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NAME

       uupdate - upgrade a source code package from an upstream revision

SYNOPSIS

       uupdate [options] new_upstream_archive [version]
       uupdate [options] --find|-f
       uupdate [options] --patch|-p patch_file

DESCRIPTION

       uupdate  modifies  an  existing  Debian  source code archive to reflect an upstream update
       supplied as a patch or from a wholly new source code archive.  The  utility  needs  to  be
       invoked from the top directory of the old source code directory, and if a relative name is
       given for the new archive or patch file, it will be  looked  for  first  relative  to  the
       execution  directory and then relative to the parent of the source tree.  (For example, if
       the changelog file is /usr/local/src/foo/foo-1.1/debian/changelog,  then  the  archive  or
       patch  file  will be looked for relative to /usr/local/src/foo.)  Note that the patch file
       or archive cannot be within the source tree itself.  The full details  of  what  the  code
       does are given below.

       Currently  supported  source  code  file  types are .tar.gz, .tar.bz2, .tar.Z, .tgz, .tar,
       .tar.lzma, .tar.xz, .7z and .zip archives.  Also supported  are  already  unpacked  source
       code  archives;  simply  give the path of the source code directory.  Supported patch file
       types  are   gzip-compressed,   bzip2-compressed,   lzma-compressed,   xz-compressed   and
       uncompressed  patch  files.  The file types are identified by the file names, so they must
       use the standard suffixes.

       Usually uupdate will be able to deduce the version number from the source archive name (as
       long  as  it  only  contains  digits and periods).  If that fails, you need to specify the
       version number explicitly  (without  the  Debian  release  number  which  will  always  be
       initially  “1”,  or  “0ubuntu1”  on  Ubuntu-detected  systems).   This can be done with an
       initial --upstream-version or -v option, or in the case of  an  archive,  with  a  version
       number  after  the  filename.  (The reason for the latter is so that uupdate can be called
       directly from uscan.)

       Since uupdate uses debuild to clean the current archive before trying  to  apply  a  patch
       file, it accepts a --rootcmd or -r option allowing the user to specify a gain-root command
       to be used.  The default is to use fakeroot.

       If an archive is being built, the pristine upstream source should be used  to  create  the
       .orig.tar.gz  file  wherever  possible.  This means that MD5 sums or other similar methods
       can be used to easily compare the  upstream  source  to  Debian's  copy  of  the  upstream
       version.   This  is the default behaviour, and can be switched off using the --no-pristine
       option below.

OPTIONS

       This is a summary of what was explained above.

       --no-conf, --noconf
              Do not read any configuration files.  This can only be used  as  the  first  option
              given on the command-line.

       --upstream-version version, -v version
              Specify the version number of the upstream package explicitly.

       --force-bad-version, -b
              Force a version number to be less than the current one (e.g., when backporting).

       --rootcmd gain-root-command, -r gain-root-command
              Specify  the  command  to be used to become root to build the package and is passed
              onto debuild(1) if it is specified.

       --pristine, -u
              Treat  the  source  as  pristine  upstream  source   and   symlink   to   it   from
              <package>_<version>.orig.tar.gz  whenever possible.  This option has no meaning for
              patches.  This is the default behaviour.

       --no-pristine
              Do not attempt to make a <package>_<version>.orig.tar.gz symlink.

       --symlink, -s
              Simply create a symlink when moving a new  upstream  .tar.gz  archive  to  the  new
              <package>_<version>.orig.tar.gz location.  This is the default behaviour.

       --no-symlink
              Copy  the  upstream  .tar.gz  to  the  new location instead of making a symlink, if
              <package>_<version>.orig.tar.gz is missing.  Otherwise, do nothing.

       --find, -f
              Find      all      upstream      tarballs      in       ../       which       match
              <pkg>_<version>.orig.tar.{gz|bz2|lzma|xz}                                        or
              <pkg>_<version>.orig-<component>.tar.{gz|bz2|lzma|xz}     ;      --upstream-version
              required;  pristine  source  required;  not  valid  for  --patch;  This option uses
              dpkg-source as the backend to enable support for the multiple upstream tarballs and
              to  resolve  minor  bugs  reported  previously.   The  use of this option is highly
              recommended.

       --verbose
              Give verbose output.

       --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:

       UUPDATE_PRISTINE
              If  this  is  set  to  no,  then  it  is the same as the --no-pristine command line
              parameter being used.

       UUPDATE_SYMLINK_ORIG
              If this is set to no, then  it  is  the  same  as  the  --no-symlink  command  line
              parameter being used.

       UUPDATE_ROOTCMD
              This is equivalent to the --rootcmd option.

ACTIONS TAKEN ON AN ARCHIVE

       Figure out new version number
              Unless  an  explicit version number is provided, the archive name is analyzed for a
              sequence of digits separated by dots.  If something like that is found, it is taken
              to be the new upstream version number.  If not, processing is aborted.

       Create the .orig.tar.gz archive
              If  the  --pristine or -u option is specified and the upstream archive is a .tar.gz
              or    .tgz    archive,    then    this    will    be     copied     directly     to
              <package>_<version>.orig.tar.gz.

       Unpacking
              The  archive  is unpacked and placed in a directory with the correct name according
              to Debian policy: package-upstream_version.orig.  Processing  is  aborted  if  this
              directory already exists.

       Patching
              The  .diffs.gz  from  the current version are applied to the unpackaged archive.  A
              non-zero exit status and warning message will occur if the patches  did  not  apply
              cleanly  or if no patch file was found.  Also, the list of rejected patches will be
              shown.  The file debian/rules is made executable and all of the .orig files created
              by patch are deleted.

       Changelog update
              A  changelog  entry  with  the  new  version number is generated with the text “New
              upstream release”.

              When used on Ubuntu systems, dpkg-vendor  detection  is  used  to  set  the  Debian
              revision to “0ubuntu1”.  You may change debian/changelog manually afterwards.

ACTIONS TAKEN ON A PATCH FILE

       Figure out new version number
              Unless  an explicit version number is provided, the patch file name is analyzed for
              a sequence of digits separated by dots.  If something like that  is  found,  it  is
              taken to be the new upstream version number.  If not, processing is aborted.

       Clean the current source tree
              The  command  debuild clean is executed within the current Debian source archive to
              clean it.  If a -r option is given to uupdate, it is passed on to debuild.

       Patching
              The current source archive (.orig.tar.gz) is unpacked and the patch applied to  the
              original  sources.   If  this is successful, then the .orig directory is renamed to
              reflect the new version number and the current Debian source directory is copied to
              a  directory  with  the  new  version number, otherwise processing is aborted.  The
              patch is then applied to the new copy of the Debian  source  directory.   The  file
              debian/rules  is  made  executable  and all of the .orig files created by patch are
              deleted.  If there was a problem with the patching, a warning  is  issued  and  the
              program will eventually exit with non-zero exit status.

       Changelog update
              A  changelog  entry  with  the  new  version number is generated with the text “New
              upstream release”.

              When used on Ubuntu systems, dpkg-vendor  detection  is  used  to  set  the  Debian
              revision to “0ubuntu1”.  You may change debian/changelog manually afterwards.

SEE ALSO

       debuild(1), fakeroot(1), patch(1), devscripts.conf(5)

       The Debian Policy Manual

AUTHOR

       The  original  version  of uupdate was written by Christoph Lameter <clameter@debian.org>.
       Several changes and improvements have been made by Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org>.