1bpkg-help(1)                General Commands Manual               bpkg-help(1)
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NAME

6       bpkg-help - show help for a command or help topic
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SYNOPSIS

9       bpkg help [command | topic]
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DESCRIPTION

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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COMMON OPTIONS

16       The common options are summarized below with a more  detailed  descrip‐
17       tion available in bpkg-common-options(1).
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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
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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
33              Don't print informational messages about the outcome of perform‐
34              ing a command or some of its parts.
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36       --no-progress
37              Suppress progress indicators for long-lasting  operations,  such
38              as network transfers, building, etc.
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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
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52       --fetch-timeout sec
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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
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65       --sha256 path
66              The sha256 program to be used to calculate SHA256 sums.
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71       --tar path
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77       --openssl path
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83       --auth type
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86       --trust fingerprint
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95       --pager path
96              The pager program to be used to show long text.
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101       --options-file file
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104       --default-options dir
105              The directory to load additional default options files from.
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DEFAULT OPTIONS FILES

111       See bpkg-default-options-files(1) for an overview of  the  default  op‐
112       tions  files.  For  the  help  command  the following options files are
113       searched for only in the predefined  directories  (home,  system,  etc)
114       and, if found, loaded in the order listed:
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116       bpkg.options
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BUGS

120       Send bug reports to the users@build2.org mailing list.
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123       Copyright (c) 2014-2021 the build2 authors.
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125       Permission  is  granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
126       under the terms of the MIT License.
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130bpkg 0.14.0                      October 2021                     bpkg-help(1)
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