GUESS-UPSTREAM-METADATA

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:

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

--trust

Whether to allow running code from the package.

--disable-net-access

Do not probe external services.

--check

Check guessed metadata against external sources.

--consult-external-directory

Pull in external (not maintained by upstream) directory data

--version

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>