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dpkg-source(1)                            dpkg utilities                           dpkg-source(1)



NAME
       dpkg-source - Debian source package (.dsc) manipulation tool

SYNOPSIS
       dpkg-source [option...] command

DESCRIPTION
       dpkg-source packs and unpacks Debian source archives.

       None  of  these  commands  allow multiple options to be combined into one, and they do not
       allow the value for an option to be specified in a separate argument.

COMMANDS
       -x, --extract filename.dsc [output-directory]
              Extract a source package.  The --extract alias was added in dpkg 1.17.14.  One non-
              option  argument  must  be  supplied,  the  name  of the Debian source control file
              (.dsc).  An optional second non-option argument may  be  supplied  to  specify  the
              directory  to  extract  the  source  package  to, this must not exist. If no output
              directory is specified, the source package is  extracted  into  a  directory  named
              source-version under the current working directory.

              dpkg-source  will  read the names of the other file(s) making up the source package
              from the control file; they are assumed to be in the same directory as the .dsc.

              The files in the extracted package will have their permissions and  ownerships  set
              to  those  which  would  have been expected if the files and directories had simply
              been created - directories and executable files will be 0777 and plain  files  will
              be  0666, both modified by the extractors' umask; if the parent directory is setgid
              then the extracted directories will be too, and all the files and directories  will
              inherit its group ownership.

              If  the source package uses a non-standard format (currently this means all formats
              except "1.0"), its name will be stored in debian/source/format so that the  follow‐
              ing builds of the source package use the same format by default.


       -b, --build directory [format-specific-parameters]
              Build  a  source  package.  The --build alias was added in dpkg 1.17.14.  The first
              non-option argument is taken as the name of the directory containing the debianized
              source  tree  (i.e.  with  a debian sub-directory and maybe changes to the original
              files).  Depending on the source package format used to build  the  package,  addi‐
              tional parameters might be accepted.

              dpkg-source  will  build  the  source  package  with the first format found in this
              ordered list: the format indicated with the --format command line option, the  for‐
              mat  indicated  in debian/source/format, "1.0". The fallback to "1.0" is deprecated
              and will be removed at some point in the future, you  should  always  document  the
              desired  source  format in debian/source/format. See section SOURCE PACKAGE FORMATS
              for an extensive description of the various source package formats.


       --print-format directory
              Print the source format  that  would  be  used  to  build  the  source  package  if
              dpkg-source  --build directory was called (in the same conditions and with the same
              parameters).


       --before-build directory
              Run the corresponding hook of the source package format. This hook is called before
              any  build  of  the  package  (dpkg-buildpackage  calls  it  very early even before
              debian/rules clean). This command is idempotent and can be called  multiple  times.
              Not  all source formats implement something in this hook, and those that do usually
              prepare the source tree for the build for  example  by  ensuring  that  the  Debian
              patches are applied.


       --after-build directory
              Run  the corresponding hook of the source package format. This hook is called after
              any build of the package (dpkg-buildpackage calls it last). This command is idempo‐
              tent  and  can be called multiple times. Not all source formats implement something
              in this hook, and those that do usually use it  to  undo  what  --before-build  has
              done.


       --commit [directory] ...
              Record changes in the source tree unpacked in directory. This command can take sup‐
              plementary parameters depending on the source format.  It will error out  for  for‐
              mats where this operation doesn't mean anything.


       -?, --help
              Show the usage message and exit.

       --version
              Show the version and exit.

OPTIONS
   Generic build options
       -ccontrol-file
              Specifies  the  main  source  control file to read information from. The default is
              debian/control.  If given with relative pathname this is  interpreted  starting  at
              the source tree's top level directory.

       -lchangelog-file
              Specifies   the   changelog   file   to  read  information  from.  The  default  is
              debian/changelog.  If given with relative pathname this is interpreted starting  at
              the source tree's top level directory.

       -Fchangelog-format
              Specifies  the  format of the changelog. See dpkg-parsechangelog(1) for information
              about alternative formats.

       --format=value
              Use the given format for building the source package. It does override  any  format
              given in debian/source/format.

       -Vname=value
              Set an output substitution variable.  See deb-substvars(5) for a discussion of out‐
              put substitution.

       -Tsubstvars-file
              Read substitution variables in substvars-file; the default is to not read any file.
              This option can be used multiple times to read substitution variables from multiple
              files.

       -Dfield=value
              Override or add an output control file field.

       -Ufield
              Remove an output control file field.

