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)