darcs-buildpackage - Build Debian packages from a Darcs archive

darcs-buildpackage [ args for debuild ... ]

The darcs-buildpackage command is used to build Debian source and .deb packages from a checked-out version of a Debian source tree. Please refer to the darcs-buildpackage manual for instructions on how to check out such a tree.

darcs-buildpackage will, in order:

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Verify that it is being executed from the proper location.

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Check to see if a proper orig.tar.gz exists. If not, it will check out the proper upstream directory from the darcs-buildpackage repository (if necessary) and build the orig.tar.gz. The orig.tar.gz will not contain Darcs meta-data.

If the upstream repository is not available locally, it will consult mirrors in the same manner as dbp-get(1).

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Call debuild(1) with arguments instructing it to ignore Darcs meta-data in the diff.gz, passing along all arguments given to darcs-buildpackage.

All options passed to darcs-buildpackage are sent directly to debuild(1).

~$ cd ~/tree/debian
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The following specific files are used by this application:

~/.darcs-buildpackage

Specifies the location of the canonical Debian and upstream repositories.

This application uses no environment variables directly, but other programs it calls may do so.

darcs-buildpackage, all associated scripts and programs, this manual, and all build scripts are Copyright (C) 2003 - 2005 John Goerzen.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA

darcs-buildpackage, its modules, documentation, executables, and all included files, except where noted, was written by John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org> and copyright is held as stated in the COPYRIGHT section.

darcs-buildpackage may be downloaded from the Debian packaging system or at <URL:http://packages.debian.org/darcs-buildpackage>.

darcs-buildpackage may also be downloaded using Darcs by running darcs get --partial http://darcs.complete.org/darcs-buildpackage.

Detailed usage information, including a background and a description of how the tools fit together, can be found in the darcs-buildpackage Manual. On Debian systems, you may find this at /usr/share/doc/darcs-buildpackage.

darcs-buildpackage applications have references in that manual and the following manpages: dbp-importdsc(1), dbp-importorig(1), dbp-markdeb(1), darcs-buildpackage(1).

Other related references include: darcs(1), debuild(1), dbp-get(1), dpkg-buildpackage(1).