deb-changelog(5) dpkg suite deb-changelog(5) (NAME) deb-changelog - (SYNOPSIS) debian/changelog (DESCRIPTION) debian/changelog . (upstream) . debian/changelog . : package (version) distributions; metadata [() ] * change-details more-change-details [() dpkg-parsechangelog(1) ] * even-more-change-details [() ] -- maintainer-name date package version . version U+0028 `(' U+0029 `)' . distributions (upload) Distribution .changes . distributions - ( U+003B `;') . metadata keyword=value . - deb822(5) . keyword dpkg : urgency Urgency .changes . binary-only yes (binary-only non-maintainer upload) ( ). (U+0020 SPACE) . . : Closes: #nnnnn #nnnnn . (regex) : /closes:\s*(?:bug)?\#?\s?\d+(?:,\s*(?:bug)?\#?\s?\d+)*/i closes: . bug # "Closes: 42, bug#43, #44, bug 45". closes: bug . . Closes .changes . . . . Changed-By .changes . date ( RFC2822 RFC5322 <> ): day-of-week, dd month yyyy hh:mm:ss +zzzz : day-of-week : Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun. dd (01-31) . month : Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec. yyyy ( 2010). hh (00-23). mm (00-59). ss (00-60). [+-]zzzz (UTC) . `+' UTC ( ) `-' UTC ( ) . UTC UTC . 00-59 . <<>> (title) . <<>> (trailer) (U+0020 SPACE) . (U+0020 SPACE) . date (U+0020 SPACE) (U+0020 SPACE) . ( ) # /* */ RCS . modeline Vim Emacs . UTF-8 . (FILES) debian/changelog (EXAMPLES) dpkg (1.17.18) unstable; urgency=low [ Guillem Jover ] * Handle empty minimum versions when initializing dependency versions, as the code is mapping the minimum version 0 to '' to avoid outputting useless versions. Regression introduced in dpkg 1.17.17. Closes: #764929 [ Updated programs translations ] * Catalan (Guillem Jover). [ Updated dselect translations ] * Catalan (Guillem Jover). * German (Sven Joachim). -- Guillem Jover Sun, 12 Oct 2014 15:47:44 +0200 (SEE ALSO) deb822(5), deb-changes(5), deb-version(7), dpkg-parsechangelog(1). 1.23.7-dirty 2026-03-06 deb-changelog(5)