Package: devscripts Version: 2.10.11 Severity: minor Tags: debdiff Hi!
Let me just explain this with an example. This is perfect: <example> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/debpackages/logapp/logapp-0.8] debdiff diff -u logapp-0.8/debian/changelog logapp-0.8/debian/changelog --- logapp-0.8/debian/changelog +++ logapp-0.8/debian/changelog @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +logapp (0.8-1.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low + + * Non-maintainer upload. + * Bug fix. + + -- Kumar Appaiah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:26:41 +0530 + logapp (0.8-1) unstable; urgency=low * New upstream release only in patch2: unchanged: --- logapp-0.8.orig/example.conf +++ logapp-0.8/example.conf [snip] </example> Now, I want a diff _excluding_ changelog. <example> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/debpackages/logapp/logapp-0.8] debdiff --exclude changelog gpg: Signature made Wed 10 Oct 2007 02:58:50 PM IST using DSA key ID DD1B0EF7 gpg: Can't check signature: public key not found diff -Nru --exclude changelog /tmp/xpXPu5FfLe/logapp-0.8/example.conf /tmp/p6fTS94jEO/logapp-0.8/example.conf --- /tmp/xpXPu5FfLe/logapp-0.8/example.conf 2007-09-30 18:11:30.000000000 +0530 +++ /tmp/p6fTS94jEO/logapp-0.8/example.conf 2007-11-28 18:31:04.000000000 +0530 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ [snip] </example> Please note the directory name; it comes with the /tmp/<...>. I seem to have to strip the two levels myself... Thanks. Kumar -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.23.1 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages devscripts depends on: ii debianutils 2.23.1 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii dpkg-dev 1.14.6 package building tools for Debian ii libc6 2.7-1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii perl 5.8.8-11.1 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii sed 4.1.5-3 The GNU sed stream editor Versions of packages devscripts recommends: ii fakeroot 1.7.1 Gives a fake root environment -- no debconf information -- Kumar Appaiah, 458, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036
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