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

NAME
wnpp-alert - check for installed packages up for adoption or orphaned SYNOPSIS
wnpp-alert [--diff] [package ...] wnpp-alert --help|--version DESCRIPTION
wnpp-alert 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. Note that WNPP, and therefore wnpp-alert's output, is source package based. OPTIONS
--diff, -d If the ~/.devscripts_cache directory exists, compare the output of wnpp-alert to the previous output (cached in the file wnpp-diff) and output the differences. --help, -h Show a summary of options. --version, -v Show version and copyright information. SEE ALSO
http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp AUTHOR
wnpp-alert 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. DEBIAN
Debian Utilities WNPP-ALERT(1)

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

NAME
wnpp-alert - check for installed packages up for adoption or orphaned SYNOPSIS
wnpp-alert [--diff] [package ...] wnpp-alert --help|--version DESCRIPTION
wnpp-alert 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. Note that WNPP, and therefore wnpp-alert's output, is source package based. OPTIONS
--diff, -d If the ~/.devscripts_cache directory exists, compare the output of wnpp-alert to the previous output (cached in the file wnpp-diff) and output the differences. --help, -h Show a summary of options. --version, -v Show version and copyright information. SEE ALSO
http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp AUTHOR
wnpp-alert 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. DEBIAN Debian Utilities WNPP-ALERT(1)
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