1 .TH DH_INSTALLCHANGELOGS 1 "" "Debhelper Commands" "Debhelper Commands"
3 dh_installchangelogs \- install changelogs into package build directories
5 .B dh_installchangelogs
6 .I "[debhelper options] [-k] [upstream]"
8 dh_installchangelogs is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing
9 changelogs into package build directories.
11 dh_installchangelogs determines if the package is a debian native package,
12 and if so, it installs debian/changelog into usr/share/doc/package/changelog
13 in the package build directory. Otherwise, it installs debian/changelog into
14 usr/share/doc/package/changelog.Debian in the package build directory. (If
15 files named debian/package.changelog exist, they will be used in preference to
18 If an upstream changelog file is specified as an option, and the package is
19 not a native debian package, then this upstream changelog will be installed
20 as usr/share/doc/package/changelog in the package build directory. If the
21 changelog is a html file (determined by file extention), it will be
22 installed as usr/share/doc/package/changelog.html instead (with a link to
23 usr/share/doc/package/changelog).
29 for a list of options common to all debhelper commands.
32 Keep the original name of the upstream changelog. This will be accomplished
33 by installing the upstream changelog as "changelog", and making a symlink from
34 that to the original name of the changelog file. This can be useful if the
35 upstream changelog has an unusual name, or if other documentation in the
36 package refers to the changelog file.
39 Install this file as the upstream changelog.
41 It is an error to specify an upstream changelog file for a debian native
46 for a list of environment variables that affect all debhelper commands.
50 Debian policy, version 3.0.1
52 Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>