making .deb in equivs fails

[joseph lockhart <jwl_andlovesaidno@yahoo.com>]

trying to make a dummy package in equivs, followed all
instructions and edited the resulting control file as
root. on the equivs-build step get the following
output

hiram@hiram-desktop:~/terminalphile-0.1$ sudo
equivs-build terminalphile
822-date: warning: This program is deprecated. Please
use 'date -R' instead.
dh_testdir
dh_testroot
dh_clean -k
sh: cannot open terminalphile: No such file
dh_clean: command returned error code
make: *** [install] Error 1
Error in the build process: exit status 2

a second run with the --full modifier returns 

hiram@hiram-desktop:~/terminalphile-0.1$ sudo
equivs-build terminalphile --full
822-date: warning: This program is deprecated. Please
use 'date -R' instead.
parsechangelog/debian: error: badly formatted heading
line, at file debian/changelog line 1
debuild: fatal error at line 623:
problem executing dpkg-parsechangelog | grep:
Error in the build process: exit status 1

any ideas on what the problem is and how to fix?

jwlockhart

Registered Linux User #458799
this user is penguin powered


      ____________________________________________________________________________________
Be a better pen pal. 
Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how.  http://overview.mail.yahoo.com/