The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit e8627adcddedf8603ab8781f5ea7bcdc2c444699
Author: James Vega <[email protected]>
Date: Fri Feb 18 22:46:53 2011 -0500
debchange: Require an argument for the --allow-lower-version option.
Closes: #597675
Signed-off-by: James Vega <[email protected]>
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ef7edcf..fc7a408 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ devscripts (2.10.71) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
The local cache should be used when accessible, but not prevent downloads
when it isn't. (Closes: #599354)
* build-rdeps: Remove hard-coded path for grep-dctrl.
+ * debchange: Require an argument for the --allow-lower-version option.
+ (Closes: #597675)
[ Patrick Schoenfeld ]
* build-rdeps: Update release_pattern for the new InRelease release files,
diff --git a/scripts/debchange.1 b/scripts/debchange.1
index 95b476a..6cb0bca 100644
--- a/scripts/debchange.1
+++ b/scripts/debchange.1
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ and add a backport upload changelog comment.
Force a version number to be less than the current one (e.g., when
backporting).
.TP
-.BR \-\-allow\-lower\-version
+.B \-\-allow\-lower\-version \fIpattern\fR
Allow a version number to be less than the current one if the new version
matches the specified pattern.
.TP
diff --git a/scripts/debchange.pl b/scripts/debchange.pl
index b9d6d57..7e110c0 100755
--- a/scripts/debchange.pl
+++ b/scripts/debchange.pl
@@ -128,9 +128,9 @@ Options:
-b, --force-bad-version
Force a version to be less than the current one (e.g., when
backporting)
- --allow-lower-version
+ --allow-lower-version <pattern>
Allow a version to be less than the current one (e.g., when
- backporting) if it matches a specified pattern
+ backporting) if it matches the specified pattern
--force-distribution
Force the provided distribution to be used, even if it doesn't match
the list of known distributions
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ GetOptions("help|h" => \$opt_help,
"package=s" => \$opt_package,
"v|newversion=s" => \$opt_v,
"b|force-bad-version" => \$opt_b,
- "allow-lower-version" => \$opt_allow_lower,
+ "allow-lower-version=s" => \$opt_allow_lower,
"force-distribution" => \$opt_force_dist,
"d|fromdirname" => \$opt_d,
"p" => \$opt_p,
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