NAME

       dpkg-genchanges - generate Debian .changes files

SYNOPSIS

       dpkg-genchanges [option...]

DESCRIPTION

       dpkg-genchanges reads information from an unpacked and built Debian source tree and from the files it has
       generated and generates a Debian upload control file (.changes file).

OPTIONS

       --build=type
              Specifies the build type from a comma-separated list of components (since dpkg 1.18.5).

              The allowed values are:

              source Upload the source package.

              any    Upload the architecture specific binary packages.

              all    Upload the architecture independent binary packages.

              binary Upload the architecture specific and independent binary packages.  This  is  an  alias  for
                     any,all.

              full   Upload everything.  This is alias for source,any,all, and the same as the default case when
                     no build option is specified.

       -g     Equivalent to --build=source,all (since dpkg 1.17.11).

       -G     Equivalent to --build=source,any (since dpkg 1.17.11).

       -b     Equivalent to --build=binary or --build=any,all.

       -B     Equivalent to --build=any.

       -A     Equivalent to --build=all.

       -S     Equivalent to --build=source.

       The -sx options control whether the original source archive is included in the upload if  any  source  is
       being generated (i.e.  -b or -B haven't been used).

       -si    By  default,  or  if  specified, the original source will be included only if the upstream version
              number (the version without epoch and without Debian revision) differs from the  upstream  version
              number of the previous changelog entry.

       -sa    Forces the inclusion of the original source.

       -sd    Forces the exclusion of the original source and includes only the diff.

       -vversion
              Causes changelog information from all versions strictly later than version to be used.

       -Cchanges-description
              Read  the  description  of  the  changes  from  the file changes-description rather than using the
              information from the source tree's changelog file.

       -mmaintainer-address
              Use maintainer-address as the name and email address of the maintainer for  this  package,  rather
              than using the information from the source tree's control file.

       -emaintainer-address
              Use  maintainer-address  as  the  name and email address of the maintainer for this upload, rather
              than using the information from the source tree's changelog.

       -Vname=value
              Set  an  output  substitution  variable.   See  deb-substvars(5)  for  a  discussion   of   output
              substitution.

       -Tsubstvars-file
              Read  substitution  variables  in  substvars-file;  the  default is debian/substvars.  No variable
              substitution is done on any of the fields that are output, except for the contents extracted  from
              each  binary  package  Description  field (since dpkg 1.19.0), however the special variable Format
              will override the field of the same name.   This  option  can  be  used  multiple  times  to  read
              substitution variables from multiple files (since dpkg 1.15.6).

       -Dfield=value
              Override or add an output control file field.

       -Ufield
              Remove an output control file field.

       -ccontrolfile
              Specifies the main source control file to read information from. The default is debian/control.

       -lchangelog-file
              Specifies the changelog file to read information from. The default is debian/changelog.

       -ffiles-list-file
              Read the list of files to be uploaded here, rather than using debian/files.

       -Fchangelog-format
              Specifies   the  format  of  the  changelog.  See  dpkg-parsechangelog(1)  for  information  about
              alternative formats.

       -uupload-files-dir
              Look for the files to be uploaded in upload-files-dir rather than ..   (dpkg-genchanges  needs  to
              find these files so that it can include their sizes and checksums in the .changes file).

       -q     Usually dpkg-genchanges will produce informative messages on standard error, for example about how
              many of the package's source files are being uploaded.  -q suppresses these messages.

       -O[filename]
              Print the changes file to standard output (the default) or to filename if  specified  (since  dpkg
              1.18.5).

       -?, --help
              Show the usage message and exit.

       --version
              Show the version and exit.

FILES

       debian/files
              The  list  of  generated files which are part of the upload being prepared.  dpkg-genchanges reads
              the data here when producing a .changes file.

SEE ALSO

       deb-substvars(5), deb-src-control(5), deb-src-files(5), deb-changelog(5), deb-changes(5).