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NAME

       dpkg-buildpackage - build binary or source packages from sources

SYNOPSIS

       dpkg-buildpackage [option...]

DESCRIPTION

       dpkg-buildpackage is a program that automates the process of building a Debian package. It
       consists of the following steps:

       1.  It prepares the build environment by setting various environment variables (see
           ENVIRONMENT), runs the init hook, and calls dpkg-source --before-build (unless -T or
           --target has been used).

       2.  It checks that the build-dependencies and build-conflicts are satisfied (unless -d or
           --no-check-builddeps is specified).

       3.  If one or more specific targets have been selected with the -T or --target option, it
           calls those targets and stops here. Otherwise it runs the preclean hook and calls
           fakeroot debian/rules clean to clean the build-tree (unless -nc or --no-pre-clean is
           specified).

       4.  It runs the source hook and calls dpkg-source -b to generate the source package (if a
           source build has been requested with --build or equivalent options).

       5.  It runs the build hook and calls debian/rules build-target, then runs the binary hook
           followed by fakeroot debian/rules binary-target (unless a source-only build has been
           requested with --build=source or equivalent options).  Note that build-target and
           binary-target are either build and binary (default case, or if an any and all build
           has been requested with --build or equivalent options), or build-arch and binary-arch
           (if an any and not all build has been requested with --build or equivalent options),
           or build-indep and binary-indep (if an all and not any build has been requested with
           --build or equivalent options).

       6.  It runs the buildinfo hook and calls dpkg-genbuildinfo to generate a .buildinfo file.
           Several dpkg-buildpackage options are forwarded to dpkg-genbuildinfo.

       7.  It runs the changes hook and calls dpkg-genchanges to generate a .changes file.  The
           name of the .changes file will depend on the type of build and will be as specific as
           necessary but not more; for a build that includes any the name will be source-
           name_binary-version_arch.changes, or otherwise for a build that includes all the name
           will be source-name_binary-version_all.changes, or otherwise for a build that includes
           source the name will be source-name_source-version_source.changes.  Many dpkg-
           buildpackage options are forwarded to dpkg-genchanges.

       8.  It runs the postclean hook and if -tc or --post-clean is specified, it will call
           fakeroot debian/rules clean again.

       9.  It calls dpkg-source --after-build.

       10. It runs the check hook and calls a package checker for the .changes file (if a command
           is specified in DEB_CHECK_COMMAND or with --check-command).

       11. It runs the sign hook and calls gpg (as long as it is not an UNRELEASED build, or
           --no-sign is specified) to sign the .dsc file (if any, unless -us or --unsigned-source
           is specified), the .buildinfo file (unless -ui, --unsigned-buildinfo, -uc or
           --unsigned-changes is specified) and the .changes file (unless -uc or
           --unsigned-changes is specified).

       12. It runs the done hook.

OPTIONS

       All long options can be specified both on the command line and in the dpkg-buildpackage
       system and user configuration files.  Each line in the configuration file is either an
       option (exactly the same as the command line option but without leading hyphens) or a
       comment (if it starts with a ‘#’).

       --build=type
           Specifies the build type from a comma-separated list of components (since dpkg
           1.18.5).  Passed to dpkg-genchanges.

           The allowed values are:

           source
               Builds the source package.

               Note: When using this value standalone and if what you want is simply to
               (re-)build the source package from a clean source tree, using dpkg-source directly
               is always a better option as it does not require any build dependencies to be
               installed which are otherwise needed to be able to call the clean target.

           any Builds the architecture specific binary packages.

           all Builds the architecture independent binary packages.

           binary
               Builds the architecture specific and independent binary packages.  This is an
               alias for any,all.

           full
               Builds everything.  This is an alias for source,any,all, and the same as the
               default case when no build option is specified.

       -g  Equivalent to --build=source,all (since dpkg 1.17.11).

       -G  Equivalent to --build=source,any (since dpkg 1.17.11).

       -b  Equivalent to --build=binary or --build=any,all.

       -B  Equivalent to --build=any.

       -A  Equivalent to --build=all.

       -S  Equivalent to --build=source.

       -F  Equivalent to --build=full, --build=source,binary or --build=source,any,all (since
           dpkg 1.15.8).

