Most of the descriptions of these packages come from the actual package
descriptions themselves. Further information can be found in the package
documentation itself. You can also see more info with the command
-<command>apt-cache show <package-name></command>.
+<command>apt-cache show <replaceable>package-name</replaceable></command>.
</para>
<section id="tools-core">
<title>Core tools</title>
</para>
<para>
Many feel that this system should be used for all packages which require
-interactive configuration; see <xref linkend="bpp-config-mgmt"/> . <systemitem
+interactive configuration; see <xref linkend="bpp-config-mgmt"/>. <systemitem
role="package">debconf</systemitem> is not currently required by Debian Policy,
but that may change in the future.
</para>
</section>
<section id="debdiff">
-<title><systemitem role="package">debdiff</systemitem></title>
+<title><command>debdiff</command></title>
<para>
<command>debdiff</command> (from the <systemitem
-role="package">devscripts</systemitem> package, <xref linkend="devscripts"/> )
+role="package">devscripts</systemitem> package, <xref linkend="devscripts"/>)
compares file lists and control files of two packages. It is a simple
regression test, as it will help you notice if the number of binary packages
has changed since the last upload, or if something has changed in the control
</para>
</section>
-<section id="debmake">
-<title><systemitem role="package">debmake</systemitem></title>
-<para>
-<systemitem role="package">debmake</systemitem>, a precursor to <systemitem
-role="package">debhelper</systemitem>, is a more coarse-grained
-<filename>debian/rules</filename> assistant. It includes two main programs:
-<command>deb-make</command>, which can be used to help a maintainer convert a
-regular (non-Debian) source archive into a Debian source package; and
-<command>debstd</command>, which incorporates in one big shot the same sort of
-automated functions that one finds in <systemitem
-role="package">debhelper</systemitem>.
-</para>
-<para>
-The consensus is that <systemitem role="package">debmake</systemitem> is now
-deprecated in favor of <systemitem role="package">debhelper</systemitem>. It
-is a bug to use <systemitem role="package">debmake</systemitem> in new
-packages. New packages using <systemitem role="package">debmake</systemitem>
-will be rejected from the archive.
-</para>
-</section>
-
<section id="dh-make">
<title><systemitem role="package">dh-make</systemitem></title>
<para>
<command>dh_make</command>, a program that creates a skeleton of files
necessary to build a Debian package out of a source tree. As the name
suggests, <command>dh_make</command> is a rewrite of <systemitem
-role="package">debmake</systemitem> and its template files use dh_* programs
+role="package">debmake</systemitem> and its template files use <command>dh_*</command> programs
from <systemitem role="package">debhelper</systemitem>.
</para>
<para>
</para>
</section>
-<section id="yada">
-<title><systemitem role="package">yada</systemitem></title>
-<para>
-<systemitem role="package">yada</systemitem> is another packaging helper tool.
-It uses a <filename>debian/packages</filename> file to auto-generate
-<filename>debian/rules</filename> and other necessary files in the
-<filename>debian/</filename> subdirectory. The
-<filename>debian/packages</filename> file contains instruction to build
-packages and there is no need to create any <filename>Makefile</filename>
-files. There is possibility to use macro engine similar to the one used in
-SPECS files from RPM source packages.
-</para>
-<para>
-For more informations see <literal><ulink
-url="http://yada.alioth.debian.org/">YADA site</ulink></literal>.
-</para>
-</section>
-
<section id="equivs">
<title><systemitem role="package">equivs</systemitem></title>
<para>
It can use chrooted environments as well. It can be used stand-alone, or as
part of a networked, distributed build environment. As the latter, it is part
of the system used by porters to build binary packages for all the available
-architectures. See <xref linkend="buildd"/> for more information, and <ulink
-url="&url-buildd;"></ulink> to see the system in action.
+architectures. See <xref linkend="wanna-build"/> for more information, and
+<ulink url="&url-buildd;"></ulink> to see the system in action.
