NAME

       dh_usrlocal - migrate usr/local directories to maintainer scripts

SYNOPSIS

       dh_usrlocal [debhelper options] [-n]

DESCRIPTION

       dh_usrlocal is a debhelper program that can be used for building packages that will provide a
       subdirectory in /usr/local when installed.

       It finds subdirectories of usr/local in the package build directory, and removes them, replacing them
       with maintainer script snippets (unless -n is used) to create the directories at install time, and remove
       them when the package is removed, in a manner compliant with Debian policy. These snippets are inserted
       into the maintainer scripts by dh_installdeb. See dh_installdeb(1) for an explanation of debhelper
       maintainer script snippets.

       If the directories found in the build tree have unusual owners, groups, or permissions, then those values
       will be preserved in the directories made by the postinst script. However, as a special exception, if a
       directory is owned by root.root, it will be treated as if it is owned by root.staff and is mode 2775.
       This is useful, since that is the group and mode policy recommends for directories in /usr/local.

OPTIONS

       -n, --noscripts
           Do not modify postinst/prerm scripts.

NOTES

       Note  that  this  command  is  not  idempotent.  dh_prep(1)  should be called between invocations of this
       command. Otherwise, it may cause multiple instances of the same text to be added to maintainer scripts.

CONFORMS TO

       Debian policy, version 2.2

SEE ALSO

       debhelper(7)

       This program is a part of debhelper.

AUTHOR

       Andrew Stribblehill <ads@debian.org>

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