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devscripts.conf(5)


NAME

   devscripts.conf - configuration file for the devscripts package

DESCRIPTION

   The devscripts package provides a collection of scripts which may be of
   use to Debian developers and others wishing to build  Debian  packages.
   Many of these have options which can be configured on a system-wide and
   per-user basis.

   Every script in the devscripts package which makes use of  values  from
   these configuration files describes the specific settings recognised in
   its  own  manpage.   (For  a  list   of   the   scripts,   either   see
   /usr/share/doc/devscripts/README.gz  or  look  at the output of dpkg -L
   devscripts | grep /usr/bin.)

   The two configuration files are  /etc/devscripts.conf  for  system-wide
   defaults  and  ~/.devscripts  for  per-user settings.  They are written
   with bash(1) syntax, but should only have comments and simple  variable
   assignments  in them; they are both sourced (if present) by many of the
   devscripts scripts.  Variables corresponding to simple switches  should
   have  one  of  the  values yes and no; any other setting is regarded as
   equivalent to the default setting.

   All variable names are written in uppercase, and begin with the  script
   name.   Package-wide  variables begin with "DEVSCRIPTS", and are listed
   below, as well as in the relevant manpages.

   For a list of all of the available options variables, along with  their
   default     settings,    see    the    example    configuration    file
   /usr/share/doc/devscripts/devscripts.conf.ex.   This   is   copied   to
   /etc/devscripts.conf  when  the  devscripts package is first installed.
   Information about configuration options introduced in newer versions of
   the  package  will be appended to /etc/devscripts.conf when the package
   is upgraded.

   Every script which reads the  configuration  files  can  be  forced  to
   ignore them by using --no-conf as the first command-line option.

PACKAGE-WIDE VARIABLES

   The currently recognised package-wide variables are:

   DEVSCRIPTS_CHECK_DIRNAME_LEVEL, DEVSCRIPTS_CHECK_DIRNAME_REGEX
          These variables control scripts which change directory to find a
          debian/changelog file or suchlike, and some other  miscellaneous
          cases.   In  order to prevent unwanted, even possibly dangerous,
          behaviour,  these  variables  control  when  actions   will   be
          performed.   The  scripts  which  currently  make  use  of these
          variables are: debc, debchange/dch, debclean, debi,  debrelease,
          debuild and uscan, but this list may change with time (and I may
          not remember to update this manpage).  Please see  the  manpages
          of  individual scripts for details of the specific behaviour for
          each script.

SEE ALSO

   devscripts(1) and /usr/share/doc/devscripts/README.gz.

AUTHOR

   This manpage was written for the  devscripts  package  by  the  package
   maintainer Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org>.



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