CVS-DEBC(1)

💖 CVS-DEBRELEASE — cvs-debc, section 1, general commands manual 💖

okay bestie, this is cvs-debrelease from the General Commands Manual, section 1. it lives in the Debian Utilities corner of the world. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

cvs-debrelease — upload a cvs-buildpackage/cvs-debuild generated package 🚀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

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# 🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so the way this works: you run `cvs-debrelease` from inside the <cyan>CVS working directory</cyan>, right after you've done `cvs-buildpackage` or `cvs-debuild`. it uses the `cvs-buildpackage` system to go find the `.changes` file that got generated in that run ✨. then it uploads the package using `debrelease(1)`, which in turn calls either `dupload` or `dput`. it's giving relay race, honestly 🏃♀️

> lowkey important: you **must** specify the `--dopts` option to distinguish the `cvs-debrelease` options from the `dupload` or `dput` options. fr fr, don't skip this one 🙈

also, the devscripts configuration files will be read, as described in the `debrelease(1)` manpage 👑

and heads up — <yellow>unlike `cvs-buildpackage`, the only way to specify the source package name is with the `-P` option</yellow>. you cannot simply have it as the last command-line parameter. that shortcut does not exist here, bestie, sorry 😭

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# 💅 OPTIONS 💅

all current `cvs-buildpackage` options are <mint>silently accepted</mint>; however, only the ones listed below have any effect. for more details on all of them, see the `cvs-buildpackage(1)` manpage. all `debrelease` options (as listed below) are also accepted 🎀

- **`--dupload`, `--dput`** — this specifies which uploader program to use; the default is `dupload`. so if you don't say anything, it's `dupload` energy 💅

- **`-adebian-architecture`, `-tGNU-system-type`** — see `dpkg-architecture(1)` for a description of these options. they affect the search for the `.changes` file 🔍. they're provided to mimic the behaviour of `dpkg-buildpackage` when determining the name of the `.changes` file. iconic mimicry, no cap 👑

- **`-Mmodule`** — the name of the CVS module 📦

- **`-Ppackage`** — the name of the package 🌈

- **`-Vversion`** — the version number of the package ⭐

- **`-Ttag`** — the CVS tag to use for exporting sources 🏷️

- **`-Rroot directory`** — root of the original sources archive 🗂️

- **`-Wwork directory`** — the full path name for the `cvs-buildpackage` working directory 📁

- **`-xprefix`** — this option provides the CVS default module prefix 🎀

- **`--no-conf`, `--noconf`** — do **not** read any configuration files. this can only be used as the <hotpink>first option</hotpink> given on the command-line ⚠️ like, it has to go first or it doesn't count

- **`--help`, `--version`** — show help message and version information respectively 💜

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# 🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

`cvs-buildpackage(1)`, `cvs-debuild(1)`, `debrelease(1)`

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# 👑 AUTHOR 👑

`cvs-buildpackage` was written by <purple>Manoj Srivastava</purple>, and the current version of `debrelease` was written by <purple>Julian Gilbey</purple> `<jdg@debian.org>`. they have been combined into this program by <purple>Julian Gilbey</purple>. absolute legends, we love a collab 🫶✨

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okay and for the lil sign-off moment: this whole page is filed under <rainbow>DEBIAN — Debian Utilities — CVS-DEBC(1)</rainbow>, that's the footer vibe, and it's the section 1 manual for `cvs-debrelease` 💖 go upload something cute bestie, and remember your `--dopts` 😭💅