.TH BACKPORTPACKAGE "1" "December 2010" "ubuntu-dev-tools"
.SH NAME
backportpackage \- helper to test package backports
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B backportpackage
\fI<package name> <source release> <dest release> <upload target>\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fIbackportpackage\fR fetches a package from one Ubuntu release and
creates a no-change backport of that package to a previous release,
uploading the resulting backport for testing.
.PP
\fIbackportpackage\fR is only recommended for testing backports in a
PPA, not uploading backports to the Ubuntu archive.
.SH AUTHOR
\fIbackportpackage\fR and this manpage were written by Evan Broder
<evan@ebroder.net>
.PP
Both are released under GNU General Public License, version 2.