Package: devscripts Version: 2.10.26 Severity: wishlist I'd like an option for dch to read changelogs from a file, e.g.
dch -F /tmp/change.txt This should preserve newlines, which dch "`cat /tmp/change.txt`" doesn't do. -- Package-specific info: --- /etc/devscripts.conf --- --- ~/.devscripts --- Not present -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (650, 'testing'), (600, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.ISO-8859-1, LC_CTYPE=en_US.ISO-8859-1 (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages devscripts depends on: ii debianutils 2.28.4 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii dpkg-dev 1.14.18 package building tools for Debian ii libc6 2.7-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii perl 5.8.8-12 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii sed 4.1.5-6 The GNU sed stream editor Versions of packages devscripts recommends: ii amaya [www-browser 9.55~dfsg.0-1 Web Browser, HTML Editor and Testb ii at 3.1.10.1 Delayed job execution and batch pr ii bsd-mailx [mailx] 8.1.2-0.20071201cvs-2 A simple mail user agent ii build-essential 11.3 informational list of build-essent ii curl 7.18.1-1 Get a file from an HTTP, HTTPS or ii cvs 1:1.12.13-10 Concurrent Versions System ii dctrl-tools 2.12 Command-line tools to process Debi ii debian-keyring 2007.12.04 GnuPG (and obsolete PGP) keys of D pn debian-maintainers <none> (no description available) ii dput 0.9.2.30 Debian package upload tool ii epiphany-gecko [ww 2.20.3-1 Intuitive GNOME web browser - Geck ii equivs 2.0.7-0.1 Circumvent Debian package dependen ii fakeroot 1.9.4 Gives a fake root environment ii git-core 1:1.5.5.1-1 fast, scalable, distributed revisi ii gnupg 1.4.6-2.1 GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep ii iceweasel [www-bro 2.0.0.14-2 lightweight web browser based on M pn libauthen-sasl-per <none> (no description available) ii libcrypt-ssleay-pe 0.57-1 Support for https protocol in LWP pn libfile-desktopent <none> (no description available) ii libparse-debcontro 2.005-2 Easy OO parsing of Debian control- ii libsoap-lite-perl 0.71-2 Client and server side SOAP implem pn libterm-size-perl <none> (no description available) ii libtimedate-perl 1.1600-9 Time and date functions for Perl ii liburi-perl 1.35.dfsg.1-1 Manipulates and accesses URI strin ii libwww-perl 5.812-1 WWW client/server library for Perl pn lintian <none> (no description available) ii lsb-release 3.2-11 Linux Standard Base version report ii man-db 2.5.1-3 on-line manual pager ii openssh-client [ss 1:4.7p1-8 secure shell client, an rlogin/rsh ii patch 2.5.9-5 Apply a diff file to an original ii patchutils 0.2.31-4 Utilities to work with patches ii perl [libdigest-md 5.8.8-12 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii strace 4.5.15-1.2 A system call tracer ii subversion 1.4.6dfsg1-3 Advanced version control system ii svk 2.0.2-1 A Distributed Version Control Syst ii unzip 5.52-11 De-archiver for .zip files ii w3m [www-browser] 0.5.1-5.1+b1 WWW browsable pager with excellent pn wdiff <none> (no description available) ii wget 1.11.1-1 retrieves files from the web -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]