dh_compress
compress files and fix symlinks in package build directories
Synopsis
dh_compress
[debhelper options] [-Xitem]
[-A] [file ...]
add an example, a script, a trick and tips
examples
source
dh $@
override_dh_compress:
dh_compress -XREADME
# Add here commands to install the package into
debian/dynamips-community.
description
dh_compress
is a debhelper program that is responsible for compressing
the files in package build directories, and makes sure that
any symlinks that pointed to the files before they were
compressed are updated to point to the new files.
By default,
dh_compress compresses files that Debian policy
mandates should be compressed, namely all files in
usr/share/info, usr/share/man, files in
usr/share/doc that are larger than 4k in size,
(except the copyright file, .html and other
web files, image files, and files that appear to be already
compressed based on their extensions), and all
changelog files. Plus PCF fonts
underneath usr/share/fonts/X11/
options
-Xitem,
--exclude=item
Exclude files that contain
item anywhere in their filename from being
compressed. For example, -X.tiff will exclude
TIFF files from compression. You may use this
option multiple times to build up a list of things to
exclude.
-A,
--all
Compress all files specified by
command line parameters in ALL packages acted
on.
file ...
Add these files to the list of
files to compress.
conforms to
Debian policy, version 3.0
files
debian/package.compress
These files are deprecated.
If this file exists, the default files are not compressed.
Instead, the file is ran as a shell script, and all filenames
that the shell script outputs will be compressed. The shell
script will be run from inside the package build directory. Note
though that using -X is a much better idea in general; you
should only use a debian/package.compress file if you
really need to.
see also
debhelper
This program is
a part of debhelper.
author
Joey Hess
<joeyh[:at:]debian[:dot:]org>