optimised code.

       --disable-split-objs
	      Don't split object files to save space.

       -f FLAGS, --flags=FLAGS
	      Set given flags in Cabal conditionals.

       --release=RELEASE
	      Override the default package release.

       --debdir=DEBDIR
	      Override the default output directory ("./debian").

       -v n,q --verbose=n
	      Change build verbosity.

       --version=VERSION
	      Override the default package version.

       --maintainer=Maintainer Name <email addr>
	      Override the Maintainer name and email in $DEBEMAIL/$EMAIL/$DEBFULLNAME/$FULLNAME.

       --debianize
	      Generate a new debianization, replacing any existing one.  One of --debianize, --substvar, or --update-debianization is required.

       --substvar=Doc, Prof, or Dev
	      Write out the list of dependencies required for the dev, prof or doc package depending on the argument. This value can be  added	to
	      the appropriate substvars file.

       --update-debianization
	      Update an existing debianization.

AUTHOR

       This  manual  page  was originally written by Erik de Castro Lopo <erikd@mega-nerd.com> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by
       others).

								   May 10, 2010 						   CABAL-DEBIAN(1)