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.IX Title "DH_GERMINATE_METAPACKAGE 1"
.TH DH_GERMINATE_METAPACKAGE 1 2024-03-20 2.44 Debhelper
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.SH NAME
dh_germinate_metapackage \- create metapackages based on seeds
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
\&\fBdh_germinate_metapackage\fR [\fBdebhelper\ options\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
dh_germinate_metapackage is a debhelper program that generates
${germinate:Depends} substitutions and adds them to substvars files.
.PP
The program will read the \f(CW\*(C`metapackage\-map\*(C'\fR file that should have been
created by a previous run of \f(CW\*(C`germinate\-update\-metapackage\*(C'\fR for your
package, and for each seed listed there it will generate dependencies and
recommendations based on the previous results of
\&\f(CW\*(C`germinate\-update\-metapackage\*(C'\fR. Dependencies will be substituted into your
package's control file wherever you place the token "${germinate:Depends}",
and similarly recommendations will be substituted wherever you place the
token "${germinate:Recommends}".
.PP
You must run \f(CW\*(C`germinate\-update\-metapackage\*(C'\fR before building the source
package. Normally, source packages that use this program will include an
\&\f(CW\*(C`update\*(C'\fR script that will call it with appropriate arguments.
.SH EXAMPLES
.IX Header "EXAMPLES"
dh_germinate_metapackage is usually called indirectly in a rules file via
the dh command.
.PP
.Vb 2
\&        %:
\&                dh $@ \-\-with germinate
.Ve
.PP
You must build-depend on at least debhelper (>= 7.0.8) to use this form, and
in any case you must build-depend on at least germinate (>= 1.18) to use
this program at all.
.PP
It can also be called directly at any time between \f(CW\*(C`dh_prep\*(C'\fR and
\&\f(CW\*(C`dh_installdeb\*(C'\fR.
.PP
.Vb 6
\&        install: build
\&                dh_testdir
\&                dh_testroot
\&                dh_prep
\&                dh_installdirs
\&                dh_germinate_metapackage
\&
\&        binary\-arch: build install
\&                ...
.Ve
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
\&\fBdebhelper\fR\|(7), \fBgerminate\-update\-metapackage\fR\|(1)
.PP
This program is a part of germinate.
.SH AUTHOR
.IX Header "AUTHOR"
Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
.PP
Copyright (C) 2009 Canonical Ltd., licensed under the GNU GPL v2 or later.