parsechangelog1p
Parse debian changelogs and output them in other formats
Usage
parsechangelog [options]
[changelogfile]
to 'debian/changelog'
-F<changelogformat>
ignored
if
changelogformat
=
'debian'
for compatibility
with
dpkg-dev
-L<libdir>
ignored
for
compatibility
with
dpkg-dev
--format
<outputformat>
see
man
page
for
list
of
available
for compatibility
with
dpkg-dev
--since,
-s,
-v
<version>
include
all
changes
later
than
version
--until,
-u
<version>
include
all
changes
earlier
than
version
--from,
-f
<version>
include
all
changes
equal
or
later
than version
--to,
-t
<version>
include
all
changes
up
to
or
equal
than version
--count,
-c,
-n
<number>
include
<number>
entries
from
the
top
counted from
the
top
(or
the
tail
if
For a
more
extensive
documentation
of
the
range
selecting
options
and
some
(hopefully
enlightening)
examples
see
"COMMON
OUTPUT
OPTIONS"
in
Parse::DebianChangelog.
Overview
parsechangelog parses Debian changelogs as described in the Debian policy (version 3.9.8 at the time of this writing) and converts them to other output formats. See section "SEE ALSO" for locations where to find the full format definition.
The output formats supported are currently:
- dpkg
-
Format as known from dpkg-parsechangelog(1). All requested entries (see "SYNOPSIS" on how to select specific entries) are returned in the usual Debian control format, merged in one stanza, ready to be used in a .changes file.
- rfc822
-
Similar to the
"dpkg"format, but the requested entries are returned as one stanza each, i.e. they are not merged. This is probably the format to use if you want a machine-usable representation of the changelog.
- xml
-
Just a simple XML dump of the changelog data. Without any schema or DTD currently, just some made up XML. The actual format might still change. Comments and Improvements welcome.
- html
-
The changelog is converted to a somewhat nice looking HTML file with some nice features as a quick-link bar with direct links to every entry. NOTE: This is not configurable yet and was specifically designed to be used on <http://packages.debian.org/>. This is planned to be changed until version 1.0. The used Parse::DebianChangelog module already supports configuration, however, this isn't exposed by this program yet.
Copyright and license
Copyright (C) 2005 by Frank Lichtenheld
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
Releases
7 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 6 times.