Manual: lintian-explain-tags

LINTIAN-EXPLAIN-TAGS(1)				   Debian Package Checker			     LINTIAN-EXPLAIN-TAGS(1)

NAME
       lintian-explain-tags - offer more information about Lintian's tags

SYNOPSIS
       lintian-explain-tags tag ...

DESCRIPTION
       The lintian-explain-tags command explains the named tags given on the command line.

OPTIONS
       -l, --list-tags
	   List all tags Lintian knows about in sorted order.

       -h, --help
	   Display usage information and exit.

       --include-dir dir
	   Use dir as an additional "Lintian root".  The directory is expected have a similar layout to the LINTIAN_BASE (if
	   it exists), but does not need to be a full self-contained root.

	   Unlike lintian, lintian-explain-tags will not load any code from these additional directories.

	   This option may appear more than once; each time adding an additional directory.

       --profile prof
	   Use	the  severities	 from  the vendor profile prof when displaying tags.  If the profile name does not contain a
	   slash, the default profile for that vendor is chosen.

	   If not specified, lintian-explain-tags loads the best profile for the current vendor.

	   Please Refer to the Lintian User Manual for the full documentation of profiles.

       -t, --tag, --tags
	   This option has no effect. It exists for historical reasons.

       --user-dirs, --no-user-dirs
	   By default, lintian will check $HOME and /etc for files  supplied  by  the  user  or	 the  local  sysadmin  (e.g.
	   profiles).	 This	default	 can  be  disabled  (and  re-enabled)  by  using  --no-user-dirs  (and	--user-dirs,
	   respectively).

	   These option can appear multiple times, in which case the of them to appear determines the result.

EXIT STATUS
       If any of the tags specified were not found in the specified profile  (or  in  the  default  profile),  this  command
       returns with exit code 1.

       When all requested tags were found, it returns with exit code 0.

SEE ALSO
       lintian(1)

AUTHORS
       Niels Thykier 

       Richard Braakman 

       Christian Schwarz 

Lintian v2.129.0ubuntu2					 2026-04-10				     LINTIAN-EXPLAIN-TAGS(1)