The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit 52e3d0ecec59f5d38d1bc42686bd96c895389050
Author: Guillem Jover <[email protected]>
Date: Wed Aug 8 03:50:43 2012 +0200
dpkg-parsechangelog(1): Document that -l- can be used to read from stdin
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 5e0b06d..7ee5a55 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ dpkg (1.17.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
* Require at least one filename on dpkg-name after --.
* Switch program usage errors to not print entire --help output.
Closes: #681371
+ * Document that «dpkg-parsechangelog -l-» can be used to read from stdin.
[ Updated programs translations ]
* Fix typo in Spanish translation of update-alternatives.
diff --git a/man/dpkg-parsechangelog.1 b/man/dpkg-parsechangelog.1
index 00f96e3..4a32654 100644
--- a/man/dpkg-parsechangelog.1
+++ b/man/dpkg-parsechangelog.1
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ form.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BI \-l changelog-file
-Specifies the changelog file to read information from. The
+Specifies the changelog file to read information from. A '\-' can be
+used to specify reading from standard input. The
default is
.BR debian/changelog .
.TP
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