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

# wnpp-check(1)

check if a package is being packaged or if this has been requested

## NAME

wnpp-check - check if a package is being packaged or if this has been requested

## SYNOPSIS

**wnpp-check** \[**--exact**\] *package* ...\
 **wnpp-check --help**\|**--version**

## DESCRIPTION

**wnpp-check** downloads the lists of packages which are listed as being packaged (ITPed) or for which a package has been requested (RFPed) from the WNPP website and lists any packages supplied on the command line which appear in those lists.

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

## OPTIONS

- **--exact**, **-e**

  Require an exact package name match, rather than the default substring match.

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

  Show a summary of options.

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

  Show version and copyright information.

## SEE ALSO

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

## EXIT STATUS

- 0

  None of the packages supplied has an open ITP or RFP

- 1

  Either an error occurred or at least one package supplied has an open ITP or RFP

## AUTHOR

**wnpp-check** was written by David Paleino \<d.paleino@gmail.com\>; this man page was written by Adam D. Barratt \<adam@adam-barratt.org.uk\> for the devscripts package. **wnpp-check** was originally based on **wnpp-alert**, which was written by Arthur Korn \<arthur@korn.ch\> and modified by Julian Gilbey \<jdg@debian.org\> for the devscripts package.  Both scripts are in the public domain.