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GUESS-UPSTREAM-METADATA(1) User Commands GUESS-UPSTREAM-METADATA(1)

NAME

guess-upstream-metadata - guess upstream package metadata

DESCRIPTION

guess-upstream-metadata [-h] [--trust] [--disable-net-access] [--check] [--consult-external-directory] [--version] [path] This tool tries to guess upstream metadata (Homepage, Contact, VCS Repository) information from a Debian package. It does this by parsing various files in the package, and possibly calling out to external services (unless --disable-net-access is specified).

positional arguments:

path

optional arguments:

show this help message and exit
Whether to allow running code from the package.
Do not probe external services.
Check guessed metadata against external sources.
Pull in external (not maintained by upstream) directory data
show program's version number and exit

SEE ALSO

apply-multiarch-hints(1) guess-upstream-metadata(1) lintian-brush(1) lintian(1)

AUTHORS

Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@debian.org>

December 2019 guess-upstream-metadata 0.53