dh_md5sums - Man Page

dh_md5sums [debhelper options] [-x] [-Xitem] [--include-conffiles]

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. These files are used by dpkg --verify or the debsums(1) program.

All files in DEBIAN/ are omitted from the md5sums file, as are all conffiles (unless you use the --include-conffiles switch).

The md5sums file is installed with proper permissions and ownerships.

-x,  --include-conffiles

Include conffiles in the md5sums list. Note that this information is redundant since it is included in /var/lib/dpkg/status in Debian packages.

-Xitem, --exclude=item

Exclude files that contain item anywhere in their filename from being listed in the md5sums file.

debhelper(7)

This program is a part of debhelper.

Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>

debhelper(7).