BUILDD-VLOG(1)

💅 BUILDD-VLOG — bestie, let's watch a build happen live

okay so this is buildd-vlog, the little guy from the Debian sbuild manual page family (section 1, the user-commands one 🫶), and honestly? she's simple. she's iconic. she does one thing.

---

✨ NAME ✨

buildd-vlog — view current build log 👀

---

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

buildd-vlog

that's it. no flags. no args. no notes. she just goes. 💅

---

🌸 VERSION 🌸

This man page documents the packaged version of buildd-vlog. This version is maintained by the buildd-tools project developers on Alioth (<https://alioth.debian.org/projects/buildd-tools/>) — shoutout to the maintainers, they're carrying fr fr. 🫶

There's also a version maintained by Ryan Murray that's adapted to build daemon needs, with similar functionality. That version should be equally capable of working in a buildd setup, but it's got a number of enhancements aimed at making it suitable for use by end-users. so like. different vibe, same energy. ✨

---

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

buildd-vlog monitors the build that's currently in progress and outputs the log file during the build, in a manner similar to tail(1).

so it's not "go read the log when it's done" energy, it's "we're watching it live, together, right now" energy. main character streaming. 🔥

---

💖 FILES 💖

• /etc/buildd/buildd.conf — Configuration, maintained by the system administrator. This may be used to override the defaults. (system-wide bestie, hands off 🙈)
• ~/.builddrc — User-specific configuration. (your personal ✨ customization era ✨)

---

👑 AUTHORS 👑

Roman Hodek <Roman.Hodek@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>.

sbuild is based on debbuild, written by James Troup <james@nocrew.org> and has been modified by

• Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>,
• Ryan Murray <rmurray@debian.org>,
• Francesco Paolo Lovergine <frankie@debian.org>,
• Michael Banck <mbanck@debian.org>, and
• Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>

like. the whole squad showed up. we love a collaborative effort. 🌈

---

⭐ COPYRIGHT ⭐

Copyright © 1998-2000 Roman Hodek <roman@hodek.net>
Copyright © 1998-1999 James Troup <troup@debian.org>
Copyright © 2003-2006 Ryan Murray <rmurray@debian.org>
Copyright © 2001-2003 Rick Younie <younie@debian.org>
Copyright © 2003-2004 Francesco Paolo Lovergine <frankie@debian.org>
Copyright © 2005      Michael Banck <mbanck@debian.org>
Copyright © 2005-2008 Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>

years and years of care, no cap. 💜

---

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• buildd(1).

---

and that's the whole page, bestie 🎀 this is documented as Version 0.91.10ubuntu1, dated 29 June 2026, straight outta the Debian sbuild corner of the world. go watch a build. you deserve it. 💅✨🍓