</para>
</section>
</section>
<section id="dcut">
-<title><systemitem role="package">dcut</systemitem></title>
+<title><command>dcut</command></title>
<para>
-The <systemitem role="package">dcut</systemitem> script (part of the package
-<xref linkend="dput"/> ) helps in removing files from the ftp upload directory.
+The <command>dcut</command> script (part of the package <systemitem role="package">dput</systemitem>,
+<xref linkend="dput"/>) helps in removing files from the ftp upload directory.
</para>
</section>
</section>
<section id="dpkg-depcheck">
-<title><systemitem role="package">dpkg-depcheck</systemitem></title>
+<title><command>dpkg-depcheck</command></title>
<para>
<command>dpkg-depcheck</command> (from the <systemitem
-role="package">devscripts</systemitem> package, <xref linkend="devscripts"/> )
+role="package">devscripts</systemitem> package, <xref linkend="devscripts"/>)
runs a command under <command>strace</command> to determine all the packages
that were used by the said command.
</para>
</screen>
<para>
<command>dpkg-depcheck</command> can also be used to check for run-time
-dependencies, especially if your package uses exec(2) to run other programs.
+dependencies, especially if your package uses <citerefentry>
+<refentrytitle>exec</refentrytitle> <manvolnum>2</manvolnum> </citerefentry>
+to run other programs.
</para>
<para>
For more information please see <citerefentry>
The following packages provide information for maintainers or help with
building documentation.
</para>
+
+<section id="docbook-xml">
+<title><systemitem role="package">docbook-xml</systemitem></title>
+<para>
+<systemitem role="package">docbook-xml</systemitem> provides the
+DocBook XML DTDs, which are commonly used for Debian documentation (as
+is the older debiandoc SGML DTD). This manual, for instance, is
+written in DocBook XML.
+</para>
+<para>
+The <systemitem role="package">docbook-xsl</systemitem> package
+provides the XSL files for building and styling the source to various
+output formats. You will need an XSLT processor, such as <systemitem
+role="package">xsltproc</systemitem>, to use the XSL stylesheets.
+Documentation for the stylesheets can be found in the various
+<systemitem role="package">docbook-xsl-doc-*</systemitem> packages.
+</para>
+<para>
+To produce PDF from FO, you need an FO processor, such as <systemitem
+role="package">xmlroff</systemitem> or <systemitem
+role="package">fop</systemitem>. Another tool to generate PDF from
+DocBook XML is <systemitem role="package">dblatex</systemitem>.
+</para>
+</section>
+
<section id="debiandoc-sgml">
<title><systemitem role="package">debiandoc-sgml</systemitem></title>
<para>
<systemitem role="package">debiandoc-sgml</systemitem> provides the DebianDoc
-SGML DTD, which is commonly used for Debian documentation. This manual, for
-instance, is written in DebianDoc. It also provides scripts for building and
+SGML DTD, which is commonly used for Debian documentation,
+but is now deprecated
+(<systemitem role="package">docbook-xml</systemitem>
+should be used instead).
+It also provides scripts for building and
styling the source to various output formats.
</para>
<para>
role="package">debiandoc-sgml-doc</systemitem> package.
</para>
</section>
-<!-- TODO: Maybe better:
-<section id="docbook-xml">
-<title><systemitem role="package">docbook-xml</systemitem></title>
-<para>
-<systemitem role="package">docbook-xml</systemitem> provides the
-DocBook XML DTDs, which are commonly used for Debian documentation (as
-is the older debiandoc SGML DTD). This manual, for instance, is written
-in DocBook XML. The <systemitem
-role="package">docbook-xsl</systemitem> package provides the XSL files
-for building and styling the source to various output formats. You
-will need an XSLT processor, such as <systemitem
-role="package">xsltproc</systemitem>, and an FO processor, such as
-<systemitem role="package">fop</systemitem>, to generate documentation.
-</para>
-</section>
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<section id="debian-keyring">
<title><systemitem role="package">debian-keyring</systemitem></title>
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