       -Zcompression, --compression=compression
              Specify the compression to use for created files (tarballs and diffs).   Note  that
              this  option  will  not cause existing tarballs to be recompressed, it only affects
              new files. Supported values are: gzip, bzip2, lzma and xz.  The default is  xz  for
              formats  2.0  and  newer,  and gzip for format 1.0. xz is only supported since dpkg
              1.15.5.

       -zlevel, --compression-level=level
              Compression level to use. As with -Z it only affects newly created files. Supported
              values  are: 1 to 9, best, and fast.  The default is 9 for gzip and bzip2, 6 for xz
              and lzma.

       -i[regex], --diff-ignore[=regex]
              You may specify a perl regular expression to match files you want filtered  out  of
              the list of files for the diff. (This list is generated by a find command.) (If the
              source package is being built as a version 3 source package using a VCS,  this  can
              be  used to ignore uncommited changes on specific files. Using -i.* will ignore all
              of them.)

              The -i option by itself enables this setting with a default regex  (preserving  any
              modification  to  the default regex done by a previous use of --extend-diff-ignore)
              that will filter out control files and directories of the most common revision con‐
              trol systems, backup and swap files and Libtool build output directories. There can
              only be one active regex, of multiple -i  options  only  the  last  one  will  take
              effect.

              This is very helpful in cutting out extraneous files that get included in the diff,
              e.g. if you maintain your source in a revision control system and  want  to  use  a
              checkout  to  build  a  source  package  without including the additional files and
              directories that it will  usually  contain  (e.g.  CVS/,  .cvsignore,  .svn/).  The
              default  regex  is  already  very exhaustive, but if you need to replace it, please
              note that by default it can match any part of a path, so if you want to  match  the
              begin  of a filename or only full filenames, you will need to provide the necessary
              anchors (e.g. '(^|/)', '($|/)') yourself.

       --extend-diff-ignore=regex
              The perl regular expression  specified  will  extend  the  default  value  used  by
              --diff-ignore  and  its  current  value  (if  set).  It  does this by concatenating
              "|regex"  to  the  existing  value.   This  option  is   convenient   to   use   in
              debian/source/options to exclude some auto-generated files from the automatic patch
              generation.

       -I[file-pattern], --tar-ignore[=file-pattern]
              If this option is specified, the pattern  will  be  passed  to  tar(1)'s  --exclude
              option  when  it is called to generate a .orig.tar or .tar file. For example, -ICVS
              will make tar skip over CVS directories when generating a .tar.gz file. The  option
              may be repeated multiple times to list multiple patterns to exclude.

              -I  by itself adds default --exclude options that will filter out control files and
              directories of the most common revision control systems, backup and swap files  and
              Libtool build output directories.

       Note:  While  they  have similar purposes, -i and -I have very different syntax and seman‐
       tics. -i can only be specified once and takes a perl compatible regular  expression  which
       is  matched  against  the full relative path of each file. -I can specified multiple times
       and takes a filename pattern with shell wildcards.  The pattern is  applied  to  the  full
       relative  path but also to each part of the path individually. The exact semantic of tar's
       --exclude  option  is  somewhat  complicated,  see   https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/man‐
       ual/tar.html#wildcards for a full documentation.

       The  default  regex  and patterns for both options can be seen in the output of the --help
       command.

   Generic extract options
       --no-copy
              Do not copy original tarballs near the extracted source package.

       --no-check
              Do not check signatures and checksums before unpacking.

       --require-valid-signature
              Refuse to unpack the source package if it doesn't contain an OpenPGP signature that
              can  be verified either with the user's trustedkeys.gpg keyring, one of the vendor-
              specific    keyrings,    or    one    of    the    official     Debian     keyrings
              (/usr/share/keyrings/debian-keyring.gpg   and  /usr/share/keyrings/debian-maintain‐
              ers.gpg).

       --ignore-bad-version
              Turns the bad source package version check into a non-fatal warning.   This  option
              should  only  be necessary when extracting ancient source packages with broken ver‐
              sions, just for backwards compatibility.


SOURCE PACKAGE FORMATS
       If you don't know what source format to use, you should probably pick either "3.0 (quilt)"
       or  "3.0  (native)". See https://wiki.debian.org/Projects/DebSrc3.0 for information on the
       deployment of those formats within Debian.


   Format: 1.0
       A source package in this format consists either of a .orig.tar.gz associated to a .diff.gz
       or a single .tar.gz (in that case the package is said to be native).

