NAME¶

cabal-debian - create Debian package meta data from a Haskell cabal file.

SYNOPSIS¶

cabal-debian [flags]

DESCRIPTION¶

cabal-debian will generated the Debian meta data for a Debian package from the cabal file of a Haskell package. The program expects to find the package's <pkgname>.cabal file in the directory from which it was run.

--prefix=PATH

Pass this prefix if we need to configure the package

--ghc

Compile with GHC.

--hugs

Compile with HUGS.

--jhc

Compile with JHC.

--nhc

Compile with NHC.

-h, -?, --help

Show this help text.

--name=NAME

Override the default package name.

--disable-haddock

Don't generate API docs.

--disable-library-profiling

Don't generate profiling libraries.

--disable-optimization

Don't generate optimised code.

--disable-split-objs

Don't split object files to save space.

-f FLAGS, --flags=FLAGS

Set given flags in Cabal conditionals.

--release=RELEASE

Override the default package release.

--debdir=DEBDIR

Override the default output directory ("./debian").

-v n,q --verbose=n

Change build verbosity.

--version=VERSION

Override the default package version.

--maintainer=Maintainer Name <email addr>

Override the Maintainer name and email in $DEBEMAIL/$EMAIL/$DEBFULLNAME/$FULLNAME.

--debianize

Generate a new debianization, replacing any existing one. One of --debianize, --substvar, or --update-debianization is required.

--substvar=Doc, Prof, or Dev

Write out the list of dependencies required for the dev, prof or doc package depending on the argument. This value can be added to the appropriate substvars file.

--update-debianization

Update an existing debianization.

AUTHOR¶

This manual page was originally written by Erik de Castro Lopo <erikd@mega-nerd.com> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).