import-bug-from-debian(1)

📦 version 0.215, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 import-bug-from-debian — the manual page, bestie edition 💖

okay so you found the import-bug-from-debian page and you're like "what is this" — don't worry, I got you. This is part of the ubuntu-dev-tools situation, and it's literally a little helper that steals bugs from Debian and re-homes them in Ubuntu. Iconic behaviour, honestly.

✨ NAME ✨

import-bug-from-debian — the tool that pulls bugs over from Debian's BTS and files them against Ubuntu in LP (that's Launchpad, keep up 🫶).

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

import-bug-from-debian [options] bug...
import-bug-from-debian -h

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So basically import-bug-from-debian clones bugs from Debian's BTS straight into Launchpad. The way that works is: every bug you list on the command line gets its initial report re-filed against the same source package in Ubuntu. And because we're not messy, the new Ubuntu bug gets linked back to its Debian counterpart. bestie behaviour fr fr 💅

Each bug can be handed to it either as a bug number or as a URL. Either one, no stress.

👑 OPTIONS 👑

  • -b, --browserless — don't open the bug in a browser at the end. no pop-ups, no chaos, just vibes 🦋
  • -h, --help — shows you a help message and then exits. classic.
  • -l INSTANCE, --lpinstance=INSTANCE — use the instance of Launchpad you specify (like "staging"), instead of the default of "production". for when you wanna test on the side account, iykyk 🙈
  • -p PACKAGE, --package=PACKAGE — the Launchpad package to file the bug against, if it's not the same source package name as Debian. Super useful for importing removal bugs filed against ftp.debian.org.
  • --no-conf — do not read any configuration files, or configuration from environment variables. it's giving "I need no outside influence" 💀

🌈 ENVIRONMENT 🌈

All of the CONFIGURATION VARIABLES down below are also supported as environment variables. And heads up: variables in the environment take precedence over those in configuration files. environment wins, periodt.

💜 CONFIGURATION VARIABLES 💜

These can be set in the environment or in the ubuntu-dev-tools(5) configuration files. And in each case, the script-specific variable takes precedence over the package-wide variable. hierarchy is real, bestie.

  • IMPORT_BUG_FROM_DEBIAN_LPINSTANCE, UBUNTUTOOLS_LPINSTANCE — the default value for --lpinstance. yes, that's the one. 🎯

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

🫶 AUTHORS 🫶

import-bug-from-debian was written by James Westby <james.westby@ubuntu.com>, and this manual page was written by Stefano Rivera <stefanor@ubuntu.com>. two icons, one man page 💖

Both are released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2.

k that's the whole page bestie, you're fully caught up 💅✨ — this was ubuntu-dev-tools, dated September 21 2010, mwah 🎀

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