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

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.