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+# dpkg manual page - dpkg-buildapi(1)
+#
+# Copyright © 2023 Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
+#
+# This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+=encoding utf8
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+dpkg-buildapi - returns the build API level to use during package build
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+B<dpkg-buildapi> [I<option>...] [I<command>]
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+B<dpkg-buildapi> is a tool to retrieve the L<dpkg-build-api(7)> level to
+use during build of source Debian packages.
+
+This program was introduced in dpkg 1.22.0.
+
+=head1 COMMANDS
+
+=over
+
+=item B<-c>I<control-file>
+
+Specifies the main source control file to read information from.
+The default is F<debian/control>.
+
+=item B<--help>
+
+Show the usage message and exit.
+
+=item B<--version>
+
+Show the version and exit.
+
+=back
+
+=head1 ENVIRONMENT
+
+=over
+
+=item B<DPKG_BUILD_API>
+
+The build API level to use.
+This is intended to be used internally by the tools executed from
+F<debian/rules> to avoid having to parse F<debian/control> multiple times,
+and not to set the global build API level from F<debian/rules>,
+otherwise build drivers (such as L<dpkg-buildpackage(1)>) cannot access it.
+
+=back
+
+=head1 FILES
+
+=head2 Packaging support
+
+=over
+
+=item B<%PKGDATADIR%/buildapi.mk>
+
+Makefile snippet that will parse the build API level.
+
+=back