Re: How to get .changes-Files for debs
On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 10:18:28AM +0100, Michael Hierweck wrote:
> Debarchiver requiere .changes-Files to do the sorting of new uploaded
> packages.
>
> I can create the files using dpkg-genchanges when compiling a source
> package. But wehre do I get these when uploading binary pakcage onto
> my loacl debian archiv.
You'll have to synthesize one by either creating debian/control,
debian/changelog, and debian/files (or substitutes which you name using
-c, -l, and -f respectively) from the information you have and running
dpkg-genchanges, or writing the file yourself based on how .changes
files normally look.
You can pull the changelog out of the .deb using 'apt-listchanges --all
foo.deb', and similarly the control file using 'ar p foo.deb
control.tar.gz | tar xzOf - ./control'. That should be most of the work.
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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