5 dh_gencontrol - generate and install control file
10 use Debian::Debhelper::Dh_Lib;
14 B<dh_gencontrol> [S<I<debhelper options>>] [S<B<--> I<params>>]
18 dh_gencontrol is a debhelper program that is responsible for generating
19 control files, and installing them into the DEBIAN directory with the
22 This program is merely a wrapper around L<dpkg-gencontrol(1)>, which calls
23 it once for each package being acted on, and passes in some additional
24 useful flags including "-isp".
30 =item B<-u>I<params>, B<--dpkg-gencontrol-params>I<params>
34 Pass "params" to L<dpkg-gencontrol(1)>.
42 foreach my $package (@{$dh{DOPACKAGES}}) {
43 my $tmp=tmpdir($package);
44 my $ext=pkgext($package);
46 my $changelog=pkgfile($package,'changelog');
48 $changelog='debian/changelog';
51 if ( ! -d "$tmp/DEBIAN" ) {
52 doit("install","-o",0,"-g",0,"-d","$tmp/DEBIAN");
55 # Generate and install control file.
56 doit("dpkg-gencontrol","-l$changelog","-isp","-p$package",
57 "-Tdebian/${ext}substvars", "-P$tmp",@{$dh{U_PARAMS}});
59 # This chmod is only necessary if the user sets the umask to
61 doit("chmod","644","$tmp/DEBIAN/control");
63 doit("chown","0.0","$tmp/DEBIAN/control");
70 This program is a part of debhelper.
74 Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>