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NAME

       deb-why-removed - shows the reason a package was removed from the archive

SYNOPSIS

       deb-why-removed [option...] package...

DESCRIPTION

       This program will download the removals metadata from the archive, search and print the
       entries within for a source or binary package name match.

OPTIONS

       -u, --url URL
           URL to the archive removals deb822-formatted file list.  This can be either an actual
           URL (https://, http://, file://), an pathname or an origin name.  Currently the only
           origin name known is debian.

       --no-refresh
           Do not refresh the cached removals file even if there is a newer version in the
           archive.

       -h, -?, --help
           Show a help message and exit.

       --version
           Show the program version.

FILES

       cachedir/devscripts/deb-why-removed/
           This directory contains the cached removal files downloaded from the archive.
           cachedir will be either $XDG_CACHE_HOME or if that is not defined $HOME/.cache/.

SEE ALSO

       <https://ftp-master.debian.org/#removed>