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+.TH DPKG-GENBUILDDEPS 1 "Debian Utilities" "DEBIAN" \" -*- nroff -*-
+.SH NAME
+dpkg-genbuilddeps \- generate a list of packages used to build this package
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+\fBdpkg-genbuilddeps\fR [\fIarg\fR ...]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+This program is a wrapper around \fBdpkg-depcheck\fR(1).  It should be
+run from the top of a Debian build tree.  It calls
+\fBdpkg-buildpackage\fR with any arguments given on the command line,
+and by tracing the execution of this, it determines which
+non-essential packages were used during the package building.  This
+can be useful in determining what the \fIBuild-Depends\fR control
+fields should contain.  It does not determine which packages were used
+for the arch independent parts of the build and which for the arch
+dependent parts, not does it attempt to determine which versions of
+packages are required.  It should be able to run under \fBfakeroot\fR
+rather than being run as root, as \fBfakeroot dpkg-genbuilddeps\fR, or
+\fBdpkg-genbuilddeps \-rfakeroot\fR.
+.PP
+This program requires the build-essential package to be installed.  If
+it is not, please use \fBdpkg-depcheck\fR directly, with a command
+such as
+.nf
+  dpkg-depcheck \-\-all dpkg-buildpackage \-us \-uc \-b \-rfakeroot ...
+.fi
+All this program itself does is essentially to run the command:
+.nf
+  dpkg-depcheck \-b dpkg-buildpackage \-us \-uc \-b \-rfakeroot [arg ...]
+.fi
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.BR dpkg-depcheck (1),
+.BR fakeroot (1)
+
+.B The Debian Policy Manual,
+sections on Build-Depends etc.
+.SH AUTHOR
+The original \fBdpkg-genbuilddeps\fR was written by Ben Collins
+<bcollins@debian.org>.  The current version is a simple wrapper around
+\fBdpkg-depcheck\fR written by Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>.
+This manual page was written by Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org>.