---
name: "lp-set-dup"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "lptools"
version: "0.3.0-2.1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/lp-set-dup"
---

# lp-set-dup(1)

mark one or more bugs as duplicate of another bug

## NAME

lp-set-dup - mark one or more bugs as duplicate of another bug

## SYNOPSIS

**lp-set-dup \[-f\] \<*main bug*\> \<*duplicate bug*\>** \[\<*duplicate bug*\> ...\]\
 **lp-set-dup --help**

## DESCRIPTION

**lp-set-dup** allow to easily mark one or more bug as duplicate of another bug. It checks for permission to operate on a given bug first, then perform required tasks on Launchpad.

## OPTIONS

Listed below are the command line options for **lp-set-dup**:

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

  Display a help message and exit.

- **-f**

  Skip confirmation prompt.

- **-l *INSTANCE*, --lpinstance=*INSTANCE***

  Use the specified instance of Launchpad (e.g. "staging"), instead of the default of "production".

- **--no-conf**

  Do not read any configuration files, or configuration from environment variables.

## ENVIRONMENT

All of the **CONFIGURATION VARIABLES** below are also supported as environment variables. Variables in the environment take precedence to those in configuration files.

## CONFIGURATION VARIABLES

The following variables can be set in the environment or in [**ubuntu-dev-tools**(5)](/ubuntu-dev-tools/5.md) configuration files. In each case, the script-specific variable takes precedence over the package-wide variable.

- **LP\_SET\_DUP\_LPINSTANCE**, **UBUNTUTOOLS\_LPINSTANCE**

  The default value for **--lpinstance**.

## SEE ALSO

[**ubuntu-dev-tools**(5)](/ubuntu-dev-tools/5.md)

## AUTHORS

**lp-set-dup** was written by Loïc Minier \<lool@dooz.org\>, and this manual page was written by Luca Falavigna \<dktrkranz@debian.org\>.

Both are released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2.