NAME¶
dh_link - create symlinks in package build directories
SYNOPSIS¶
dh_link [
debhelper options] [
-A]
[
-Xitem] [
source destination ...]
DESCRIPTION¶
dh_link is a debhelper program that creates symlinks in package build
directories.
dh_link accepts a list of pairs of source and destination files. The
source files are the already existing files that will be symlinked from. The
destination files are the symlinks that will be created. There
must be
an equal number of source and destination files specified.
Be sure you
do specify the full filename to both the source and
destination files (unlike you would do if you were using something like
ln(1)).
dh_link will generate symlinks that comply with Debian policy - absolute
when policy says they should be absolute, and relative links with as short a
path as possible. It will also create any subdirectories it needs to to put
the symlinks in.
Any pre-existing destination files will be replaced with symlinks.
dh_link also scans the package build tree for existing symlinks which do
not conform to Debian policy, and corrects them (v4 or later).
FILES¶
- debian/package.links
- Lists pairs of source and destination files to be
symlinked. Each pair should be put on its own line, with the source and
destination separated by whitespace.
OPTIONS¶
- -A, --all
- Create any links specified by command line parameters in
ALL packages acted on, not just the first.
- -Xitem, --exclude=item
- Exclude symlinks that contain item anywhere in their
filename from being corrected to comply with Debian policy.
- source destination ...
- Create a file named destination as a link to a file
named source. Do this in the package build directory of the first
package acted on. (Or in all packages if -A is specified.)
EXAMPLES¶
dh_link usr/share/man/man1/foo.1 usr/share/man/man1/bar.1
Make
bar.1 be a symlink to
foo.1
dh_link var/lib/foo usr/lib/foo \
usr/share/man/man1/foo.1 usr/share/man/man1/bar.1
Make
/usr/lib/foo/ be a link to
/var/lib/foo/, and
bar.1 be
a symlink to the
foo.1
SEE ALSO¶
debhelper(7)
This program is a part of debhelper.
AUTHOR¶
Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>