NAME
dh_clean - clean up package build directories
SYNOPSIS
dh_clean [debhelper options] [-k] [-d] [-Xitem] [file ...]
DESCRIPTION
dh_clean is a debhelper program that is responsible for cleaning up after a
package is built. It removes the package build directories, and removes some
other files including debian/files, and any detritus left behind by other
debhelper commands. It also removes common files that should not appear in a
debian diff:
#*# *~ \s-1DEADJOE\s0 *.orig *.rej *.SUMS \s-1TAGS\s0 core .deps/* *.P
OPTIONS
"-k,
Do not delete debian/files. When do you want to use this? Anytime you have a
debian/rules that has 2 binary targets that build different .deb packages;
for example, one target is binary-arch, and the other is binary-indep, or
one target builds the shared library, and the other the -dev package. If you
didn't use -k in these cases, then debian/files would be deleted in the
middle, and your changes file will only contain the last binary package that
was built.
"-d,
Only clean the package build directories, do not clean up any other files
at all.
"-Xitem
Exclude files that contain “item” anywhere in their filename from being
deleted, even if they would normally be deleted. You may use this option
multiple times to build up a list of things to exclude.
"file
Delete these files too.
SEE ALSO
debhelper(7)
This program is a part of debhelper.
AUTHOR
Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>