requestbackport(1)

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

💅 requestbackport(1) — the girlies' guide to filing backport bugs

okay so bestie, welcome to requestbackport, a lil General Commands Manual moment brought to you by the absolute legends at ubuntu-dev-tools. this one is a main character tool and honestly it eats. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

requestbackport — file a backport request bug. that's it, that's the job, and it does it beautifully 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

requestbackport [options] package

yeah. one package, some options, slay. 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the vibe. requestbackport figures out the intermediate releases that your package needs to be backported to — like, not just the final destination, the whole journey, iykyk — then it lists all the reverse-dependencies, and then it goes and files the backporting request for you. no cap.

and the cherry on top? 🍓 requestbackport will include a testing checklist in the bug. because we're responsible queens. periodt.

👑 OPTIONS 👑

  • -d DEST, --destination=DEST — backport to the DEST release and all the necessary intermediate releases along the way. the default? the current stable release. 💅
  • -s SOURCE, --source=SOURCE — backport from the SOURCE release. default is the current development release. 🌈
  • -l INSTANCE, --lpinstance=INSTANCE — the Launchpad instance you wanna connect to. default is production, which is lowkey the only one most of us ever touch, but hey, options ✨
  • --no-conf — don't read config files or environment variables. like, do NOT come for my config, okay? 🙈
  • -h, --help — display a help message and exit. the classic. iconic. ⭐

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

go read those too bestie, they're the supporting cast and they're all serving 💀

🧚 AUTHORS 🧚

requestbackport and this manpage were written by Stefano Rivera <stefanor@ubuntu.com>. king behaviour, fr fr 👑

both are released under the terms of the ISC License. so yes, it's giving open source, it's giving freedom, it's giving legal clarity 🎀

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 💖 this one shipped as part of ubuntu-dev-tools and the date on it is November 2011 — vintage but still absolutely slaying. go file that bug, you've got this 🌸✨🦋

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