SYNCPACKAGE(1)

NAME
syncpackage - copy source packages from Debian to Ubuntu

SYNOPSIS
syncpackage [options] <.dsc URL/path or package name>

DESCRIPTION
syncpackage causes a source package to be copied from Debian to Ubuntu.

syncpackage allows you to upload files with the same checksums of the Debian ones, as the common script used by Ubuntu archive administrators does, this way you can preserve source files integrity between the two distributions.

syncpackage will detect source tarballs with mismatching checksums, and can perform fake syncs.

WARNING
The use of syncpackage --no-lp, which generates a changes file to be directly uploaded to the Ubuntu primary archive or a PPA, is discouraged by the Ubuntu Archive Administrators, as it introduces an unnecessary window for error. This only exists for backward compatibility, for unusual corner cases (such as fakesyncs), and for uploads to archives other than the Ubuntu primary archive. Omitting this option will cause Launchpad to perform the sync request directly, which is the preferred method for uploads to the Ubuntu primary archive.

OPTIONS

-h, --help
    Show help message and exit

-d DIST, --distribution=DIST
    Debian distribution to sync from. Default is unstable.

-r RELEASE, --release=RELEASE
    Specify target Ubuntu release. Default: current development release.

-V DEBVERSION, --debian-version=DEBVERSION
    Specify the version to sync from.

-c COMPONENT, --component=COMPONENT
    Specify the component to sync from.

-b BUG, --bug=BUG
    Mark a Launchpad bug as being fixed by this upload.

-s USERNAME, --sponsor=USERNAME
    Sponsor the sync for USERNAME (a Launchpad username).

-v, --verbose
    Display more progress information.

-F, --fakesync
    Perform a fakesync, to work around a tarball mismatch between Debian and Ubuntu. This option ignores blacklisting, and performs a local sync. It implies --no-lp, and will leave a signed .changes file for you to upload.

-f, --force
    Force sync over the top of Ubuntu changes.

--no-conf
    Do not read any configuration files, or configuration from environment variables.

-l INSTANCE, --lpinstance=INSTANCE
    Launchpad instance to connect to (default: production).

--simulate
    Show what would be done, but don't actually do it.

LOCAL SYNC PREPARATION OPTIONS

Options that only apply when using --no-lp:

--no-lp
    Construct sync locally, rather than letting Launchpad copy the package directly. It will leave a signed .changes file for you to upload. See the WARNING above.

-n UPLOADER_NAME, --uploader-name=UPLOADER_NAME
    Use UPLOADER_NAME as the name of the maintainer for this upload instead of evaluating DEBFULLNAME and UBUMAIL. This option may only be used in --no-lp mode.

-e UPLOADER_EMAIL, --uploader-email=UPLOADER_EMAIL
    Use UPLOADER_EMAIL as the email address of the maintainer for this upload instead of evaluating DEBEMAIL and UBUMAIL. This option may only be used in --no-lp mode.

-k KEYID, --key=KEYID
    Specify the key ID to be used for signing.

--dont-sign
    Do not sign the upload.

-d DEBIAN_MIRROR, --debian-mirror=DEBIAN_MIRROR
    Use the specified mirror. Should be in the form http://ftp.debian.org/debian. If the package isn't found on this mirror, syncpackage will fall back to the default mirror.

-s UBUNTU_MIRROR, --debsec-mirror=UBUNTU_MIRROR
    Use the specified Debian security mirror. Should be in the form http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu. If the package isn't found on this mirror, syncpackage will fall back to the default mirror.

ENVIRONMENT

DEBFULLNAME, DEBEMAIL, UBUMAIL
    Used to determine the uploader (if not supplied as options). See ubuntu-dev-tools(5) for details.

All of the CONFIGURATION VARIABLES below are also supported as environment variables. Variables in the environment take precedence to those in configuration files.

CONFIGURATION VARIABLES
The following variables can be set in the environment or in ubuntu-dev-tools(5) configuration files. In each case, the script-specific variable takes precedence over the package-wide variable.

SYNCPACKAGE_DEBIAN_MIRROR, UBUNTUTOOLS_DEBIAN_MIRROR
    The default value for --debian-mirror.

SYNCPACKAGE_UBUNTU_MIRROR, UBUNTUTOOLS_DEBSEC_MIRROR
    The default value for --ubuntu-mirror.

SYNCPACKAGE_KEYID, UBUNTUTOOLS_KEYID
    The default value for --key.

SEE ALSO
requestsync(1), ubuntu-dev-tools(5)

AUTHOR
syncpackage was written by Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@canonical.com> and Benjamin Drung <bdrung@ubuntu.com>.

This manual page was written by Luca Falavigna <dktrkranz@ubuntu.com>

Both are released under GNU General Public License, version 3.