NAME

       dh_compress - compress files and fix symlinks in package build directories

SYNOPSIS

       dh_compress [debhelper options] [-Xitem] [-A] [file ...]

DESCRIPTION

       dh_compress is a debhelper program that is responsible for compressing the files in package build
       directories, and makes sure that any symlinks that pointed to the files before they were compressed are
       updated to point to the new files.

       By default, dh_compress compresses files that Debian policy mandates should be compressed, namely all
       files in usr/share/info, usr/share/man, files in usr/share/doc that are larger than 4k in size, (except
       the copyright file, .html and other web files, image files, and files that appear to be already
       compressed based on their extensions), and all changelog files. Plus PCF fonts underneath
       usr/share/fonts/X11/

FILES

       debian/package.compress
           These files are deprecated.

           If  this  file  exists,  the  default  files  are not compressed. Instead, the file is ran as a shell
           script, and all filenames that the shell script outputs will be compressed. The shell script will  be
           run  from  inside  the  package  build  directory. Note though that using -X is a much better idea in
           general; you should only use a debian/package.compress file if you really need to.

OPTIONS

       -Xitem, --exclude=item
           Exclude files that contain item anywhere in  their  filename  from  being  compressed.  For  example,
           -X.tiff will exclude TIFF files from compression.  You may use this option multiple times to build up
           a list of things to exclude.

       -A, --all
           Compress all files specified by command line parameters in ALL packages acted on.

       file ...
           Add these files to the list of files to compress.

CONFORMS TO

       Debian policy, version 3.0

SEE ALSO

       debhelper(7)

       This program is a part of debhelper.

AUTHOR

       Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>

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