NAME
dpkg-parsechangelog - parse Debian changelog files
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SYNOPSIS
dpkg-parsechangelog
[options]
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DESCRIPTION
dpkg-parsechangelog
reads and parses the changelog of an unpacked Debian source tree and
outputs the information in it to standard output in a machine-readable
form.
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OPTIONS
I -l changelogfile
Specifies the change log file to read information from. The
default is
R debian/changelog .
I -F changelogformat
Specifies the format of the changelog. By default the format is read
from a special line near the bottom of the changelog or failing that
defaults to the debian standard format.
I -L libdir
FIXME not used in the source!?
I -v version
Use changelog information from all versions strictly later than
R version .
R -h , --help
Show the usage message and exit.
R --version
Show the version and exit.
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FILES
debian/changelog
The changelog file, used to obtain version-dependent information about
the source package, such as the urgency and distribution of an upload,
the changes made since a particular release, and the source version
number itself.
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AUTHORS
Copyright (C) 1995-1996 Ian Jackson
Copyright (C) 2000 Wichert Akkerman
This is free software; see the GNU General Public Licence version 2 or later
for copying conditions. There is NO WARRANTY.