lintian-explain-tags

LINTIAN-EXPLAIN-TAGS(1)     Debian Package Checker     LINTIAN-EXPLAIN-TAGS(1)

NAME
       lintian-explain-tags - offer more information about Lintian's tags

SYNOPSIS
       lintian-explain-tags --tags tag ...

DESCRIPTION
       The lintian-explain-tags command explains the named tags given on the
       command line.

OPTIONS
       -l, --list-tags
           List all tags Lintian knows about in sorted order.

       -h, --help
           Display usage information and exit.

       --include-dir dir
           Use dir as an additional "Lintian root".  The directory is expected
           have a similar layout to the LINTIAN_BASE (if it exists), but does
           not need to be a full self-contained root.

           Unlike lintian, lintian-explain-tags will not load any code from
           these additional directories.

           This option may appear more than once; each time adding an
           additional directory.

       --profile prof
           Use the severities from the vendor profile prof when displaying
           tags.  If the profile name does not contain a slash, the default
           profile for that vendor is chosen.

           If not specified, lintian-explain-tags loads the best profile for
           the current vendor.

           Please Refer to the Lintian User Manual for the full documentation
           of profiles.

       -t, --tag, --tags
           This option has no effect. It exists for historical reasons.

       --user-dirs, --no-user-dirs
           By default, lintian will check $HOME and /etc for files supplied by
           the user or the local sysadmin (e.g. profiles).  This default can
           be disabled (and re-enabled) by using --no-user-dirs (and
           --user-dirs, respectively).

           These option can appear multiple times, in which case the of them
           to appear determines the result.

EXIT STATUS
       If any of the tags specified were not found in the specified profile
       (or in the default profile), this command returns with exit code 1.

       When all requested tags were found, it returns with exit code 0.

SEE ALSO
       lintian(1)

AUTHORS
       Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>

       Richard Braakman <dark@xs4all.nl>

       Christian Schwarz <schwarz@monet.m.isar.de>

Lintian v2.114.0ubuntu1.6         2025-05-02           LINTIAN-EXPLAIN-TAGS(1)