GERMINATE-UPDATE-METAPACKAGE(1) 			  Ubuntu General Commands Manual			   GERMINATE-UPDATE-METAPACKAGE(1)

NAME

     germinate-update-metapackage -- update a set of metapackages generated from seeds

SYNOPSIS

     germinate-update-metapackage [--bzr] [--output-directory dir] [dist]

DESCRIPTION

     germinate-update-metapackage assists with the construction and update of ``metapackages'' (packages consisting solely of a list of dependen-
     cies) from a list of seed packages.  It updates binary package stanzas in debian/control to reflect the current contents of the seeds, and
     updates debian/changelog with a description of the changes it made.

     germinate-update-metapackage requires a configuration file, called update.cfg, in the current directory.  The format is described below.

     If a non-option argument is given, it specifies the distribution for which metapackages should be generated (e.g. ``unstable'').

OPTIONS

     --nodch
	   Don't modify debian/changelog.

     --bzr
	   Check out seeds from the bzr branch defined in the configuration file rather than fetching them directly from the URL defined there.
	   Requires bzr to be installed.

     -o, --output-directory dir
	   Output the package lists in the specified directory.

CONFIGURATION FILE

     update.cfg uses Python's ConfigParser configuration file syntax, supporting interpolation as defined by SafeConfigParser.	It should have a
     DEFAULT section with a dist key indicating the default distribution, and a dist section (corresponding to that distribution).  It may also
     have a dist/bzr section which can override the seed_base and seed_dist values from the dist section if the --bzr option is given.	The fol-
     lowing keys are recognised in distribution sections:

     seeds (mandatory)
	   Pass these seeds to the germinator for processing.

     output_seeds (optional, deprecated)
	   Generate metapackages for these seeds.  If not specified, the value of seeds is used.  This option is usually no longer necessary now
	   that the value of seeds is automatically expanded for seed inheritance.

     architectures (mandatory)
	   Generate metapackages for these architectures.

     archive_base/default (optional)
	   Use this URL as the default base for fetching package indices from the archive; for examples of valid URLs, see deb lines in
	   /etc/apt/sources.list, or the MIRROR argument to debootstrap(8).

     archive_base/arch (optional)
	   Use this URL as the base for fetching package indices from the archive for the specified architecture.  For each architecture being
	   processed, at least one of archive_base/default and archive_base/arch must be present.  To try multiple URLs, separate them with commas
	   or spaces; the newest version of each package across all archives will win.	Note that debootstrap(8) will only use the first archive.

     seed_base (mandatory)
	   The base URL for fetching seeds.  To try multiple URLs (for example if a seed branch includes another branch stored at a different
	   location), separate them with commas or spaces.

     seed_dist (optional)
	   The tail of the URL for fetching seeds.  This will be appended to seed_base.  You will often want to interpolate the value of dist into
	   this value using ConfigParser's %(dist)s syntax.  If not specified, the value of dist is used.

     components (mandatory)
	   The archive components from which to fetch package indices.

     seed_map/seed (optional, deprecated)
	   The seeds to be used as input for the metapackage corresponding to seed.  If specified, this will typically be the list of seeds from
	   which seed inherits, plus seed itself.  This option is usually no longer necessary; use a Task-Seeds header in the seed file instead.

     metapackage_map/seed (optional, deprecated)
	   The metapackage name to output for seed.  If not specified, germinate-update-metapackage will look for the name of the source package
	   in which it is being run, remove "meta" from the end, and append the seed name.  This option is usually no longer necessary; use a
	   Task-Metapackage header in the seed file instead.

EXAMPLE

     At the time of writing, the following configuration file is used to generate the kubuntu-meta source package in the Ubuntu archive:

	   [DEFAULT]
	   dist: precise

	   [precise]
	   seeds: desktop full
	   architectures: i386 amd64 powerpc armel
	   seed_base: http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/seeds/
	   seed_dist: kubuntu.%(dist)s
	   archive_base/default: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
	   archive_base/ports: http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/
	   archive_base/powerpc: %(archive_base/ports)s
	   archive_base/armel: %(archive_base/ports)s
	   components: main restricted

	   [precise/bzr]
	   seed_base: bzr+ssh://bazaar.launchpad.net/~kubuntu-dev/ubuntu-seeds/ bzr+ssh://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu-seeds/
	   seed_dist: kubuntu.%(dist)s

AUTHORS

     Gustavo Franco <stratus@debian.org>
     Colin Watson <cjwatson@canonical.com>

     germinate-update-metapackage is copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Canonical Ltd. and copyright (C) 2006 Gustavo Franco.  See the GNU
     General Public License version 2 or later for copying conditions.	A copy of the GNU General Public License is available in
     /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

Ubuntu								   Jul 18, 2007 							    Ubuntu