NAME

       dpkg-genbuilddeps - generate a list of packages used to build this package

SYNOPSIS

       dpkg-genbuilddeps [arg ...]

DESCRIPTION

       This program is a wrapper around dpkg-depcheck(1).  It should be run from the top of a Debian build tree.
       It  calls dpkg-buildpackage 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 Build-Depends 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
       fakeroot rather than being run as root, as fakeroot dpkg-genbuilddeps, or dpkg-genbuilddeps -rfakeroot.

       This  program  requires  the  build-essential  package  to  be installed.  If it is not, please use dpkg-
       depcheck directly, with a command such as
         dpkg-depcheck --all dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -b -rfakeroot ...
       All this program itself does is essentially to run the command:
         dpkg-depcheck -b dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -b -rfakeroot [arg ...]

SEE ALSO

       dpkg-depcheck(1), fakeroot(1)

       The Debian Policy Manual, sections on Build-Depends etc.

AUTHOR

       The original dpkg-genbuilddeps was written by Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>.  The current version  is
       a  simple wrapper around dpkg-depcheck written by Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>.  This manual page
       was written by Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org>.

DEBIAN                                          Debian Utilities                            DPKG-GENBUILDDEPS(1)