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NAME

       grep-excuses  -  search  the  testing  excuses  files  for  a  specific
       maintainer

SYNOPSIS

       grep-excuses [options] [maintainer|package]

DESCRIPTION

       grep-excuses downloads the update_excuses.html file and  greps  it  for
       the specified maintainer name.  The libwww-perl package is required for
       this script.  If no name is  given  on  the  command  line,  first  the
       environment  variable DEBFULLNAME is used if it is defined, and failing
       that, the configuration variable described below is used.

OPTIONS

       --no-conf, --noconf
              Do not read any configuration files.  This can only be  used  as
              the first option given on the command-line.

       --wipnity, -w
              Get  information from <http://release.debian.org/migration/>.  A
              package name must be given when using this option.

       --help Show a brief usage message.

       --version
              Show version and copyright information.

CONFIGURATION VARIABLES

       The two configuration files /etc/devscripts.conf and ~/.devscripts  are
       sourced  in  that  order  to set configuration variables.  Command line
       options  can  be  used  to  override   configuration   file   settings.
       Environment  variable  settings  are  ignored  for  this  purpose.  The
       currently recognised variable is:

       GREP_EXCUSES_MAINTAINER
              The default maintainer, email or package to grep for if none  is
              specified on the command line.

SEE ALSO

       devscripts.conf(5).

AUTHOR

       Joey   Hess   <joeyh@debian.org>;   modifications   by   Julian  Gilbey
       <jdg@debian.org>.