NAME

       kernel-wedge-gen-control - generate debian/control file

SYNOPSIS

       kernel-wedge gen-control

DESCRIPTION

       Generate a debian/control from the control stub, the kernel-versions files, and the package-list files.

       For  each kernel version and flavour, and for each module list defined for that flavour, gen-control will
       create a binary package control paragraph.  This is normally based on a template in the  package-list  in
       the default-configuration directory.

       Templates are processed as follows:

       1.  For   each   standard   control   field   name,   copy   the  template  control  field  name_flavour,
           name_arch_flavour, name_arch, or name (in descending order of priority).

       2.  Append the kernel version and flavour to package names in the Package and Depends fields.

       3.  Stop processing the package if it has been excluded.

       4.  Set the Architecture, Package-Type, Kernel-Version, and Section fields automatically.

       5.  Remove any package that is not going to be built from the Depends field.  This can be  overridden  by
           adding a "!" to the dependency name.

       6.  Add the original (unsuffixed) package name to the Provides field.

       7.  Emit the processed control paragraph.

       The  package-list in the configuration directory may add new package templates or override template field
       values.  For example:

           # This file is used to build up the control file. The kernel version and
           # "-di" are appended to the package names. Section can be left out. So can
           # architecture, which is derived from the files in the modules directory.
           # It overwrites specifications from /usr/share/kernel-wedge/package-list.
           Package: fat-modules
           Priority: standard

           Package: nic-modules
           Depends: kernel-image, nic-shared-modules, core-modules, firewire-core-modules

           Package: other-modules
           Depends: kernel-image
           Description: some other modules I like to have in the installer

       The configuration directory may have an exclude-packages file that lists any udebs (by full package name)
       that would normally be built, but should be excluded from the control file.

AUTHOR

       Joey Hess, Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>

Kernel-wedge                                        June 2019                        KERNEL-WEDGE-GEN-CONTROL(1)