1NMUDIFF(1) General Commands Manual NMUDIFF(1)
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6 nmudiff - email an NMU diff to the Debian BTS
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9 nmudiff [options]
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12 nmudiff should be run in the source tree of the package being NMUed,
13 after the NMU is built. It assumes that the source packages (specifi‐
14 cally, the .dsc and any corresponding tar and diff files) for both the
15 previous version of the package and the newly built NMU version are in
16 the parent directory. It then uses debdiff to generate a diff between
17 the previous version and the current NMU, and either runs mutt or an
18 editor (using sensible-editor) so that the mail message (including the
19 diff) can be examined and modified; once you exit the editor the diff
20 will be mailed to the Debian BTS.
21 The default behaviour is that if exactly one bug is closed by this NMU,
23 then that bug will be mailed, otherwise a new bug will be submitted.
24 This behaviour may be changed by command line options and configuration
25 file options.
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28 --new Instead of mailing the bug reports which are to be closed by
29 this NMU, a new bug report is submitted directly to the BTS.
30 --old Send the bug report to all of the bugs which are being closed by
32 this NMU, rather than opening a new bug report. This option has
33 no effect if no bugs are being closed by this NMU.
34 --mutt Use mutt(1) (or neomutt(1)) for editing and sending the message
36 to the BTS (default behaviour). This can be controlled using a
37 configuration file option (see below).
38 --no-mutt
40 Use sensible-editor(1) to edit the message and then mail it
41 directly using /usr/bin/sendmail. This can be controlled using
42 a configuration file option (see below).
43 --sendmail SENDMAILCMD
45 Specify the sendmail command. The command will be split on
46 white space and will be interpreted by the shell. Default is
47 /usr/sbin/sendmail. The -t option will be automatically added
48 if the command is /usr/sbin/sendmail or /usr/sbin/exim*. For
49 other mailers, if they require a -t option, this must be
50 included in the SENDMAILCMD, for example: --send‐
51 mail="/usr/sbin/mymailer -t". This can also be set using the
52 devscripts configuration files; see below.
53 --from EMAIL
55 If using the sendmail (--no-mutt) option, then the email to the
56 BTS will be sent using the name and address in the environment
57 variables DEBEMAIL and DEBFULLNAME. If these are not set, then
58 the variables EMAIL and NAME will be used instead. These can be
59 overridden using the --from option. The program will not work
60 in this case if an email address cannot be determined.
61 --delay DELAY
63 Indicate in the generated mail that the NMU has been uploaded to
64 the DELAYED queue, with a delay of DELAY days. The default
65 value is XX which adds a placeholder to the e-mail. A value of
66 0 indicates that the upload has not been sent to a delayed
67 queue. This can also be set using the devscripts configuration
68 files; see below.
69 --no-delay, --nodelay
71 Equivalent to --delay 0.
72 --no-conf, --noconf
74 Do not read any configuration files. This can only be used as
75 the first option given on the command-line.
76 --template TEMPLATEFILE
78 Use content of TEMPLATEFILE for message body instead of default
79 template. If TEMPLATEFILE does not exist, default template is
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81 --help Display a help message and exit successfully.
83 --version
85 Display version and copyright information and exit successfully.
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88 The two configuration files /etc/devscripts.conf and ~/.devscripts are
89 sourced in that order to set configuration variables. Command line
90 options can be used to override configuration file settings. Environ‐
91 ment variable settings are ignored for this purpose. The currently
92 recognised variables are:
93 NMUDIFF_DELAY
95 If this is set to a number, e-mails generated by nmudiff will by
96 default mention an upload to the DELAYED queue, delayed for the
97 specified number of days. The value 0 indicates that the
98 DELAYED queue has not been used.
99 NMUDIFF_MUTT
101 Can be yes (default) or no, and specifies whether to use mutt
102 (or neomut)to compose and send the message or not, as described
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104 NMUDIFF_NEWREPORT
106 This option controls whether a new bug report is made, or
107 whether the diff is sent to the bugs closed by this NMU. Can be
108 maybe (default), which sends to the existing bug reports if
109 exactly one bug is being closed; yes, which always creates a new
110 report, or no, which always sends to the reports of the bugs
111 being closed (unless no bugs are being closed, in which case a
112 new report is always made).
113 BTS_SENDMAIL_COMMAND
115 If this is set, specifies a sendmail command to use instead of
116 /usr/sbin/sendmail. Same as the --sendmail command line option.
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119 debdiff(1), sensible-editor(1), devscripts.conf(5)
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122 nmudiff was written and is copyright 2006 by Steinar H. Gunderson and
123 modified by Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org>. The software may be freely
124 redistributed under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
125 License, version 2.
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