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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>.