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Package: devscripts (2.8.14)

Scripts to make the life of a Debian Package maintainer easier

Contains the following scripts, dependencies/recommendations shown in brackets afterwards:

 - bts: a command-line tool for manipulating the BTS [www-browser,
     libwww-perl, mailx]
 - checkbashisms: check whether a /bin/sh script contains any common
     bash-specific contructs
 - cvs-debi, cvs-debc: to call debi and debc from the CVS working directory
     after running cvs-debuild or cvs-buildpackage [cvs-buildpackage]
 - cvs-debrelease: to call debrelease from the CVS working directory
     after running cvs-debuild or cvs-buildpackage [cvs-buildpackage,
     dupload | dput, ssh]
 - cvs-debuild: run cvs-buildpackage using debuild (see below) as the
     package building program [cvs-buildpackage, fakeroot, lintian | linda,
     gnupg]
 - debc: display the contents of just-built .debs
 - debchange/dch: automagically add entries to debian/changelog files [wget]
 - debclean: purge a Debian source tree [fakeroot]
 - debdiff: compare two versions of a Debian package to check for
     added and removed files [wdiff, patchutils]
 - debi: install a just-built package
 - debpkg: dpkg wrapper to be able to manage/test packages without su
 - debrelease: wrapper around dupload or dput [dupload | dput, ssh]
 - debsign, debrsign: sign a .changes/.dsc pair without needing any of
     the rest of the package to be present; can sign the pair remotely
     or fetch the pair from a remote machine for signing [gnupg,
     debian-keyring, ssh]
 - debuild: wrapper to build a package without having to su or worry
     about how to invoke dpkg to build using fakeroot.  Also deals
     with common environment problems, umask etc. [fakeroot,
     lintian | linda, gnupg]
 - dpkg-depcheck, dpkg-genbuilddeps: determine the packages used during
     the build of a Debian package; useful for determining the Build-Depends
     control field needed [build-essential, strace]
 - dscverify: verify the integrity of a Debian package from the
     .changes or .dsc files [gnupg, debian-keyring, libdigest-md5-perl]
 - grep-excuses: grep the update_excuses.html file for your packages [wget]
 - mergechanges: merge .changes files from a package built on different
     architectures
 - plotchangelog: view a nice plot of the data in a changelog file
     [libtimedate-perl, gnuplot]
 - rc-alert: list installed packages which have release-critical bugs [wget]
 - tagpending: shell script which runs from a Debian source tree and tags
     bugs that are to be closed in the latest changelog as pending.
     [wget]
 - uscan: scan upstream sites for new releases of packages [libwww-perl]
 - uupdate: integrate upstream changes into a source package [patch]
 - wnpp-alert: list installed packages which are orphaned or up for
     adoption [wget]
Also included are a set of example mail filters for filtering mail from Debian mailing lists using exim, procmail, etc.

Other Packages Related to devscripts

  • depends
  • recommends
  • suggests
  • dep: debianutils (>= 2.0)
    Miscellaneous utilities specific to Debian
  • dep: dpkg-dev
    Package building tools for Debian
  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-4) [not alpha, ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone data
    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
  • dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-4) [alpha, ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone data
    also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb
  • dep: libgcc1 (>= 1:3.4.1-3) [mips, mipsel]
    GCC support library
  • dep: perl (>= 5.8)
    Larry Wall's Practical Extraction and Report Language
  • dep: sed (>= 2.95)
    The GNU sed stream editor
  • rec: fakeroot
    Gives a fake root environment

Download devscripts

Download for all available architectures
Architecture Package Size Installed Size Files
alpha 194.7 kB700 kB [list of files]
amd64 (unofficial port) 194.0 kB700 kB [list of files]
arm 193.8 kB692 kB [list of files]
hppa 195.0 kB700 kB [list of files]
i386 193.7 kB692 kB [list of files]
ia64 195.4 kB700 kB [list of files]
m68k 193.7 kB692 kB [list of files]
mips 196.3 kB704 kB [list of files]
mipsel 196.3 kB704 kB [list of files]
powerpc 196.0 kB700 kB [list of files]
s390 194.1 kB692 kB [list of files]
sparc 193.8 kB692 kB [list of files]