wnpp-check(1)

wnpp-check1

Check if a package is being packaged or if this has been requested

Usage

wnpp-check [--exact] package ...

wnpp-check {--help | --version}

Overview

wnpp-check downloads the lists of packages which are listed as being packaged (ITPed) or for which a package has been requested (RFPed) from the WNPP website and lists any packages supplied on the command line which appear in those lists.

Note that WNPP, and therefore wnpp-check's output, is source package based.

Options

--exact, -e

Require an exact package name match, rather than the default substring match.

--help, -h

Show a summary of options.

--version, -v

Show version and copyright information.

Exit status

0

None of the packages supplied has an open ITP or RFP

1

Either an error occurred or at least one package supplied has an open ITP or RFP

Releases

9 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 5.0–6.0
  2. 7
  3. 8
  4. 9–11
  5. 12–13

--exact since Debian 9 (Stretch); -e since Debian 9 (Stretch).

Author

wnpp-check was written by David Paleino <[email protected]>; this man page was written by Adam D. Barratt <[email protected]> for the devscripts package. wnpp-check was originally based on wnpp-alert, which was written by Arthur Korn <[email protected]> and modified by Julian Gilbey <[email protected]> for the devscripts package. Both scripts are in the public domain.

From devscripts 2.25.15+deb13u1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.