deb-src-rules(5) — Linux manual page
deb-src-rules(5) dpkg suite deb-src-rules(5)
NAME
deb-src-rules - Debian source package rules file
SYNOPSIS
debian/rules
DESCRIPTION
This file contains the instructions necessary to build the binary
packages from the source package.
The debian/rules file is an executable Makefile, with a shebang
that is usually set to "#!/usr/bin/make -f".
It must support the following make targets:
clean
Clean up the source tree, by undoing any change done by any
of the build and binary targets. This target will be called
with root privileges.
build-indep
Build architecture independent files required to build any
architecture independent binary package. If there are no
architecture independent binary packages to generate, the
target must still exist but do nothing. This target must not
require root privileges.
build-arch
Build architecture dependent files required to build any
architecture dependent binary package. If there are no
architecture dependent binary packages to generate, the
target must still exist but do nothing. This target must not
require root privileges.
build
Build architecture independent and dependent files, either by
depending (at least transitively) on build-indep and/or
build-arch or by inlining what those targets would do. This
target must not require root privileges.
binary-indep
Build architecture independent binary packages. This target
must depend (at least transitively) on either build-indep or
build. This target will be called with root privileges.
binary-arch
Build architecture dependent binary packages. This target
must depend (at least transitively) on either build-arch or
build. This target will be called with root privileges.
binary
Build architecture independent and dependent binary packages,
either by depending (at least transitively) on binary-indep
and/or binary-arch or by inlining what those targets would
do. This target will be called with root privileges.
SEE ALSO
dpkg-architecture(1), dpkg-vendor(1), dpkg-buildflags(1),
dpkg-parsechangelog(1), dpkg-shlibdeps(1), dpkg-gencontrol(1),
dpkg-deb(1), dpkg-distaddfile(1).
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