# WNPP-CHECK(1) - man - phpMan

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## NAME
       wnpp-check - check if a package is being packaged or if this has been requested

## SYNOPSIS
       **wnpp-check** [**--exact**] _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  sup‐
       plied on the command line which appear in those lists.

       Note that WNPP, and therefore **wnpp-check**'s output, is source package based.

## OPTIONS
       **--exact**, **-e**
              Require an exact package name match, rather than the default substring match.

       **--help**, **-h**
              Show a summary of options.

       **--version**, **-v**
              Show version and copyright information.

## SEE ALSO
       <https://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 origi‐
       nally  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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