dpkg-buildapi - Man Page

dpkg-buildapi [option...] [command]

dpkg-buildapi is a tool to retrieve the dpkg-build-api(7) level to use during build of source Debian packages.

This program was introduced in dpkg 1.22.0.

--help

Show the usage message and exit.

--version

Show the version and exit.

-ccontrol-file

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

DPKG_BUILD_API

The build API level to use. This is intended to be used internally by the tools executed from debian/rules to avoid having to parse debian/control multiple times, and not to set the global build API level from debian/rules, otherwise build drivers (such as dpkg-buildpackage(1)) cannot access it.