problems with dpkg-genchanges [solved]

[ororo]

Hello. I'm trying to build my first package.

This happens:

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$ dpkg-genchanges
parsechangelog/debian: warning:     debian/changelog(l9): found eof where expected first heading
parsechangelog/debian: error: fatal error occured while parsing input
dpkg-genchanges: error: changelog parser /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian gave error exit status 255

Probably I'm missing something in debian/changelog:

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gnome-ksnapshot (1.0) unstable

  * first release

 --pinco pallino <ororo@email.it>  Sun, 06 May 2012 10:09:44 +0200

Thank you for your help.

[vbrummond]

I only know how to modify a changelog; Though the command dch is what I use. Try the man page for more info until someone who does create packages from scratch can post.

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man dch

[ororo]

Thank you!
Maybe there are also similar tools that help creating debian/control and debian/files ?

[ororo]

Anyway, its easy to write debian/control by hand. dpkg-buildpackage creates most of the other stuff. So - for me - this is solved.

[jiapei100]

Hi, can you please clarify how did you solve the problem?

Anyway, its easy to write debian/control by hand. dpkg-buildpackage creates most of the other stuff. So - for me - this is solved.

[stevepusser]

The parser is very picky about the changelog files. A typo or an extra space between the maintainer's email address and the date will cause trouble, for example (has to be two spaces) The error message says it could a problem on line 19, which the OP did not provide.