---
name: "debconf-updatepo"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "po-debconf"
version: "1.0.21+nmu1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/debconf-updatepo"
---

# debconf-updatepo(1)

update PO files about debconf templates

## NAME

debconf-updatepo - update PO files about debconf templates

## SYNOPSIS

**debconf-updatepo** \[**-v**\] \[**-h**\] \[**--podir=*****DIR***\] \[**--skip-pot**\] \[**--skip-merge**\] \[**--msgid-bugs-address=*****EMAIL***\]

## DESCRIPTION

This program reads *po/POTFILES.in* to determine which master files need to be processed, then extracts new gettext strings into  *po/templates.pot* and updates all *po/\*.po* files.  This script can be called either in the top-level directory, or in the *debian* or *debian/po* subdirectories.  It is run by developer and/or translator to update PO files when the English text is modified in *templates* files.

## OPTIONS

- **-h**, **--help**

  Display a usage summary and exit.

- **-v**, **--verbose**

  Process in verbose mode.

- **--podir=*****DIR***

  Set directory for PO files.  By default PO files are searched in *debian/po*, *po* and *../po* directories in that order.

- **--skip-pot**

  Do not generate a new *po/templates.pot* file.

- **--skip-merge**

  Do not merge existing PO files with *po/templates.pot*.

- **--msgid-bugs-address=*****EMAIL***

  Set the email address that will be specified in the POT's Report-Msgid-Bugs-To field.

  By default, this field is set to \<package\>@package.debian.org.

  It is intended for the maintainers of Debian based distributions, and should be used in the following cases:

  - o

    The package is not present in Debian (and thus the \<package\>@packages.debian.org address does not exist).

  - o

    The maintainer made significant changes in the debconf templates (or added templates to a Debian package without templates), and does not want to bother the Debian maintainer with bug reports that won't be relevant for the Debian maintainer.

  The default address is preferred to avoid corrections in the Debian based distribution without a notification to the Debian maintainer.

## SEE ALSO

[**debconf-gettextize**(1)](/debconf-gettextize/1.md), [**po2debconf**(1)](/po2debconf/1.md), [**podebconf-report-po**(1)](/podebconf-report-po/1.md), [**po-debconf**(7)](/po-debconf/7.md).

## AUTHOR

```
  Denis Barbier <barbier@linuxfr.org>
```