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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-06 00:39:23 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-06 00:39:23 +0000 |
commit | e3b16b3856bdd5c1645f4609d61bf5a16c026930 (patch) | |
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Adding upstream version 2.19.5+deb10u1.upstream/2.19.5+deb10u1upstream
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/scripts/mergechanges.1 b/scripts/mergechanges.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f815862 --- /dev/null +++ b/scripts/mergechanges.1 @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +.TH MERGECHANGES 1 "Debian Utilities" "DEBIAN" \" -*- nroff -*- +.SH NAME +mergechanges \- merge multiple changes files +.SH SYNOPSIS +\fBmergechanges\fR [\fB\-d\fR] [\fB\-f\fR] [\fB\-S\fR] [\fB\-i\fR] \fIfile1 file2\fR [\fIfile\fR...] +.SH DESCRIPTION +\fBmergechanges\fR merges two or more \fI.changes\fR files, merging +the Architecture, Description and Files (and Checksums-*, if present) +fields of the two. There are checks made to ensure that the changes +files are from the same source package and version and use the same +changes file Format. The first changes file is used as the basis and +the information from the later ones is merged into it. +.PP +The output is normally written to \fIstdout\fR. If the \fB\-f\fR +option is given, the output is written to +\fIpackage\fR_\fIversion\fR_multi.changes instead, in the same +directory as the first changes file listed. +.PP +If the \fB\-d\fR option is given and the output is generated successfully, the +input files will be deleted. +.PP +If the \fB\-i\fR or \fB\-\-indep\fR option is given, source packages +and architecture-independent (Architecture: all) packages are included +in the output, but architecture-dependent packages are not. +.PP +If the \fB\-S\fR or \fB\-\-source\fR option is given, only source packages +are included in the output. +.SH AUTHOR +Gergely Nagy <algernon@debian.org>, +modifications by Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org>, +Mark Hymers <mhy@debian.org>, +Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>, and +Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>. |