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6 changestool - verify, dump, modify, create or fix Debian .changes files
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9 changestool --help
10 changestool [ options ] .changes-filename command [ per-command-argu‐
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15 changestool is a little program to operate on Debian .changes files, as
16 they are produced by dpkg-genchanges(1) and used to feed built Debian
17 packages into Debian repository managers like reprepro(1) or dak.
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21 changestool bloat.changes setdistribution local
22 will modify the Distribution: header inside bloat.changes to say local
23 instead of what was there before.
24 changestool reprepro_1.2.0-1.local_sparc.changes includeallsources
26 will modify the given file to also list .orig.tar.gz it does not list
27 because you forgot to build it with dpkg-buildpackage -sa.
28 changestool blafasel_1.0_abacus.changes updatechecksums
30 will update the md5sums to those of the files referenced by this file.
31 (So one can do quick'n'dirty corrections to them before uploading to
32 your private package repository)
33 changestool --create test.changes add bla_1-1.dsc bla_1-1_abacus.deb
35 will add the specified files (format detected by filename, use adddeb
36 or adddsc if you know it). If the file test.changes does not exist
37 yet, a minimal one will be generated. Though that might be too minimal
38 for most direct uses.
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42 Options can be specified before the command. Each affects a different
43 subset of commands and is ignored by other commands.
44 -h --help
46 Displays a short list of options and commands with description.
47 -o --outputdir dir
49 Not yet implemented.
50 -s --searchpath path
52 A colon-separated list of directories to search for files if
53 they are not found in the directory of the .changes file.
54 --create
56 Flag for the commands starting with add to create the .changes
57 file if it does not yet exists.
58 --create-with-all-fields
60 Flag for the commands starting with add to create the .changes
61 file if it does not yet exists. Unlike --create, this creates
62 more fields to make things like dupload happier. Currently that
63 creates fake Urgency and Changes fields.
64 --unlzma command
66 External uncompressor used to uncompress lzma files to look into
67 .diff.lzma, .tar.lzma or .tar.lzma within .debs.
68 --unxz command
70 External uncompressor used to uncompress xz files to look into
71 .diff.xz, .tar.xz or .tar.xz within .debs.
72 --lunzip command
74 External uncompressor used to uncompress lzip files to look into
75 .diff.lz, .tar.lz or .tar.lz within .debs.
76 --bunzip2 command
78 External uncompressor used to uncompress bz2 when compiled with‐
79 out libbz2.
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82 verify Check for inconsistencies in the specified .changes file and the
83 files referenced by it.
84 updatechecksums [ filename ]
86 Update the checksum (md5sum and size) information within the
87 specified .changes file and all .dsc files referenced by it.
88 Without arguments, all files will be updated. To only update
89 specific files, give their filename (without path) as arguments.
90 setdistribution [ distributions ]
92 Change the Distribution: header to list the remaining arguments.
93 includeallsources [ filename ]
95 List all files referenced by .dsc files mentioned in the
96 .changes file in said file. Without arguments, all missing
97 files will be included. To only include specific files, give
98 their filename (without path) as arguments.
99 Take a look at the description of -si, -sa and -sd in the man‐
101 page of dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage how to avoid to have
102 to do this at all.
103 Note that while reprepro will just ignore files listed in a
105 .changes file when it already has the file with the same size
106 and md5sum, dak might choke in that case.
107 adddeb filenames
109 Add the .deb and .udeb files specified by their filenames to the
110 .changes file. Filenames without a slash will be searched in
111 the current directory, the directory the changes file resides in
112 and in the directories specified by the --searchpath.
113 adddsc filenames
115 Add the .dsc files specified by their filenames to the .changes
116 file. Filenames without a slash will be searched in the current
117 directory, in the directory the changes file resides in and in
118 the directories specified by the --searchpath.
119 addrawfile filenames
121 Add the files specified by their filenames to the .changes file.
122 Filenames without a slash will be searched in the current direc‐
123 tory, in the directory the changes file resides in and in the
124 directories specified by the --searchpath.
125 add filenames
127 Behave like adddsc for filenames ending in .dsc, like adddeb for
128 filenames ending in .deb or .udeb, and like addrawfile for all
129 other filenames
130 dumbremove filenames
132 Remove the specified files from the .changes file. No other
133 fields (Architectures, Binaries, ...) are updated and no related
134 files is removed. Just the given files (which must be specified
135 without any /) are no longer listen in the .changes file (and
136 only no longer in the changes file).
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140 reprepro(1), dpkg-genchanges(1), dpkg-buildpackage(1), md5sum(1).
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143 Report bugs or wishlist requests the Debian BTS (e.g. by using report‐
144 bug reperepro) or directly to <brlink@debian.org>.
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147 Copyright © 2006-2009 Bernhard R. Link
148 This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is
149 NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
150 PURPOSE.
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