nmudiff

NMUDIFF(1)                  General Commands Manual                 NMUDIFF(1)

NAME
       nmudiff - email an NMU diff to the Debian BTS

SYNOPSIS
       nmudiff [options]

DESCRIPTION
       nmudiff  is the tool to be used while preparing a Non-Maintainer Upload
       (NMU) to notify the maintainer about the work being done.

       nmudiff should be run in the source tree of the  package  being  NMUed,
       after  the  NMU is built. It assumes that the source packages (specifi-
       cally, the .dsc and any corresponding tar and diff files) for both  the
       previous  version of the package and the newly built NMU version are in
       the parent directory. It then uses debdiff to generate a  diff  between
       the  previous  version  and the current NMU, and either runs mutt or an
       editor (using sensible-editor) so that the mail message (including  the
       diff)  can  be examined and modified; once you exit the editor the diff
       will be mailed to the Debian BTS.

       The default behaviour is that if exactly one bug is closed by this NMU,
       then  that  bug  will be mailed, otherwise a new bug will be submitted.
       This behaviour may be changed by command line options and configuration
       file options.

OPTIONS
       --new  Instead  of  mailing  the  bug reports which are to be closed by
              this NMU, a new bug report is submitted directly to the BTS.

       --old  Send the bug report to all of the bugs which are being closed by
              this NMU, rather than opening a new bug report.  This option has
              no effect if no bugs are being closed by this NMU.

       --mutt Use mutt(1) (or neomutt(1)) for editing and sending the  message
              to  the BTS (default behaviour).  This can be controlled using a
              configuration file option (see below).

       --no-mutt
              Use sensible-editor(1) to edit the message and then mail it  di-
              rectly  using /usr/bin/sendmail.  This can be controlled using a
              configuration file option (see below).

       --sendmail SENDMAILCMD
              Specify the sendmail command.  The  command  will  be  split  on
              white  space  and  will be interpreted by the shell.  Default is
              /usr/sbin/sendmail.  The -t option will be  automatically  added
              if  the  command  is /usr/sbin/sendmail or /usr/sbin/exim*.  For
              other mailers, if they require a -t option,  this  must  be  in-
              cluded    in    the    SENDMAILCMD,    for    example:   --send-
              mail="/usr/sbin/mymailer -t".  This can also be  set  using  the
              devscripts configuration files; see below.

       --from EMAIL
              If  using the sendmail (--no-mutt) option, then the email to the
              BTS will be sent using the name and address in  the  environment
              variables  DEBEMAIL and DEBFULLNAME.  If these are not set, then
              the variables EMAIL and NAME will be used instead.  These can be
              overridden  using  the --from option.  The program will not work
              in this case if an email address cannot be determined.

       --delay DELAY
              Indicate in the generated mail that the NMU has been uploaded to
              the  DELAYED  queue,  with  a  delay of DELAY days.  The default
              value is XX which adds a placeholder to the e-mail.  A value  of
              0  indicates  that  the  upload  has  not been sent to a delayed
              queue.  This can also be set using the devscripts  configuration
              files; see below.

       --no-delay, --nodelay
              Equivalent to --delay 0.

       --no-conf, --noconf
              Do  not  read any configuration files.  This can only be used as
              the first option given on the command-line.

       --no-pending, --nopending
              Do not add the pending tag.

       --no-dd, --nodd
              Mention in the email that you require sponsorship.

       --template TEMPLATEFILE
              Use content of TEMPLATEFILE for message body instead of  default
              template.   If  TEMPLATEFILE does not exist, default template is
              applied.

       --help Display a help message and exit successfully.

       --version
              Display version and copyright information and exit successfully.

CONFIGURATION VARIABLES
       The two configuration files /etc/devscripts.conf and ~/.devscripts  are
       sourced in that order to set configuration variables.  Command line op-
       tions can be used to override configuration file settings.  Environment
       variable  settings  are ignored for this purpose.  The currently recog-
       nised variables are:

       NMUDIFF_DELAY
              If this is set to a number, e-mails generated by nmudiff will by
              default  mention an upload to the DELAYED queue, delayed for the
              specified number of days.  The value 0 indicates  that  the  DE-
              LAYED queue has not been used.

       NMUDIFF_MUTT
              Can  be  yes  (default) or no, and specifies whether to use mutt
              (or neomut)to compose and send the message or not, as  described
              above.

       NMUDIFF_NEWREPORT
              This  option  controls  whether  a  new  bug  report is made, or
              whether the diff is sent to the bugs closed by this NMU.  Can be
              maybe  (default), which sends to the existing bug reports if ex-
              actly one bug is being closed; yes, which always creates  a  new
              report, or no, which always sends to the reports of the bugs be-
              ing closed (unless no bugs are being closed, in which case a new
              report is always made).

       BTS_SENDMAIL_COMMAND
              If  this  is set, specifies a sendmail command to use instead of
              /usr/sbin/sendmail.  Same as the --sendmail command line option.

SEE ALSO
       debdiff(1), sensible-editor(1), devscripts.conf(5)

AUTHOR
       nmudiff was written and is copyright 2006 by Steinar H.  Gunderson  and
       modified by Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org>.  The software may be freely
       redistributed under the terms and conditions of the GNU General  Public
       License, version 2.

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