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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-05-06 00:39:23 +0000
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+.TH WNPP-ALERT 1 "Debian Utilities" "DEBIAN" \" -*- nroff -*-
+.SH NAME
+wnpp-alert \- check for installed packages up for adoption or orphaned
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+\fBwnpp-alert \fR[\fB\-\-diff\fR] [\fIpackage\fR ...]
+.br
+\fBwnpp-alert \-\-help\fR|\fB\-\-version\fR
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+\fBwnpp-alert\fR downloads the lists of packages which have been
+orphaned (O), are up for adoption (RFA), or the maintainer has asked
+for help (RFH) from the WNPP webpages, and then outputs a list of
+packages installed on the system, or matching the listed packages,
+which are in those lists.
+.PP
+Note that WNPP, and therefore \fBwnpp-alert\fR's output, is source
+package based.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+.BR \-\-diff ", " \-d
+If the \fI$XDG_CACHE_HOME/devscripts\fP directory exists, compare the output of
+\fBwnpp-alert\fR to the previous output (cached in the file
+\fIwnpp-diff\fR) and output the differences.
+.TP
+.BR \-\-help ", " \-h
+Show a summary of options.
+.TP
+.BR \-\-version ", " \-v
+Show version and copyright information.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+https://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp
+.SH AUTHOR
+\fBwnpp-alert\fR was written by Arthur Korn <arthur@korn.ch> and
+modified by Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> for the devscripts
+package. It is in the public domain.