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| DEB-WHY-REMOVED(1) |
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DEB-WHY-REMOVED(1) |
NAME¶
deb-why-removed - shows the reason a package was removed from the archive
SYNOPSIS¶
deb-why-removed [option...] package...
DESCRIPTION¶
This program will download the removals metadata from the archive, search and
print the entries within for a source or binary package name match.
OPTIONS¶
- -u, --url URL
- URL to the archive removals deb822-formatted file list. This can be either
an actual URL (https://, http://, file://), an pathname or an origin name.
Currently the only origin name known is debian.
- --no-refresh
- Do not refresh the cached removals file even if there is a newer version
in the archive.
- -h, -?, --help
- Show a help message and exit.
- --version
- Show the program version.
FILES¶
- cachedir/devscripts/deb-why-removed/
- This directory contains the cached removal files downloaded from the
archive. cachedir will be either
$XDG_CACHE_HOME or if that is not defined
$HOME/.cache/.
