Ubuntu Manpage: nmudiff - email an NMU diff to the Debian BTS

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 (specifically, 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 directly 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 included in the SENDMAILCMD, for example: --sendmail="/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.

--non-dd, --nondd
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 options can be used to override configuration file settings.
Environment variable settings are ignored for this purpose. The currently recognised 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 DELAYED
queue has not been used.

NMUDIFF_MUTT
Can be yes (default) or no, and specifies whether to use mutt (or neomutt)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 exactly
one bug is being closed; yes, which always creates a new report, or no, which always sends to the
reports of the bugs being 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.

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