How to update control file time stamps

2015-08-16 Thread Malte Forkel
Hi, wasn't there a command to update the time stamps of control files in the debian directory? Thanks, Malte

Re: How to update control file time stamps

2015-08-16 Thread Jakub Wilk
* Malte Forkel , 2015-08-16, 16:39: wasn't there a command to update the time stamps of control files in the debian directory? touch(1) :-P Perhaps we could give you a better answer if you explained what you're trying to achieve. :) -- Jakub Wilk

Re: How to update control file time stamps

2015-08-16 Thread Geert Stappers
On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 04:39:08PM +0200, Malte Forkel wrote: > Hi, > > wasn't there a command to update the time stamps of control files in the > debian directory? I don't know why to update tthe time stamps of control files, but I know about the 'touch' command. So does touch debian/control

Re: How to update control file time stamps

2015-08-16 Thread Malte Forkel
Am 16.08.2015 um 16:39 schrieb Malte Forkel: > Hi, > > wasn't there a command to update the time stamps of control files in the > debian directory? > > Thanks, > Malte > > Sorry for being unclear. Some of the control files used for packaging end with a time stamp that also includes the mainta

Re: How to update control file time stamps

2015-08-16 Thread Vincent Bernat
❦ 16 août 2015 17:54 +0200, Malte Forkel  : >> wasn't there a command to update the time stamps of control files in the >> debian directory? >> >> Thanks, >> Malte >> >> > > Sorry for being unclear. > > Some of the control files used for packaging end with a time stamp that > also includes the

Re: How to update control file time stamps

2015-08-16 Thread Malte Forkel
Am 16.08.2015 um 18:02 schrieb Vincent Bernat: > > You can use dch --edit for that, I think. > Unfortunately, that's just for the changelog file.

Re: How to update control file time stamps

2015-08-16 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
On 08/16/2015 06:07 PM, Malte Forkel wrote: > Am 16.08.2015 um 18:02 schrieb Vincent Bernat: >> >> You can use dch --edit for that, I think. >> > > Unfortunately, that's just for the changelog file. you can use the --news option for that, asuming that your file is in a similar format. --news

Re: How to update control file time stamps

2015-08-16 Thread Malte Forkel
Am 16.08.2015 um 18:11 schrieb Bernd Zeimetz: > > you can use the --news option for that, asuming that your file is in a > similar format. > > --news > Specify that the newsfile (default debian/NEWS) is to be edited > Sorry, that doesn't work for me. If I specify any of the README

Re: How to update control file time stamps

2015-08-16 Thread Paul Wise
On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 6:48 PM, Malte Forkel wrote: > Sorry, that doesn't work for me. If I specify any of the README files to > --news, I get lots of error messages from the changelog parser. The > files already include text, but they are not in a format compatible to > changelog. Sounds like r

Re: How to update control file time stamps

2015-08-16 Thread Malte Forkel
Am 16.08.2015 um 19:00 schrieb Paul Wise: > > Sounds like removing the timestamps is the right thing to do here. > That's a creative way to deal with it :-) The footers were created by dh_make (see https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/dother.en.html#readme). Most README's in /usr/share/d

Re: How to update control file time stamps

2015-08-16 Thread Russ Allbery
Malte Forkel writes: > Sorry for being unclear. > Some of the control files used for packaging end with a time stamp that > also includes the maintainers name and email address, e.g. README.Debian > and README.source. > I'm looking for an easy way to update that footer after editing the > file.

Re: How to update control file time stamps

2015-08-16 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Malte Forkel (2015-08-16 17:54:53) > Am 16.08.2015 um 16:39 schrieb Malte Forkel: >> wasn't there a command to update the time stamps of control files in the >> debian directory? > Some of the control files used for packaging end with a time stamp > that also includes the maintainers name

Re: How to update control file time stamps

2015-08-18 Thread Paul Wise
On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 7:37 PM, Malte Forkel wrote: > The footers were created by dh_make (see > https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/dother.en.html#readme). > Most README's in /usr/share/doc seem to have one. You may want to file a bug against dh-make and maint-guide asking for remova

Re: How to update control file time stamps

2015-08-23 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 07:37:11PM +0200, Malte Forkel wrote: > Am 16.08.2015 um 19:00 schrieb Paul Wise: > > > > Sounds like removing the timestamps is the right thing to do here. No. > That's a creative way to deal with it :-) > > The footers were created by dh_make (see > https://www.deb