requestbackport(1)

requestbackport1

File a backport request bug

Usage

requestbackport [options] package

Overview

Determine the intermediate releases that package needs to be backported to, list all reverse-dependencies, and file the backporting request. requestbackport will include a testing checklist in the bug.

Options

-d DEST, --destination=DEST

Backport to DEST release and necessary intermediate releases. Default: current stable release.

-s SOURCE, --source=SOURCE

Backport from SOURCE release. Default: current development release.

-l INSTANCE, --lpinstance=INSTANCE

Launchpad instance to connect to. Default: production.

--no-conf

Don't read config files or environment variables

-h, --help

Display a help message and exit.

Releases

7 releases since Debian 7 (Wheezy); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 7
  2. 8–13

Authors

requestbackport and this manpage were written by Stefano Rivera <[email protected]>.

Both are released under the terms of the ISC License.

From ubuntu-dev-tools 0.206 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.