From 8aa54e7cff7f9a7de257a12cec39e2bf7f5516db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefano Rivera Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 13:00:20 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Man page for reverse-depends --- doc/reverse-depends.1 | 81 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 81 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/reverse-depends.1 diff --git a/doc/reverse-depends.1 b/doc/reverse-depends.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9b405b1 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/reverse-depends.1 @@ -0,0 +1,81 @@ +.\" Copyright (C) 2011, Stefano Rivera +.\" +.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any +.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above +.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. +.\" +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH +.\" REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY +.\" AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, +.\" INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM +.\" LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR +.\" OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR +.\" PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. +.TH reverse\-depends 1 "November 2011" ubuntu\-dev\-tools + +.SH NAME +reverse\-depends \- List the reverse\-dependencies (or +build\-dependencies) of a package + +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B reverse\-depends \fR[\fIoptions\fR] \fIpackage + +.SH DESCRIPTION +List reverse\-dependencies (or build\-dependencies) of \fIpackage\fR. +If the package name is prefixed with \fBsrc:\fR then the +reverse\-dependencies of all the binary packages that the specified +source package builds will be listed. + +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +\fB\-r\fR \fIRELEASE\fR, \fB\-\-release\fR=\fIRELEASE\fR +Query dependencies in \fIRELEASE\fR. +Default: current development release. +.TP +\fB\-R\fR, \fB\-\-without\-recommends\fR +Only consider Depends relationships, not Recommends. +.TP +\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-with\-suggests\fR +Also consider Suggests relationships. +.TP +\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-build\-depends\fR +Query build dependencies. +Synonym for \fB\-\-arch\fR=\fIsource\fR. +.TP +\fB\-a\fR \fIARCH\fR, \fB\-\-arch\fR=\fIARCH\fR +Query dependencies in \fIARCH\fR. +Besides valid architecture names, the special values \fBany\fR and +\fBsource\fR may be used. +\fBany\fR displays all reverse dependencies, the union across all +architecture. +\fBsource\fR displays build dependencies. +Default: \fBany\fR. +.TP +\fB\-c\fR \fICOMPONENT\fR, \fB\-\-component\fR=\fICOMPONENT\fR +Only consider reverse\-dependencies in \fICOMPONENT\fR. Can +be specified multiple times. +Default: all components. +.TP +\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-list\fR +Display a simple, machine\-readable list. +.TP +\fB\-u\fR \fIURL\fR, \fB\-\-service\-url\fR=\fIURL\fR +Reverse Dependencies web\-service \fIURL\fR. +Default: UbuntuWire's service at +\fBhttp://qa.ubuntuwire.org/rdepends/\fR. +.TP +\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR +Display a help message and exit + +.SH EXAMPLES +All reverse dependencies of source package bash: +.IP +.nf +.B reverse\-depends src:bash +.fi + +.SH AUTHORS +\fBreverse\-depends\fR and this manpage were written by Stefano Rivera +. +.PP +Both are released under the terms of the ISC License.