dpt-repack.sh(1)

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version 0.88 · 6 versions
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💅 dpt-repack.sh — the repackaging helper (aka the manual page for dpt-repack.sh(1), from the Debian Perl packaging Tools fam) 🎀

okay bestie so like… this tool is deprecated 🌈. I'm telling you that up front because I love you and I want you to know what you're walking into. She still works, she's still cute, but the glow-up already happened elsewhere. iykyk.

✨ NAME ✨

dpt-repack.sh — repackaging helper, and yes she is deprecated 💀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

dpt repack.sh --upstream-version version downloaded-file

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so basically dpt repack.sh helps you create repackaged tarballs — the kind that are suitable for feeding straight into dpkg-source(1) 🫶. It's giving "tidy up the upstream mess before it enters your packaging world."

🚨 bestie, listen: this command is deprecated. The cool kids do this with the functionality provided by uscan(1) together with the Files-Excluded stanza in debian/copyright. That's the moment. That's the serve. 👑

💖 how the work goes down (three stages, no skips) 💖

Work is commenced in three stages, and honestly? each one eats:

  1. dpt repack.sh unpacks the provided upstream tarball 📦
  2. debian/repack.local is sourced to remove unsuitable content 🧹
  3. dpt repack.sh packs the sources again, under a suitable file name in the form "package_ver.orig.tar.gz" (the suffix depends on the initial compression, bestie — so don't come for me if yours looks different) 🎀

🧚 the sneaky little environment trick 🧚

dpt repack.sh invokes debian/repack.local in an environment where rm and mv are replaced with functions that reflect the operations in the MANIFEST file, if present 😭. yes literally. she's over there rewriting your muscle memory. iconic behavior, honestly.

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

  • Copyright 2009, Ryan Niebur ryan@debian.org
  • Copyright 2009-2023, gregor herrmann gregoa@debian.org

This program is free software and can be distributed under the same terms as Perl 🌟

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🎉 this came out of pkg-perl-tools 0.88, dated 2026-04-01 — go forth and repack responsibly, mwah 💋💖

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