NAME¶
dpkg-genchanges - generate Debian .changes files
SYNOPSIS¶
dpkg-genchanges [
option...]
DESCRIPTION¶
dpkg-genchanges reads information from an unpacked and built Debian
source tree and from the files it has generated and generates a Debian upload
control file (
.changes file).
OPTIONS¶
- -b, -B, -A
- Specifies that a binary-only build is taking place (no
source files are to be included). There's no distinction between
-b, -B and -A, the produced .changes file will
include whatever files were created by the binary-* target(s) of
the package being built.
- -S
- Specifies that only the source should be uploaded (no
binary packages will be included).
The
-sx options control whether the original source archive is
included in the upload if any source is being generated (i.e.
-b or
-B haven't been used).
- -si
- By default, or if specified, the original source will be
included only if the upstream version number (the version without epoch
and without Debian revision) differs from the upstream version number of
the previous changelog entry.
- -sa
- Forces the inclusion of the original source.
- -sd
- Forces the exclusion of the original source and includes
only the diff.
- -vversion
- Causes changelog information from all versions strictly
later than version to be used.
- -Cchanges-description
- Read the description of the changes from the file
changes-description rather than using the information from the
source tree's changelog file.
- -mmaintainer-address
- Use maintainer-address as the name and email address
of the maintainer for this package, rather than using the information from
the source tree's control file.
- -emaintainer-address
- Use maintainer-address as the name and email address
of the maintainer for this upload, rather than using the information from
the source tree's changelog.
- -Vname=value
- Set an output substitution variable. See
deb-substvars(5) for a discussion of output substitution.
- -Tsubstvars-file
- Read substitution variables in substvars-file; the
default is debian/substvars. No variable substitution is done on
any of the fields that are output, however the special variable
Format will override the field of the same name. This option can be
used multiple times to read substitution variables from multiple files.
- -Dfield=value
- Override or add an output control file field.
- -Ufield
- Remove an output control file field.
- -ccontrolfile
- Specifies the main source control file to read information
from. The default is debian/control.
- -lchangelog-file
- Specifies the changelog file to read information from. The
default is debian/changelog.
- -ffiles-list-file
- Read the list of files to be uploaded here, rather than
using debian/files.
- -Fchangelog-format
- Specifies the format of the changelog. See
dpkg-parsechangelog(1) for information about alternative
formats.
- -uupload-files-dir
- Look for the files to be uploaded in
upload-files-dir rather than .. (dpkg-genchanges
needs to find these files so that it can include their sizes and checksums
in the .changes file).
- -q
- Usually dpkg-genchanges will produce informative
messages on standard error, for example about how many of the package's
source files are being uploaded. -q suppresses these messages.
- -?, --help
- Show the usage message and exit.
- --version
- Show the version and exit.
FILES¶
- debian/files
- The list of generated files which are part of the upload
being prepared. dpkg-genchanges reads the data here when producing
a .changes file.