dh_installchangelogs(1)
NAME
dh_installchangelogs - install changelogs into package build
directories
SYNOPSIS
dh_installchangelogs [debhelperoptions] [-k] [-Xitem] [upstream]
DESCRIPTION
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, it looks for files with names that seem likely to be
changelogs. (In compatibility level 7 and above.)
If there is an upstream changelog file, it will be be installed as
usr/share/doc/package/changelog in the package build directory. If the
changelog is a html file (determined by file extension), it will be
installed as usr/share/doc/package/changelog.html instead, and will be
converted to plain text with html2text to generate
usr/share/doc/package/changelog.
FILES
- 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.
OPTIONS
- -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. - upstream
- Install this file as the upstream changelog.
SEE ALSO
This program is a part of debhelper.
AUTHOR
- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>