{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "wnpp-check",
    "section": "1",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/wnpp-check/1/json",
    "generated": "2026-05-30T06:08:18Z",
    "synopsis": "wnpp-check [--exact] package ...\nwnpp-check --help|--version",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "wnpp-check - check if a package is being packaged or if this has been requested\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "wnpp-check [--exact] package ...\nwnpp-check --help|--version\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "wnpp-check  downloads the lists of packages which are listed as being packaged (ITPed) or for\nwhich a package has been requested (RFPed) from the WNPP website and lists any packages  sup‐\nplied on the command line which appear in those lists.\n\nNote that WNPP, and therefore wnpp-check's output, is source package based.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "OPTIONS": {
            "content": "--exact, -e\nRequire an exact package name match, rather than the default substring match.\n\n--help, -h\nShow a summary of options.\n\n--version, -v\nShow version and copyright information.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "https://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "EXIT STATUS": {
            "content": "0      None of the packages supplied has an open ITP or RFP\n\n1      Either an error occurred or at least one package supplied has an open ITP or RFP\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "AUTHOR": {
            "content": "wnpp-check  was  written by David Paleino <d.paleino@gmail.com>; this man page was written by\nAdam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk> for the devscripts package.  wnpp-check was origi‐\nnally  based on wnpp-alert, which was written by Arthur Korn <arthur@korn.ch> and modified by\nJulian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> for the devscripts package.  Both scripts are  in  the  public\ndomain.\n\n\n\nDEBIAN                                    Debian Utilities                             WNPP-CHECK(1)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "wnpp-check - check if a package is being packaged or if this has been requested",
    "flags": [],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": []
}