r55885 - /scripts/forward-patch

[ansgar-guest at users.alioth.debian.org]

Author: ansgar-guest
Date: Sat Apr 10 14:46:58 2010
New Revision: 55885

URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/?sc=1&rev=55885
Log:
run in any directory, X-Upstream-BTS in d/control

Modified:
    scripts/forward-patch

Modified: scripts/forward-patch
URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/scripts/forward-patch?rev=55885&op=diff
==============================================================================
--- scripts/forward-patch (original)
+++ scripts/forward-patch Sat Apr 10 14:46:58 2010
@@ -18,18 +18,22 @@
 
 =item B<forward-patch>
 
-B<forward-patch> forwards a F<patchfile> to CPAN's Requesttracker. It is run
-at the top of a Debian source package and looks for F<patchfile> in
-F<./debian/patches/>. The name of the CPAN distribution is searched for in
-F<./debian/control> (Homepage), F<./debian/copyright> (Source), and
-F<./debian/watch> -- basically everything where a URL with
+B<forward-patch> forwards a F<patchfile> to CPAN's Requesttracker or another
+bug tracking system as indicated by the I<X-Upstream-BTS> field in
+F<debian/control>.
+
+B<forward-patch> expects the Debian packaging information in the parent
+directory of F<patchfile>.  The name of the CPAN distribution is
+searched for in F<debian/control> (Homepage), F<debian/copyright> (Source),
+and F<debian/watch> -- basically everything where a URL with
 (search.)cpan.org and a dist name might occur.
 
 =item B<forward-bug>
 
 When invoked as B<forward-bug> the program does basically the same, except
 that it doesn't forward a local F<patchfile> but grabs a B<bug report> from
-the Debian BTS and forwards it to CPAN's RT.
+the Debian BTS and forwards it to CPAN's RT.  A specific message can be
+forwarded by B<bug-number>#B<message-number>.
 
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