1dpkg-parsechangelog(1) dpkg utilities dpkg-parsechangelog(1)
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6 dpkg-parsechangelog - parse Debian changelog files
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9 dpkg-parsechangelog [options]
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12 dpkg-parsechangelog reads and parses the changelog of an unpacked
13 Debian source tree and outputs the information in it to standard output
14 in a machine-readable form.
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17 -lchangelogfile
18 Specifies the change log file to read information from. The
19 default is debian/changelog.
20 -Fchangelogformat
22 Specifies the format of the changelog. By default the format is
23 read from a special line near the bottom of the changelog or
24 failing that defaults to the debian standard format.
25 -Llibdir
27 Specify an additional directory to search for parser scripts.
28 This directory is searched before the default directories which
29 are currently /usr/share/dpkg/parsechangelog and
30 /usr/local/share/dpkg/parsechangelog.
31 -h, --help
33 Show the usage message and exit.
34 --version
36 Show the version and exit.
37 Parser Options
39 The following options can be used to influence the output of the
40 changelog parser, e.g. the range of entries or the format of the out‐
41 put. They need to be supported by the parser script in question. See
42 also CAVEATS.
43 --format outputformat
45 Set the output format. Currently supported values are dpkg and
46 rfc822. dpkg is the classic output format (from before this
47 option existed) and the default. It consists of one paragraph in
48 Debian control format (see deb-control(5)). If more than one
49 entry is requested, then most fields are taken from the latest
50 entry, except otherwise stated:
51 Source: <pkg name>
53 Version: <version>
55 Distribution: <target distribution>
57 Urgency: <urgency>
59 The highest urgency of all included entries is used.
60 Maintainer: <author>
62 Date: <date>
64 Closes: <bug number>
66 The Closes fields of all included entries are merged.
67 Changes: <changelog entries>
69 The text of all changelog entries is concatenated. To
70 make this field a valid Debian control format multiline
71 field empty lines are replaced with a single full stop
72 and all lines is intended by one space character. The
73 exact content depends on the changelog format.
74 There might be additional user-defined fields present.
76 The rfc822 format uses the same fields but outputs a separate
78 paragraph for each changelog entry so that all metadata for each
79 entry is preserved.
80 --since version, -sversion, -vversion
82 include all changes later than version.
83 --until version, -uversion
85 include all changes earlier than version.
86 --from version, -fversion
88 include all changes equal or later than version.
89 --to version, -tversion
91 include all changes up to or equal than version.
92 --count number, -cnumber, -nnumber
94 include number entries from the top (or the tail if number is
95 lower than 0).
96 --offset number, -onumber
98 change the starting point for --count, counted from the top (or
99 the tail if number is lower than 0).
100 --all include all changes.
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104 All Parser Options except for -v are only supported in dpkg, version
105 1.14.16 and later. Third party parsers for changelog formats other than
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109 debian/changelog
110 The changelog file, used to obtain version-dependent information
111 about the source package, such as the urgency and distribution
112 of an upload, the changes made since a particular release, and
113 the source version number itself.
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116 Copyright © 1995-1996 Ian Jackson
117 Copyright © 2000 Wichert Akkerman
118 Copyright © 2007, 2008 Frank Lichtenheld
119 This is free software; see the GNU General Public Licence version 2 or
121 later for copying conditions. There is NO WARRANTY.
122Debian Project 2009-05-19 dpkg-parsechangelog(1)