debrelease(1)
NAME
debrelease - a wrapper around dupload or dput
SYNOPSIS
debrelease [debrelease options] [dupload/dput options]
DESCRIPTION
debrelease is a simple wrapper around dupload or dput. It is called from within the source code tree of a package, and figures out the current version of a package. It then looks for the corresponding .changes file (which lists the files needed to upload in order to release the package) in the parent directory of the source code tree and calls dupload or dput with the .changes file as parameter in order to perform the actual uploading. Options may be given to debrelease; except for the ones listed below, they are passed on unchanged to dupload or dput. The devscripts configuration files are also read by debrelease as described below.
Directory name checking
In common with several other scripts in the devscripts package,
debrelease will climb the directory tree until it finds a
debian/changelog file. As a safeguard against stray files causing
potential problems, it will examine the name of the parent directory
once it finds the debian/changelog file, and check that the directory
name corresponds to the package name. Precisely how it does this is
controlled by two configuration file variables
DEVSCRIPTS_CHECK_DIRNAME_LEVEL and DEVSCRIPTS_CHECK_DIRNAME_REGEX, and
their corresponding command-line options --check-dirname-level and
--check-dirname-regex.
DEVSCRIPTS_CHECK_DIRNAME_LEVEL can take the following values:
0 Never check the directory name.
1 Only check the directory name if we have had to change directory
in our search for debian/changelog. This is the default
behaviour.
2 Always check the directory name.
The directory name is checked by testing whether the current directory
name (as determined by pwd(1)) matches the regex given by the
configuration file option DEVSCRIPTS_CHECK_DIRNAME_REGEX or by the
command line option --check-dirname-regex regex. Here regex is a Perl
regex (see perlre(3perl)), which will be anchored at the beginning and
the end. If regex contains a '/', then it must match the full
directory path. If not, then it must match the full directory name.
If regex contains the string PACKAGE', this will be replaced by the
source package name, as determined from the changelog. The default
value for the regex is: PACKAGE(-.+)?', thus matching directory names
such as PACKAGE and PACKAGE-version.
OPTIONS
--dupload, --dput
This specifies which uploader program to use; the default is
dupload.
-S If this option is used, or the default .changes file is not
found but a source-only .changes file is present, then this
source-only .changes file will be uploaded instead of an arch-
specific one.
-adebian-architecture, -tGNU-system-type
See dpkg-architecture(1) for a description of these options.
They affect the search for the .changes file. They are provided
to mimic the behaviour of dpkg-buildpackage when determining the
name of the .changes file. If a plain -t is given, it is taken
to be the dupload host-specifying option, and therefore
signifies the end of the debrelease-specific options.
--multi
Multiarch .changes mode: This signifies that debrelease should
use the most recent file with the name pattern
package_version_*+*.changes as the .changes file, allowing for
the .changes files produced by dpkg-cross.
--debs-dir directory
Look for the .changes and .deb files in directory instead of the
parent of the source directory. This should either be an
absolute path or relative to the top of the source directory.
--check-dirname-level N
See the above section Directory name checking for an explanation
of this option.
--check-dirname-regex regex
See the above section Directory name checking for an explanation
of this option.
--no-conf, --noconf
Do not read any configuration files. This can only be used as
the first option given on the command-line.
--help, -h
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:
DEBRELEASE_UPLOADER
The currently recognised values are dupload and dput, and it
specifies which uploader program should be used. It corresponds
to the --dupload and --dput command line options.
DEBRELEASE_DEBS_DIR
This specifies the directory in which to look for the .changes
and .deb files, and is either an absolute path or relative to
the top of the source tree. This corresponds to the --debs-dir
command line option. This directive could be used, for example,
if you always use pbuilder or svn-buildpackage to build your
packages. Note that it also affects debc(1) and debi(1).
DEVSCRIPTS_CHECK_DIRNAME_LEVEL, DEVSCRIPTS_CHECK_DIRNAME_REGEX
See the above section Directory name checking for an explanation
of these variables. Note that these are package-wide
configuration variables, and will therefore affect all
devscripts scripts which check their value, as described in
their respective manpages and in devscripts.conf(5).
SEE ALSO
dput(1), dupload(1), devscripts.conf(5)
AUTHOR
Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org>, based on the original release script by Christoph Lameter <clameter@debian.org>.
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