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## NAME
       debian-distro-info - provides information about Debian's distributions

## SYNOPSIS
       **debian-distro-info** [_OPTIONS_]

## OPTIONS
       **--date**=_DATE_
              date for calculating the version (default: today)

### -h --help
              display help message and exit

       **--alias**=_DIST_
              print  the  alias  (oldstable, stable, testing, unstable) relative to the distribution
              codename passed as an argument.  Only distribution codenames composed  of  lower  case
              ASCII  letters  are  accepted,  and if the distribution does not qualify as oldstable,
              stable, testing, or unstable, then the same codename passed as argument is returned.

### -a --all
              list all known versions

### -y --days
              display number of days until specified version reaches the specified milestone.  _MILE__‐
              _STONE_  may  be  one of _created_, _release_, or _eol_.  If no milestone is specified, assume
              _release_.  For options that return a list, display the normal output followed by white‐
              space  and  the  number of days until the specified milestone.  If milestone cannot be
              calculated, the string '(unknown)' is displayed.  Unless one of **-c**, **-f** or **-r** is speci‐
              fied, only the number of days will be displayed.

### -d --devel
              latest development version

### -o --old
              latest old (stable) version

       **--series**=_SERIES_
              series to calculate the version for

### -s --stable
              latest stable version

### --supported
              list of all supported versions, including development releases

### -t --testing
              latest testing version

### --unsupported
              list of all unsupported stable versions

### -c --codename
              print the codename (default)

### -r --release
              print the release version

### -f --fullname
              print the full name

## SEE ALSO
       [**distro-info**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/distro-info/1/markdown), [**ubuntu-distro-info**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ubuntu-distro-info/1/markdown)

## AUTHOR
       The script and this manual page was written by Benjamin Drung <<bdrung@debian.org>>.



distro-info                                  August 2013                       [DEBIAN-DISTRO-INFO(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/DEBIAN-DISTRO-INFO/1/markdown)