Re: Probelms with dch and dpkg-source
On Sun, Dec 26, 1999 at 09:00:08AM -0500, Vaidhyanathan Mayilrangam wrote:
> I recently had to reinstall Debian on my machine and had to do a
> dist-upgrade from slink. After that, dch and dpkg-source does not
> work.
>
> dch:
>
> I did a perl -d dch and found that the following is the problem:
> 1. Create changelog.dch
> 2. sensible-editor changelog.dch
>
> The sensible-editor (vi) returns a non-zero return code. dch fatals
> out with illegal seek or no such file/directory. Funny thing is,
> changelog.dch exists before calling the vi, but disappers after the
> fatal.
That is intended behaviour. If the edit failed, you should be left
with the original changelog intact. See lines 115--119 of
/usr/bin/dch. If this behaviour is wrong, please file a bug report
against devscripts with an explanation of why it is wrong.
Julian
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