deb-why-removed - shows the reason a package was removed from the archive
deb-why-removed [
option...]
package...
This program will download the removals metadata from the archive, search and
print the entries within for a source or binary package name match.
-
-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.
-
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/.
<
https://ftp-master.debian.org/#removed>