NAME¶
dh_installdeb - install files into the DEBIAN directory
SYNOPSIS¶
dh_installdeb [
debhelper options]
DESCRIPTION¶
dh_installdeb is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing
files into the
DEBIAN directories in package build directories with the
correct permissions.
FILES¶
- package.postinst
- package.preinst
- package.postrm
- package.prerm
- These maintainer scripts are installed into the DEBIAN directory.
Inside the scripts, the token #DEBHELPER# is replaced with shell
script snippets generated by other debhelper commands.
- package.triggers
- package.shlibs
- These control files are installed into the DEBIAN directory.
Note that package.shlibs is only installed in compat level 9 and
earlier. In compat 10, please use dh_makeshlibs(1).
- package.conffiles
- This control file will be installed into the DEBIAN directory.
In v3 compatibility mode and higher, all files in the etc/ directory
in a package will automatically be flagged as conffiles by this program,
so there is no need to list them manually here.
- package.maintscript
- Lines in this file correspond to dpkg-maintscript-helper(1)
commands and parameters. However, the "maint-script-parameters"
should not be included as debhelper will add those automatically.
Example:
# Correct
rm_conffile /etc/obsolete.conf 0.2~ foo
# INCORRECT
rm_conffile /etc/obsolete.conf 0.2~ foo -- "$@"
In compat 10 or later, any shell metacharacters will be escaped, so
arbitrary shell code cannot be inserted here. For example, a line such as
"mv_conffile /etc/oldconffile /etc/newconffile" will insert
maintainer script snippets into all maintainer scripts sufficient to move
that conffile.
It was also the intention to escape shell metacharacters in previous compat
levels. However, it did not work properly and as such it was possible to
embed arbitrary shell code in earlier compat levels.
SEE ALSO¶
debhelper(7)
This program is a part of debhelper.
AUTHOR¶
Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>