dpkg-gencontrol

Sets the version number of the binary package which will be generated.

Set an output substitution variable. See deb-substvars(5) for discussion of output substitution.

Read substitution variables in R substvarsfile ; the default is R debian/substvars .

Override or add an output control file field.

Remove an output control file field.

Specifies the main source control file to read information from. The default is R debian/control .

Specifies the change log file to read information from. The default is R debian/changelog .

Read or write the list of files to be uploaded here, rather than using R debian/files .

Specifies the format of the changelog. By default the format is read from a special line near the bottom of the changelog or failing that defaults to the debian standard format.

Generate information for the binary package R package . If the source control file lists only one binary package then this option may be omitted; otherwise it is essential to select which binary package's information to generate.

Assume the filename of the package will be filename instead of the normal package_version_arch.deb filename.

These options are ignored for compatibility with older versions of dpkg-dev but are now deprecated. Previously they were used to tell dpkg-gencontrol to include the Section and Priority fields in the control file. This is now the default behaviour. If you want to get the old behaviour you can use the -U option to delete the fields from the control file.

Tells dpkg-source that the package is being built in packagebuilddir instead of R debian/tmp . This value is used to find the default value of the Installed-Size substitution variable and control file field (using R du ), and for the default location of the output file.

Print the control file to standard output, rather than to debian/tmp/DEBIAN/control (or B packagebuilddir /DEBIAN/control if -P was used).

Show the usage message and exit.

Show the version and exit. .

The main source control information file, giving version-independent information about the source package and the binary packages it can produce.

The list of generated files which are part of the upload being prepared. dpkg-gencontrol adds the presumed filenames of binary packages whose control files it generates here; .