On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:23:31 +0100, Mat wrote: > 2009/4/19 Björn Persson: > > I gather I'm expected to write the changelog in a spec file by hand. How > > strict are the requirements on the format of changelog entries? Are they > > meant to be machine-readable? Is the format specified anywhere? The packaging > > guidelines document contains four examples. Examples are good but they're no > > replacement for a specification. > > > > So far, RPMlint has told me that each entry must start with an asterisk and > > that the international standard date format is bad. Can I trust that the > > format is OK if RPMlint doesn't complain? > > > > Björn Persson > > > > Check out the packaging guidelines: > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines#Changelogs Which is what the OP commented on in the first chapter quoted above. Most important, rpmbuild parses the %changelog section of a spec file and throws several error messages at you if it runs into trouble. For example, these fatal ones: error: %changelog entries must start with * error: %changelog not in descending chronological order error: bad date in %changelog: ... -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
