Manual: dpkg-genchanges

dpkg-genchanges(1)					 dpkg suite					  dpkg-genchanges(1)

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.

ENVIRONMENT
       DEB_HOST_ARCH
	   Sets the host architecture.

       DEB_BUILD_PROFILES
	   If set, it will be used as the active build profile(s) to use when generating the .changes file.  It is  a  space
	   separated list of profile names.

       DPKG_COLORS
	   Sets the color mode (since dpkg 1.18.5).  The currently accepted values are: auto (default), always and never.

       DPKG_NLS
	   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).

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).

1.23.7							 2026-03-31					  dpkg-genchanges(1)