Manual: dpkg-genbuildinfo

dpkg-genbuildinfo(1)					 dpkg suite					dpkg-genbuildinfo(1)

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 program 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.

       DEB_BUILD_PROFILES
	   If set, it will be used as the active build profile(s) to use when generating the .buildinfo file.  It is a space
	   separated list of profile names.

       DEB_BUILD_ARCH
	   Sets the build architecture.	 This affects the value for the Build-Architecture field,  and	the  check  for	 the
	   cross-compilation mode.

       DEB_HOST_ARCH
	   Sets the host architecture.	This affects the filename used for the .buildinfo file, and the check for the cross-
	   compilation mode.

       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).

1.23.7							 2026-03-31					dpkg-genbuildinfo(1)