Bug#675790: "dch -r" refuses to proceed

[James McCoy]

On Sun, Jun 03, 2012 at 08:52:06PM +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote:
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> On 06/03/12 13:39, James McCoy wrote:
> > On Sun, Jun 03, 2012 at 01:27:09PM +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote:
> >> If I run "dch -r" to change the distribution entry in debian/changelog from "UNRELEASED" to the real distribution (e.g. "unstable"), then dch refuses to proceed. It just says
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> >> dch: debian/changelog unmodified; exiting.
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> > You didn't save the file before exiting your editor.  That's the typical way of acknowledging the changes that have been automatically applied by dch.  See DEBCHANGE_FORCE_SAVE_ON_RELEASE if you don't like the behavior.
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> Thats a misunderstanding. I just called dch -r to change the
> distribution from "UNRELEASED" to "unstable", as intended.
> There was nothing to save in the editor, since dch did all
> the necessary changes _before_ running vi.

No, it's not a misunderstanding.  Just make vi write the file again
(:wq).  We use the modification time to determine whether the changes
are acceptable.

Alternatively, you can one of the options suggested in the man page.
Either "dch -r """ (i.e., run -r and supply an empty changelog message)
or use --no-force-save-on-release.

-- 
James
GPG Key: 4096R/331BA3DB 2011-12-05 James McCoy <jamessan at debian.org>
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