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NAME

       dupload.conf - configuration file for dupload

DESCRIPTION

       The configuration file is rather straight forward Perl code as it’s
       included by the dupload script via "do $config".  The config file is
       read as Perl code!

       Any dupload.conf must begin with "package config;" because "config" is
       the namespace expected by dupload.

       For examples of the configuration please refer to the global
       configuration file /etc/dupload.conf.

       It contains associative arrays, each indexed by the nickname (see --to
       option of dupload), for the following items:

       fqdn [required]
           The fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the nickname.

       method [optional]
           The transfer method. The available methods are: "ftp" (which is the
           default), "scp", "scpb" and "rsync" (over SSH).

           If you are using an upload queue, use FTP because it’s fast.  If
           you are using an authenticated host, always use scp or rsync via
           SSH, because FTP transmits the password in clear text.

           For scp and rsync to work properly, you have to setup the remote
           and local host to establish a ssh/slogin connection using
           .shosts/.rhosts or the files in ~/.ssh/. If you don’t want or can’t
           do that, you may find the scpb more convenient since it uploads in
           batch, reducing the number of password prompts.

           The only major caveat of the rsync and scpb options is that the
           files are processed in a batch mode, i.e. not separately, so in
           case of an error dupload won’t be able to detect which part of the
           transfer failed, and just delete the .upload file completely.

       login [optional]
           The account name used to log into the FTP server. The default is
           "anonymous", should work with firewall logins too.

       incoming [required]
           Incoming directory, the directory we try to upload to.

       queuedir [optional]
           The directory we move the uploaded files to (after successful
           upload to incoming. Usually necessary only with some special upload
           queues.

       mailto [optional]
           Email address where the announcement about stable packages is sent.

       mailtx [optional]
           Email address where the announcement about unstable and
           experimental packages is sent.

       cc [optional]
           Email address where to send a copy address of the announcement.

       fullname [optional]
           Your full name, one that should appear in the announcement;

           If you leave this setting empty, the default will depend on your
           mail system. Usually the full name will be copied from the GCOS
           field in /etc/passwd.

       visibleuser [optional]
           Your username that should appear in the announcement. Defaults to
           "getlogin()".

       visiblename [optional]
           The host/domain name that appears as the part to the right of the @
           character in the from-part of the announcement. Defaults to the
           value your local MTA likes.

       passive [optional]
           Set the passive mode for FTP transfers. Since dupload uses
           Net::FTP, you can also use the environment variable FTP_PASSIVE.

       dinstall_runs [optional]
           Tells dupload that the remote host runs dinstall (or equivalent) so
           that dupload won’t send a duplicate announcement mail.  The default
           is 0 (false), set it to 1 to enable it.

       nonus [optional]
           Tells dupload that the remote host is a valid destination for
           packages with non-US in their Section field, so that dupload
           doesn’t warn about it.  The default is 0 (false), set it to 1 to
           enable it.

       archive [optional]
           If set to 0 (false), adds a "X-No-Archive: yes" header in the
           announcement.  The default is 1 (true).

       The configuration files also contain the following global variables:

       default_host [optional]
           The default host to upload to. The default value of this variable
           is unset.

       no_parentheses_to_fullname [optional]
           Prevents dupload to add parentheses around the full name when
           making mail announcements. Default is 0 (false), set it to 1 to
           enable it.

HOOKS

       Hooks are a powerful way to add actions which will be run before or
       after a dupload (like the preinst and postinst script of dpkg).

       You have two sort of hooks: pre-upload and post-upload. Both are simple
       shell commands (executed by "sh -c" so you can use any shell tricks).
       Pre-uploads are always run (even in dry mode) and stop dupload if they
       fail (failure being mesured by the hook’s exit status). Post-uploads
       are only run when you are not in dry mode and only if the uploading
       succeeded.

       Both sorts of hooks are run for a given category: changes,
       sourcepackage, package, file or deb.

       changes
           This hook is run once per "changes" file (given as an argument to
           dupload) with the filename as its parameter.

       sourcepackage
           This hook is run once per "changes" file with the source package
           name and its version as its two parameters.

       package
           This hook is run once per binary package (a "deb" file) with the
           package name and its version as its two parameters.

       file
           This hook is run once per uploaded file, with the file name as its
           parameter.

       deb This hook is run once per binary package (a "deb" file) with the
           filename as its parameter.

   Syntax
       Hooks are defined in two Perl hashes, %preupload and %postupload, each
       indexed by category. In addition to the global hashes, each host entry
       has two fields with the same names, for the host-specific hooks.

       The shell command will be substituted first: %1 will be replace by the
       first argument, etc.

   Per-host or global hooks
       A hook can be global (for all the hosts) or it can be for a specific
       host.  If there is no specific hook, for a given category, the global
       one is used.

   Examples
       This one runs lintian before uploading. It is global and guarantee that
       you will always upload lintian-free packages (thanks to lintian return
       status).

            $preupload{'deb'} = 'lintian -v -i %1';

       This one just display the name and versions of successfully uploaded
       packages.

            $postupload{'package'} = 'echo PACKAGE %1 %2 uploaded';

       Unlike the two others, this one is specific to one host, master.

            $cfg{master}{preupload}{'changes'} = "echo Uploading %1";

LOCATION

       The configuration is searched as following:

               /etc/dupload.conf
               ~/.dupload.conf

       The latest entries override the former.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       Those of Net::FTP for the FTP method:

        FTP_FIREWALL
        FTP_PASSIVE

AUTHOR

       Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@lotte.sax.de>

       Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@debian.org>