       Extracting

       Extracting  a  native  package  is a simple extraction of the single tarball in the target
       directory. Extracting a non-native package is done by first unpacking the .orig.tar.gz and
       then applying the patch contained in the .diff.gz file. The timestamp of all patched files
       is reset to the extraction time of the source package (this avoids timestamp skews leading
       to  problems  when  autogenerated  files  are patched). The diff can create new files (the
       whole debian directory is created that way) but can't remove files (empty  files  will  be
       left over).

       Building

       Building  a  native  package  is just creating a single tarball with the source directory.
       Building a non-native package involves extracting  the  original  tarball  in  a  separate
       ".orig"  directory and regenerating the .diff.gz by comparing the source package directory
       with the .orig directory.

       Build options (with --build):

       If a second non-option argument is supplied it should be the name of the  original  source
       directory  or  tarfile  or the empty string if the package is a Debian-specific one and so
       has no Debianisation diffs. If no second argument is supplied then dpkg-source  will  look
       for  the  original  source  tarfile  package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz  or the original
       source directory directory.orig depending on the -sX arguments.

       -sa, -sp, -sk, -su and -sr will not overwrite existing tarfiles or directories. If this is
       desired then -sA, -sP, -sK, -sU and -sR should be used instead.

       -sk    Specifies  to expect the original source as a tarfile, by default package_upstream-
              version.orig.tar.extension.  It will leave this  original  source  in  place  as  a
              tarfile, or copy it to the current directory if it isn't already there. The tarball
              will be unpacked into directory.orig for the generation of the diff.

       -sp    Like -sk but will remove the directory again afterwards.

       -su    Specifies that the original source is expected as a directory, by default  package-
              upstream-version.orig  and  dpkg-source  will  create a new original source archive
              from it.

       -sr    Like -su but will remove that directory after it has been used.

       -ss    Specifies that the original source is available  both  as  a  directory  and  as  a
              tarfile.  dpkg-source will use the directory to create the diff, but the tarfile to
              create the .dsc.  This option must be used with care - if the directory and tarfile
              do not match a bad source archive will be generated.

       -sn    Specifies  to  not  look  for any original source, and to not generate a diff.  The
              second argument, if supplied, must be the empty string. This is  used  for  Debian-
              specific  packages  which do not have a separate upstream source and therefore have
              no debianisation diffs.

       -sa or -sA
              Specifies to look for the original source archive as a tarfile or as a directory  -
              the second argument, if any, may be either, or the empty string (this is equivalent
              to using -sn).  If a tarfile is found it will unpack it  to  create  the  diff  and
              remove  it  afterwards (this is equivalent to -sp); if a directory is found it will
              pack it to create the original source and remove it afterwards (this is  equivalent
              to  -sr);  if neither is found it will assume that the package has no debianisation
              diffs, only a straightforward source archive (this is equivalent to -sn).  If  both
              are  found  then  dpkg-source will ignore the directory, overwriting it, if -sA was
              specified (this is equivalent to -sP) or raise an error if -sa was specified.   -sA
              is the default.

       --abort-on-upstream-changes
              The  process  fails  if the generated diff contains changes to files outside of the
              debian sub-directory. This option is not allowed in debian/source/options  but  can
              be used in debian/source/local-options.

       Extract options (with --extract):

       In all cases any existing original source tree will be removed.

       -sp    Used  when  extracting then the original source (if any) will be left as a tarfile.
              If it is not already located in the current directory or if an existing but differ‐
              ent file is there it will be copied there.  (This is the default).

       -su    Unpacks the original source tree.

       -sn    Ensures  that  the  original  source is neither copied to the current directory nor
              unpacked. Any original source tree that was  in  the  current  directory  is  still
              removed.

       All the -sX options are mutually exclusive. If you specify more than one only the last one
       will be used.

       --skip-debianization
              Skips application of the debian diff on top of the upstream sources.

   Format: 2.0
       Also known as wig&pen. This format is not recommended for wide-spread  usage,  the  format
       "3.0  (quilt)" replaces it. Wig&pen was the first specification of a new-generation source
       package format.

       The behaviour of this format is the same as  the  "3.0  (quilt)"  format  except  that  it
       doesn't  use  an  explicit list of patches. All files in debian/patches/ matching the perl
       regular expression [\w-]+ must be valid patches: they are applied at extraction time.

       When building a new source package, any change to the upstream source is stored in a patch
       named zz_debian-diff-auto.

