1 Explanation of configuration files options for katie
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7 Essential. List of database details, e.g.
16 If the database is local, Host should be blank. If the port is the
17 default (5432), it should be set to -1.
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24 Mandatory. List of directory locations, e.g.
28 | RootDir "/org/ftp.debian.org/ftp/";
29 | PoolDir "/org/ftp.debian.org/ftp/pool/";
30 | TemplatesDir "/org/ftp.debian.org/katie/templates/";
32 | IncomingDir "/org/ftp.debian.org/incoming/";
33 | OverrideDir "/org/ftp.debian.org/scripts/override/";
34 | ListsDir "/org/ftp.debian.org/database/dists/";
35 | LogDir "/org/ftp.debian.org/log/";
36 | Morgue "/org/ftp.debian.org/morgue/";
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44 Mandatory. List of all suites, e.g.
60 | Announce "debian-devel-changes@lists.debian.org";
62 | Description "Debian Unstable - Not Released";
64 | OverrideCodeName "sid";
69 Announce controls where "Installed foo" mails are sent; leave empty to
70 not send any. CodeName, Origin and Description are used by ziyi and
71 put in the Release files. OverrideCodeName is used by Denise.
72 Priority determines which suite is used for the Maintainers file as
73 generated by charisma/da_mkmaintainers (highest wins).
75 If CopyChanges is present it should be a path into the archive
76 (i.e. "Dir::RootDir"); any upload targeted for a suite with this
77 config option present will have the .changes file copied into that
80 If CopyKatie is present it should be an absolute path; any upload
81 targeted for a suite with this config option present will have the
82 .katie file copied into that path. This option is similar to
83 CopyChanges and will most often be used with it; they're seperate
84 because .changes files are mirrored and .katie files aren't, so the
85 paths will usually be different.
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92 Mandatory. List of dinstall options, e.g.:
96 | PGPKeyring "/org/keyring.debian.org/keyrings/debian-keyring.pgp";
97 | GPGKeyring "/org/keyring.debian.org/keyrings/debian-keyring.gpg";
98 | SigningKeyring "/org/ftp.debian.org/s3kr1t/dot-gnupg/secring.gpg";
99 | MyEmailAddress "Debian Installer <installer@ftp-master.debian.org>";
100 | MyAdminAddress "ftpmaster@debian.org";
101 | MyHost "debian.org"; // used for generating user@my_host addresses in e.g. manual_reject()
102 | MyDistribution "Debian";
103 | BugServer "bugs.debian.org";
104 | PackagesServer "packages.debian.org";
105 | TrackingServer "packages.qa.debian.org";
106 | LockFile "/org/ftp.debian.org/katie/lock";
107 | Bcc "archive@ftp-master.debian.org";
108 | GroupOverrideFilename "override.group-maint";
109 | FutureTimeTravelGrace "8640"; // 6 hours
110 | PastCutoffYear "1984";
114 PGPKeyring and GPGKeyring are mandatory fields which are filenames of
115 the PGP and GnuPG keyrings to be used by katie respectively.
117 SigningKeyring is the private keyring used by ziyi.
119 MyEmailAddress is used as the From: line for sending mails as a
120 script/daemon. MyAdminAddress is used as a contact address in mails.
122 MyDistribution is used in emails sent out by katie and others.
124 BugServer is used by katie and melanie when closing bugs.
126 PackagesServer is used by melanie when carbon-copying a bug close mail
127 to a package maintainer.
129 TrackingServer is used by katie and melanie to send messages for the
130 maintainer also to an alias for people tracking a specific source
133 LockFile is a mandatory field and contains the filename of the
134 lockfile used by dinstall when in action mode (i.e. not using
137 All sent mail is blind carbon copied to the email
138 address in Bcc if it's not blank.
140 GroupOverrideFilename, if non-blank, is the override file which
141 contains the list of email addresses which, if part of the Maintainer
142 field, cause uploads to always be treated as maintainer uploads.
144 FutureTimeTravelGrace specifies how many seconds into the future
145 timestamps are allowed to be inside a deb before being rejected.
146 PastCutoffYear specifies the cut-off year which is used when deciding
147 whether or not to reject packages based on the file timestamp.
149 If BXANotify is non-zero/blank a (Debian-specfic) BXA notification is sent.
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156 Mandatory. List of all archives, e.g.
162 | OriginServer "ftp-master.debian.org";
163 | PrimaryMirror "ftp.debian.org";
164 | Description "Master Archive for the Debian project";
168 OriginServer and PrimaryMirror are mandatory and are used melanie's
169 bug closing mail templates. The host name and it's OriginServer and
170 Description are part of the SQL database in the 'archive' table.
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177 Mandatory. List of all architectures, e.g.
182 | all "Architecture Independent";
186 Both values go into the SQL database's 'architecture' table.
187 Description is currently unused.
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194 Mandatory. List of all components, e.g.
200 | Description "Main";
205 All three values go into the SQL database's 'component' table.
206 MeetsDFSG is currently unused.
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213 Mandatory. List of all valid sections, e.g.
220 The section goes into the 'section' table in SQL database.
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227 Mandatory. List of all valid priorities, e.g.
236 | source 0; // i.e. unused
239 The value is the sorting key. Both the section and it's sorting key
240 go into the SQL database's 'priority' table.
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247 Mandatory. List of al valid override types, e.g.
256 The type goes into the 'override_type' table in the SQL database.
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263 Mandatory. List all locations, e.g.
267 | /org/ftp.debian.org/ftp/pool/
269 | Archive "ftp-master";
274 There are three types: 'legacy', 'legacy-mixed' and 'pool'. 'legacy'
275 and 'pool' are assumed to have sections for all components listed in
276 the Components section 'legacy-mixed' are assumed to mix all
277 components into one location. The Archive and Type sections go into
278 the SQL database's 'location' table.
280 [Note: yes, this is horrible, it dates back to the original `import
281 the existent archive into the SQL Database' script (neve) and
282 isn't otherwise used. It should be revisted at some stage.]
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287 James Troup <james@nocrew.org>, Horsforth, Leeds
288 Wed, 26 Sep 2001 03:20:39 +0100