options can override this behavior.
If debian/rules contains a target with a name like "override_I<dh_command>",
-then when it gets to that command in the sequence, dh will run that
-target from the rules file, rather than running the actual command. The
-override target can then run the command with additional options, or run
-entirely different commands instead. (Note that to use this feature,
-you should Build-Depend on debhelper 7.0.50 or above.)
+then when it would notmally run I<dh_command>, dh will instead call that
+target. The override target can then run the command with additional options,
+or run entirely different commands instead. See examples below. (Note that to
+use this feature, you should Build-Depend on debhelper 7.0.50 or above.)
=head1 OPTIONS
Run all commands in the sequence that have yet to be run.
+=item B<--no-act>
+
+Prints commands that would run for a given sequence, but does not run them.
+
=back
All other options passed to dh are passed on to each command it runs. This
can be used to set an option like "-v" or "-X" or "-N", as well as for more
specialised options.
-=head1 COMMAND SPECIFICATION
-
-I<cmd> can be a full name of a debhelper command, or a substring. It'll first
-search for a command in the sequence exactly matching the name, to avoid any
-ambiguity. If there are multiple substring matches, the last one in the
-sequence will be used.
+In the above options, I<cmd> can be a full name of a debhelper command, or
+a substring. It'll first search for a command in the sequence exactly
+matching the name, to avoid any ambiguity. If there are multiple substring
+matches, the last one in the sequence will be used.
=cut
%:
dh --with python-central $@
+Here is how to force use of perl's Module::Build build system,
+which can be necessary if debhelper wrongly detects that the package
+uses MakeMaker.
+
+ #!/usr/bin/make -f
+ %:
+ dh --buildsystem=perl_build $@
+
To patch your package using quilt, you can tell dh to use quilt's dh
sequence addons like this:
Here is an example of overriding where the dh_auto_* commands find
the package's source, for a package where the source is located in a
-subdirectory. It also forces use of perl's Module::Build build system,
-which can be necessary if debhelper wrongly detects that the package
-uses MakeMaker.
+subdirectory.
+
+ #!/usr/bin/make -f
+ %:
+ dh --sourcedirectory=src $@
+
+Finally, here is a way to prevent dh from running several commands
+that you don't want it to run, by defining empty override targets for each
+command.
#!/usr/bin/make -f
%:
- dh --sourcedirectory=src --buildsystem=perl_build $@
+ dh $@
+
+ # Commands not to run:
+ override_dh_auto_test override_dh_compress override_dh_fixperms:
=cut
});
inhibit_log();
+# If make is using a jobserver, but it is not available
+# to this process, clean out MAKEFLAGS. This avoids
+# ugly warnings when calling make.
+if (is_make_jobserver_unavailable()) {
+ clean_jobserver_makeflags();
+}
+
# Definitions of sequences.
my %sequences;
$sequences{build} = [qw{
dh_installcatalogs
dh_installcron
dh_installdebconf
- dh_installcatalogs
dh_installemacsen
dh_installifupdown
dh_installinfo
}, @b];
$sequences{'binary-arch'} = [@{$sequences{binary}}];
+# Additional command options
+my %command_opts;
+
# sequence addon interface
sub _insert {
my $offset=shift;
my $sequence=shift;
unshift @{$sequences{$sequence}}, $command;
}
+sub add_command_options {
+ my $command=shift;
+ push @{$command_opts{$command}}, @_;
+}
+sub remove_command_options {
+ my $command=shift;
+ if (@_) {
+ # Remove only specified options
+ if (my $opts = $command_opts{$command}) {
+ foreach my $opt (@_) {
+ $opts = [ grep { $_ ne $opt } @$opts ];
+ }
+ $command_opts{$command} = $opts;
+ }
+ }
+ else {
+ # Clear all additional options
+ delete $command_opts{$command};
+ }
+}
if ($dh{LIST}) {
my %addons;
$command="debian/rules";
@options="override_".$override_command;
}
+ else {
+ # Pass additional command options if any
+ unshift @options, @{$command_opts{$command}} if exists $command_opts{$command};
+ }
# 3 space indent lines the command being run up under the
# sequence name after "dh ".