dpkg-buildpackage
build binary or source packages from sources
see also :
dpkg-source - dpkg-architecture - dpkg-buildflags - dpkg-genchanges - fakeroot - gpg
Synopsis
dpkg-buildpackage
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examples
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dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b
source
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot
source
fakeroot dpkg-buildpackage -tc
lintian ../*.deb
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) 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 is
specified).
3.
If a specific target has been selected with the
-T or --target option, it
calls that target and stops here. Otherwise it calls
fakeroot debian/rules clean to clean the build-tree
(unless -nc is specified).
4.
It calls dpkg-source -b to generate
the source package (unless a binary-only build has
been requested with -b, -B or
-A).
5.
It calls debian/rules build-target
followed by fakeroot debian/rules
binary-target (unless a source-only build has been
requested with -S). Note that
build-target and binary-target are either
build and binary (default case, or if
-b is specified), or build-arch
and binary-arch (if -B is
specified), or build-indep and
binary-indep (if -A is
specified).
6.
It calls gpg to sign the .dsc file (if
any, unless -us is specified).
7.
It calls dpkg-genchanges to generate a
.changes file. Many dpkg-buildpackage
options are forwarded to dpkg-genchanges.
8.
It calls gpg to sign the .changes file
(unless -uc is specified).
9.
If -tc is specified, it will call
fakeroot debian/rules clean again. Finally it calls
dpkg-source
--after-build.
options
-b
Specifies a binary-only build,
no source files are to be built and/or distributed. Passed
to dpkg-genchanges.
-B
Specifies a binary-only build, limited to architecture
dependent packages. Passed to
dpkg-genchanges.
-A
Specifies a binary-only build, limited to architecture
independent packages. Passed to
dpkg-genchanges.
-S
Specifies a source-only build, no binary packages need
to be made. Passed to dpkg-genchanges.
-F
Specifies a normal full build, binary and source
packages will be built. This is the same as the default case
when no build option is specified.
--target=target
--target target
-Ttarget
Calls debian/rules
target after having setup the build environment and
stops the package build process here. If
--as-root is also given, then the
command is executed as root (see -r). Note that
official targets that are required to be run as root by the
Debian policy do not need this option.
--as-root
Only meaningful together with
--target. Requires that the target be run
with root rights.
-si
-sa
-sd
-vversion
-Cchanges-description
-mmaintainer-address
-emaintainer-address
Passed unchanged to
dpkg-genchanges. See its manual page.
-aarchitecture
Specify the Debian architecture
we build for. The architecture of the machine we build on is
determined automatically, and is also the default for the
host machine.
-tgnu-system-type
Specify the GNU system type we
build for. It can be used in place of -a or as a
complement to override the default GNU system type of the
target Debian architecture.
-jjobs
Number of jobs allowed to be run simultaneously,
equivalent to the make(1) option of the same name.
Will add itself to the MAKEFLAGS environment variable, which
should cause all subsequent make invocations to inherit the
option. Also adds parallel=jobs to the
DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable which allows
debian/rules files to use this information for their own
purposes. The parallel=jobs in
DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable will override the
-j value if this option is given.
-D
Check build dependencies and conflicts; abort if
unsatisfied. This is the default behavior.
-d
Do not check build dependencies and conflicts.
-nc
Do not clean the source tree (implies -b if
nothing else has been selected among -B,
-A or -S).
-tc
Clean the source tree (using gain-root-command
debian/rules clean) after the package has been
built.
-rgain-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.
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.
-Rrules-file
Building a Debian package
usually involves invoking debian/rules as a command
with several standard parameters. 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).
-psign-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.
sign-command will get all the arguments that
gpg would have gotten. sign-command should not
contain spaces or any other shell metacharacters.
-kkey-id
Specify a key-ID to use when
signing packages.
-us
Do not sign the source package.
-uc
Do not sign the .changes file.
-i[regexp]
-I[pattern]
-s[nsAkurKUR]
-z, -Z
Passed unchanged to
dpkg-source. See its manual page.
--source-option=opt
Pass option opt to
dpkg-source.
--changes-option=opt
Pass option opt to
dpkg-genchanges.
--admindir=dir
--admindir dir
Change the location of the
dpkg database. The default location is
/var/lib/dpkg.
-?,
--help
Show the usage message and
exit.
--version
Show the version and exit.
backward compatibility
dpkg-buildpackage is using the build-arch and
build-indep targets since version 1.16.2. Those targets
are thus mandatory. But to avoid breakages of existing packages,
and ease the transition, it will fallback to using the
build target if make -f debian/rules -qn
build-target returns 2 as exit code.
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.
Variables set by dpkg-architecture
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.
Compiler flags are no longer exported
Between versions 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.
bugs
It should be
possible to specify spaces and shell metacharacters in and
initial arguments for gain-root-command and
sign-command.
see also
dpkg-source ,
dpkg-architecture ,
dpkg-buildflags ,
dpkg-genchanges , fakeroot ,
gpg .