requestbackport - File a backport request bug

requestbackport and this manpage were written by Stefano Rivera <stefanor@ubuntu.com>.

       Both are released under the terms of the ISC License.

ubuntu-dev-tools                                  November 2011                               requestbackport(1)

       Determine   the   intermediate   releases   that   package   needs   to   be   backported  to,  list  all
       reverse-dependencies, and file the backporting request.  requestbackport will include a testing checklist
       in the bug.

       requestbackport - File a backport request bug

-dDEST, --destination=DEST
              Backport to DEST release and necessary intermediate releases. Default: current stable release.

       -sSOURCE, --source=SOURCE
              Backport from SOURCE release.  Default: current development release.

       -lINSTANCE, --lpinstance=INSTANCE
              Launchpad instance to connect to.  Default: production.

       --no-conf
              Don't read config files or environment variables

       -h, --help
              Display a help message and exit.

backportpackage(1), reverse-depends(1), https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBackports.

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