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.IX Title "dpkg-buildapi 1"
.TH dpkg-buildapi 1 2024-01-19 1.22.3 "dpkg suite"
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.SH NAME
dpkg\-buildapi \- returns the build API level to use during package build
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
\&\fBdpkg-buildapi\fR [\fIoption\fR...] [\fIcommand\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
\&\fBdpkg-buildapi\fR is a tool to retrieve the \fBdpkg\-build\-api\fR\|(7) level to
use during build of source Debian packages.
.PP
This program was introduced in dpkg 1.22.0.
.SH COMMANDS
.IX Header "COMMANDS"
.IP \fB\-c\fR\fIcontrol-file\fR 4
.IX Item "-ccontrol-file"
Specifies the main source control file to read information from.
The default is \fIdebian/control\fR.
.IP \fB\-\-help\fR 4
.IX Item "--help"
Show the usage message and exit.
.IP \fB\-\-version\fR 4
.IX Item "--version"
Show the version and exit.
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.IX Header "ENVIRONMENT"
.IP \fBDPKG_BUILD_API\fR 4
.IX Item "DPKG_BUILD_API"
The build API level to use.
This is intended to be used internally by the tools executed from
\&\fIdebian/rules\fR to avoid having to parse \fIdebian/control\fR multiple times,
and not to set the global build API level from \fIdebian/rules\fR,
otherwise build drivers (such as \fBdpkg\-buildpackage\fR\|(1)) cannot access it.
.SH FILES
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.SS "Packaging support"
.IX Subsection "Packaging support"
.IP \fB/usr/share/dpkg/buildapi.mk\fR 4
.IX Item "/usr/share/dpkg/buildapi.mk"
Makefile snippet that will parse the build API level.