Returns the build api level to use during package build
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.
DPKG_COLORS
Sets the color mode. 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. The accepted values are: 0 and 1 (default).
/usr/share/dpkg/buildapi.mk
Makefile snippet that parses the build API level into a variable.
2 releases since Debian 13 (Trixie); the text changed 1 time.