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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