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dpkg-genbuildinfo(1) dpkg suite dpkg-genbuildinfo(1)
dpkg-genbuildinfo - generate Debian .buildinfo files
dpkg-genbuildinfo [option...]
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.
--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 to always write a Build-Kernel-Version
field when generating the .buildinfo.
Supported since dpkg 1.19.0.
--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.
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. 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.
Supported since dpkg 1.18.19.
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, without any exclamation marks.
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. The currently accepted values are: auto
(default), always and never.
Supported since dpkg 1.18.5.
DPKG_NLS
If set, it will be used to decide whether to activate Native
Language Support, also known as internationalization (or i18n)
support. The accepted values are: 0 and 1 (default).
Supported since dpkg 1.19.0.
debian/files
The list of generated files. dpkg-genbuildinfo reads the data
here when producing a .buildinfo file.
deb-buildinfo(5).
This page is part of the dpkg (Debian Package Manager) project.
Information about the project can be found at
⟨https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg/⟩. If you have a bug report
for this manual page, see
⟨http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?src=dpkg⟩. This
page was obtained from the project's upstream Git repository ⟨git
clone https://git.dpkg.org/git/dpkg/dpkg.git⟩ on 2026-08-03. (At
that time, the date of the most recent commit that was found in
the repository was 2026-08-01.) If you discover any rendering
problems in this HTML version of the page, or you believe there is
a better or more up-to-date source for the page, or you have
corrections or improvements to the information in this COLOPHON
(which is not part of the original manual page), send a mail to
man-pages@man7.org
1.23.7-216-gff7e9 2026-03-07 dpkg-genbuildinfo(1)
Pages that refer to this page: dpkg-buildpackage(1), deb-buildinfo(5)
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