.TH DH_FIXPERMS 1
.SH NAME
dh_fixperms \- fix permissions of files in package build directories
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dh_fixperms
.I "[-v] [-a] [-i] [-Xitem] [--no-act] [-ppackage] [-Ptmpdir]"
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
dh_fixperms is a debhelper program that is responsible for setting the
permissions of files in package build directories to a sane state.
.P
dh_fixperms makes all files in usr/doc in the package build directory
(excluding files in the examples/ directory) be mode 644. It also changes 
the permissions of all man pages to mode 644. It makes all files be owned by 
root, and it removes group and other write permission from all files.
Finally, it removes execute permissions from any libraries that have it set.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-v, \--verbose
Verbose mode; show all commands that modify the package build directory.
.TP
.B \-a, \--arch
Fix permissions for all architecture dependent packages.
.TP
.B \-i, \--indep
Fix permissions for all architecture independent packages.
.TP
.B \--no-act
Do not really do anything. If used with -v, the result is that this command
will output a list of what it would have done.
.TP
.B \-ppackage, \--package=package
Fix permissions for the package named "package".
.TP
.B \-Ptmpdir, \--tmpdir=tmpdir
Use "tmpdir" for package build directory. 
.TP
.B \-Xitem, \--exclude=item
Exclude files that contain "item" anywhere in their filename from having
their permissions changed. You may use this option multiple times to build 
up a list of things to exclude.
.SH NOTES
The
.B \-a
.B \-i
and
.B \-p
arguments are cumulative. If none are specified, then all packages listed in
the control file will have their permissions fixed.
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.TP
.I DH_VERBOSE
Enables verbose mode
.TP
.I DH_NO_ACT
Enables no-act mode (see above).
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR /usr/doc/debhelper/README
.SH "CONFORMS TO"
Debian policy, version 2.3.0.1
.SH AUTHOR
Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org>