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# dpkg manual page - dpkg-buildapi(1)
#
# Copyright © 2023 Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
#
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=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