dpkg-genchanges(1)						  dpkg utilities						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

       -b, -B, -A
	      Specifies that a binary-only build is taking place (no source files are to be included). There's no distinction between -b,  -B  and
	      -A, the produced .changes file will include whatever files were created by the binary-* target(s) of the package being built.

       -S     Specifies that only the source should be uploaded (no binary packages will be included).

       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, however the special variable Format will override the field of the same name. This option can be used multi-
	      ple times to read substitution variables from multiple files.

       -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.

       -?, --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.

Debian Project							    2012-05-04							dpkg-genchanges(1)