Ted Percival wrote: > Martin Kelly wrote: >> After trying to build my package (pyecm), I recieved the following error: >> >> martin@mkelly:~/Desktop/pyecm-0.1$ dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot >> parsechangelog/debian: error: badly formatted trailer line, at file >> debian/changelog line 5 >> dpkg-buildpackage: unable to determine source package is > >> -- Martin Kelly <aomighty@gmail.com> Sun, 8 Oct 2006 19:42:32 -0700 > > You need two spaces after your email address and before the date. > >> -- maintainer name <email address>[two spaces] date > ref: > <http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-source.html#s-dpkgchangelog> > To avoid such errors you can install the devscripts package and use the dch tool. There are alot of other useful tools in this package which are worth a look. Cheers, Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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