backportpackage - helper to test package backports
- backportpackage [additional options]
- --upload <upload target>
< source package name or .dsc URL/file>
backportpackage -h
backportpackage fetches a package from one distribution release or from a
specified .dsc path or URL and creates a no-change backport of that package to
one or more Ubuntu releases release, optionally doing a test build of the
package and/or uploading the resulting backport for testing.
Unless a working directory is specified, the backported package is fetched and
built in a temporary directory in
/tmp, which is removed once the
script finishes running.
backportpackage is only recommended for testing backports in a PPA, not
uploading backports to the Ubuntu archive.
- -d DEST,
--destination=DEST
- Backport the package to the specified Ubuntu release. If
this option is unspecified, then backportpackage defaults to the
release on which it is currently running.
- -s SOURCE, --source=SOURCE
- Backport the package from the specified release, which can
be any release of your distribution or any of your distribution's parent
distributions. If neither this option nor --version are specified,
then backportpackage defaults to the current development release
for your distribution.
- -S SUFFIX, --suffix=SUFFIX
- Add the specified suffix to the version number when
backporting. backportpackage will always append ~ubuntu
DESTINATION.1 to the original version number, and if SUFFIX
is specified, it is appended to that, to get version numbers of the form
ORIGINAL_VERSION~ubuntuDESTINATION.1SUFFIX. If the
backported package is being uploaded to a PPA, then SUFFIX defaults
to ~ppa1, otherwise the default is blank.
- -b, --build
- Build the package with the specified builder before
uploading. Note for cowbuilder(8) and pbuilder(8) users:
This assumes the common configuration, where the ARCH and
DIST environment is read by pbuilderrc(5) to select the
correct base image.
- -B BUILDER,
--builder=BUILDER
- Use the specified builder to build the package. Supported
are cowbuilder(8), cowbuilder-dist(1), pbuilder(8),
pbuilder-dist(1), and sbuild(1). The default is
pbuilder(8).
- -U, --update
- Update the build environment before attempting to
build.
- -u UPLOAD, --upload=UPLOAD
- Upload to UPLOAD with dput(1) (after
confirmation).
- -k KEYID, --key=KEYID
- Specify the key ID to be used for signing.
- --dont-sign
- Do not sign the upload.
- -y, --yes
- Do not prompt before uploading to a PPA. For everyone's
safety, this option is ignored if UPLOAD is ubuntu.
- -v VERSION,
--version=VERSION
- If the --source option is specified, then
backportpackage verifies that the current version of source
package in SOURCE is the same as VERSION. Otherwise,
backportpackage finds version VERSION of source
package in your distribution's publishing history, regardless of
the release in which it was published (or if that version is still
current). This option is ignored if a .dsc URL or path is passed in
instead of a source package name.
- -w WORKDIR,
--workdir=WORKDIR
- If WORKDIR is specified, then all files are
downloaded, unpacked, built into, and otherwise manipulated in
WORKDIR. Otherwise, a temporary directory is created, which is
deleted before backportpackage exits.
- -r, --release-pocket
- Target the upload at the release pocket, rather than the
-backports pocket. This is required for Launchpad PPAs, which are
pocket-less (and the default, when the upload target is a PPA).
- -m MIRROR, --mirror=MIRROR
- Use the specified mirror. Should be in the form
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu. If the package isn't found on
this mirror, backportpackage will use Launchpad.
- -c BUG, --close=BUG
- Include a Launchpad closer for the specified bug in the
auto-generated changelog. In the future, this may actually close the bug,
but currently does not.
- -l INSTANCE,
--lpinstance=INSTANCE
- Use the specified instance of Launchpad (e.g.
"staging"), instead of the default of
"production".
- --no-conf
- Do not read any configuration files, or configuration from
environment variables.
-
DEBFULLNAME, DEBEMAIL, UBUMAIL
- Used to determine the uploader (if not supplied as
options). See ubuntu-dev-tools(5) for details.
All of the
CONFIGURATION VARIABLES below are also supported as
environment variables. Variables in the environment take precedence to those
in configuration files.
The following variables can be set in the environment or in
ubuntu-dev-tools(5) configuration files. In each case, the
script-specific variable takes precedence over the package-wide variable.
-
BACKPORTPACKAGE_BUILDER,
UBUNTUTOOLS_BUILDER
- The default value for --builder.
-
BACKPORTPACKAGE_UPDATE_BUILDER,
UBUNTUTOOLS_UPDATE_BUILDER
- The default value for --update.
- BACKPORTPACKAGE_UPLOAD
- The default value for --upload.
-
BACKPORTPACKAGE_WORKDIR,
UBUNTUTOOLS_WORKDIR
- The default value for --workdir.
-
BACKPORTPACKAGE_UBUNTU_MIRROR,
UBUNTUTOOLS_UBUNTU_MIRROR
- The default value for --mirror if the specified
SOURCE release is an Ubuntu release.
-
BACKPORTPACKAGE_DEBIAN_MIRROR,
UBUNTUTOOLS_DEBIAN_MIRROR
- The default value for --mirror if the specified
SOURCE release is a Debian release.
-
BACKPORTPACKAGE_LPINSTANCE,
UBUNTUTOOLS_LPINSTANCE
- The default value for --lpinstance.
Test-build in your PPA a backport of znc from the current development release to
your workstation's release, deleting the build products afterwards:
-
backportpackage -u ppa:user/ppa znc
Backport squashfs-tools from Maverick to both Karmic and Lucid and test-build
both locally, leaving all build products in the current working directory:
-
backportpackage -b -s maverick -d karmic -d lucid -w . \
squashfs-tools
Fetch a package from a PPA, backport it to Hardy, then upload it back to the
same PPA:
-
backportpackage -d hardy -u ppa:user/ppa \
https://launchpad.net/some/file.dsc
ubuntu-dev-tools(5)
backportpackage and this manpage were written by Evan Broder
<
[email protected]>
Both are released under GNU General Public License, version 2.