NAME

       ketchup - Utility to update the kernel source

SYNOPSIS

       ketchup [options] <ver>

DESCRIPTION

       This  tool synchronises a local kernel tree with a desired kernel version and patch set from a kernel.org
       mirror. The default requires a GPG key on your keyring, to verify the identity of the patches and  source
       archives.  Entire  kernel images are not downloaded unless necessary, so bandwidth is saved.  Patches are
       applied and removed as necessary to attain the requested version.

OPTIONS

       -a --archive (~/.ketchup)

              cache directory

       -d --directory (.)

              directory to update

       -f --full-tarball

              if unpacking a tarball, download the latest

       -g --gpg-path (/usr/bin/gpg)

              path for GnuPG

       -G --no-gpg

              disable GPG signature verification

       -k --kernel-url (http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel)

              base url for kernel.org mirror

       -l --list-trees

              list supported trees

       -m --show-makefile

              output version in makefile <arg>

       -n --dry-run

              don't download or apply patches

       -o --only-dl

              don't apply patches

       -p --show-previous

              output version previous to <arg>

       -q --quiet

              reduce output

       -r --rename-directory

              rename updated directory to linux-<v>

       -s --show-latest

              output the latest version of <arg>

       -u --show-url

              output URL for <arg>

       -w --wget (/usr/bin/wget)

              command to use for wget

CONFIGURATION

       Ketchup will read files named .ketchuprc in $HOME and in the target kernel  directory,  with  the  kernel
       directory taking precedence.

       A .ketchuprc file uses the Python syntax and may set the following variables:

       default_tree

              The  default_tree  option  specifies  the  kernel  version to work with if one is not given on the
              command line.

       precommand

              The precommand option specifies a command to run before  synchronising  the  kernel  tree  to  the
              required version.

       postcommand

              The  postcommand  option  specifies  a  command  to run after synchronising the kernel tree to the
              required version.

AUTHOR

       ketchup was written by Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>.

       This manual page was written by Baruch Even <baruch@debian.org>, for the Debian project (but may be  used
       by others). Description text taken from a former packaging attempt of Jack Wasey <debian@jackwasey.com>.

                                                February 16, 2010                                     KETCHUP(1)