   Format: 3.0 (native)
       This  format is an extension of the native package format as defined in the 1.0 format. It
       supports all compression methods and will ignore by default any  VCS  specific  files  and
       directories  as well as many temporary files (see default value associated to -I option in
       the --help output).

   Format: 3.0 (quilt)
       A source package in this format contains at least an original tarball (.orig.tar.ext where
       ext  can be gz, bz2, lzma and xz) and a debian tarball (.debian.tar.ext). It can also con‐
       tain additional original tarballs (.orig-component.tar.ext).  component can  only  contain
       alphanumeric characters and hyphens ("-").

       Extracting

       The  main  original  tarball is extracted first, then all additional original tarballs are
       extracted in subdirectories named after the component part of  their  filename  (any  pre-
       existing  directory  is  replaced).  The  debian tarball is extracted on top of the source
       directory after prior removal of any pre-existing debian directory. Note that  the  debian
       tarball  must  contain a debian sub-directory but it can also contain binary files outside
       of that directory (see --include-binaries option).

       All patches listed  in  debian/patches/debian.series  or  debian/patches/series  are  then
       applied.   If  the former file is used and the latter one doesn't exist (or is a symlink),
       then the latter is replaced with a symlink to the former. This is meant to simplify  usage
       of  quilt  to  manage  the set of patches. Note however that while dpkg-source parses cor‐
       rectly series files with explicit options used for patch application (stored on each  line
       after  the patch filename and one or more spaces), it does ignore those options and always
       expect patches that can be applied with the -p1 option of patch. It will thus emit a warn‐
       ing when it encounters such options, and the build is likely to fail.

       Contrary  to  quilt's  default  behaviour, patches are expected to apply without any fuzz.
       When that is not the case, you should refresh such patches with quilt, or dpkg-source will
       error out while trying to apply them.

       Similarly to quilt's default behaviour, the patches can remove files too.

       The  file  .pc/applied-patches  is  created  if  some patches have been applied during the
       extraction.

       Building

       All original tarballs found in the current directory are extracted in a  temporary  direc‐
       tory by following the same logic as for the unpack, the debian directory is copied over in
       the temporary directory, and all patches except the automatic  patch  (debian-changes-ver‐
       sion  or  debian-changes,  depending  on --single-debian-patch) are applied. The temporary
       directory is compared to the source package directory. When the  diff  is  non-empty,  the
       build fails unless --single-debian-patch or --auto-commit has been used, in which case the
       diff is stored in the automatic patch.  If the automatic patch  is  created/deleted,  it's
       added/removed from the series file and from the quilt metadata.

       Any change on a binary file is not representable in a diff and will thus lead to a failure
       unless the maintainer deliberately decided to include that modified  binary  file  in  the
       debian tarball (by listing it in debian/source/include-binaries). The build will also fail
       if it finds binary files in the debian sub-directory unless  they  have  been  whitelisted
       through debian/source/include-binaries.

       The  updated  debian  directory and the list of modified binaries is then used to generate
       the debian tarball.

       The automatically generated diff doesn't include changes on VCS specific files as well  as
       many  temporary files (see default value associated to -i option in the --help output). In
       particular, the .pc directory used by quilt is ignored during generation of the  automatic
       patch.

       Note:  dpkg-source --before-build (and --build) will ensure that all patches listed in the
       series file are applied so that a package build always has all patches  applied.  It  does
       this  by  finding  unapplied  patches  (they  are  listed  in  the  series file but not in
       .pc/applied-patches), and if the first patch in that set can be applied without errors, it
       will apply them all. The option --no-preparation can be used to disable this behavior.


       Recording changes

       --commit [directory] [patch-name] [patch-file]
              Generates  a  patch  corresponding to the local changes that are not managed by the
              quilt patch system and integrates it in the patch system under the name patch-name.
              If  the name is missing, it will be asked interactively. If patch-file is given, it
              is used as the patch corresponding to the local changes to  integrate.  Once  inte‐
              grated,  an  editor  is  launched  so that you can edit the meta-information in the
              patch header.

              Passing patch-file is mainly useful after a build failure that  pre-generated  this
              file,  and  on  this  ground the given file is removed after integration. Note also
              that the changes contained in the patch file must already be applied  on  the  tree
              and  that  the  files  modified by the patch must not have supplementary unrecorded
              changes.

              If the patch generation detects modified binary files, they will  be  automatically
              added  to  debian/source/include-binaries so that they end up in the debian tarball
              (exactly like dpkg-source --include-binaries --build would do).

