---
name: "apkbuild-lint"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "atools"
version: "20.2.2-5"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/apkbuild-lint"
---

# apkbuild-lint(1)

A linter for Alpine Linux's build files (apkbuild)

## NAME

apkbuild-lint - A linter for Alpine Linux's build files (apkbuild)

## SYNOPSIS

**apkbuild-lint** \<apkbuild...\>

## DESCRIPTION

apkbuild-lint is a linter for packages in aports. It will check the **APKBUILD** file for violations of policy, superfluous statements, stylistic violations and others. See **[alint(5)](/alint/5.md)** under the apkbuild-lint section for an explanation of each violation that apkbuild-lint checks for.

apkbuild-lint will print the policy violations found and exit 1, if no violations are found then nothing will be printed and it will exit 0.

## ENVIRONMENT

The **CUSTOM\_VALID\_OPTIONS** variable can be set to a whitespace-separated list of variables that will be considered valid inside the options= variable of an APKBUILD

## OUTPUT

apkbuild-lint will print to stdout whenever a policy violation is found in the following format

SEVERITYCERTAINITY:\[TAG\]:PATH::MSG

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  **SEVERITY** refers to how severe a violation is, ranging from **S** to **M**.

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  **CERTAINITY** refers to how likely it is not a false positive, ranging from **C** to **P**

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  **TAG** refers to the tag of the violation, see **[alint(5)](/alint/5.md)** for more details.

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  **PATH** refers to the path given for **apkbuild-lint** to check.

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  **LINE** refers to the number of the line where the violation was found.

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  **MSG** is a short message meant for humans to know what is the violation.

## AUTHORS

Maintained by Leo \<thinkabit.ukim@gmail.com\>

## SEE ALSO

**[alint(5)](/alint/5.md)** **[aports-lint(1)](/aports-lint/1.md)**