NAME

       rpmlint - check common problems in rpm packages

SYNOPSIS

       rpmlint [OPTION]... [FILE|PACKAGE]...

DESCRIPTION

       rpmlint is a tool for checking common errors in rpm packages.  It can be used to test individual packages
       and spec files before uploading or to check an entire distribution.  By default all applicable checks are
       processed but specific checks can be performed by using command line parameters.

       FILE  can  be a rpm package file, a spec file, or a directory.  In case of a directory, it is recursively
       searched for rpm and spec files to check.  The special value - results in standard input being  read  and
       treated  as (single) spec file content.  PACKAGE is the name of an installed package or a glob(7) pattern
       to match installed packages, unless a file by that name exists.

       -i, --info
              Display explanations for reported messages.

       -I, --explain=messageid
              Display explanations for the specified message identifiers and exit.  This  option  may  be  given
              multiple times.

       -c, --check=check
              Run  only the specified check.  This option may be given multiple times to specify multiple checks
              to run.  check is the name of the  Python  module  (as  it  would  be  given  to  Python's  import
              statement) containing the check.

       -a, --all
              Check all installed packages.

       -C, --checkdir=dir
              Insert  dir  to  the  front  of the list of paths to load checks from, unless it is already in the
              list.  The default list of check dirs typically contains only /usr/share/rpmlint.  Directories  in
              the  check  dirs  list  are also inserted to the front of the list of paths to load Python modules
              from when the check process begins.

       -h, --help
              Display summary of command line options and exit.

       -v, --verbose
              Operate in verbose mode.

       -E, --extractdir=dir
              Base directory for extracted temporary  files,  default  is  what  Python's  tempfile.gettempdir()
              returns.

       -V, --version
              Display version information and exit.

       -n, --noexception
              Ignore output filters.

       --rawout=file
              Write unfiltered output to file.

       -f, --file=conffile
              Load   user   configuration   from   the   specified  file,  default  is  $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/rpmlint
              (~/.config/rpmlint if $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is empty or not set).

       -o, --option=value
              Override a configuration option.  value is a whitespace separated string, first word of  which  is
              the  option  name  to set, and the Python eval() return value for the rest is set as the value for
              the option.  Passing only an option name is treated as if None was passed as its value.   See  the
              file  "config"  shipped  with  rpmlint for the list of configuration options and their types.  For
              example:
               -o "NetworkEnabled True"
               -o "Distribution 'My favorite distro'"
               -o "MaxLineLength 80"
               -o "ValidShells ('/bin/sh', '/bin/bash')"

CAVEATS

       All checks do not apply to all argument types.  For best check coverage, run rpmlint on  all  source  and
       binary  packages your build produces.  The set of checks rpmlint runs on source packages is a superset of
       the one for plain specfiles, the set of checks run for installed binary packages is a superset of the one
       for uninstalled binary package files, and the source and binary package check sets are quite different.

FILES

       /usr/share/rpmlint/config, /usr/share/rpmlint/config.*
              Built-in  configuration.  When invoked as someprefix-rpmlint, /usr/share/rpmlint/config.someprefix
              is used if it exists, otherwise /usr/share/rpmlint/config.

       /etc/rpmlint/*config
              System wide configuration.

       $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/rpmlint or ~/.config/rpmlint
              User configuration.

EXIT CODES

       0      No errors.

       1      Unspecified error.

       2      Interrupted.

       64     One or more error message printed.

       66     Badness threshold exceeded.

AUTHOR

       Originally written by Frédéric Lepied, modified and maintained by numerous contributors since.

COPYRIGHT

       This program is licensed under the GNU General Public License, see  the  file  COPYING  included  in  the
       distribution archive.