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15.1 Tools for processing source packages
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Various tools are provided for manipulating source packages; they pack
and unpack sources and help build of binary packages and help manage the
distribution of new versions.

They are introduced and typical uses described here; see dpkg-source(1)
for full documentation about their arguments and operation.

For examples of how to construct a Debian source package, and how to use
those utilities that are used by Debian source packages, please see the
‘hello’ example package.

dpkg-source - packs and unpacks Debian source packages

dpkg-buildpackage - overall package-building control script

dpkg-gencontrol - generates binary package control files

dpkg-shlibdeps - calculates shared library dependencies

dpkg-distaddfile - adds a file to debian/files

dpkg-genchanges - generates a .changes upload control file

dpkg-genchanges - generates a changes upload control file.

dpkg-parsechangelog - produces parsed representation of a changelog

dpkg-architecture - information about the build and host system