=head1 SYNOPSIS
- dh_gencontrol [debhelper options] [-uparams] [-- params]
+B<dh_gencontrol> [S<I<debhelper options>>] [S<B<--> I<params>>]
=head1 DESCRIPTION
-dh_gencontrol is a debhelper program that is responsible for generating
-control files, and installing them into the DEBIAN directory with the
+B<dh_gencontrol> is a debhelper program that is responsible for generating
+control files, and installing them into the I<DEBIAN> directory with the
proper permissions.
This program is merely a wrapper around L<dpkg-gencontrol(1)>, which calls
it once for each package being acted on, and passes in some additional
-useful flags including "-isp".
-
-Note that L<dpkg-gencontrol(1)> expands certian substirution variables
-when generating the control file (for details, see its man page). Those
-variables are typically generated by L<dh_shlibdeps(1)> and like programs.
-However, if you want to specify some of your own manually, you may do so,
-by creating files named debian/package.substvars (where package is the
-package these variables apply to). The files should be of the same form
-output by L<dpkg-shlibdeps(1)>
+useful flags.
=head1 OPTIONS
=over 4
-=item B<-u>I<params>, B<--dpkg-gencontrol-params>I<params>
-
=item B<--> I<params>
-Pass "params" to L<dpkg-gencontrol(1)>.
+Pass I<params> to L<dpkg-gencontrol(1)>.
+
+=item B<-u>I<params>, B<--dpkg-gencontrol-params=>I<params>
+
+This is another way to pass I<params> to L<dpkg-gencontrol(1)>.
+It is deprecated; use B<--> instead.
=back
=cut
-init();
+init(options => {
+ "dpkg-gencontrol-params=s", => \$dh{U_PARAMS},
+});
foreach my $package (@{$dh{DOPACKAGES}}) {
my $tmp=tmpdir($package);
my $ext=pkgext($package);
+
+ my $substvars="debian/${ext}substvars";
my $changelog=pkgfile($package,'changelog');
if (! $changelog) {
doit("install","-o",0,"-g",0,"-d","$tmp/DEBIAN");
}
- # Merge in user-specified substvars file with debhelper generated
- # one.
- my $substvars=pkgfile($package,"substvars");
- if (-e $substvars) {
- complex_doit("cat $substvars >> debian/${ext}substvars.debhelper");
+ # avoid gratuitous warning
+ if (! -e $substvars || system("grep -q '^misc:Depends=' $substvars") != 0) {
+ complex_doit("echo misc:Depends= >> $substvars");
}
-
+
# Generate and install control file.
- doit("dpkg-gencontrol","-l$changelog","-isp","-p$package",
- "-Tdebian/${ext}substvars.debhelper",
- "-P$tmp",@{$dh{U_PARAMS}});
+ my @command="dpkg-gencontrol";
+ if (getpackages() > 1) {
+ push @command, "-p$package";
+ }
+ doit(@command, "-l$changelog", "-T$substvars",
+ "-P$tmp",@{$dh{U_PARAMS}});
# This chmod is only necessary if the user sets the umask to
# something odd.
doit("chmod","644","$tmp/DEBIAN/control");
- doit("chown","0.0","$tmp/DEBIAN/control");
+ doit("chown","0:0","$tmp/DEBIAN/control");
}
=head1 SEE ALSO
-L<debhelper(1)>
+L<debhelper(7)>
This program is a part of debhelper.