NAME

       dh_octave_substvar - generate substitution variables for an Octave-Forge package

SYNOPSIS

       dh_octave_substvar [debhelper options]

DESCRIPTION

       dh_octave_substvar generates the substitution variables "${octave:Depends}" and
       "${octave:Upstream-Description}" needed for building an Octave-Forge Debian package.  It also injects the
       dependency on the appropriate virtual package octave-abi-N into "${shlibs:Depends}", for packages that
       contain *.oct and *.mex, according to the current Octave's API_VERSION.

SEE ALSO

       debhelper(7), dh(1), dh_octave_clean(1), dh_octave_check(1), dh_octave_version(1),
       dh_octave_changelogs(1), , dh_octave_examples(1)

       This program is meant to be used together with debhelper for Debian packages derived from Octave-Forge
       packages.  It is recommended to enable it by adding the dh-sequence-octave virtual package to Build-
       Depends, Build-Depends-Arch or Build-Depends-Indep.  This is equivalent to adding dh-octave to the same
       field and adding --with=octave to the dh sequencer in debian/rules, except that only
       -arch/-indep/profiled builds are affected.  This is also slightly more simple in the most common case.

AUTHOR

       Rafael Laboissière <rafael@debian.org>

1.8.0                                              2024-01-25                              DH_OCTAVE_SUBSTVAR(1)