1DPKG-GENBUILDDEPS(1)        General Commands Manual       DPKG-GENBUILDDEPS(1)
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NAME

6       dpkg-genbuilddeps  -  generate  a  list  of packages used to build this
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SYNOPSIS

10       dpkg-genbuilddeps [arg ...]
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DESCRIPTION

13       This program is a wrapper around dpkg-depcheck(1).  It  should  be  run
14       from  the  top of a Debian build tree.  It calls dpkg-buildpackage with
15       any arguments given on the command line, and by tracing  the  execution
16       of  this,  it  determines which non-essential packages were used during
17       the package building.  This can  be  useful  in  determining  what  the
18       Build-Depends  control  fields  should  contain.  It does not determine
19       which packages were used for the arch independent parts  of  the  build
20       and  which  for the arch dependent parts, not does it attempt to deter‐
21       mine which versions of packages are required.  It should be able to run
22       under  fakeroot  rather  than  being run as root, as fakeroot dpkg-gen‐
23       builddeps, or dpkg-genbuilddeps -rfakeroot.
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25       This program requires the build-essential package to be installed.   If
26       it is not, please use dpkg-depcheck directly, with a command such as
27         dpkg-depcheck --all dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -b -rfakeroot ...
28       All this program itself does is essentially to run the command:
29         dpkg-depcheck -b dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -b -rfakeroot [arg ...]
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SEE ALSO

32       dpkg-depcheck(1), fakeroot(1)
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34       The Debian Policy Manual, sections on Build-Depends etc.
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AUTHOR

37       The   original   dpkg-genbuilddeps   was   written   by   Ben   Collins
38       <bcollins@debian.org>.  The current version is a simple wrapper  around
39       dpkg-depcheck  written  by  Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>.  This
40       manual page was written by Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org>.
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