       --target=target[,...]
       --target target[,...]
       -T, --rules-target=target[,...]
           Calls debian/rules target once per target specified, after having setup the build
           environment (except for calling dpkg-source --before-build), and stops the package
           build process here (since dpkg 1.15.0, long option since dpkg 1.18.8, multi-target
           support since dpkg 1.18.16).  If --as-root is also given, then the command is executed
           as root (see --root-command).  Note that known targets that are required to be run as
           root do not need this option (i.e. the clean, binary, binary-arch and binary-indep
           targets).

       --as-root
           Only meaningful together with --target (since dpkg 1.15.0).  Requires that the target
           be run with root rights.

       -si
       -sa
       -sd
       -vversion
       -Cchanges-description
       -m, --release-by=maintainer-address
       -e, --build-by=maintainer-address
           Passed unchanged to dpkg-genchanges. See its manual page.

       -a, --host-arch architecture
           Specify the Debian architecture we build for (long option since dpkg 1.17.17).  The
           architecture of the machine we build on is determined automatically, and is also the
           default for the host machine.

       -t, --host-type gnu-system-type
           Specify the GNU system type we build for (long option since dpkg 1.17.17).  It can be
           used in place of --host-arch or as a complement to override the default GNU system
           type of the host Debian architecture.

       --target-arch architecture
           Specify the Debian architecture the binaries built will build for (since dpkg
           1.17.17).  The default value is the host machine.

       --target-type gnu-system-type
           Specify the GNU system type the binaries built will build for (since dpkg 1.17.17).
           It can be used in place of --target-arch or as a complement to override the default
           GNU system type of the target Debian architecture.

       -P, --build-profiles=profile[,...]
           Specify the profile(s) we build, as a comma-separated list (since dpkg 1.17.2, long
           option since dpkg 1.18.8).  The default behavior is to build for no specific profile.
           Also sets them (as a space separated list) as the DEB_BUILD_PROFILES environment
           variable which allows, for example, debian/rules files to use this information for
           conditional builds.

       -j, --jobs[=jobs|auto]
           Number of jobs allowed to be run simultaneously, number of jobs matching the number of
           online processors if auto is specified (since dpkg 1.17.10), or unlimited number if
           jobs is not specified, equivalent to the make(1) option of the same name (since dpkg
           1.14.7, long option since dpkg 1.18.8).  Will add itself to the MAKEFLAGS environment
           variable, which should cause all subsequent make invocations to inherit the option,
           thus forcing the parallel setting on the packaging (and possibly the upstream build
           system if that uses make) regardless of their support for parallel builds, which might
           cause build failures.  Also adds parallel=jobs or parallel to the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS
           environment variable which allows debian/rules files to use this information for their
           own purposes.  The -j value will override the parallel=jobs or parallel option in the
           DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable.  Note that the auto value will get replaced by
           the actual number of currently active processors, and as such will not get propagated
           to any child process. If the number of online processors cannot be inferred then the
           code will fallback to using serial execution (since dpkg 1.18.15), although this
           should only happen on exotic and unsupported systems.

       -J, --jobs-try[=jobs|auto]
           This option (since dpkg 1.18.2, long option since dpkg 1.18.8) is equivalent to the -j
           option except that it does not set the MAKEFLAGS environment variable, and as such it
           is safer to use with any package including those that are not parallel-build safe.

           auto is the default behavior (since dpkg 1.18.11). Setting the number of jobs to 1
           will restore a serial behavior.

       -D, --check-builddeps
           Check build dependencies and conflicts; abort if unsatisfied (long option since dpkg
           1.18.8).  This is the default behavior.

       -d, --no-check-builddeps
           Do not check build dependencies and conflicts (long option since dpkg 1.18.8).

       --ignore-builtin-builddeps
           Do not check built-in build dependencies and conflicts (since dpkg 1.18.2).  These are
           the distribution specific implicit build dependencies usually required in a build
           environment, the so called Build-Essential package set.

       --rules-requires-root
           Do not honor the Rules-Requires-Root field, falling back to its legacy default value
           (since dpkg 1.19.1).

       -nc, --no-pre-clean
           Do not clean the source tree before building (long option since dpkg 1.18.8).  Implies
           -b if nothing else has been selected among -F, -g, -G, -B, -A or -S.  Implies -d with
           -S (since dpkg 1.18.0).

