Macros

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  1. Macros
    1. Debian Macros

Macros allow the insertion of extra features into normal wiki pages.

For more information about macros, see HelpOnMacros.

Debian Macros

The Debian wiki has a few macros that are useful for Debian specific purposes.

Macro

Description

<<MessageId(foo-1234@example.com)>>

Create a link to the DebianMailingLists message-id search service for a the Message-ID of a particular message.

<<mid(foo-1234@example.com)>>

Shorter alias for <<MessageId()>>

<<DebianCodename(suite)>>

Lookup the Codename field for a suite. For example <<DebianCodename(stable)>> is bullseye.

<<DebianCodenameLink(suite)>>

Link to the codename wiki page for a suite. For example <<DebianCodenameLink(stable)>> is Bullseye.

<<DebianDate(suite)>>

Lookup the Date field for a suite. For example <<DebianDate(stable)>> is 2022-12-17.

<<DebianVersion(suite)>>

Lookup the Version field for a suite. For example <<DebianVersion(stable)>> is 11.6.

The source code for these macros is available on Salsa.