NAME

       aptitude-run-state-bundle - unpack an aptitude state bundle and invoke aptitude on it

SYNOPSIS

       aptitude-run-state-bundle [<options>...] <input-file> [<program> [<arguments>...]]

DESCRIPTION

           Note
           This command is mostly for internal use and bug reporting in exceptional cases, it is not intended
           for end-users under normal circumstances.

       aptitude-run-state-bundle unpacks the given aptitude state bundle created by aptitude-create-state-
       bundle(1) to a temporary directory, invokes <program> on it with the supplied <arguments>, and removes
       the temporary directory afterwards. If <program> is not supplied, it defaults to aptitude(8).

OPTIONS

       The following options may occur on the command-line before the input file. Options following the input
       file are presumed to be arguments to aptitude.

       --append-args
           Place the options that give the location of the state bundle at the end of the command line when
           invoking <program>, rather than at the beginning (the default is to place options at the beginning).

       --help
           Display a brief usage summary.

       --prepend-args
           Place the options that give the location of the state bundle at the beginning of the command line
           when invoking <program>, overriding any previous --append-args (the default is to place options at
           the beginning).

       --no-clean
           Do not remove the unpacked state directory after running aptitude. You might want to use this if, for
           instance, you are debugging a problem that appears when aptitude's state file is modified. When
           aptitude finishes running, the name of the state directory will be printed so that you can access it
           in the future.

           This option is enabled automatically by --statedir.

       --really-clean
           Delete the state directory after running aptitude, even if --no-clean or --statedir was supplied.

       --statedir
           Instead of treating the input file as a state bundle, treat it as an unpacked state bundle. For
           instance, you can use this to access the state directory that was created by a prior run with
           --no-clean.

       --unpack
           Unpack the input file to a temporary directory, but don't actually run aptitude.

SEE ALSO

       aptitude-create-state-bundle(1), aptitude(8), apt(8)

AUTHORS

       Daniel Burrows <dburrows@debian.org>
           Main author of the document.

       Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo <mafm@debian.org>
           Main maintainer after Daniel Burrows, documentation about new features, corrections and formatting.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 2007 Daniel Burrows.

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