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wnpp-check

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 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.

SEE ALSO

       http://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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								 Debian Utilities						     WNPP-CHECK(1)

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