On Sun, Jun 03, 2012 at 08:52:06PM +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 06/03/12 13:39, James McCoy wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 03, 2012 at 01:27:09PM +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote: > >> If I run "dch -r" to change the distribution entry in debian/changelog > >> from "UNRELEASED" to the real distribution (e.g. "unstable"), then dch > >> refuses to proceed. It just says > >> > >> dch: debian/changelog unmodified; exiting. > > > > You didn't save the file before exiting your editor. That's the typical > > way of acknowledging the changes that have been automatically applied by > > dch. See DEBCHANGE_FORCE_SAVE_ON_RELEASE if you don't like the behavior. > > > > Thats a misunderstanding. I just called dch -r to change the > distribution from "UNRELEASED" to "unstable", as intended. > There was nothing to save in the editor, since dch did all > the necessary changes _before_ running vi.
No, it's not a misunderstanding. Just make vi write the file again (:wq). We use the modification time to determine whether the changes are acceptable. Alternatively, you can one of the options suggested in the man page. Either "dch -r """ (i.e., run -r and supply an empty changelog message) or use --no-force-save-on-release. -- James GPG Key: 4096R/331BA3DB 2011-12-05 James McCoy <james...@debian.org>
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