dpkg-parsechangelog

NAME

dpkg-parsechangelog - parse Debian changelog files .

SYNOPSIS

dpkg-parsechangelog [options] .

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. .

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. .

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. .

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.