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NAME

       rpmlint - check common problems in rpm packages

SYNOPSIS

       rpmlint [OPTION]... [FILE|PACKAGE]...

DESCRIPTION

       rpmlint	is  a tool for checking common errors in rpm packages.	It can be used to test individual packages and spec files before uploading
       or to check an entire distribution.  By default all applicable checks are processed but specific checks can be performed by  using  command
       line parameters.

       FILE  can be a rpm package file, a spec file, or a directory.  In case of a directory, it is recursively searched for rpm and spec files to
       check.  The special value - results in standard input being read and treated as (single) spec file content.  PACKAGE  is  the  name  of	an
       installed package or a glob(7) pattern to match installed packages, unless a file by that name exists.

       -i, --info
	      Display explanations for reported messages.

       -I, --explain=messageid
	      Display explanations for the specified message identifiers and exit.  This option may be given multiple times.

       -c, --check=check
	      Run  only the specified check.  This option may be given multiple times to specify multiple checks to run.  check is the name of the
	      Python module (as it would be given to Python's import statement) containing the check.

       -a, --all
	      Check all installed packages.

       -C, --checkdir=dir
	      Insert dir to the front of the list of paths to load checks from, unless it is already in the list.  The default list of check  dirs
	      typically  contains only /usr/share/rpmlint.  Directories in the check dirs list are also inserted to the front of the list of paths
	      to load Python modules from when the check process begins.

       -h, --help
	      Display summary of command line options and exit.

       -v, --verbose
	      Operate in verbose mode.

       -E, --extractdir=dir
	      Base directory for extracted temporary files, default is what Python's tempfile.gettempdir() returns.

       -V, --version
	      Display version information and exit.

       -n, --noexception
	      Ignore output filters.

       --rawout=file
	      Write unfiltered output to file.

       -f, --file=conffile
	      Load user configuration from the specified file, default is $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/rpmlint (~/.config/rpmlint if $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is empty
	      or not set).

       -o, --option=value
	      Override	a  configuration  option.   value is a whitespace separated string, first word of which is the option name to set, and the
	      Python eval() return value for the rest is set as the value for the option.  Passing only an option name is treated as if  None  was
	      passed  as  its value.  See the file "config" shipped with rpmlint for the list of configuration options and their types.  For exam-
	      ple:
	       -o "NetworkEnabled True"
	       -o "Distribution 'My favorite distro'"
	       -o "MaxLineLength 80"
	       -o "ValidShells ('/bin/sh', '/bin/bash')"

CAVEATS

       All checks do not apply to all argument types.  For best check coverage, run rpmlint on all source and binary packages your build produces.
       The  set of checks rpmlint runs on source packages is a superset of the one for plain specfiles, the set of checks run for installed binary
       packages is a superset of the one for uninstalled binary package files, and the source and binary package check sets are quite different.

FILES

       /usr/share/rpmlint/config, /usr/share/rpmlint/config.*
	      Built-in configuration.  When invoked as someprefix-rpmlint, /usr/share/rpmlint/config.someprefix is used if  it	exists,  otherwise
	      /usr/share/rpmlint/config.

       /etc/rpmlint/*config
	      System wide configuration.

       $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/rpmlint or ~/.config/rpmlint
	      User configuration.

EXIT CODES

       0      No errors.

       1      Unspecified error.

       2      Interrupted.

       64     One or more error message printed.

       66     Badness threshold exceeded.

AUTHOR

       Originally written by Frederic Lepied, see the file AUTHORS for (probably incomplete) list of additional contributors.

COPYRIGHT

       This program is licensed under the GNU General Public License, see the file COPYING included in the distribution archive.

rpmlint 							    April 2011								RPMLINT(1)