       --pre-clean
           Clean the source tree before building (since dpkg 1.18.8).  This is the default
           behavior.

       -tc, --post-clean
           Clean the source tree (using gain-root-command debian/rules clean) after the package
           has been built (long option since dpkg 1.18.8).

       --no-post-clean
           Do not clean the source tree after the package has been built (since dpkg 1.19.1).
           This is the default behavior.

       --sanitize-env
           Sanitize the build environment (since dpkg 1.20.0).  This will reset or remove
           environment variables, umask, and any other process attributes that might otherwise
           adversely affect the build of packages.  Because the official entry point to build
           packages is debian/rules, packages cannot rely on these settings being in place, and
           thus should work even when they are not.  What to sanitize is vendor specific.

       -r, --root-command=gain-root-command
           When dpkg-buildpackage needs to execute part of the build process as root, it prefixes
           the command it executes with gain-root-command if one has been specified (long option
           since dpkg 1.18.8).  Otherwise, if none has been specified, fakeroot will be used by
           default, if the command is present.  gain-root-command should start with the name of a
           program on the PATH and will get as arguments the name of the real command to run and
           the arguments it should take.  gain-root-command can include parameters (they must be
           space-separated) but no shell metacharacters.  gain-root-command might typically be
           fakeroot, sudo, super or really.  su is not suitable, since it can only invoke the
           user's shell with -c instead of passing arguments individually to the command to be
           run.

       -R, --rules-file=rules-file
           Building a Debian package usually involves invoking debian/rules as a command with
           several standard parameters (since dpkg 1.14.17, long option since dpkg 1.18.8).  With
           this option it's possible to use another program invocation to build the package (it
           can include space separated parameters).  Alternatively it can be used to execute the
           standard rules file with another make program (for example by using
           /usr/local/bin/make -f debian/rules as rules-file).

       --check-command=check-command
           Command used to check the .changes file itself and any artifact built referenced in
           the file (since dpkg 1.17.6).  The command should take the .changes pathname as an
           argument. This command will usually be lintian.

       --check-option=opt
           Pass option opt to the check-command specified with DEB_CHECK_COMMAND or
           --check-command (since dpkg 1.17.6).  Can be used multiple times.

       --hook-hook-name=hook-command
           Set the specified shell code hook-command as the hook hook-name, which will run at the
           times specified in the run steps (since dpkg 1.17.6).  The hooks will always be
           executed even if the following action is not performed (except for the binary hook).
           All the hooks will run in the unpacked source directory.

           Note: Hooks can affect the build process, and cause build failures if their commands
           fail, so watch out for unintended consequences.

           The current hook-name supported are:

           init preclean source build binary buildinfo changes postclean check sign done

           The hook-command supports the following substitution format string, which will get
           applied to it before execution:

           %%  A single % character.

           %a  A boolean value (0 or 1), representing whether the following action is being
               performed.

           %p  The source package name.

           %v  The source package version.

           %s  The source package version (without the epoch).

           %u  The upstream version.

       --buildinfo-file=filename
           Set the filename for the generated .buildinfo file (since dpkg 1.21.0).

       --buildinfo-option=opt
           Pass option opt to dpkg-genbuildinfo (since dpkg 1.18.11).  Can be used multiple
           times.

       -p, --sign-command=sign-command
           When dpkg-buildpackage needs to execute GPG to sign a source control (.dsc) file or a
           .changes file it will run sign-command (searching the PATH if necessary) instead of
           gpg (long option since dpkg 1.18.8).  sign-command will get all the arguments that gpg
           would have gotten. sign-command should not contain spaces or any other shell
           metacharacters.

       -k, --sign-key=key-id
           Specify a key-ID to use when signing packages (long option since dpkg 1.18.8).

       -us, --unsigned-source
           Do not sign the source package (long option since dpkg 1.18.8).

       -ui, --unsigned-buildinfo
           Do not sign the .buildinfo file (since dpkg 1.18.19).

       -uc, --unsigned-changes
           Do not sign the .buildinfo and .changes files (long option since dpkg 1.18.8).

       --no-sign
           Do not sign any file, this includes the source package, the .buildinfo file and the
           .changes file (since dpkg 1.18.20).

