dch --release does not default to previous released distribution
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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devscripts (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
On Xenial, trying to release a package targeted for zesty:
$ dpkg-query -W devscripts
devscripts 2.16.2ubuntu3
info dch says:
--release, -r
to the distribution from the previous changelog entry (or
Yet on Ubuntu Xenial if I dch --release on a product where debian/changelog contains changelogs referencing zesty, my resulting debian/changelog diff still is set to xenial
$ head -n 10 debian/changelog
curtin (0.1.0~
* test dch --release
-- Chad Smith <email address hidden> Fri, 06 Oct 2017 11:44:36 -0600
curtin (0.1.0~
* New upstream snapshot. (LP: #1721808)
- vmtest: fix artful networking
$ dch --release
$ bzr diff
=== modified file 'debian/changelog'
--- debian/changelog 2017-10-06 17:45:19 +0000
+++ debian/changelog 2017-10-06 17:55:43 +0000
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-curtin (0.1.0~
+curtin (0.1.0~
* something
- -- Chad Smith <email address hidden> Fri, 06 Oct 2017 11:44:36 -0600
+ -- Chad Smith <email address hidden> Fri, 06 Oct 2017 11:55:37 -0600
curtin (0.1.0~
curtin (0.1.0~
* something
-- Chad Smith <email address hidden> Fri, 06 Oct 2017 11:44:36 -0600
curtin (0.1.0~
* New upstream snapshot. (LP: #1721808)
- vmtest: fix artful networking
summary: |
- dch --release does not defaulted to previous released distribution + dch --release does not default to previous released distribution |
tags: | added: manpage xenial |
This bug looks like it is likely the same intent as https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ +source/ devscripts/ +bug/1655717