NAME

who-permits-upload - look-up Debian Maintainer access control lists

SYNOPSIS

who-permits-upload [-h] [-s keyring] [-d dm_url] [ -s search_type] query [query ...]

DESCRIPTION

who-permits-upload looks up the given Debian Maintainer (DM) upload permissions from ftp-master.debian.org and parses them in a human readable way. The tool can search by DM name, sponsor (the person who granted the permission) and by package.

OPTIONS

--dmfile=dm_url, -d dm_url
Retrieve the DM permission file from the supplied URL. When this option is not present, the default value https://ftp-master.debian.org/dm.txt is used.
--help, -h
Display a usage summary and exit.
--keyring=keyring, -s keyring
Use the supplied GnuPG keyrings to look-up GPG fingerprints from the DM permission file. When not present, the default Debian Developer and Maintainer keyrings are used ( /usr/share/keyrings/debian-keyring.gpg and /usr/share/keyrings/debian-maintainers.gpg, installed by the debian-keyring package). Separate keyrings with a colon ":".
--search=search_type, -s search_type
Modify the look-up behavior. This influences the interpretation of the query argument. Supported search types are:
package
Search for a source package name. This is also the default when --search is omitted. Since package names are unique, this will return given ACLs - if any - for a single package.
uid
Search for a Debian Maintainer. This should be (a fraction of) a name. It will return all ACLs assigned to matching maintainers.
sponsor
Search for a sponsor (i.e. a Debian Developer) who granted DM permissions. This will return all ACLs given by the supplied developer. Note that this is an expensive operation which may take some time.
query
A case sensitive argument to be looked up in the ACL permission file. The exact interpretation of this argument is dependent by the --search argument. This argument can be repeated.

EXIT VALUE

0
Success
1
An error occurred
2
The command line was not understood

EXAMPLES

who-permits-upload --search=sponsor [email protected]
Search for all DM upload permissions given by the UID "[email protected]". Note, that only primary UIDs will match.
who-permits-upload -s=sponsor "Arno Töll"
Same as above, but use a full name instead.
who-permits-upload apache2
Look up who gave upload permissions for the apache2 source package.
who-permits-upload --search=uid "Paul Tagliamonte"
Look up all DM upload permissions given to "Paul Tagliamonte".

AUTHOR

who-permits-upload was written by Arno Töll <[email protected]> and is licensed under the terms of the General Public License (GPL) version 2 or later.

SEE ALSO

gpg(1), gpg2(1), who-uploads(1)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2012/09/msg00008.html

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