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NAME


       dh_link - create symlinks in package build directories

 

SYNOPSIS


       dh_link [debhelper options] [-A] [-Xitem] [source destination ...]

 

DESCRIPTION






       dh_link is a debhelper program that creates symlinks in package build
       directories.

       dh_link accepts a list of pairs of source and destination files. The
       source files are the already existing files that will be symlinked
       from. The destination files are the symlinks that will be created.
       There must be an equal number of source and destination files
       specified.

       The list can be specified in two ways. A file named
       debian/package.links can list pairs of files. If you use this file, you
       should put each pair of files on its own line, and separate the files
       within the pair with whitespace. Also, pairs of files can be specified
       as parameters - these pairs will only be created in the package build
       directory of the first package dh_link is told to act on. By default,
       this is the first binary package in debian/control, but if you use -p,
       -i, or -a flags, it will be the first package specified by those flags.

       Be sure you do specify the full filename to both the source and
       destination files (unlike you would do if you were using something like
       ln(1)).

       dh_link will generate symlinks that comply with debian policy -
       absolute when policy says they should be absolute, and relative links
       with as short a path as possible. It will also create any
       subdirectories it needs to to put the symlinks in.

       dh_link also scans the package build tree for existing symlinks which
       do not conform to debian policy, and corrects them (v4 or later).

 

OPTIONS


       -A, --all
           Create any links specified by command line parameters in ALL
           packages acted on, not just the first.

       -Xitem, --exclude=item
           Do not correct symlinks that contain "item" anywhere in their
           filename from being corrected to comply with debian policy.

       source destination ...
           Create a file named "destination" as a link to a file named
           "source". Do this in the package build directory of the first
           package acted on.  (Or in all packages if -A is specified.)

 

EXAMPLES


        dh_link usr/share/man/man1/foo.1 usr/share/man/man1/bar.1

       Make bar.1 be a symlink to foo.1

        dh_link var/lib/foo usr/lib/foo \
          usr/share/man/man1/foo.1 usr/share/man/man1/bar.1

       Make /usr/lib/foo/ be a link to /var/lib/foo/, and bar.1 be a symlink
       to the foo.1

 

SEE ALSO


       debhelper(7)

       This program is a part of debhelper.

 

AUTHOR


       Joey Hess 



7.0.15                            2008-05-19                        DH_LINK(1)