# mk-origtargz - rename upstream tarball, optionally changing the compr... - man(1) - [phpMan] [_MK-ORIGTARGZ_(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/MK-ORIGTARGZ/1/markdown) [_MK-ORIGTARGZ_(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/MK-ORIGTARGZ/1/markdown) ## NAME mk-origtargz - rename upstream tarball, optionally changing the compression and removing unwanted files ## SYNOPSIS **mk-origtargz **[_options_] _foo-1.0.tar.gz_ ### mk-origtargz --help ## DESCRIPTION **mk-origtargz **renames the given file to match what is expected by **dpkg-buildpackage**, based on the source package name and version in _debian/changelog_. It can convert **zip **to **tar**, optionally change the compression scheme and remove files according to **Files-Excluded **and **Files-Excluded-_**component_ in _debian/copyright_. The resulting file is placed in _debian/../.._. (In _debian/copyright_, the **Files-Excluded **and **Files-Excluded-_**component_ stanzas are a part of the first paragraph and there is a blank line before the following paragraphs which contain **Files **and other stanzas. The **Files-Included **stanza may be used to ignore parts of subdirectories specified by the **Files-Excluded **stanza See [**uscan**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/uscan/1/markdown) "COPYRIGHT FILE EXAMPLE".) The archive type for **zip **is detected by "**file --dereference --brief --mime-type**" command. So any **zip **type archives such as **jar **and **xpi **are treated in the same way. If the package name is given via the **--package **option, no information is read from _debian/_, and the result file is placed in the current directory. **mk-origtargz **is commonly called via **uscan**, which first obtains the upstream tarball. ## OPTIONS ### Metadata options The following options extend or replace information taken from _debian/_. **--package _**package_ Use _package_ as the name of the Debian source package, and do not require or use a _debian/_ directory. This option can only be used together with **--version**. The default is to use the package name of the first entry in _debian/changelog_. ### -v --version _ Use _version_ as the version of the package. This needs to be the upstream version portion of a full Debian version, i.e. no Debian revision, no epoch. The default is to use the upstream portion of the version of the first entry in _debian/changelog_. **--exclude-file _**glob_ Remove files matching the given _glob_ from the tarball, as if it was listed in **Files-** **Excluded**. **--copyright-file _**filename_ Remove files matching the patterns found in _filename_, which should have the format of a Debian _copyright_ file (**Format:** ** **to be precise). Errors parsing that file are silently ignored, exactly as is the case with _debian/copyright_. Unmatched patterns will emit a warning so the user can verify whether it is correct. If there are multiple patterns which match a file, only the last one will count as being matched. Both the **--exclude-file **and **--copyright-file **options amend the list of patterns found in _debian/copyright_. If you do not want to read that file, you will have to use **--package**. **--signature _**signature-mode_ Set _signature-mode_: 0 for no signature 1 for normal detached signature 2 for signature on decompressed 3 for self signature **--signature-file _**signature-file_ Use _signature-file_ as the signature file corresponding to the Debian source package to create a **dpkg-source **(post-stretch) compatible signature file. (optional) ### Action options These options specify what exactly **mk-origtargz **should do. The options **--copy**, **--rename **and **--symlink **are mutually exclusive. ### --symlink Make the resulting file a symlink to the given original file. (This is the default behaviour.) If the file has to be modified (because it is a **zip**, **xpi **or **zst **file, because of **--repack** or **Files-Excluded**), this option behaves like **--copy**. ### --copy Make the resulting file a copy of the original file (unless it has to be modified, of course). ### --rename Rename the original file. If the file has to be modified (because it is a **zip**, **xpi**, **zst **file, because of **--repack** or **Files-Excluded**), this implies that the original file is deleted afterwards. ### --repack If the given file is not compressed using the desired format (see **--compression**), recompress it. ### -S --repack-suffix _ If the file has to be modified, because of **Files-Excluded**, append _suffix_ to the upstream version. ### --force-repack Recompress even if file is compressed using the desired format and no files were deleted. ### -c --component _ Use as the component name for the secondary upstream tarball. Set _componentname_ as the component name. This is used only for the secondary upstream tarball of the Debian source package. Then _packagename_version.orig-componentname.tar.gz_ is created. **--compression **[ **gzip **| **bzip2 **| **lzma **| **xz **| **default **] The default method is **xz**. When mk-origtargz is launched in a debian source repository which format is "1.0" or undefined, the method switches to **gzip**. ### -C --directory _ Put the resulting file in the given directory. **--unzipopt _**options_ Add the extra options to use with the **unzip **command such as **-a**, **-aa**, and **-b**. ## SEE ALSO [**uscan**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/uscan/1/markdown), [**uupdate**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/uupdate/1/markdown) ## AUTHOR **mk-origtargz **and this manpage have been written by Joachim Breitner <<_nomeata@debian.org_>>. Debian Utilities 2026-02-25 [_MK-ORIGTARGZ_(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/MK-ORIGTARGZ/1/markdown)