DH_COMPUTEAUTOSUBSTVARS(1)

💖 dh_computeautosubstvars 💖

okay bestie, grab your iced coffee because we're talking about dh_computeautosubstvars from the debhelper lineup (that's the manual name btw, section 1, she's iconic) ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

dh_computeautosubstvars — literally just out here computing the substvars that matter to, like, most packages. no cap. 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

dh_computeautosubstvars [debhelper options] [-- params]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so dh_computeautosubstvars is a debhelper program, and its whole thing — its moment, its main character era — is computing the substvars that are relevant to most packages. 💅

timing is EVERYTHING here, so listen up: you gotta run it before dh_gencontrol, but after all the content has been added into the package staging directory (that's debian/package/, keep up 🎀).

heads up bestie, this command generally assumes compat 14 or later, because that's when dh_gencontrol will apply relationship substvars automatically. you can use it in older compat levels, but in that case the substvars just won't be used automatically. it's giving "works but also not really" 😭

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💅 OPTIONS 💅

she's lowkey low-maintenance. this helper only accepts the standard debhelper options — nothing extra, nothing spicy. please refer to debhelper(7) for all of those. 🌈

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• debhelper(7)

this program is a part of debhelper. 🧚

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and that's the whole vibe, fr fr 💖 pop off, and remember: run it after the content, before dh_gencontrol. periodt. 🍓

sourced from debhelper, version 14.5ubuntu1, dated 2026-09-21 — mwah, slay, bye bestie 👋✨