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

Authors

       Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>

       Richard Braakman <dark@xs4all.nl>

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

Lintian v2.121.2ubuntu1.1                          2025-05-02                            LINTIAN-EXPLAIN-TAGS(1)

Description

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

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.

Name

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

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.