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DH_COMPRESS(1) Debhelper DH_COMPRESS(1)
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 <joeyh@debian.org>
This page is part of the debhelper (helper programs for
debian/rules) project. Information about the project can be found
at [unknown -- if you know, please contact man-pages@man7.org] If
you have a bug report for this manual page, send it to
submit@bugs.debian.org. This page was obtained from the project's
upstream Git repository
⟨https://salsa.debian.org/debian/debhelper.git⟩ on 2025-02-02.
(At that time, the date of the most recent commit that was found
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