---
name: "guess-upstream-metadata"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "python3-upstream-ontologist"
version: "0.1.35-1"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/guess-upstream-metadata"
---

# guess-upstream-metadata(1)

guess upstream package metadata

## NAME

guess-upstream-metadata - guess upstream package metadata

## DESCRIPTION

guess-upstream-metadata \[-h\] \[--trust\] \[--disable-net-access\] \[--check\] \[--consult-external-directory\] \[--version\] \[path\] This tool tries to guess upstream metadata (Homepage, Contact, VCS Repository) information from a Debian package. It does this by parsing various files in the package, and possibly calling out to external services (unless --disable-net-access is specified).

### positional arguments:

-

  path

### optional arguments:

- **-h**, **--help**

  show this help message and exit

- **--trust**

  Whether to allow running code from the package.

- **--disable-net-access**

  Do not probe external services.

- **--check**

  Check guessed metadata against external sources.

- **--consult-external-directory**

  Pull in external (not maintained by upstream) directory data

- **--version**

  show program's version number and exit

## SEE ALSO

[*apply-multiarch-hints*(1)](/apply-multiarch-hints/1.md) [*guess-upstream-metadata*(1)](/guess-upstream-metadata/1.md) [*lintian-brush*(1)](/lintian-brush/1.md) [*lintian*(1)](/lintian/1.md)

## AUTHORS

Jelmer Vernooij \<jelmer@debian.org\>