NAME

       dpkg-genbuildinfo - generate Debian .buildinfo files

SYNOPSIS

       dpkg-genbuildinfo [option...]

DESCRIPTION

       dpkg-genbuildinfo reads information from an unpacked and built Debian source tree and from
       the files it has generated and generates a Debian control file describing the build
       environment and the build artifacts (.buildinfo file).

       This command was introduced in dpkg 1.18.11.

OPTIONS

       --build=type
           Specifies the build type from a comma-separated list of components.

           The allowed values are:

           any Generate build information including unqualified build dependencies (Build-
               Depends) and architecture specific build dependencies (Build-Depends-Arch).

           all Generate build information including unqualified build dependencies (Build-
               Depends) and architecture independent build dependencies (Build-Depends-Indep).

           source
               Effectively ignored; generate build information with just the unqualified build
               dependencies (Build-Depends).

           binary
               Generate build information with all three types of build dependencies.  This is an
               alias for any,all.

           full
               Generate build information with all three types of build dependencies.  This is an
               alias for any,all,source, and the same as the default case when no build option is
               specified.

       -ccontrolfile
           Specifies the main source control file to read information from. The default is
           debian/control.

       -lchangelog-file
           Specifies the changelog file to read information from. The default is
           debian/changelog.

       -ffiles-list-file
           Specifies where is the list of files that have been produced by the build, rather than
           using debian/files.

       -Fchangelog-format
           Specifies the format of the changelog. See dpkg-parsechangelog(1) for information
           about alternative formats.

       -O[filename]
           Print the buildinfo file to standard output (or filename if specified) rather than to
           dir/source-name_binary-version_arch.buildinfo (where dir is .. by default or upload-
           files-dir if -u was used).

       -uupload-files-dir
           Look for the files to be uploaded in upload-files-dir rather than ..  (dpkg-
           genbuildinfo needs to find these files so that it can include their sizes and
           checksums in the .buildinfo file).

       --always-include-kernel
           By default, the Build-Kernel-Version field will not be written out.

           Specify this option (since dpkg 1.19.0) to always write a Build-Kernel-Version field
           when generating the .buildinfo.

       --always-include-path
           By default, the Build-Path field will only be written if the current directory starts
           with an allowed pattern.

           On Debian and derivatives the pattern matches on /build/ at the start of the pathname.

           Specify this option to always write a Build-Path field when generating the .buildinfo.

       --admindir=dir
           Change the location of the dpkg database. The default location is /var/lib/dpkg.

       -q  dpkg-genbuildinfo might produce informative messages on standard error.  -q suppresses
           these messages.

       -?, --help
           Show the usage message and exit.

       --version
           Show the version and exit.

ENVIRONMENT

       DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS
           This variable can be used to enable or disable various features that affect the
           information included in the .buildinfo file, via the buildinfo option (since dpkg
           1.18.19).  This option contains a comma-separated list of features, prefixed with the
           ‘+’ or ‘-’ modifiers, to denote whether to enable or disable them.  The special
           feature “all” can be used to enable or disable all other features.  The feature “path”
           controls whether to unconditionally include the Build-Path field.

       DPKG_COLORS
           Sets the color mode (since dpkg 1.18.5).  The currently accepted values are: auto
           (default), always and never.

       DPKG_NLS
           If set, it will be used to decide whether to activate Native Language Support, also
           known as internationalization (or i18n) support (since dpkg 1.19.0).  The accepted
           values are: 0 and 1 (default).

FILES

       debian/files
           The list of generated files.  dpkg-genbuildinfo reads the data here when producing a
           .buildinfo file.

SEE ALSO

       deb-buildinfo(5).