ubuntu-dev-tools/doc/massfile.1

.TH MASSFILE "1" "June 2010" "ubuntu-dev-tools"
.SH NAME
\fBmassfile\fR \- script for massfiling bugs against Ubuntu packages

.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBmassfile\fR <path to instructions file> <path to list file>

.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBmassfile\fR is a script for massfiling bugs against Ubuntu packages in Launchpad. It requires an instructions file describing the contents of the bug report and a list file which lists the packages which the bug will be filed against.

Templates for both files can be found in /usr/share/doc/ubuntu-dev-tools/examples.

.SH EXAMPLES
\fBmassfile.instructions\fR - file designating the contents of the bug report

 subject: [UNMETDEPS] $pack has unmet dependencies
 assignee:
 status: confirmed
 subscribers: motu
 tags: unmetdeps
 buglist-url: http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.tag=unmetdeps
 text:
  A run of
  .
   LC_ALL=C apt-cache \-i unmet | grep ^Package | cut \-d' ' \-f2 | grep
   \-v dbgsym | sort \-u | xargs apt-cache showsrc | grep ^Directory |
   sed 's/Package\:\ //g' | grep verse | cut \-d'/' \-f4
  indicates that the source package $pack has binary packages that are
  not installable (on AMD64) at the moment.
  .
  Please have a look and make sure it's installable again.

\fBmassfile.list\fR - file designating the packages affected

Each package should be listed on a new line as follows:

 z88dk
 zope-quotafolder

.SH AUTHORS
\fBmassfile\fR was written by Iain Lane <iain@orangesquash.org.uk>, Daniel Hahler <ubuntu@thequod.de>. and Markus Korn <thekorn@gmx.de>.

This manual page was written by Andrew Starr-Bochicchio <a.starr.b@gmail.com>.
.PP
Both are released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 3.