debchange

Tool for maintenance of the debian/changelog file in a Debian source package. More information: <https://manpages.debian.org/latest/devscripts/debchange.1.en.html>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/debchange.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install devscripts
Ubuntu
apt-get install devscripts
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install devscripts
Fedora
dnf install devscripts
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install devscripts
Raspbian
apt-get install devscripts
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/debchange

Tool for maintenance of the debian/changelog file in a Debian source package. More information: <https://manpages.debian.org/latest/devscripts/debchange.1.en.html>.

  • Add a new version for a non-maintainer upload to the changelog:
    debchange --nmu
  • Add a changelog entry to the current version:
    debchange --append
  • Add a changelog entry to close the bug with specified ID:
    debchange --closes bug_id

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