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DH_LINK(1) Debhelper DH_LINK(1)
dh_link - create symlinks in package build directories
dh_link [debhelper options] [-A] [-Xitem] [source destination ...]
dh_link is a debhelper program that creates symlinks in package
build directories.
dh_link accepts a list of pairs of source and destination files.
The source files are the already existing files that will be
symlinked from (called target by ln(1)). The destination files are
the symlinks that will be created (called link name by ln(1)).
There must be an equal number of source and destination files
specified.
Be sure you do specify the absolute path to both the source and
destination files (unlike you would do if you were using something
like ln(1)). Please note that the leading slash is optional.
dh_link will generate symlinks that comply with Debian policy -
absolute when policy says they should be absolute, and relative
links with as short a path as possible. It will also create any
subdirectories it needs to put the symlinks in.
Any pre-existing destination files will be replaced with symlinks.
dh_link also scans the package build tree for existing symlinks
which do not conform to Debian policy, and corrects them (v4 or
later).
debian/package.links
Lists pairs of source and destination files to be symlinked.
Each pair should be put on its own line, with the source and
destination separated by whitespace.
In each pair the source file (called target by ln(1)) comes
first and is followed by the destination file (called link
name by ln(1)). Thus the pairs of source and destination files
in each line are given in the same order as they would be
given to ln(1).
In contrast to ln(1), source and destination paths must be
absolute (the leading slash is optional).
Supports substitution variables in compat 13 and later as
documented in debhelper(7).
-A, --all
Create any links specified by command line parameters in ALL
packages acted on, not just the first.
-Xitem, --exclude=item
Exclude symlinks that contain item anywhere in their filename
from being corrected to comply with Debian policy.
source destination ...
Create a file named destination as a link to a file named
source. Do this in the package build directory of the first
package acted on. (Or in all packages if -A is specified.)
dh_link usr/share/man/man1/foo.1 usr/share/man/man1/bar.1
Make bar.1 be a symlink to foo.1
dh_link var/lib/foo usr/lib/foo \
usr/share/man/man1/foo.1 usr/share/man/man1/bar.1
Make /usr/lib/foo/ be a link to /var/lib/foo/, and bar.1 be a
symlink to the foo.1
var/lib/foo usr/lib/foo
usr/share/man/man1/foo.1 usr/share/man/man1/bar.1
Same as above but as content for a debian/package.links file.
debhelper(7)
This program is a part of debhelper.
Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
This page is part of the debhelper (helper programs for
debian/rules) project. Information about the project can be found
at [unknown -- if you know, please contact man-pages@man7.org] If
you have a bug report for this manual page, send it to
submit@bugs.debian.org. This page was obtained from the project's
upstream Git repository
⟨https://salsa.debian.org/debian/debhelper.git⟩ on 2025-08-11.
(At that time, the date of the most recent commit that was found
in the repository was 2025-08-10.) If you discover any rendering
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13.23 2025-01-02 DH_LINK(1)
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