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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