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Re: Error with debian/changelog file



Martin Kelly wrote:
> After trying to build my package (pyecm), I recieved the following error:
> 
> martin@mkelly:~/Desktop/pyecm-0.1$ dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot
> parsechangelog/debian: error: badly formatted trailer line, at file
> debian/changelog line 5
> dpkg-buildpackage: unable to determine source package is

>  -- Martin Kelly <aomighty@gmail.com> Sun,  8 Oct 2006 19:42:32 -0700

You need two spaces after your email address and before the date.

>       -- maintainer name <email address>[two spaces]  date
ref:
<http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-source.html#s-dpkgchangelog>

-Ted

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