xpi-repack - repack a xpi file into a tarball
xpi-repack [options] xpi-file
xpi-repack is a helper tool for packaging XUL extensions.
It repacks the given xpi file into a proper tarball that can be used as
source tarball for the Debian package. It is designed to work with uscan.
Here is an example for debian/watch:
version=3
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/addons/<id>/<package>-([\d\.]+)-.*\.xpi
debian xpi-repack
- -h, --help
- Display a brief help message.
- -p package,
--package=package
- The package name will be used for naming the resulting tarball. If
this parameter is not provided, the source package name in debian/control
will be used.
- -u version,
--upstream-version=version
- The version will be used for naming the resulting tarball. You have
to specify this parameter.
- -f compression,
--format=compression
- The specified format will be used for compressing the resulting tarball.
The formats bz2, gz, and xz are supported. When the
parameter is omitted, xz will be used for "3.0 (quilt)"
source packages and gz for all other source package types.
- -v, --verbose
- Print more information.
Benjamin Drung <bdrung@debian.org>