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commit b7972c6df31f9990efb70ed662ca4ba2f6d365bd Author: Guillem Jover <[email protected]> Date: Mon Aug 15 18:16:51 2016 +0200 man: Document the .changes filename that dpkg-buildpackage generates Prompted-by: Johannes Schauer <[email protected]> --- debian/changelog | 2 ++ man/dpkg-buildpackage.1 | 8 ++++++++ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 43bdc00..f7a132c 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ dpkg (1.18.11) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium - Fix formatting in SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH description in dpkg-deb(5). - Improve dpkg-deb --build arguments documentation in dpkg-deb(1). Prompted by Johannes Schauer <[email protected]>. + - Document the .changes filename that dpkg-buildpackage generates in + dpkg-buildpackage(1). Prompted by Johannes Schauer <[email protected]>. * Build system: - Add support for profiling perl modules. - Clean up compiler and linker automatic flag usage in configure. diff --git a/man/dpkg-buildpackage.1 b/man/dpkg-buildpackage.1 index f56c124..5d8d102 100644 --- a/man/dpkg-buildpackage.1 +++ b/man/dpkg-buildpackage.1 @@ -64,6 +64,14 @@ build has been requested with \fB\-\-build\fP or equivalent options). .IP \fB6.\fP 3 It runs the \fBchanges\fP hook and calls \fBdpkg\-genchanges\fP to generate a \fB.changes\fP file. +The name of the \fB.changes\fP file will depend on the type of build and +will be as specific as necessary but not more; +for a build that includes \fBany\fP the name will be +\fIsource-name\fP\fB_\fP\fIsource-version\fP\fB_\fP\fIarch\fP\fB.changes\fP, +or otherwise for a build that includes \fBall\fP the name will be +\fIsource-name\fP\fB_\fP\fIsource-version\fP\fB_\fP\fBall.changes\fP, +or otherwise for a build that includes \fBsource\fP the name will be +\fIsource-name\fP\fB_\fP\fIsource-version\fP\fB_\fP\fBsource.changes\fP. Many \fBdpkg\-buildpackage\fP options are forwarded to \fBdpkg\-genchanges\fP. .IP \fB7.\fP 3 -- Alioth's /usr/local/bin/git-commit-notice on /srv/git.debian.org/git/dpkg/dpkg.git
