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  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle>dh_installkpatches</refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
  </refmeta>

  <refnamediv>
    <refname>dh_installkpatches</refname>

    <refpurpose>install kernel patch into package build directories</>
  </refnamediv>

  <refsynopsisdiv>
    <cmdsynopsis>
      <command>dh_installkpatches</command>

      <arg><option><replaceable>debhelper options</replaceable></option></arg>
    </cmdsynopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>

  <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>

    <para><command>dh_installkpatches</> is a debhelper script that reads
    <filename>debian/<replaceable>package</>.kpatches</> or
    <filename>debian/<replaceable>package</>.kpatches.<replaceable>something</></filename>
    files describing one or several revisions of a single kernel
    patch, and installs them into the package build directory with
    customized <filename>apply</> and <filename>unpatch</>
    scripts.</para>

    <para>It also sets the <varname>kpatch:Depends</> substitution
    variable, that you should use in your control file to ensure that
    generated material in your package get all their dependencies.
    The use of <varname>kpatch:Depends</> requires a build-dependency
    on version 0.99.3 or later of the <application>dh-kpatches</>
    package.  Using this variable is now required, since 0.99.16
    (mostly because too many people forgot to set it).</para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>Options</title>

    <para>This program does not take any particular option in addition
    to the standard
    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>debhelper</><manvolnum>1</></citerefentry>
    ones.</para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>See also</title>

    <para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>debhelper</><manvolnum>1</></citerefentry>,
    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>make-kpkg</><manvolnum>1</></citerefentry>.</para>

    <para><filename>/usr/share/doc/dh-kpatches/dh-kpatches.html</> or
    <filename>/usr/share/doc/dh-kpatches/dh-kpatches.pdf.gz</>.</para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>Author</title>

    <para>This tool and manual page were written by Yann Dirson
    <email>dirson@debian.org</>.</para>

    <para>Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
    document under the terms of the <acronym>GNU</acronym> Free
    Documentation License, Version 1.1 published by the Free Software
    Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts and
    no Back-Cover Texts.  A copy of the license can be found under
    <filename>/usr/share/common-licenses/FDL</filename>.</para>

  </refsect1>

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