The Debian build toolchain is a collection of software utilities used to create Debian source packages (.dsc) and Debian binary packages (.deb files) from upstream source tarballs.
These tools are used in the Debian project and also in Debian-based distributions such as Ubuntu.
Read more about Debian Build Toolchain: Overview, Source Packages, The debian Directory, Patch Systems, Tracking Changes in Source Packages: debdiff and interdiff, Sanity Checks With lintian, Isolated Build Environments
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“The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance, a palace or temple on the earth, and, at length, the middle-aged man concludes to build a woodshed with them.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)