.TH DH_GENCONTROL 1 "" "Debhelper Commands" "Debhelper Commands"
.SH NAME
dh_gencontrol \- generate and install control file
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dh_gencontrol
.I "[debhelper options] [-uparams]"
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
dh_gencontrol is a debhelper program that is responsible for generating 
control files, and installing them into the DEBIAN directory with the proper
permissions.
.P
This program is merely a wrapper around
.BR dpkg-gencontrol (1)
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B debhelper options
See
.BR debhelper (1)
for a list of options common to all debhelper commands.
.TP
.B \-uparams, \--dpkg-gencontrol-params=params
Pass "params" to 
.BR dpkg-gencontrol (1)
.SH ENVIRONMENT
See
.BR debhelper (1)
for a list of environment variables that affect all debhelper commands.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.TP
.BR debhelper (1)
.TP
.BR dpkg-shlibdeps (1)
.SH "CONFORMS TO"
Debian policy, version 3.0.1
.SH AUTHOR
Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org>