Re: Question about dch

[Tom H <tomh0665@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 2:18 PM, George Shuklin <george.shuklin@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 08/09/2014 07:16 PM, Tom H wrote:
>> On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 10:52 AM, George Shuklin
>> <george.shuklin@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> dch -i tool allows to add new version to debian/changelog file.
>>>
>>> When I add new version I make this:
>>>
>>> package (1.0.2-1myname1-ubuntu0) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
>>>
>>>   *
>>>   -- signature and date
>>>
>>> package (1.0.2-1myname1) unstable; urgency=medium
>>>
>>>    * old changes
>>>
>>> -- signature and date
>>>
>>> If version ends on 'ubuntu' it bumped properly (ubuntu1, ubuntu2, etc),
>>> and
>>> when I use my own suite, it just append 'ubuntu'.
>>>
>>> Where dch take sting 'ubuntu' to add to version?
>>
>> >From the man page:
>>
>> --increment, -i
>>                Increment either the final component of the Debian release
>> num-
>>                ber  or, if this is a native Debian package, the version
>> number.
>>                On Ubuntu, this will also  change  the  suffix  from
>> buildX  to
>>                ubuntu1. ...
>>
> Means it hardcoded? Thanks.

Sorry, I was too terse earlier.

It can be overridden with "--vendor".