Hi,
On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 07:37:11PM +0200, Malte Forkel wrote:
Am 16.08.2015 um 19:00 schrieb Paul Wise:
Sounds like removing the timestamps is the right thing to do here.
No.
That's a creative way to deal with it :-)
The footers were created by dh_make (see
On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 7:37 PM, Malte Forkel wrote:
The footers were created by dh_make (see
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/dother.en.html#readme).
Most README's in /usr/share/doc seem to have one.
You may want to file a bug against dh-make and maint-guide asking for
removal
Malte Forkel malte.for...@berlin.de writes:
Sorry for being unclear.
Some of the control files used for packaging end with a time stamp that
also includes the maintainers name and email address, e.g. README.Debian
and README.source.
I'm looking for an easy way to update that footer after
On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 04:39:08PM +0200, Malte Forkel wrote:
Hi,
wasn't there a command to update the time stamps of control files in the
debian directory?
I don't know why to update tthe time stamps of control files,
but I know about the 'touch' command. So does
touch debian/control
Am 16.08.2015 um 16:39 schrieb Malte Forkel:
Hi,
wasn't there a command to update the time stamps of control files in the
debian directory?
Thanks,
Malte
Sorry for being unclear.
Some of the control files used for packaging end with a time stamp that
also includes the maintainers
Am 16.08.2015 um 18:02 schrieb Vincent Bernat:
You can use dch --edit for that, I think.
Unfortunately, that's just for the changelog file.
Am 16.08.2015 um 18:11 schrieb Bernd Zeimetz:
you can use the --news option for that, asuming that your file is in a
similar format.
--news newsfile
Specify that the newsfile (default debian/NEWS) is to be edited
Sorry, that doesn't work for me. If I specify any of the
❦ 16 août 2015 17:54 +0200, Malte Forkel malte.for...@berlin.de :
wasn't there a command to update the time stamps of control files in the
debian directory?
Thanks,
Malte
Sorry for being unclear.
Some of the control files used for packaging end with a time stamp that
also includes
Am 16.08.2015 um 19:00 schrieb Paul Wise:
Sounds like removing the timestamps is the right thing to do here.
That's a creative way to deal with it :-)
The footers were created by dh_make (see
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/dother.en.html#readme).
Most README's in /usr/share/doc
Hi,
wasn't there a command to update the time stamps of control files in the
debian directory?
Thanks,
Malte
On 08/16/2015 06:07 PM, Malte Forkel wrote:
Am 16.08.2015 um 18:02 schrieb Vincent Bernat:
You can use dch --edit for that, I think.
Unfortunately, that's just for the changelog file.
you can use the --news option for that, asuming that your file is in a
similar format.
--news
* Malte Forkel malte.for...@berlin.de, 2015-08-16, 16:39:
wasn't there a command to update the time stamps of control files in
the debian directory?
touch(1) :-P
Perhaps we could give you a better answer if you explained what you're
trying to achieve. :)
--
Jakub Wilk
On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 6:48 PM, Malte Forkel wrote:
Sorry, that doesn't work for me. If I specify any of the README files to
--news, I get lots of error messages from the changelog parser. The
files already include text, but they are not in a format compatible to
changelog.
Sounds like
Quoting Malte Forkel (2015-08-16 17:54:53)
Am 16.08.2015 um 16:39 schrieb Malte Forkel:
wasn't there a command to update the time stamps of control files in the
debian directory?
Some of the control files used for packaging end with a time stamp
that also includes the maintainers name and
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