lintian-lab-tool(1)

NAME

   lintian-lab-tool - perform common operations on/involving laboratories

SYNOPSIS

   lintian-lab-tool <cmd> <lab> [...]

   lintian-lab-tool help

DESCRIPTION

   The lintian-lab-tool ...

OPERATIONS

   create-lab laboratory-dir
       Creates a new permanent Lintian laboratory in the directory denoted
       by laboratory-dir.

   help [cmd]
       Display the synopsis of this tool or one of its operations.

   remove-lab laboratory-dir
       Removes a permanent Lintian laboratory in the directory denoted by
       laboratory-dir.

   remove-pkgs laboratory-dir query [... query]
       Removes all packages matching the given queries from the permanent
       Lintian laboratory denoted by laboratory-dir.

   scrub-lab laboratory-dir
       Attempt to fix common metadata issues in an existing laboratory.

       This command can correct some corruptions caused by programs that
       failed to synchronize the laboratory metadata with the actual
       contents.  Almost all corrections involve discarding corrupted
       entries.

       These issues usually occur because:

       *   Two processes update the laboratory concurrently.

       *   A process updated the laboratory but was killed / crashed
           before it properly close the laboratory.

       Note that Lintian tools will fix these issues automatically as the
       tools happen to run into the issues.

CAVEAT

   Laboratories are not designed to have multiple processes working on
   them concurrently.

SEE ALSO

   lintian(1)

AUTHORS

   Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>

   Richard Braakman <dark@xs4all.nl>

   Christian Schwarz <schwarz@monet.m.isar.de>

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