VERSION
Version 2016.05.24
SYNOPSIS
Search for packages whose support is limited, has already ended or will end earlier than the distribution's end of life:
check-support-status
Search for packages with ended support from a custom list, reporting each package only once:
check-support-status \ --type ended \ --status-db /path/to/status-db \ --list /path/to/security-support-ended
OPTIONS
--list FILE
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Use the given file as the database of packages whose support ends at a particular date or that is limited by specific conditions. The file format is plain text in columns, separated by one or more whitespace characters.
For --type earlyend:
- • source package name
- • last package version that will be supported
- • the date support will end
- • the rest (optional): details, and/or a URL for further information.
For --type ended:
- • source package name
- • last package version that is supported
- • the date support was ended
- • the rest (optional): details, and/or a URL for further information.
For --type limited:
- • source package name
- • the rest (optional): details, and/or a URL for further information.
If no "--list" is provided, the script is run for limited and date-defined end of support, using the lists shipped in the package.
By default, check-support-status evaluates the status of the packages according to the Debian version where it runs upon. This behavior can be modified using the DEBIAN_VERSION environment variable, e.g.
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DEBIAN_VERSION=9 check-support-status
--no-heading
- Skips printing a headline.
--status-db FILE
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Use the given file to record alerts so each affected package is reported only once.
Default: No records, any affected package will be reported every time.
--type TYPE
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One of the following:
- • "earlyend": Alert for packages whose support will end earlier than the distribution's.
- • "ended": Alert for packages where security support has ended.
- • "limited": Alert for packages where security support is limited.
--version, --Version, -V
- Show the version number and exit.
BUGS
Installations with mixed distributions like half-stable, half-testing are not supported.
AUTHOR
Christoph Biedl <[email protected]>
COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
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Copyright (C) 2014 Christoph Biedl <[email protected]> This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation. This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/> On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License version 2 can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2".