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

# wnpp-alert(1)

check for installed packages up for adoption or orphaned

## NAME

wnpp-alert - check for installed packages up for adoption or orphaned

## SYNOPSIS

**wnpp-alert** \[**--diff**\] \[*package* ...\]\
 **wnpp-alert --help**\|**--version**

## DESCRIPTION

**wnpp-alert** downloads the lists of packages which have been orphaned (O), are up for adoption (RFA), or the maintainer has asked for help (RFH) from the WNPP webpages, and then outputs a list of packages installed on the system, or matching the listed packages, which are in those lists.

Note that WNPP, and therefore **wnpp-alert**'s output, is source package based.

## OPTIONS

- **--diff**, **-d**

  If the *$XDG\_CACHE\_HOME/devscripts* directory exists, compare the output of **wnpp-alert** to the previous output (cached in the file *wnpp-diff*) and output the differences.

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

  Show a summary of options.

- **--version**, **-v**

  Show version and copyright information.

## SEE ALSO

https://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp

## AUTHOR

**wnpp-alert** was written by Arthur Korn \<arthur@korn.ch\> and modified by Julian Gilbey \<jdg@debian.org\> for the devscripts package.  It is in the public domain.