Package: devscripts
Version: 2.10.18.1
Severity: wishlist
File: /usr/bin/debdiff
First: thanks for debdiff! I've only just discovered how it
can save me lots of funky shell hackery.
But I think it can be made even better.
The new version of my package changes several files into symlinks.
The debdiff output shows each of these as a symlink in the second but
not in the first, together with a file in the first but not in the
second. For example:
$ debdiff test-package_1.0_i386.changes test-package_1.1_i386.changes
[The following lists of changes regard files as different if they have
different names, permissions or owners.]
Files in second .changes but not in first
-----------------------------------------
-rwxr-xr-x root/root /usr/bin/bar
lrwxrwxrwx root/root /usr/bin/foo -> bar
Files in first .changes but not in second
-----------------------------------------
-rwxr-xr-x root/root /usr/bin/foo
Control files: lines which differ (wdiff format)
------------------------------------------------
Version: [-1.0-] {+1.1+}
With a single file change, this is trivial to read. But a dozen
such changes, mixed in with some other changes, is a different matter.
Could the output be tweaked so that the change is not listed in the
first two "Files in X but not in Y" sections. A nice touch would be
to also include a new section that reads something like
Other changes
-------------
-rwxr-xr-x root/root /usr/bin/foo changed to lrwxrwxrwx root/root
/usr/bin/foo -> bar
Or something like that.
-- Package-specific info:
--- /etc/devscripts.conf ---
--- ~/.devscripts ---
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (990, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages devscripts depends on:
ii debianutils 2.28.4 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii dpkg-dev 1.14.16.6 package building tools for Debian
ii libc6 2.7-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii perl 5.8.8-12 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii sed 4.1.5-6 The GNU sed stream editor
Versions of packages devscripts recommends:
ii fakeroot 1.9.3 Gives a fake root environment
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