debchange Command Examples

Mantain the debian/changelog file of a Debian source package. More information: https://manpages.debian.org/latest/devscripts/debchange.1.en.html.

• Add a new version for a non-maintainer upload to the changelog:

debchange --nmu

• Add a changelog entry to the current version:

debchange --append

• Add a changelog entry to close the bug with specified ID:

debchange --closes {{bug_id}}