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.