NAME

       debian-distro-info - provides information about Debian's distributions

SYNOPSIS

       debian-distro-info [OPTIONS]

OPTIONS

       --date=DATE
              date for calculating the version (default: today)

       -h, --help
              display help message and exit

       --alias=DIST
              print the alias (oldstable, stable, testing, unstable) relative to the distribution
              codename passed as an argument.  Only distribution codenames composed of lower case
              ASCII  letters are accepted, and if the distribution does not qualify as oldstable,
              stable, testing, or  unstable,  then  the  same  codename  passed  as  argument  is
              returned.

       -a, --all
              list all known versions

       -y[MILESTONE], --days[=MILESTONE]
              display  number  of  days  until specified version reaches the specified milestone.
              MILESTONE may be one of created, release, or eol.  If no  milestone  is  specified,
              assume release.  For options that return a list, display the normal output followed
              by whitespace and the number of days until the specified milestone.   If  milestone
              cannot be calculated, the string '(unknown)' is displayed.  Unless one of -c, -f or
              -r is specified, only the number of days will be displayed.

       -d, --devel
              latest development version

       -o, --old
              latest old (stable) version

       --series=SERIES
              series to calculate the version for

       -s, --stable
              latest stable version

       --supported
              list of all supported versions, including development releases

       -t, --testing
              latest testing version

       --unsupported
              list of all unsupported stable versions

       -c, --codename
              print the codename (default)

       -r, --release
              print the release version

       -f, --fullname
              print the full name

SEE ALSO

       distro-info(1), ubuntu-distro-info(1)

AUTHOR

       The script and this manual page was written by Benjamin Drung <bdrung@debian.org>.