NAME¶
parsechangelog - parse Debian changelogs and output them in other formats
SYNOPSIS¶
parsechangelog [options] [changelogfile]
Options:
--help, -h print usage information
--version, -V print version information
--file, -l <file> changelog file to parse, defaults
to 'debian/changelog'
-F<changelogformat> ignored if changelogformat = 'debian'
for compatibility with dpkg-dev
-L<libdir> ignored for compatibility with dpkg-dev
--format <outputformat> see man page for list of available
output formats, defaults to 'dpkg'
for compatibility with dpkg-dev
--since, -s, -v <version> include all changes later than version
--until, -u <version> include all changes earlier than version
--from, -f <version> include all changes equal or later
than version
--to, -t <version> include all changes up to or equal
than version
--count, -c, -n <number> include <number> entries from the top
(or the tail if <number> is lower than 0)
--offset, -o <number> change the starting point for --count,
counted from the top (or the tail if
<number> is lower than 0)
--all include all changes
If neither "changelogfile" nor "-l <file>" are
specified,
debian/changelog will be used. If two different files are
specified the program will abort.
If the filename is "-" the program reads the changelog from standard
input.
"--all" overrides all other range selecting options.
"--count" overrides all other range selection options except for
"--all". The range selecting options can be mixed together, but only
one of "--since" and "--from" and one of
"--until" and "--to" can be specified at the same time.
The dpkg and rfc822 formats default to showing only the first entry when no
other options are given with while the HTML and XML formats default to showing
all entries.
For a more extensive documentation of the range selecting options and some
(hopefully enlightening) examples see "COMMON OUTPUT OPTIONS" in
Parse::DebianChangelog.
DESCRIPTION¶
parsechangelog parses Debian changelogs as described in the Debian policy
(version 3.6.2.1 at the time of this writing) and converts them to other
output formats. See section "SEE ALSO" for locations where to find
the full format definition.
The output formats supported are currently:
- dpkg
- Format as known from dpkg-parsechangelog(1). All
requested entries (see "SYNOPSIS" on how to select specific
entries) are returned in the usual Debian control format, merged in one
stanza, ready to be used in a .changes file.
- rfc822
- Similar to the "dpkg" format, but the requested
entries are returned as one stanza each, i.e. they are not merged. This is
probably the format to use if you want a machine-usable representation of
the changelog.
- xml
- Just a simple XML dump of the changelog data. Without any
schema or DTD currently, just some made up XML. The actual format might
still change. Comments and Improvements welcome.
- html
- The changelog is converted to a somewhat nice looking HTML
file with some nice features as a quick-link bar with direct links to
every entry. NOTE: This is not configurable yet and was specifically
designed to be used on <http://packages.debian.org/>. This is
planned to be changed until version 1.0. The used Parse::DebianChangelog
module already supports configuration, however, this isn't exposed by this
program yet.
SEE ALSO¶
Parse::DebianChangelog, the underlying Perl module
Description of the Debian changelog format in the Debian policy:
<
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-source.html#s-dpkgchangelog>.
AUTHOR¶
Frank Lichtenheld, <frank@lichtenheld.de>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE¶
Copyright (C) 2005 by Frank Lichtenheld
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
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