1dpkg-genchanges(1)                dpkg suite                dpkg-genchanges(1)
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NAME

6       dpkg-genchanges - generate Debian .changes files
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SYNOPSIS

9       dpkg-genchanges [option...]
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DESCRIPTION

12       dpkg-genchanges reads information from an unpacked and built Debian
13       source tree and from the files it has generated and generates a Debian
14       upload control file (.changes file).
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OPTIONS

17       --build=type
18           Specifies the build type from a comma-separated list of components
19           (since dpkg 1.18.5).
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21           The allowed values are:
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23           source
24               Upload the source package.
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26           any Upload the architecture specific binary packages.
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28           all Upload the architecture independent binary packages.
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31               Upload the architecture specific and independent binary
32               packages.  This is an alias for any,all.
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35               Upload everything.  This is alias for source,any,all, and the
36               same as the default case when no build option is specified.
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38       -g  Equivalent to --build=source,all (since dpkg 1.17.11).
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40       -G  Equivalent to --build=source,any (since dpkg 1.17.11).
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46       -A  Equivalent to --build=all.
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50       The -sx options control whether the original source archive is included
51       in the upload if any source is being generated (i.e.  -b or -B haven't
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54       -si By default, or if specified, the original source will be included
55           only if the upstream version number (the version without epoch and
56           without Debian revision) differs from the upstream version number
57           of the previous changelog entry.
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59       -sa Forces the inclusion of the original source.
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65           Causes changelog information from all versions strictly later than
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69           Read the description of the changes from the file changes-
70           description rather than using the information from the source
71           tree's changelog file.
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73       -mmaintainer-address
74           Use maintainer-address as the name and email address of the
75           maintainer for this package, rather than using the information from
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78       -emaintainer-address
79           Use maintainer-address as the name and email address of the
80           maintainer for this upload, rather than using the information from
81           the source tree's changelog.
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83       -Vname=value
84           Set an output substitution variable.  See deb-substvars(5) for a
85           discussion of output substitution.
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87       -Tsubstvars-file
88           Read substitution variables in substvars-file; the default is
89           debian/substvars.  No variable substitution is done on any of the
90           fields that are output, except for the contents extracted from each
91           binary package Description field (since dpkg 1.19.0), however the
92           special variable Format will override the field of the same name.
93           This option can be used multiple times to read substitution
94           variables from multiple files (since dpkg 1.15.6).
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102       -ccontrolfile
103           Specifies the main source control file to read information from.
104           The default is debian/control.
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106       -lchangelog-file
107           Specifies the changelog file to read information from. The default
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110       -ffiles-list-file
111           Read the list of files to be uploaded here, rather than using
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114       -Fchangelog-format
115           Specifies the format of the changelog. See dpkg-parsechangelog(1)
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119           Look for the files to be uploaded in upload-files-dir rather than
120           ..  (dpkg-genchanges needs to find these files so that it can
121           include their sizes and checksums in the .changes file).
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123       -q  Usually dpkg-genchanges will produce informative messages on
124           standard error, for example about how many of the package's source
125           files are being uploaded.  -q suppresses these messages.
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127       -O[filename]
128           Print the changes file to standard output (the default) or to
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131       -?, --help
132           Show the usage message and exit.
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ENVIRONMENT

138       DPKG_COLORS
139           Sets the color mode (since dpkg 1.18.5).  The currently accepted
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143           If set, it will be used to decide whether to activate Native
144           Language Support, also known as internationalization (or i18n)
145           support (since dpkg 1.19.0).  The accepted values are: 0 and 1
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FILES

149       debian/files
150           The list of generated files which are part of the upload being
151           prepared.  dpkg-genchanges reads the data here when producing a
152           .changes file.
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SEE ALSO

155       deb-substvars(5), deb-src-control(5), deb-src-files(5), deb-
156       changelog(5), deb-changes(5).
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