Jeremy Higgs <jhiggs@iprsystems.com> writes:
> In that case, in the Makefile, before I create the package, would I be
> able to just do 'dch -v $(VERSION)$(BRANCH)-$(DATE)' (where the
> variables are already defined in the Makefile) to bump up the
> revision...
Yes you could do that. Although putting it into an official target
("build", "binary", etc.) would be evil, I don't think anything
prevents you from putting it under, say, an "update" target.
> However, the only problem I forsee is that the chosen
> editor will appear and prompt the user to document the changes made...
> is there a way I can bypass that?
Yup. See the dch manpage.
> I also can't seem to be able to find the 'dch' command... I have su'd
> to root, and it's not in the path, either... Has it been removed or
> replaced?
Do you have the devscripts package installed?
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Robbe
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