NMUDIFF(1)                                                    General Commands Manual                                                   NMUDIFF(1)

NAME

       nmudiff - email an NMU diff to the Debian BTS

SYNOPSIS

       nmudiff [options]

DESCRIPTION

       nmudiff  should be run in the source tree of the package being NMUed, after the NMU is built. It assumes that the source packages (specifi-
       cally, the .dsc and any corresponding tar and diff files) for both the previous version of the package and the newly built NMU version  are
       in  the parent directory. It then uses debdiff to generate a diff between the previous version and the current NMU, and either runs mutt or
       an editor (using sensible-editor) so that the mail message (including the diff) can be examined and modified; once you exit the editor  the
       diff will be mailed to the Debian BTS.

       The  default  behaviour is that if exactly one bug is closed by this NMU, then that bug will be mailed, otherwise a new bug will be submit-
       ted.  This behaviour may be changed by command line options and configuration file options.

OPTIONS

       --new  Instead of mailing the bug reports which are to be closed by this NMU, a new bug report is submitted directly to the BTS.

       --old  Send the bug report to all of the bugs which are being closed by this NMU, rather than opening a new bug report.  This option has no
              effect if no bugs are being closed by this NMU.

       --mutt Use  mutt(1)  for editing and sending the message to the BTS (default behaviour).  This can be controlled using a configuration file
              option (see below).

       --no-mutt
              Use sensible-editor(1) to edit the message and then mail it directly using /usr/bin/sendmail.  This can be controlled using  a  con-
              figuration file option (see below).

       --sendmail SENDMAILCMD
              Specify  the  sendmail  command.   The  command  will  be  split  on  white  space and will be interpreted by the shell.  Default is
              /usr/sbin/sendmail.  The -t option will be automatically added if the command is /usr/sbin/sendmail or /usr/sbin/exim*.   For  other
              mailers,  if  they  require  a -t option, this must be included in the SENDMAILCMD, for example: --sendmail="/usr/sbin/mymailer -t".
              This can also be set using the devscripts configuration files; see below.

       --from EMAIL
              If using the sendmail (--no-mutt) option, then the email to the BTS will be sent using the name and address in the environment vari-
              ables  DEBEMAIL  and DEBFULLNAME.  If these are not set, then the variables EMAIL and NAME will be used instead.  These can be over-
              ridden using the --from option.  The program will not work in this case if an email address cannot be determined.

       --delay DELAY
              Indicate in the generated mail that the NMU has been uploaded to the DELAYED queue, with a delay of DELAY days.  The  default  value
              is  XX  which  adds a placeholder to the e-mail.  A value of 0 indicates that the upload has not been delayed.  This can also be set
              using the devscripts configuration files; see below.

       --no-delay, --nodelay
              Equivalent to --delay 0.

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

       --help 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:

       NMUDIFF_DELAY
              If this is set to a number, e-mails generated by nmudiff will by default mention an upload to the DELAYED  queue,  delayed  for  the
              specified number of days.  The value 0 indicates that the DELAYED queue has not been used.

       NMUDIFF_MUTT
              Can be yes (default) or no, and specifies whether to use mutt to compose and send the message or not, as described above.

       NMUDIFF_NEWREPORT
              This  option  controls  whether  a new bug report is made, or whether the diff is sent to the bugs closed by this NMU.  Can be maybe
              (default), which sends to the existing bug reports if exactly one bug is being closed; yes, which always creates a  new  report,  or
              no,  which  always  sends  to  the  reports of the bugs being closed (unless no bugs are being closed, in which case a new report is
              always made).

       BTS_SENDMAIL_COMMAND
              If this is set, specifies a sendmail command to use instead of /usr/sbin/sendmail.  Same as the --sendmail command line option.

SEE ALSO

       debdiff(1), sensible-editor(1) and devscripts.conf(5).

AUTHOR

       nmudiff was written and is copyright 2006 by Steinar H. Gunderson and modified by Julian Gilbey  <jdg@debian.org>.   The  software  may  be
       freely redistributed under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License, version 2.

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