ubuntu-dev-tools/README

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==  Ubuntu Development Tools  ==
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404main <package>
    ... will check if <package> and all it's build dependencies are 
    are in the "main" component or not.

check-symbols <package> [<directory>]
    ... will compare and give you a diff of the exported symbols of all .so 
    files in all binary packages of <package>. 
    <directory> is not mandatory and set to /var/cache/pbuilder/result by default.

dch-repeat [--help]
    ... will repeat a change log into an older release.

get-branches <directory> <team> [checkout|branch]
    ... will branch / checkout all the Bazaar branches in a Launchpad team. 

get-build-deps [<packages list or file containing a list of packages>]
	... will install the build dependencies for a package, if you are inside 
	it's source file. Alternatively, you can pass it the name of a file
	containing a list of packages, one on each line, or just pass them all
	as parameters, and it will get their build dependencies.

hugdaylist [-n <number>] <bug list url>
    ... will create a list of <number> bug list for a hug day listing

mk-sbuild-lv
    ... will create LVM snapshot chroots via schroot and sbuild. It assumes that 
    sbuild has not be installed and configured before.

pbuilder-dist [withlog] [create|update|build|clean|login|execute]
    ... is a wrapper to use pbuilder with many different distributions / versions.
    It has to be renamed to something like pbuilder-feisty, pbuilder-gutsy, etc.

ppaput [-n] <dput location> [<debuild options>]
    ... will build a source package using <debuild options>, upload it
    to <dput location> and follow up on specified bugs, make sure the
    sponsoring process is followed. Also it will file a new bug, if
    '-n' is used.

pull-debian-debdiff <package> <version>
    ... will attempt to find and download a specific version of a Debian package 
    and its immediate parent to generate a debdiff.

requestsync [-n|-s] <source package> <target release> [base version]
    ... will file a sync request for a package from Debian by sending a bug report to
    Launchpad.

suspicious-source
    ... will output a list of files which are not common source files. This should be
    run in the root of a source tree to find files which might not be the "prefered 
    form of modification" that the GPL and other licenses require.

update-maintainer
    ... will update the maintainer field of an Ubuntu package to match the 
    DebianMaintainerField specification.

what-patch
    ... will check what patching system is used by a package.
    You need to be in it's source directory in order that it works.