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DH_INSTALLCHANGELOGS(1) Debhelper DH_INSTALLCHANGELOGS(1)
dh_installchangelogs - install changelogs into package build
directories
dh_installchangelogs [debhelper options] [-k] [-Xitem] [--no-trim]
[upstream]
dh_installchangelogs is a debhelper program that is responsible
for installing changelogs into package build directories.
An upstream changelog file may be specified as an option. If none
is specified, dh_installchangelogs may look for files with names
that seem likely to be changelogs as described in the next
paragraphs.
In non-native packages, dh_installchangelogs will first look for
changelog files installed by the upstream build system into
usr/share/doc/package (of the package build directory) and rename
the most likely candidate (if any) to
usr/share/doc/package/changelog. Note that dh_installchangelogs
does not look into any source directory (such as debian/tmp).
Otherwise, dh_installchangelogs (at compatibility level 7 or any
later) will look for changelog files in the source directory (e.g.
the root or the docs subdirectory). It will look for changelog,
changes and history optionally with common extensions (such as
.txt, .md, .rst, .org, etc.)
If a changelog file is specified and is an html file (determined
by file extension), it will be installed as
usr/share/doc/package/changelog.html instead. If the html
changelog is converted to plain text, that variant can be
specified as a second parameter. When no plain text variant is
specified, a short usr/share/doc/package/changelog is generated,
pointing readers at the html changelog file.
The debchange-style Debian changelogs are trimmed to include only
entries more recent than the release date of oldstable. No
trimming will be performed if the --no-trim option is passed or if
the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable contains notrimdch.
debian/changelog
debian/NEWS
debian/package.changelog
debian/package.NEWS
Automatically installed into usr/share/doc/package/ in the
package build directory.
Use the package specific name if package needs a different
NEWS or changelog file.
The changelog file is installed with a name of changelog for
native packages, and changelog.Debian for non-native packages.
The NEWS file is always installed with a name of NEWS.Debian.
-k, --keep
Keep the original name of the upstream changelog. This will be
accomplished by installing the upstream changelog as
changelog, and making a symlink from that to the original name
of the changelog file. This can be useful if the upstream
changelog has an unusual name, or if other documentation in
the package refers to the changelog file.
-Xitem, --exclude=item
Exclude upstream changelog files that contain item anywhere in
their filename from being installed.
Note that directory name of the changelog is also part of the
match.
--no-trim
Install the full changelog, not its trimmed version that
includes only recent entries.
upstream
Install this file as the upstream changelog.
debhelper(7)
This program is a part of debhelper.
Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
This page is part of the debhelper (helper programs for
debian/rules) project. Information about the project can be found
at [unknown -- if you know, please contact man-pages@man7.org] If
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