---
name: "update-sourcedeps"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "sbuild"
version: "0.52"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/update-sourcedeps"
---

# update-sourcedeps(1)

update the sbuild source dependency files

## NAME

update-sourcedeps - update the sbuild source dependency files

## SYNOPSIS

**update-sourcedeps**

## VERSION

This man page documents the packaged version of sbuild.  This version is maintained by the **buildd-tools** project developers on Alioth (`https://alioth.debian.org/projects/buildd-tools/`).

## DESCRIPTION

**update-sourcedeps** updates the source-dependencies-\* files from `buildd.debian.org/andrea/`.  These dependencies are used by sbuild to calculate the Build-Depends for those packages that don't include them—mainly potato, and increasingly fewer woody, packages.  **update-sourcedeps** also contains arch-specific and package-specific patches that are applied by sbuild after the source is unpacked.  These patches work around temporary compiler bugs and other transient problems so a package can still be autobuilt and the change can be easily reverted without bothering the package maintainer.

**update-sourcedeps** is normally called by buildd.  Since sbuild is used by itself here, **update-sourcedeps** must to be called manually (or not).  The source-dependencies-\* files aren't required by sbuild but are very helpful if you're autobuilding a lot of packages.

## NOTE

Before you file bugs for build failures be sure you understand the difference between src-deps and build-deps and also how the src-dep patches work.

## WARNING

Inappropriate settings in your *~/.wgetrc* can cause problems. The WGETRC environment variable can be used to redirect *.wgetrc*.

## AUTHORS

```
James Troup
Roman Hodek
```

## SEE ALSO

[**sbuild**(1)](/sbuild/1.md).