dh_compress - compress files and fix symlinks in package build directories
dh_compress [
debhelper options] [
-Xitem]
[
-A] [
file ...]
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/
- 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.
-
-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.
Debian policy, version 3.0
debhelper(7)
This program is a part of debhelper.
Joey Hess <
[email protected]>