PKGLINT(1)              NetBSD General Commands Manual              PKGLINT(1)

NNAAMMEE
     ppkkgglliinntt - a verifier for pkgsrc directories

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
     ppkkgglliinntt [--hhvvIINN] [--BB _n] [_d_i_r]

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
     ppkkgglliinntt tries to verify the content of a pkgsrc directory.  The purpose
     of ppkkgglliinntt can be separated into two parts: (1) to let the submitters
     easily polish her/his own pkgsrc directory, and (2) to decrease the labor
     of the committers.

     ppkkgglliinntt uses very simple regular-expression matching for verifying files
     that make up a pkgsrc directory.  Note that it does NOT implement a com-
     plete parser for those files.  Because of this the user may see some
     extra warnings, especially when checking complex _M_a_k_e_f_i_l_es.

     OOppttiioonnss

     --BB _n        Set the number of contiguous blank lines allowed in _M_a_k_e_f_i_l_e
                 to _n (by default, _n is 1.)

     --hh          Show the summary of command line options, then exit.

     --II          Show the Makefile that is constructed by including all the
                 files that are slurped in via .include directives.  This flag
                 is mainly for debugging.

     --NN          New package flag.  Adds several checks specific to newly sub-
                 mitted packages.  If you are willing to submit the directory
                 to be checked as a new package, use this option.

     --vv          Be verbose.  Show the progress report for items that are
                 being checked.

     dir         The pkgsrc directory to be checked.  If omitted, all checks
                 will be performed on the current directory.

FFIILLEESS
     /usr/pkgsrc/mk/bsd.pkg.mk  master Makefile for pkgsrc
     /usr/pkgsrc/*              pkgsrc collection

DDIIAAGGNNOOSSTTIICCSS
     Messages will be sent to standard output, not standard error.

     FATAL: ...    This type of error messages suggests that there is some
                   fatal error in the pkgsrc directory.  For example, if some
                   files need a rewrite, or if some necessary files are miss-
                   ing, this message will show up.  This kind of error should
                   be fixed BEFORE submitting a pkgsrc via send-pr to the
                   comitters.

     WARN: ...     This type of error messages suggests that some files may
                   (or may not) need some fixes.  Basically, warnings are pro-
                   duced when ppkkgglliinntt is not completely sure about the result.
                   For example, complex _M_a_k_e_f_i_l_es may need some statements
                   that can match the regular expression ppkkgglliinntt uses for san-
                   ity checks.  In those cases, the user should evaluate the
                   result manually, and obey/ignore the result.

     OK: ...       This type of messages is used in verbose mode (--vv).

AAUUTTHHOORRSS
     Jun-ichiro Itoh <itojun@itojun.org> and Yoshishige Arai
     <ryo2@on.rim.or.jp>.  Many people have contributed patches and com-
     ments/suggestions.

BBUUGGSS
     ppkkgglliinntt is not a magic wand, as described above.

NetBSD 1.6                     September 5, 2000                    NetBSD 1.6