       Build options

       --allow-version-of-quilt-db=version
              Allow dpkg-source to build the source package if the version of the quilt  metadata
              is  the  one specified, even if dpkg-source doesn't know about it. Effectively this
              says that the given version of the quilt metadata is compatible with the version  2
              that dpkg-source currently supports. The version of the quilt metadata is stored in
              .pc/.version.

       --include-removal
              Do not ignore removed files and include them in the automatically generated patch.

       --include-timestamp
              Include timestamp in the automatically generated patch.

       --include-binaries
              Add  all  modified  binaries  in   the   debian   tarball.   Also   add   them   to
              debian/source/include-binaries:  they will be added by default in subsequent builds
              and this option is thus no more needed.

       --no-preparation
              Do not try to prepare the build tree by applying patches which are apparently unap‐
              plied.

       --single-debian-patch
              Use  debian/patches/debian-changes instead of debian/patches/debian-changes-version
              for the name of the automatic patch generated during build. This option is particu‐
              larly useful when the package is maintained in a VCS and a patch set can't reliably
              be generated. Instead the current diff with upstream should be stored in  a  single
              patch. The option would be put in debian/source/local-options and would be accompa‐
              nied by a debian/source/local-patch-header file explaining how the  Debian  changes
              can be best reviewed, for example in the VCS that is used.

       --create-empty-orig
              Automatically  create  the  main  original  tarball as empty if it's missing and if
              there are supplementary original tarballs. This option is meant to be used when the
              source  package is just a bundle of multiple upstream software and where there's no
              "main" software.

       --no-unapply-patches, --unapply-patches
              By default, dpkg-source will automatically unapply the patches in the --after-build
              hook  if it did apply them during --before-build. Those options allow you to force‐
              fully disable or enable the patch unapplication process.  Those  options  are  only
              allowed  in  debian/source/local-options so that all generated source packages have
              the same behavior by default.

       --abort-on-upstream-changes
              The process fails if an automatic patch has been generated. This option can be used
              to  ensure  that all changes were properly recorded in separate quilt patches prior
              to the source package build. This option is not  allowed  in  debian/source/options
              but can be used in debian/source/local-options.

       --auto-commit
              The  process  doesn't  fail  if an automatic patch has been generated, instead it's
              immediately recorded in the quilt series.


       Extract options

       --skip-debianization
              Skips extraction of the debian tarball on top of the upstream sources.

       --skip-patches
              Do not apply patches at the end of the extraction.

   Format: 3.0 (custom)
       This format is special. It doesn't represent a real source package format but can be  used
       to create source packages with arbitrary files.

       Build options

       All  non-option arguments are taken as files to integrate in the generated source package.
       They must exist and are preferably in the current directory. At least  one  file  must  be
       given.

       --target-format=value
              Required.  Defines  the real format of the generated source package.  The generated
              .dsc file will contain this value in its Format field and not "3.0 (custom)".

   Format: 3.0 (git)
       This format is experimental.

       A source package in this format consists of a single bundle of a git  repository  .git  to
       hold  the source of a package.  There may also be a .gitshallow file listing revisions for
       a shallow git clone.

       Extracting

       The bundle is cloned as a git repository to the target directory.  If there is a  gitshal‐
       low file, it is installed as `.git/shallow` inside the cloned git repository.

       Note  that  by  default  the new repository will have the same branch checked out that was
       checked out in the original source. (Typically "master", but it could  be  anything.)  Any
       other branches will be available under `remotes/origin/`.

       Building

       Before  going  any  further,  some  checks  are done to ensure that we don't have any non-
       ignored uncommitted changes.

       git-bundle(1) is used to generate a  bundle  of  the  git  repository.   By  default,  all
       branches and tags in the repository are included in the bundle.

       Build options

       --git-ref=ref
              Allows  specifying a git ref to include in the git bundle. Use disables the default
              behavior of including all branches and tags. May be specified multiple  times.  The
              ref  can  be  the  name of a branch or tag to include. It may also be any parameter
              that can be passed to git-rev-list(1). For example,  to  include  only  the  master
              branch, use --git-ref=master. To include all tags and branches, except for the pri‐
              vate branch, use --git-ref=--all --git-ref=^private

       --git-depth=number
              Creates a shallow clone with a history truncated to the specified number  of  revi‐
              sions.

   Format: 3.0 (bzr)
       This format is experimental. It generates a single tarball containing the bzr repository.

       Extracting

       The tarball is unpacked and then bzr is used to checkout the current branch.