       --force-sign
           Force the signing of the resulting files (since dpkg 1.17.0), regardless of -us,
           --unsigned-source, -ui, --unsigned-buildinfo, -uc, --unsigned-changes or other
           internal heuristics.

       -sn
       -ss
       -sA
       -sk
       -su
       -sr
       -sK
       -sU
       -sR
       -i, --diff-ignore[=regex]
       -I, --tar-ignore[=pattern]
       -z, --compression-level=level
       -Z, --compression=compressor
           Passed unchanged to dpkg-source. See its manual page.

       --source-option=opt
           Pass option opt to dpkg-source (since dpkg 1.15.6).  Can be used multiple times.

       --changes-file=filename
           Set the filename for the generated .changes file (since dpkg 1.21.0).

       --changes-option=opt
           Pass option opt to dpkg-genchanges (since dpkg 1.15.6).  Can be used multiple times.

       --admindir=dir
       --admindir dir
           Change the location of the dpkg database (since dpkg 1.14.0).  The default location is
           /var/lib/dpkg.

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

       --version
           Show the version and exit.

ENVIRONMENT

   External environment
       DEB_CHECK_COMMAND
           If set, it will be used as the command to check the .changes file (since dpkg 1.17.6).
           Overridden by the --check-command option.

       DEB_SIGN_KEYID
           If set, it will be used to sign the .changes and .dsc files (since dpkg 1.17.2).
           Overridden by the --sign-key option.

       DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS
           If set, it will contain a space-separated list of options that might affect the build
           process in debian/rules, and the behavior of some dpkg commands.

           With nocheck the DEB_CHECK_COMMAND variable will be ignored.  With parallel=N the
           parallel jobs will be set to N, overridden by the --jobs-try option.

       DEB_BUILD_PROFILES
           If set, it will be used as the active build profile(s) for the package being built
           (since dpkg 1.17.2).  It is a space separated list of profile names.  Overridden by
           the -P option.

       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).

   Internal environment
       Even if dpkg-buildpackage exports some variables, debian/rules should not rely on their
       presence and should instead use the respective interface to retrieve the needed values,
       because that file is the main entry point to build packages and running it standalone
       should be supported.

       DEB_BUILD_*
       DEB_HOST_*
       DEB_TARGET_*
           dpkg-architecture is called with the -a and -t parameters forwarded. Any variable that
           is output by its -s option is integrated in the build environment.

       DEB_RULES_REQUIRES_ROOT
           This variable is set to the value obtained from the Rules-Requires-Root field or from
           the command-line.  When set, it will be a valid value for the Rules-Requires-Root
           field.  It is used to notify debian/rules whether the rootless-builds.txt
           specification is supported.

       DEB_GAIN_ROOT_CMD
           This variable is set to gain-root-command when the field Rules-Requires-Root is set to
           a value different to no and binary-targets.

       SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
           This variable is set to the Unix timestamp since the epoch of the latest entry in
           debian/changelog, if it is not already defined.

FILES

       /etc/dpkg/buildpackage.conf
           System wide configuration file

       $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/dpkg/buildpackage.conf or
       $HOME/.config/dpkg/buildpackage.conf
           User configuration file.

NOTES

   Compiler flags are no longer exported
       Between dpkg 1.14.17 and 1.16.1, dpkg-buildpackage exported compiler flags (CFLAGS,
       CXXFLAGS, FFLAGS, CPPFLAGS and LDFLAGS) with values as returned by dpkg-buildflags. This
       is no longer the case.

   Default build targets
       dpkg-buildpackage is using the build-arch and build-indep targets since dpkg 1.16.2. Those
       targets are thus mandatory. But to avoid breakages of existing packages, and ease the
       transition, if the source package does not build both architecture independent and
       dependent binary packages (since dpkg 1.18.8) it will fallback to use the build target if
       make -f debian/rules -qn build-target returns 2 as exit code.

BUGS

       It should be possible to specify spaces and shell metacharacters and initial arguments for
       gain-root-command and sign-command.

SEE ALSO

       /usr/share/doc/dpkg/spec/rootless-builds.txt, dpkg-source(1), dpkg-architecture(1), dpkg-
       buildflags(1), dpkg-genbuildinfo(1), dpkg-genchanges(1), fakeroot(1), lintian(1), gpg(1).