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.SH NAME
make-jpkg \- build Debian packages from Java(TM) 2 binary distributions
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B make-jpkg
[\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIFILE\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
\fBmake-jpkg\fP creates a Debian package from a Java(TM) 2
distribution. This program works currently with the following Java(TM) 2 REs, SDKs and APIs:
 Oracle(TM) 1.6 Standard Edition (starting with update 10)
 Oracle(TM) 1.7 Standard Edition
.PP
The following options are recognized:
.TP
.B --full-name \fINAME\fR
full name used in the maintainer field of the package
.TP
.B --email \fIEMAIL\fR
email address used in the maintainer field of the package
.TP
.B --changes
create a .changes file
.TP
.B --revision
add debian revision
.TP
.B --help
display help text and exit
.TP
.B --version
output version information and exit
.PP
Download a supported Java(TM) 2 RE or SDK or API tar.gz or self-extracting archive from
.B http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads
and execute
.B make-jpkg
.I file
with the downloaded file. The program asks the user for additional
information and creates a Debian binary package in the current
directory.
.PP
The program requires about 200 MB free disk space in a temporary
directory. The temporary directory defaults to 
.I /tmp
but you can specify an alternate directory by setting the environment
variable \fITMPDIR\fR.
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.TP
.SM TMPDIR
base directory used for temporary files (defaults to /tmp)
.TP
.SM J2SE_PACKAGE_FULL_NAME
full name used in the maintainer field of the package; if none is supplied
then the default of "Debian Java Maintainers" is used.
.TP
.SM J2SE_PACKAGE_EMAIL
email address used in the maintainer field of the package; if none is supplied
the default of "pkg-java-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org" is used.
.SH AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Hubert Schmid <j2se-package@z42.de>.

It is now maintained by the Debian Java Maintainers <pkg-java-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>.