PULL-DEBIAN-DEBDIFF(1)

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

💅 PULL-DEBIAN-DEBDIFF 💅

okay bestie, so like — this is the manual page for pull-debian-debdiff, from the General Commands Manual section (section 1, the commands one, iykyk). She's a lil script, she's lowkey iconic, and she's about to make your Debian packaging life so much easier. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

pull-debian-debdiff — find, download, and generate a debdiff

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

pull-debian-debdiff [options] <package> <version> [distance]

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So pull-debian-debdiff is literally the bestie who does the boring stuff for you. She attempts to find and download a specific version of a Debian package plus its immediate parent version — and then she generates a debdiff out of the two. that's the whole vibe. no cap. 🎀

💖 OPTIONS 💖

  • package — the source package you wanna download and diff. the main character of the operation ✨
  • version — the most recent of the two versions you want to diff. she's the newer one, she's serving.
  • distance — if you actually specify this (default is 1), the debdiff is generated against that many versions previous. so like, how far back in the timeline do we go 💀
  • -h, --help — shows you the usage instructions and dips out. exit stage left 🚪✨
  • -f, --fetch — just downloads the specified version and exits. that's it, that's the whole job. no diffing, no nothing. lowkey the laziest (and most useful) flag 🫶
  • -d DEBIAN_MIRROR, --debian-mirror=DEBIAN_MIRROR — use the mirror you specify. it should be in the form http://ftp.debian.org/debian. and if the package isn't found on this mirror? pull-debian-source will fall back to the default mirror. she's got a backup plan, periodt 💅
  • -s DEBSEC_MIRROR, --debsec-mirror=DEBSEC_MIRROR — same energy but for the Debian security mirror. should be in the form http://security.debian.org. and yeah, if the package isn't found on this mirror, pull-debian-source falls back to the default mirror again. resilient queen 🌈
  • --no-conf — do not read any configuration files, or any configuration from environment variables. a clean slate, no influences, she's going off vibes alone 🙈

🌈 ENVIRONMENT 🌈

All of the CONFIGURATION VARIABLES below (yes, all of them, go look) are also supported as environment variables. and here's the thing — variables in the environment take precedence over the ones in configuration files. env wins, always, no debate 👑

👑 CONFIGURATION VARIABLES 👑

The following variables can be set in the environment or in ubuntu-dev-tools(5) configuration files. and in every single case: the script-specific variable takes precedence over the package-wide variable. hierarchy, bestie, we love to see it.

  • PULL_DEBIAN_DEBDIFF_DEBIAN_MIRROR, UBUNTUTOOLS_DEBIAN_MIRROR — the default value for --debian-mirror.
  • PULL_DEBIAN_DEBDIFF_DEBSEC_MIRROR, UBUNTUTOOLS_DEBSEC_MIRROR — the default value for --debsec-mirror.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

debdiff(1), dget(1), pull-debian-source(1), ubuntu-dev-tools(5)

🎀 AUTHORS 🎀

pull-debian-debdiff was written by Stefano Rivera <stefanor@ubuntu.com> — and she's a clone of a tool by Kees Cook <kees@ubuntu.com>. the lineage is immaculate, honestly 🧚

This manual page was written by Stefano Rivera, based on the original by Andrew Starr-Bochicchio <a.starr.b@gmail.com>.

okay that's the whole page bestie, go forth and diff responsibly 💜

ubuntu-dev-tools · December 2010 · PULL-DEBIAN-DEBDIFF(1) — mwah, slay, bye ✨💅

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