NAME

       pkgdiff - a tool for visualizing changes in Linux software packages

DESCRIPTION

   NAME:
              Package Changes Analyzer A tool for analyzing changes in Linux software packages

   DESCRIPTION:
              Package  Changes  Analyzer  (PkgDiff)  is  a  tool  for  analyzing changes in Linux
              software packages (RPM, DEB, TAR.GZ, etc).

              The tool  is  intended  for  Linux  maintainers  who  are  interested  in  ensuring
              compatibility of old and new versions of packages.

              This  tool  is  free  software:  you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
              terms of the GNU GPL.

   USAGE:
              pkgdiff PKG1 PKG2 [options]

   EXAMPLES:
              pkgdiff OLD.rpm NEW.rpm pkgdiff OLD.tar.gz NEW.tar.gz

   ARGUMENTS:
              PKG1

              Path to the old version of a package (RPM, DEB, TAR.GZ, etc).

              If you need to analyze a group of packages then you can pass an  XML-descriptor  of
              this group (VERSION.xml file):

              <version>

              /* Group version */

              </version>

              <group>

              /* Group name */

              </group>

              <packages>

              /path1/to/package(s) /path2/to/package(s) ...

              </packages>

              PKG2

              Path to the new version of a package (RPM, DEB, TAR.GZ, etc).

   INFORMATION OPTIONS:
       -h|-help

              Print this help.

       -v|-version

              Print version information.

       -dumpversion

              Print the tool version (1.7.2) and don't do anything else.

   GENERAL OPTIONS:
       -report-path PATH

              Path to the report.  Default:

              pkgdiff_reports/<pkg>/<v1>_to_<v2>/changes_report.html

       -details

              Try to create detailed reports.

       -size-limit SIZE

              Don't analyze files larger than SIZE in kilobytes.

       -width WIDTH

              Width of the Visual Diff.  Default: 75

       -prelines NUM

              Size of the context in the Visual Diff.  Default: 10

       -ignore-space-change

              Ignore changes in the amount of white space.

       -ignore-all-space

              Ignore all white space.

       -ignore-blank-lines

              Ignore changes whose lines are all blank.

       -quick

              Quick mode without creating of Visual Diffs for files.

       -minimal

              Try to find a smaller set of changes.

   OTHER OPTIONS:
       -check-usage

              Check if package content is used by other packages in the repository.

       -pkg-manager NAME

              Specify package management tool.  Supported:

              urpm - Mandriva URPM

       -template

              Create XML-descriptor template ./VERSION.xml

       -extra-info DIR

              Dump extra info to DIR.

       -tmp-dir DIR

              Use custom temp directory.

       -hide-unchanged

              Don't show unchanged files in the report.

       -debug

              Show debug info.

       -name NAME

              Set name of the package to NAME.

       -title TITLE

              Set name of the package in the title of the report to TITLE.

       -vnum1 NUM

              Set version number of the old package to NUM.

       -vnum2 NUM

              Set version number of the new package to NUM.

       -links-target TARGET

              Set target attribute for links in the report:

              _self _blank (default)

       -list-added-removed

              Show content of added and removed text files.

       -skip-subarchives

              Skip checking of archives inside the input packages.

       -skip-pattern REGEX

              Skip checking of paths within archives matching REGEX.

       -d|-directories

              Compare directories instead of packages.

   REPORT:
              Report will be generated to:

              pkgdiff_reports/<pkg>/<v1>_to_<v2>/changes_report.html

   EXIT CODES:
              0 - Unchanged. The tool has run without any errors.  non-zero - Changed or the tool
              has run with errors.

   MORE INFORMATION:
              http://lvc.github.com/pkgdiff/

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Peter Spiess-Knafl  <dev@spiessknafl.at>  for  the  Debian
       GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

       Written by Andrey Ponomarenko.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright    ©    2016    Andrey   Ponomarenko's   ABI   Laboratory   License:   GNU   GPL
       <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/> This program is free  software:  you  can  redistribute  it
       and/or modify it.