---
name: "transition-check"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "devscripts"
version: "2.25.15+deb13u1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/transition-check"
---

# transition-check(1)

check a package list for involvement in transitions

## NAME

transition-check - check a package list for involvement in transitions

## SYNOPSIS

**transition-check** **--help**\|**--version**

**transition-check** \[**-f**\|**--filename=***FILENAME*\] \[*source package list*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**transition-check** checks whether any of the listed source packages are involved in a transition for which uploads to unstable are currently blocked.

If neither a filename nor a list of packages is supplied, **transition-check** will use the source package name from *debian/control*.

## OPTIONS

- **-f**, **--filename=***filename*

  Read a source package name from *filename*, which should be a Debian package control file or *.changes* file, and add that package to the list of packages to check.

## EXIT STATUS

The exit status indicates whether any of the packages examined were found to be involved in a transition.

- 0

  Either **--help** or **--version** was used, or none of the packages examined was involved in a transition.

- 1

  At least one package examined is involved in a current transition.

## LICENSE

This code is copyright by Adam D. Barratt \<*adam@adam-barratt.org.uk*\>, all rights reserved.

This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. You are free to redistribute this code under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later.

## AUTHOR

Adam D. Barratt \<*adam@adam-barratt.org.uk*\>