.TH DH_MD5SUMS 1 .SH NAME dh_md5sums \- generate DEBIAN/md5sums file .SH SYNOPSIS .B dh_md5sums .I "[-v] [-a] [-i] [-ppackage]" .SH "DESCRIPTION" dh_md5sums is a debhelper program that is responsible for generating a DEBIAN/md5sums file, which lists the md5sums of each file in the package. .P All files in DEBIAN/ are omitted from the md5sums file. .P The md5sums file is installed with proper permissions and ownerships. .SH OPTIONS .TP .B \-v Verbose mode; show all commands that modify the package build directory. .TP .B \-a Generate md5sums files for all architecture dependent packages. .TP .B \-i Generate md5sums files for all architecture independent packages. .TP .B \-ppackage Generate md5sums file for the package named "package". .SH NOTES The .B \-a .B \-i and .B \-p arguments are cumulative. If none are specified, then all packages listed in the control file will be effected. .SH ENVIRONMENT .TP .I DH_VERBOSE Enables verbose mode .SH BUGS It would be better if it did not include md5sums of conffiles, since this info is duplicated elsewhere. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR /usr/doc/debhelper/README .SH AUTHOR Joey Hess