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==Development tools== dpkg-dev contains a series of development tools required to unpack, build and upload Debian source packages.<ref>{{cite web|title=dpkg-dev package file list|url=https://packages.debian.org/sid/amd64/dpkg-dev/filelist|publisher=Debian project|access-date=2015-03-09}}</ref> These include: * '''dpkg-source''' packs and unpacks the source files of a Debian package. * '''dpkg-gencontrol''' reads the information from an unpacked Debian tree source and generates a binary package control package, creating an entry for this in Debian/files. * '''dpkg-shlibdeps''' calculates the dependencies of runs with respect to libraries. * '''dpkg-genchanges''' reads the information from an unpacked Debian tree source that once constructed creates a control file (.changes). * '''dpkg-buildpackage''' is a control script that can be used to construct the package automatically. * '''dpkg-distaddfile''' adds a file input to debian/files. * '''dpkg-parsechangelog''' reads the changes file (changelog) of an unpacked Debian tree source and creates a conveniently prepared output with the information for those changes.
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