Package: devscripts Version: 2.10.8 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch For some reason I can never remember if its the first or last but that acts as the master for forcemerge. This patch adds that information to the manpage. The text is copied from the forcemerge description on bugs.debian.org.
-- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: ia64 Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-2-mckinley (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages devscripts depends on: ii debianutils 2.23.1 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii dpkg-dev 1.14.6 package building tools for Debian ii libc6.1 2.6.1-3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii perl 5.8.8-7 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii sed 4.1.5-3 The GNU sed stream editor Versions of packages devscripts recommends: ii fakeroot 1.7.1 Gives a fake root environment -- no debconf information
--- /usr/bin/bts 2007-09-11 17:44:05.000000000 -0600 +++ devscripts-2.10.8/scripts/bts.pl 2007-09-17 16:23:49.000000000 -0600 @@ -1159,7 +1159,9 @@ =item forcemerge <bug> <bug> [<bug> ...] -Forcibly merge a set of bugs together. +Forcibly merge a set of bugs together. The first bug listed is +the master bug, and its settings (the settings which must be equal +in a normal merge) are assigned to the bugs listed next. =cut
