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dub-build(1)

dub-build - Builds a package (uses the main package in the current working directory by default)

SYNOPSIS

dub build [<package>[@<version-spec>]] OPTIONS...

DESCRIPTION

Builds a package (uses the main package in the current working directory by default)

OPTIONS

--rdmd
Use rdmd instead of directly invoking the compiler
-f, --force
Forces a recompilation even if the target is up to date
-y, --yes
Automatic yes to prompts. Assume "yes" as answer to all interactive prompts.
-n, --non-interactive
Don't enter interactive mode.
-b, --build=VALUE
Specifies the type of build to perform. Note that setting the DFLAGS environment variable will override the build type with custom flags. Possible names: debug, plain, release, release-debug, release-nobounds, unittest, profile, profile-gc, docs, ddox, cov, cov-ctfe, unittest-cov, unittest-cov-ctfe, syntax and custom types
-c, --config=VALUE
Builds the specified configuration. Configurations can be defined in dub.json
--override-config=VALUE
Uses the specified configuration for a certain dependency. Can be specified multiple times. Format: --override-config=/
--compiler=VALUE
Specifies the compiler binary to use (can be a path). Arbitrary pre- and suffixes to the identifiers below are recognized (e.g. ldc2 or dmd-2.063) and matched to the proper compiler type: dmd, gdc, ldc, gdmd, ldmd
-a, --arch=VALUE
Force a different architecture (e.g. x86 or x86_64)
-d, --debug=VALUE
Define the specified debug version identifier when building - can be used multiple times
--nodeps
Do not resolve missing dependencies before building
--build-mode=VALUE
Specifies the way the compiler and linker are invoked. Valid values: separate (default), allAtOnce, singleFile
--single
Treats the package name as a filename. The file must contain a package recipe comment.
--force-remove
Deprecated option that does nothing.
--filter-versions
[Experimental] Filter version identifiers and debug version identifiers to improve build cache efficiency.
--combined
Tries to build the whole project in a single compiler run.
--print-builds
Prints the list of available build types
--print-configs
Prints the list of available configurations
--print-platform
Prints the identifiers for the current build platform as used for the build fields in dub.json
--parallel
Runs multiple compiler instances in parallel, if possible.

COMMON OPTIONS

See dub(1)

EXIT STATUS

0
DUB succeeded
1
usage errors, unknown command line flags
2
package not found, package failed to load, miscellaneous error

FILES

dub.sdl, dub.json

AUTHOR

Copyright (c) 1999-2022 by The D Language Foundation

ONLINE DOCUMENTATION

http://code.dlang.org/docs/commandline

SEE ALSO

dub(1), dub-run(1), dub-test(1), rdmd(1)


Last update: August 5, 2022
Created: August 5, 2022