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NAME
dput.cf - Debian package upload tool configuration file
DESCRIPTION
This manpage gives a brief overview of dput's configuration file and the available options in it. dput
is a tool to upload Debian packages to the archive.
FORMAT
dput.cf consists of different groups of configuration options, one for each host where you want to be
able to upload packages. Hosts are defined using an identifier header with a short name for the host,
enclosed in square brackets. For example, a section named foo.example.org is introduced with the header:
[foo.example.org]
Note that if multiple section names in the configuration match the specified hostname, only the last
matching section is considered. This is done to avoid confusion when overriding a global configuration
file with a user-specific one.
A special section name, DEFAULT, holds default parameters for all the hosts. The defaults can be
overridden by redefining them again in each host section.
The available parameters are listed below.
fqdn = DOMAIN[:PORT]
Connect to the remote host using the fully-qualified domain DOMAIN, connecting on port PORT. The
port is only relevant for HTTP or FTP protocols.
login = USERNAME
Authenticate to this host with the username USERNAME. If USERNAME is a single asterisk *, the scp
and rsync methods will not supply a login name when invoking the ssh, scp, and rsync commands.
incoming = PATH
Upload files to the filesystem path PATH on this host.
method = METHOD
Use the file transfer method METHOD for uploading files to this host. Currently, dput accepts the
following values for METHOD:
ftp The package will be uploaded via FTP, either anonymously or using a login and password.
Note that FTP is unencrypted so you should not use password authentication with this.
http
https The package will be uploaded via HTTP or HTTPS using the PUT method as specified in WebDAV.
The upload method will prompt for a password if necessary.
scp The package will be uploaded using SSH's scp. This transfers files using a secure SSH
tunnel, and needs authentication credentials on the remote machine.
sftp the package will be uploaded using ssh's sftp. This transfers files using a secure ssh
tunnel, and needs sftp access on the upload machine.
rsync The package will be uploaded using rsync over the SSH protocol. This is similar to scp,
but can save some bandwidth if the destination file already exists on the remote server. It
also needs authentication credentials for the remote machine as it uses SSH.
local The package will be "uploaded" locally using /usr/bin/install. This transfers files to a
local incoming directory, and needs appropriate permissions set on that directory.
hash = ALGORITHM
Use the hash algorithm ALGORITHM to compute the checksum of all files before the upload. If any
hash does not match the value specified in the CHANGESFILE, the upload does not happen.
Currently, dput accepts the following values for ALGORITHM:
md5 The MD5 algorithm.
sha The SHA-1 algorithm.
allow_unsigned_uploads = FLAG
If FLAG is true, dput may upload files without a GnuPG signature.
allow_dcut = FLAG
If FLAG is true, dcut may upload a queue commands file to remove or move files in the queue on
this host.
distributions = NAMES
If defined, NAMES is a comma-separated list of distributions that this host accepts. This is used
to guess the host to use when none is specified on the command line.
allowed_distributions = PATTERN
If defined, dput will refuse the upload if the distribution field does not match REGEX using
Python's re syntax.
delayed = DAYS
An integer giving the “days” parameter for delayed uploads to this host. If defined, dput will
upload to the queue named DELAYED/DAYS (i.e. uploads to this host will be delayed the specified
number of days). Defaults to the empty string, meaning no delay. This only works with hosts that
support delayed uploads.
run_lintian = FLAG
If FLAG is true, dput will run lintian(1) on the CHANGESFILE before uploading. If the package is
not Lintian clean, the upload will not happen.
run_dinstall = FLAG
If FLAG is true, dput will run dinstall -n after the package has been uploaded. This is an easy
way to test if your package would be installed into the archive or not.
check_version = FLAG
This option defines if dput should check if the user has installed the package in his system for
testing it before putting it into the archive. If the user has not installed and tested it, dput
will reject the upload.
passive_ftp = FLAG
This option defines if dput should use passive ftp or active ftp for uploading a package to one of
the upload queues. By default, dput uses passive ftp connections. If you need to use active ftp
connections, set passive_ftp to 0.
progress_indicator = STYLE
Display a progress indicator using style STYLE for uploads to this host. (Currently implemented
for ftp method only.)
Supported values for STYLE:
0 (default) No progress indicator.
1 Rotating progress indicator.
2 Kilobyte counter.
scp_compress = FLAG
If FLAG is true and the METHOD is scp, enable SSH compression for uploads to this host. This
parameter has been found to decrease upload time for slow links, and increase upload times for
faster links.
ssh_config_options = OPTIONS
Specify the command-line options (text) to pass to all automatic invocations of ssh and scp. The
OPTIONS should be SSH client configuration options, as documented in ssh_config(5). Note that you
can define multiline (dput) configuration options by indenting the second line with whitespace
(i.e. similar to RFC822 header continuations).
post_upload_command = COMMAND
If defined, dput will invoke the command COMMAND after a successful upload.
pre_upload_command = COMMAND
If defined, dput will invoke the command COMMAND before attempting an upload.
default_host_main = HOSTNAME
Specify to use the dput.cf section named HOSTNAME for packages that are allowed to be uploaded to
the main archive. This variable is used when guessing the host to upload to.
HOST ARGUMENT
If a user passes an argument to a host by appending the hostname with a colon, %(HOSTNAME)s will be
replaced with the specified argument. Otherwise, it will be replaced with an empty string.
FILES
/etc/dput.cf
Global configuration file.
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/dput/dput.cf (XDG standard)
$HOME/.dput.cf (legacy)
Per-user configuration file. If the file at the XDG standard path can be opened, the legacy path
is ignored.
SEE ALSO
dput(1)
‘dput’ package documentation.
Debian 2022-06-22 DPUT.CF(5)