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dpkg-genchanges â generate Debian .changes files
| Use Case | Command | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Full build (source + binary) | dpkg-genchanges --build=full | đĻ Generate .changes for source and all binary packages |
| Source-only build | dpkg-genchanges -S | đ Generate .changes for source package only |
| Architecture-specific binaries | dpkg-genchanges -B | â Generate .changes for arch-specific binaries only |
| Architecture-independent binaries | dpkg-genchanges -A | đ Generate .changes for arch-independent binaries only |
| All binary packages | dpkg-genchanges -b | đĻ Generate .changes for all binary packages (any,all) |
| Force include original source | dpkg-genchanges -sa | đ Always include the original source tarball |
| Exclude original source | dpkg-genchanges -sd | âī¸ Exclude original source, only include diff |
| Use custom maintainer | dpkg-genchanges -m "Name <email>" | đ¤ Override maintainer name and email for the package |
| Use custom uploader | dpkg-genchanges -e "Name <email>" | đ¤ Override maintainer for this upload |
| Output to file | dpkg-genchanges -O filename | đž Write .changes to a specific file |
| Read changelog from file | dpkg-genchanges -l custom_changelog | đ Use a different changelog file |
| Read substitution variables | dpkg-genchanges -T substvars_file | đ§ Read substitution variables from file |
| Override control field | dpkg-genchanges -D field=value | âī¸ Override or add a control file field |
| Remove control field | dpkg-genchanges -U field | đ Remove a control file field |
| Use changelog format | dpkg-genchanges -F format | đ Specify changelog format |
| Quiet mode | dpkg-genchanges -q | đ Suppress informative messages |
dpkg-genchanges [option...]
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).
Specifies the build type from a comma-separated list of components (since dpkg 1.18.5).
The allowed values are:
Equivalent to --build=source,all (since dpkg 1.17.11).
Equivalent to --build=source,any (since dpkg 1.17.11).
Equivalent to --build=binary or --build=any,all.
Equivalent to --build=any.
Equivalent to --build=all.
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).
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.
Forces the inclusion of the original source.
Forces the exclusion of the original source and includes only the diff.
Causes changelog information from all versions strictly later than version to be used.
Read the description of the changes from the file changes-description rather than using the information from the source tree's changelog file.
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.
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.
Set an output substitution variable. See deb-substvars(5) for a discussion of output substitution.
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).
Override or add an output control file field.
Remove an output control file field.
Specifies the main source control file to read information from. The default is debian/control.
Specifies the changelog file to read information from. The default is debian/changelog.
Read the list of files to be uploaded here, rather than using debian/files.
Specifies the format of the changelog. See dpkg-parsechangelog(1) for information about alternative formats.
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).
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.
Print the changes file to standard output (the default) or to filename if specified (since dpkg 1.18.5).
Show the usage message and exit.
Show the version and exit.
Sets the color mode (since dpkg 1.18.5). The currently accepted values are: auto (default), always and never.
If set, it will be used to decide whether to activate Native Language Support, also known as internationalization (or i18n) support (since dpkg 1.19.0). The accepted values are: 0 and 1 (default).
The list of generated files which are part of the upload being prepared. dpkg-genchanges reads the data here when producing a .changes file.
deb-substvars(5), deb-src-control(5), deb-src-files(5), deb-changelog(5), deb-changes(5).
1.21.1 2025-09-09 dpkg-genchanges(1)
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