NAME

       cabal-debian - create Debian package meta data from a Haskell cabal file.

SYNOPSIS

       cabal-debian [flags]

DESCRIPTION

       cabal-debian  will  generated  the Debian meta data for a Debian package from the cabal file of a Haskell
       package. The program expects to find the package's <pkgname>.cabal file in the directory  from  which  it
       was run.

       --prefix=PATH
              Pass this prefix if we need to configure the package

       --ghc  Compile with GHC.

       --hugs Compile with HUGS.

       --jhc  Compile with JHC.

       --nhc  Compile with NHC.

       -h, -?, --help
              Show this help text.

       --name=NAME
              Override the default package name.

       --disable-haddock
              Don't generate API docs.

       --disable-library-profiling
              Don't generate profiling libraries.

       --disable-optimization
              Don't generate optimised code.

       --disable-split-objs
              Don't split object files to save space.

       -f FLAGS, --flags=FLAGS
              Set given flags in Cabal conditionals.

       --release=RELEASE
              Override the default package release.

       --debdir=DEBDIR
              Override the default output directory ("./debian").

       -v n,q --verbose=n
              Change build verbosity.

       --version=VERSION
              Override the default package version.

       --maintainer=Maintainer Name <email addr>
              Override the Maintainer name and email in $DEBEMAIL/$EMAIL/$DEBFULLNAME/$FULLNAME.

       --debianize
              Generate  a  new  debianization,  replacing  any existing one.  One of --debianize, --substvar, or
              --update-debianization is required.

       --substvar=Doc, Prof, or Dev
              Write out the list of dependencies required for the dev, prof or  doc  package  depending  on  the
              argument. This value can be added to the appropriate substvars file.

       --update-debianization
              Update an existing debianization.

AUTHOR

       This  manual  page  was  originally  written  by Erik de Castro Lopo <erikd@mega-nerd.com> for the Debian
       GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

                                                  May 10, 2010                                   CABAL-DEBIAN(1)