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19 make-jpkg \- build Debian packages from Java(TM) 2 binary distributions
22 [\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIFILE\fR]
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28 \fBmake-jpkg\fP creates a Debian package from a Java(TM) 2
29 distribution. This program works currently with the following Java(TM) 2 REs, SDKs and APIs:
30 Oracle(TM) 1.6 Standard Edition (starting with update 10)
31 Oracle(TM) 1.7 Standard Edition
33 The following options are recognized:
35 .B --full-name \fINAME\fR
36 full name used in the maintainer field of the package
38 .B --email \fIEMAIL\fR
39 email address used in the maintainer field of the package
42 create a .changes file
48 display help text and exit
51 output version information and exit
53 Download a supported Java(TM) 2 RE or SDK or API tar.gz or self-extracting archive from
54 .B http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads
58 with the downloaded file. The program asks the user for additional
59 information and creates a Debian binary package in the current
62 The program requires about 200 MB free disk space in a temporary
63 directory. The temporary directory defaults to
65 but you can specify an alternate directory by setting the environment
66 variable \fITMPDIR\fR.
70 base directory used for temporary files (defaults to /tmp)
72 .SM J2SE_PACKAGE_FULL_NAME
73 full name used in the maintainer field of the package; if none is supplied
74 then the default of "Debian Java Maintainers" is used.
76 .SM J2SE_PACKAGE_EMAIL
77 email address used in the maintainer field of the package; if none is supplied
78 the default of "pkg-java-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org" is used.
80 This manual page was written by Hubert Schmid <j2se-package@z42.de>.
82 It is now maintained by the Debian Java Maintainers <pkg-java-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>.