Add option backport_release to the configuration file.

If this option is set mini-dinstall writes
"NotAutomatic: yes" and "ButAutomaticUpgrades: yes"
to the Release file.

Closes: #820582

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/doc/mini-dinstall.1 b/doc/mini-dinstall.1
index 89172cb..d37e071 100644
--- a/doc/mini-dinstall.1
+++ b/doc/mini-dinstall.1
@@ -299,8 +299,13 @@ The Origin field in the Release file. Defaults to the current user's username.
 .B release_suite
 The Suite field in the Release file. Defaults to \*(lqNone\*(rq.
 .TP
+.B backport_release
+The backport_release field marks the release as backport.
+Defaults to \*(lq0\*(rq.
 .B experimental_release
-The experimental_release field mark the release as experimental. Defaults to \*(lq0\*(rq.
+The experimental_release field marks the release as experimental.
+Defaults to \*(lq0\*(rq.
+If this option is set, it overrides the option backport_release.
 .TP
 .B release_signscript
 If specified, this script will be called to sign Release files. It will be
diff --git a/mini-dinstall b/mini-dinstall
index 9827c8c..1efc9e9 100755
--- a/mini-dinstall
+++ b/mini-dinstall
@@ -385,6 +385,7 @@ class DistOptionHandler:
         self._optionmap['release_suite'] = ['str', None]
         self._optionmap['release_codename'] = ['str', None]
         self._optionmap['experimental_release'] = ['bool', 0]
+        self._optionmap['backport_release'] = ['bool', 0]
         self._optionmap['release_description'] = ['str', None]
         self._optionmap['release_signscript'] = ['str', None]
         self._optionmap['keyrings'] = ['list', None]
@@ -1421,6 +1422,9 @@ class SimpleSubdirArchiveDirIndexer(ArchiveDirIndexer):
             f.write('Codename: ' + '%s/%s\n' % (codename, arch))
             if self._experimental_release:
                 f.write('NotAutomatic: yes\n')
+            elif self._backport_release:
+                f.write('NotAutomatic: yes\n')
+                f.write('ButAutomaticUpgrades: yes\n')
             f.write('Date: ' + time.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S UTC", time.gmtime()) + '\n')
             f.write('Architectures: ' + arch + '\n')
             if self._release_description:
@@ -1522,6 +1526,9 @@ class FlatArchiveDirIndexer(ArchiveDirIndexer):
         f.write('Codename: ' + codename + '\n')
         if self._experimental_release:
             f.write('NotAutomatic: yes\n')
+        elif self._backport_release:
+            f.write('NotAutomatic: yes\n')
+            f.write('ButAutomaticUpgrades: yes\n')
         f.write('Date: ' + time.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S UTC", time.gmtime()) + '\n')
         f.write('Architectures: ' + string.join(self._arches, ' ') + '\n')
         if self._release_description: