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Re: first questions



On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 04:07:38PM -0400, Wolfgang Sourdeau wrote:

> The dh_installchangelogs doesn't accept a ChangeLog parameter when the
> package is a native debian package. However, the GNU HaliFAX project
> is (as its name implies) an official GNU project, which besides other
> things, mean that we have to comply with the GNU standards. Those
> standards specify a certain format for ChangeLog which differs from
> the one of the Debian changelog format. Also, as a programmer I don't
> want Debian-specific informations to go in my main changelog. I would
> like to know if this is a bug in dh_installchangelogs or if I have
> missed something? If the latter is true, what exactly is the problem
> and what can be done about it.

I think the answer is simply that you shouldn't be treating this
as a "debian native" package.

-S



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