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+# dpkg manual page - dpkg-gencontrol(1)
+#
+# Copyright © 1995-1996 Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
+# Copyright © 2000 Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@debian.org>
+# Copyright © 2006, 2012-2013, 2015 Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
+# Copyright © 2007-2008 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
+#
+# This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+=encoding utf8
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+dpkg-gencontrol - generate Debian control files
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+B<dpkg-gencontrol>
+[I<option>...]
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+B<dpkg-gencontrol>
+reads information from an unpacked Debian source tree and generates a
+binary package control file (which defaults to debian/tmp/DEBIAN/control);
+during this process it will simplify the relation fields.
+
+Thus
+B<Pre-Depends>, B<Depends>, B<Recommends> and B<Suggests>
+are simplified in this
+order by removing dependencies which are known to be true according to the
+stronger dependencies already parsed.
+It will also remove any self-dependency
+(in fact it will remove any dependency which evaluates to true given the
+current version of the package as installed).
+Logically it keeps the intersection of multiple dependencies on the same
+package.
+The order
+of dependencies is preserved as best as possible: if any dependency
+must be discarded due to another dependency appearing further
+in the field, the superseding dependency will take the place of the
+discarded one.
+
+The other relation fields
+(B<Enhances>, B<Conflicts>, B<Breaks>, B<Replaces> and B<Provides>)
+are also simplified individually by computing the union of the various
+dependencies when a package is listed multiple times in the field.
+
+B<dpkg-gencontrol>
+also adds an entry for the binary package to
+B<debian/files>.
+
+=head1 OPTIONS
+
+=over
+
+=item B<-v>I<version>
+
+Sets the version number of the binary package which will be generated.
+
+=item B<-V>I<name>B<=>I<value>
+
+Set an output substitution variable.
+See L<deb-substvars(5)> for
+discussion of output substitution.
+
+=item B<-T>I<substvars-file>
+
+Read substitution variables in
+I<substvars-file>;
+the default is
+B<debian/substvars>.
+This option can be used multiple times to read substitution variables from
+multiple files (since dpkg 1.15.6).
+
+=item B<-D>I<field>B<=>I<value>
+
+Override or add an output control file field.
+
+=item B<-U>I<field>
+
+Remove an output control file field.
+
+=item B<-c>I<control-file>
+
+Specifies the main source control file to read information from.
+The
+default is
+B<debian/control>.
+
+=item B<-l>I<changelog-file>
+
+Specifies the changelog file to read information from.
+The
+default is
+B<debian/changelog>.
+
+=item B<-f>I<files-list-file>
+
+Read or write the list of files to be uploaded here, rather than using
+B<debian/files>.
+
+=item B<-F>I<changelog-format>
+
+Specifies the format of the changelog.
+See L<dpkg-parsechangelog(1)>
+for information about alternative formats.
+
+=item B<-p>I<package>
+
+Generate information for the binary package
+I<package>.
+If the source control file lists only one binary package then this
+option may be omitted; otherwise it is essential to select which
+binary package's information to generate.
+
+=item B<-n>I<filename>
+
+Assume the filename of the package will be
+I<filename>
+instead of the normal package_version_arch.deb filename.
+
+=item B<-is>, B<-ip>, B<-isp>
+
+These options are ignored for compatibility with older versions of the dpkg
+build scripts but are now deprecated.
+Previously they were used to tell
+B<dpkg-gencontrol> to include the Section and Priority fields in the
+control file.
+This is now the default behavior.
+If you want to
+get the old behavior you can use the
+B<-U>
+option to delete the fields from the control file.
+
+=item B<-P>I<package-build-dir>
+
+Scan
+I<package-build-dir>
+instead of
+B<debian/tmp>.
+This value is used to find the default value of the
+B<Installed-Size>
+substitution variable and control file field,
+and for the default location of the output file.
+
+=item B<-O>[I<filename>]
+
+Print the control file to standard output (or I<filename> if specified,
+since dpkg 1.17.2), rather than to
+B<debian/tmp/DEBIAN/control>
+(or
+I<package-build-dir>B</DEBIAN/control>
+if
+B<-P>
+was used).
+
+=item B<-?>, B<--help>
+
+Show the usage message and exit.
+
+=item B<--version>
+
+Show the version and exit.
+
+=back
+
+=head1 ENVIRONMENT
+
+=over
+
+=item B<DPKG_COLORS>
+
+Sets the color mode (since dpkg 1.18.5).
+The currently accepted values are: B<auto> (default), B<always> and
+B<never>.
+
+=item B<DPKG_NLS>
+
+If set, it will be used to decide whether to activate Native Language Support,
+also known as internationalization (or i18n) support (since dpkg 1.19.0).
+The accepted values are: B<0> and B<1> (default).
+
+=back
+
+=head1 FILES
+
+=over
+
+=item B<debian/control>
+
+The main source control information file, giving version-independent
+information about the source package and the binary packages it can
+produce.
+
+=item B<debian/files>
+
+The list of generated files which are part of the upload being
+prepared.
+B<dpkg-gencontrol>
+adds the presumed filenames of binary packages whose control files it
+generates here.
+
+=back
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+L<deb-substvars(5)>,
+L<deb-src-control(5)>,
+L<deb-changelog(5)>,
+L<deb-control(5)>.