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DH_MOVEFILES(1) | Debhelper | DH_MOVEFILES(1) |
NAME¶
dh_movefiles - move files out of debian/tmp into subpackages
SYNOPSIS¶
dh_movefiles [debhelper options] [--sourcedir=dir] [-Xitem] [file ...]
DESCRIPTION¶
dh_movefiles is a debhelper program that is responsible for moving files out of debian/tmp or some other directory and into other package build directories. This may be useful if your package has a Makefile that installs everything into debian/tmp, and you need to break that up into subpackages.
Note: dh_install is a much better program, and you are recommended to use it instead of dh_movefiles.
FILES¶
- debian/package.files
- Lists the files to be moved into a package, separated by whitespace. The filenames listed should be relative to debian/tmp/. You can also list directory names, and the whole directory will be moved.
OPTIONS¶
- --sourcedir=dir
- Instead of moving files out of debian/tmp (the default), this option makes it move files out of some other directory. Since the entire contents of the sourcedir is moved, specifying something like --sourcedir=/ is very unsafe, so to prevent mistakes, the sourcedir must be a relative filename; it cannot begin with a `/'.
- -Xitem, --exclude=item
- Exclude files that contain item anywhere in their filename from being installed.
- file ...
- Lists files to move. The filenames listed should be relative to debian/tmp/. You can also list directory names, and the whole directory will be moved. It is an error to list files here unless you use -p, -i, or -a to tell dh_movefiles which subpackage to put them in.
NOTES¶
Note that files are always moved out of debian/tmp by default (even if you have instructed debhelper to use a compatibility level higher than one, which does not otherwise use debian/tmp for anything at all). The idea behind this is that the package that is being built can be told to install into debian/tmp, and then files can be moved by dh_movefiles from that directory. Any files or directories that remain are ignored, and get deleted by dh_clean later.
SEE ALSO¶
This program is a part of debhelper.
AUTHOR¶
Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
2024-08-31 | 13.19~bpo12+1 |