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PULL-DEBIAN-DEBDIFF(1) General Commands Manual PULL-DEBIAN-DEBDIFF(1)

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

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

pull-debian-debdiff attempts to find and download a specific version of a Debian package and its immediate parent to generate a debdiff.

The source package to download and diff.
The most recent of the two versions you want to diff.
If specified (default 1), the debdiff is against that many versions previous.
Display the usage instructions and exit.
Simply download the specified version and exit.
Use the specified mirror. Should be in the form http://ftp.debian.org/debian. If the package isn't found on this mirror, pull-debian-source will fall back to the default mirror.
Use the specified Debian security mirror. Should be in the form http://security.debian.org. If the package isn't found on this mirror, pull-debian-source will fall back to the default mirror.
Do not read any configuration files, or configuration from environment variables.

All of the CONFIGURATION VARIABLES below are also supported as environment variables. Variables in the environment take precedence to those in configuration files.

The following variables can be set in the environment or in ubuntu-dev-tools(5) configuration files. In each case, the script-specific variable takes precedence over the package-wide variable.

The default value for --debian-mirror.
The default value for --debsec-mirror.

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

pull-debian-debdiff was written by Stefano Rivera <stefanor@ubuntu.com>, a clone of a tool by Kees Cook <kees@ubuntu.com>.

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

December 2010 ubuntu-dev-tools