NAME

       deb-check-file-conflicts - check for missing Breaks/Replaces in Debian packages

SYNOPSIS

       deb-check-file-conflicts [--debug] [--changes-file=FILE] [-o OUTPUT] [--output=OUTPUT]

DESCRIPTION

       deb-check-file-conflicts  checks produced binary packages for conflicting files against packages that are
       not declared with Breaks and Replaces relationships.

       The tool helps identify potential upgrade issues where files from one package might conflict  with  files
       from other packages during installation.

       Note  that the results depend on what apt repositories are enabled. If you want to prevent upgrade issues
       across Debian releases, you need to have both unstable and the previous release repositories  enabled  in
       the apt sources configuration.

OPTIONS

       --debug
              Enable debug output

       --changes-file=FILE
              Specify the changes file to check (defaults to CHANGES_FILE environment variable)

       -o, --output=FILE
              Write     output    to    FILE    (defaults    to    $EXPORT_DIR/missing_breaks_replaces.xml    or
              ./missing_breaks_replaces.xml)

OUTPUT

       The tool generates a JUnit XML format report containing test results for  each  binary  package  checked.
       Each test case indicates whether missing Breaks/Replaces relationships were found.

EXAMPLES

       # Check a changes file for missing relationships:
       $ deb-check-file-conflicts --changes-file foo_1.0-1_amd64.changes

       # Write results to a specific output file:
       $ deb-check-file-conflicts -o results.xml --changes-file foo_1.0-1_amd64.changes

AUTHOR

       deb-check-file-conflicts and this manual page were written by Maximiliano Curia <maxy@gnuservers.com.ar>.

       Both are released under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later.

SEE ALSO

       dpkg(1), apt-file(1)

DEBIAN                                          Debian Utilities     DEB-CHECK-MISSING-...-REPLACES-CONFLICTS(1)