1bpkg-help(1) General Commands Manual bpkg-help(1)
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6 bpkg-help - show help for a command or help topic
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9 bpkg help [command | topic]
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12 Show the detailed help for command or help topic or a summary of avail‐
13 able commands and topics if none was specified.
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16 The common options are summarized below with a more detailed descrip‐
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19 -v Print essential underlying commands being executed.
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21 -V Print all underlying commands being executed.
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23 --quiet|-q
24 Run quietly, only printing error messages.
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26 --verbose level
27 Set the diagnostics verbosity to level between 0 and 6.
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29 --jobs|-j num
30 Number of jobs to perform in parallel.
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32 --no-result
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36 --no-progress
37 Suppress progress indicators for long-lasting operations, such
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40 --build path
41 The build program to be used to build packages.
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43 --build-option opt
44 Additional option to be passed to the build program.
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46 --fetch path
47 The fetch program to be used to download resources.
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49 --fetch-option opt
50 Additional option to be passed to the fetch program.
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52 --fetch-timeout sec
53 The fetch and fetch-like (for example, git) program timeout.
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55 --pkg-proxy url
56 HTTP proxy server to use when fetching package manifests and ar‐
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59 --git path
60 The git program to be used to fetch git repositories.
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62 --git-option opt
63 Additional common option to be passed to the git program.
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65 --sha256 path
66 The sha256 program to be used to calculate SHA256 sums.
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68 --sha256-option opt
69 Additional option to be passed to the sha256 program.
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71 --tar path
72 The tar program to be used to extract package archives.
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74 --tar-option opt
75 Additional option to be passed to the tar program.
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77 --openssl path
78 The openssl program to be used for crypto operations.
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80 --openssl-option opt
81 Additional option to be passed to the openssl program.
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83 --auth type
84 Types of repositories to authenticate.
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86 --trust fingerprint
87 Trust repository certificate with a SHA256 fingerprint.
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89 --trust-yes
90 Assume the answer to all authentication prompts is yes.
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92 --trust-no
93 Assume the answer to all authentication prompts is no.
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95 --pager path
96 The pager program to be used to show long text.
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98 --pager-option opt
99 Additional option to be passed to the pager program.
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101 --options-file file
102 Read additional options from file.
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104 --default-options dir
105 The directory to load additional default options files from.
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107 --no-default-options
108 Don't load default options files.
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111 See bpkg-default-options-files(1) for an overview of the default
112 options files. For the help command the following options files are
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120 Send bug reports to the users@build2.org mailing list.
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123 Copyright (c) 2014-2020 the build2 authors.
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