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NAME

6       grep-excuses  -  search  the testing excuses files for a specific main‐
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SYNOPSIS

10       grep-excuses [options] [maintainer|package]
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DESCRIPTION

13       grep-excuses downloads the autoremovals and  update_excuses.html  files
14       and  greps them for the specified maintainer or package name.  The wget
15       package is required for this script.  If no name is given on  the  com‐
16       mand  line, first the environment variable DEBFULLNAME is used if it is
17       defined, and failing that, the configuration variable  described  below
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OPTIONS

21       --no-conf, --noconf
22              Do  not  read any configuration files.  This can only be used as
23              the first option given on the command-line.
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26              Get information from  <https://qa.debian.org/excuses.php>.   One
27              or more package names must be given when using this option.
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29       --help Show a brief usage message.
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32              Show version and copyright information.
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34       --autopkgtests
35              Investigate  and  show  autopkgtest  (ci.debian.net) failures in
36              your packages but apparently caused by  new  versions  of  other
37              packages  trying  to migrate.  (--no-autopkgtests can be used to
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41              Investigate and show only testing propagation excuses,  not  au‐
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45              Print debugging output to stderr (including url(s) fetched).
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CONFIGURATION VARIABLES

48       The  two configuration files /etc/devscripts.conf and ~/.devscripts are
49       sourced in that order to set configuration variables.  Command line op‐
50       tions can be used to override configuration file settings.  Environment
51       variable settings are ignored for this purpose.  The  currently  recog‐
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54       GREP_EXCUSES_MAINTAINER
55              The  default maintainer, email or package to grep for if none is
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58       GREP_EXCUSES_AUTOPKGTESTS
59              Boolean: whether to show autopkgtest failures in other packages.
60              See --autopkgtests.
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SEE ALSO

63       devscripts.conf(5)
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AUTHOR

66       Joey  Hess  <joeyh@debian.org>; modifications by Julian Gilbey <jdg@de‐
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