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 (--extract since 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 following builds of the source
          package use the same format by default.

   -b, --build directory [format-specific-parameters]
          Build a source package (--build since 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,
          additional 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  format  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; since dpkg 1.15.5).

   --before-build directory
          Run the corresponding hook of the source package  format  (since
          dpkg  1.15.8).   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 (since
          dpkg 1.15.8).  This hook  is  called  after  any  build  of  the
          package  (dpkg-buildpackage  calls  it  last).  This  command is
          idempotent 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  (since
          dpkg  1.16.1).   This  command can take supplementary parameters
          depending on the source format.  It will error out  for  formats
          where this operation doesn't mean anything.

   -?, --help
          Show  the usage message and exit.  The format specific build and
          extract options can be shown by using the --format option.

   --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 (since dpkg
          1.14.17).     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 output 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 (since dpkg
          1.15.6).

   -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  tarballs  and  diff
          files  (--compression since dpkg 1.15.5).  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  (--compression-level  since  dpkg
          1.15.5).  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
          (--diff-ignore since dpkg 1.15.6).  (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
          control 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 (since
          dpkg  1.15.6).   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 (--tar-ignore since  dpkg  1.15.6).   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  semantics.  -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/manual/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
          (since dpkg 1.14.17).

   --no-check
          Do not check signatures and checksums  before  unpacking  (since
          dpkg 1.14.17).

   --no-overwrite-dir
          Do  not  overwrite the extraction directory if it already exists
          (since dpkg 1.18.8).

   --require-valid-signature
          Refuse to unpack the source package if  it  doesn't  contain  an
          OpenPGP  signature  that  can  be  verified  (since dpkg 1.15.0)
          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-maintainers.gpg).

   --require-strong-checksums
          Refuse  to  unpack the source package if it does not contain any
          strong checksums (since dpkg 1.18.7).  Currently the only  known
          checksum considered strong is SHA-256.

   --ignore-bad-version
          Turns  the  bad  source  package  version check into a non-fatal
          warning  (since  dpkg  1.17.7).   This  option  should  only  be
          necessary  when  extracting  ancient source packages with broken
          versions, 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).   Optionally  the  original tarball might be
   accompanied  by  a  detached   upstream   signature   .orig.tar.gz.asc,
   extraction supported since dpkg 1.18.5.

   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 (since dpkg 1.15.8).
          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 different 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 (since dpkg 1.15.1).

   Format: 2.0
   Extraction supported since dpkg 1.13.9, building supported  since  dpkg
   1.14.8.   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)
   Supported  since  dpkg  1.14.17.   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)
   Supported since dpkg 1.14.17.  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
   contain   additional   original   tarballs   (.orig-component.tar.ext).
   component  can  only contain alphanumeric characters and hyphens ('-').
   Optionally each original tarball  can  be  accompanied  by  a  detached
   upstream signature (.orig.tar.ext.asc and .orig-component.tar.ext.asc),
   extraction supported since dpkg 1.17.20, building supported since  dpkg
   1.18.5.

   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  correctly  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 warning when it encounters such options, and the build is likely
   to fail.

   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).

   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 directory 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-version   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  integrated,  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 (since dpkg 1.15.5.4).   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 unapplied (since dpkg 1.14.18).

   --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 (since dpkg 1.15.5.4).
          This  option  is  particularly  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  accompanied  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  (since
          dpkg  1.15.6).   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    (--unapply-patches    since    dpkg    1.15.8,
          --no-unapply-patches since dpkg 1.16.5).   Those  options  allow
          you  to  forcefully  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
          (since dpkg 1.15.8).  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 (since dpkg 1.15.1).

   --skip-patches
          Do not apply patches at the end of the  extraction  (since  dpkg
          1.14.18).

   Format: 3.0 (custom)
   Supported  since  dpkg  1.14.17.   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)
   Supported since dpkg 1.14.17.  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 gitshallow 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  private branch, use --git-ref=--all
          --git-ref=^private

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

   Format: 3.0 (bzr)
   Supported  since  dpkg  1.14.17.   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  directory.  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 settings is rather confused.

SEE ALSO

   deb-src-control(5), deb-changelog(5), dsc(5).




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