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

NAME

       dpkg-genchanges - generate Debian .changes files

SYNOPSIS

       dpkg-genchanges [option...]

DESCRIPTION

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

OPTIONS

       --build=type
	      Specifies the build type from a comma-separated list of components (since dpkg 1.18.5).

	      The allowed values are:

	      source Upload the source package.

	      any    Upload the architecture specific binary packages.

	      all    Upload the architecture independent binary packages.

	      binary Upload the architecture specific and independent binary packages.	This is an alias for any,all.

	      full   Upload everything.  This is alias for source,any,all, and the same as the default case when no build option is specified.

       -g     Equivalent to --build=source,all (since dpkg 1.17.11).

       -G     Equivalent to --build=source,any (since dpkg 1.17.11).

       -b     Equivalent to --build=binary or --build=any,all.

       -B     Equivalent to --build=any.

       -A     Equivalent to --build=all.

       -S     Equivalent to --build=source.

       The -sx options control whether the original source archive is included in the upload if any source is being  generated	(i.e.	-b  or	-B
       haven't been used).

       -si    By default, or if specified, the original source will be included only if the upstream version number (the version without epoch and
	      without Debian revision) differs from the upstream version number of the previous changelog entry.

       -sa    Forces the inclusion of the original source.

       -sd    Forces the exclusion of the original source and includes only the diff.

       -vversion
	      Causes changelog information from all versions strictly later than version to be used.

       -Cchanges-description
	      Read the description of the changes from the file changes-description rather than using  the  information  from  the  source  tree's
	      changelog file.

       -mmaintainer-address
	      Use  maintainer-address as the name and email address of the maintainer for this package, rather than using the information from the
	      source tree's control file.

       -emaintainer-address
	      Use maintainer-address as the name and email address of the maintainer for this upload, rather than using the information  from  the
	      source tree's changelog.

       -Vname=value
	      Set an output substitution variable.  See deb-substvars(5) for a discussion of output substitution.

       -Tsubstvars-file
	      Read  substitution  variables  in  substvars-file;  the default is debian/substvars.  No variable substitution is done on any of the
	      fields that are output, except for the contents extracted from each binary package Description field (since  dpkg  1.19.0),  however
	      the  special  variable Format will override the field of the same name.  This option can be used multiple times to read substitution
	      variables from multiple files (since dpkg 1.15.6).

       -Dfield=value
	      Override or add an output control file field.

       -Ufield
	      Remove an output control file field.

       -ccontrolfile
	      Specifies the main source control file to read information from. The default is debian/control.

       -lchangelog-file
	      Specifies the changelog file to read information from. The default is debian/changelog.

       -ffiles-list-file
	      Read the list of files to be uploaded here, rather than using debian/files.

       -Fchangelog-format
	      Specifies the format of the changelog. See dpkg-parsechangelog(1) for information about alternative formats.

       -uupload-files-dir
	      Look for the files to be uploaded in upload-files-dir rather than ..  (dpkg-genchanges needs to find these  files  so  that  it  can
	      include their sizes and checksums in the .changes file).

       -q     Usually  dpkg-genchanges	will  produce  informative  messages on standard error, for example about how many of the package's source
	      files are being uploaded.  -q suppresses these messages.

       -O[filename]
	      Print the changes file to standard output (the default) or to filename if specified (since dpkg 1.18.5).

       -?, --help
	      Show the usage message and exit.

       --version
	      Show the version and exit.

FILES

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

SEE ALSO

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

1.19.0.5							    2018-04-16							dpkg-genchanges(1)