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## 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 _$XDG_CACHE_HOME/devscripts_ 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
       <https://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp>

## AUTHOR
       **wnpp-alert** was written by Arthur Korn <<arthur@korn.ch>> and modified by Julian Gilbey <jdg@de‐
       bian.org> for the devscripts package.  It is in the public domain.



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