---
name: "gen-ruby-trans-pkgs"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gem2deb"
version: "2.2.5"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gen-ruby-trans-pkgs"
---

# gen-ruby-trans-pkgs(1)

generate ruby transitional packages

## NAME

gen-ruby-trans-pkgs - generate ruby transitional packages

## SYNOPSIS

**gen-ruby-trans-pkgs** *SOURCE\_PKG\_TO\_REPLACE*

## DESCRIPTION

**gen-ruby-trans-pkgs** reads debian/control, debian/changelog, and the output of apt-cache showsrc *SOURCE\_PKG\_TO\_REPLACE*, and generates debian/control snippets to add transitional packages.

## SEE ALSO

[**gem2deb**(1)](/gem2deb/1.md)

## COPYRIGHT AND AUTHORS

Copyright (c) 2011, Lucas Nussbaum \<lucas@debian.org\>

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program.  If not, see \<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/\>.