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WNPP-CHECK(1) General Commands Manual WNPP-CHECK(1)

NAME

wnpp-check - check if a package is being packaged or if this has been requested

SYNOPSIS

wnpp-check [--exact] package ...
wnpp-check --help|--version

DESCRIPTION

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

--help, -h
Show a summary of options.
--version, -v
Show version and copyright information.
--exact, -e
Require an exact package name match, rather than the default substring match.

SEE ALSO

https://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp

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

AUTHOR

wnpp-check was written by David Paleino <d.paleino@gmail.com>; this man page was written by Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk> for the devscripts package. wnpp-check was originally based on wnpp-alert, which was written by Arthur Korn <arthur@korn.ch> and modified by Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> for the devscripts package. Both scripts are in the public domain.
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