       Building

       Before  going  any  further,  some  checks  are done to ensure that we don't have any non-
       ignored uncommitted changes.

       Then the VCS specific part of the source directory is copied over to  a  temporary  direc‐
       tory.  Before this temporary directory is packed in a tarball, various cleanup are done to
       save space.

DIAGNOSTICS
   no source format specified in debian/source/format
       The file debian/source/format should always exist and indicate the desired source  format.
       For  backwards  compatibility, format "1.0" is assumed when the file doesn't exist but you
       should not rely on this: at some point in the future dpkg-source will be modified to  fail
       when that file doesn't exist.

       The rationale is that format "1.0" is no longer the recommended format, you should usually
       pick one of the newer formats ("3.0 (quilt)", "3.0 (native)") but dpkg-source will not  do
       this  automatically  for you.  If you want to continue using the old format, you should be
       explicit about it and put "1.0" in debian/source/format.

   the diff modifies the following upstream files
       When using source format "1.0" it is usually a bad idea to modify upstream files  directly
       as  the  changes  end  up hidden and mostly undocumented in the .diff.gz file. Instead you
       should store your changes as patches in the debian directory and apply them at build-time.
       To  avoid  this  complexity  you  can  also  use the format "3.0 (quilt)" that offers this
       natively.

   cannot represent change to file
       Changes to upstream sources are usually stored with patch files, but not all  changes  can
       be  represented  with patches: they can only alter the content of plain text files. If you
       try replacing a file with something of a different type (for  example  replacing  a  plain
       file with a symlink or a directory), you will get this error message.

   newly created empty file file will not be represented in diff
       Empty  files  can't  be  created with patch files. Thus this change is not recorded in the
       source package and you are warned about it.

   executable mode perms of file will not be represented in diff
       Patch files do not record permissions of files and thus  executable  permissions  are  not
       stored in the source package. This warning reminds you of that fact.

   special mode perms of file will not be represented in diff
       Patch  files  do  not  record  permissions  of files and thus modified permissions are not
       stored in the source package. This warning reminds you of that fact.

FILE FORMATS
   debian/source/format
       This file contains on a single line the format that should be used  to  build  the  source
       package (possible formats are described above). No leading or trailing spaces are allowed.

   debian/source/include-binaries
       This  file  contains  a list of binary files (one per line) that should be included in the
       debian tarball. Leading and trailing spaces are stripped.  Lines  starting  with  "#"  are
       comments and are skipped. Empty lines are ignored.

   debian/source/options
       This  file  contains  a list of long options that should be automatically prepended to the
       set of command line options of a dpkg-source --build or dpkg-source  --print-format  call.
       Options like --compression and --compression-level are well suited for this file.

       Each  option should be put on a separate line. Empty lines and lines starting with "#" are
       ignored. The leading "--" should be stripped and short options are not  allowed.  Optional
       spaces are allowed around the "=" symbol and optional quotes are allowed around the value.
       Here's an example of such a file:

         # let dpkg-source create a debian.tar.bz2 with maximal compression
         compression = "bzip2"
         compression-level = 9
         # use debian/patches/debian-changes as automatic patch
         single-debian-patch
         # ignore changes on config.{sub,guess}
         extend-diff-ignore = "(^|/)(config.sub|config.guess)$"

       Note: format options are not accepted in this file, you  should  use  debian/source/format
       instead.

   debian/source/local-options
       Exactly  like  debian/source/options except that the file is not included in the generated
       source package. It can be useful to store a preference tied to the maintainer  or  to  the
       VCS repository where the source package is maintained.

   debian/source/local-patch-header and debian/source/patch-header
       Free  form  text  that  is put on top of the automatic patch generated in formats "2.0" or
       "3.0 (quilt)". local-patch-header is not included in the generated  source  package  while
       patch-header is.

   debian/patches/series
       This  file  lists  all  patches that have to be applied (in the given order) on top of the
       upstream source package. Leading and trailing spaces are stripped. Lines starting with "#"
       are  comments and are skipped. Empty lines are ignored. Remaining lines start with a patch
       filename (relative to the debian/patches/ directory) up to the first  space  character  or
       the  end of line. Optional quilt options can follow up to the end of line or the first "#"
       preceded by one or more spaces (which marks the start of a comment up to the end of line).

BUGS
       The point at which field overriding occurs compared to certain standard output field  set‐
       tings is rather confused.

SEE ALSO
       dpkg-deb(1), dpkg(1), dselect(1).



Debian Project                              2013-12-05                             dpkg-source(1)


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