bpkg-pkg-status(1)

NAME
bpkg-pkg-status - print package status

SYNOPSIS

bpkg pkg-status|status [options] [pkg[/ver]...]

DESCRIPTION

The pkg-status command prints the status of the specified packages or, if ver is specified, package versions. If no packages were specified, then pkg-status prints the status of all the held packages (which are the packages that were explicitly built; see bpkg-pkg-build(1)). The latter mode can be modified to print the status of all the packages by specifying the --all|-a option. Additionally, the status of immediate or all dependencies (and dependency constraints) of the above packages can be printed by specifying the --immediate|-i or --recursive|-r options, respectively. Note that the status is written to stdout, not stderr.

The default output format (see the --stdout-format common option) is regular with components separated with spaces. Each line starts with the package name followed by one of the status words listed below. Some of them can be optionally followed by ',' (no spaces) and a sub-status word. Lines corresponding to dependencies from linked configurations will additionally mention the configuration directory in square brackets after the package name. Lines corresponding to dependency constraints will have the package name prefixed with '?'.

unknown
    Package is not part of the configuration nor available from any of the repositories.

available
    Package is not part of the configuration but is available from one of the repositories.

fetched
    Package is part of the configuration and is fetched.

unpacked
    Package is part of the configuration and is unpacked.

configured
    Package is part of the configuration and is configured. May be followed by the system sub-status indicating a package coming from the system. The version of such a system package (described below) may be the special '*' value indicating a wildcard version.

broken
    Package is part of the configuration and is broken (broken packages can only be purged; see bpkg-pkg-purge(1)).

If only the package name was specified without the package version, then the available status word is followed by the list of available versions. Versions that are only available for up/down-grading are printed in '[]' (such version are only available as dependencies from prerequisite repositories of other repositories). If the --system option is specified, then the last version in this list may have the sys: prefix indicating an available system version. Such a system version may be the special '?' value indicating that a package may or may not be available from the system and that its version is unknown.

The fetched, unpacked, configured, and broken status words are followed by the version of the package. If the package version was specified, then the unknown status word is also followed by the version.

If the status is fetched, unpacked, configured, or broken and newer versions are available, then the package version is followed by the available status word and the list of newer versions. To instead see a list of all versions, including the older ones, specify the --old-available|-o option. In this case the currently selected version is printed in '()'.

If the package name was specified with the version, then only the status (such as, configured, available, etc.) of this version is considered.

If a package is being held, then its name is printed prefixed with '!'. Similarly, if a package version is being held, then the version is printed prefixed with '!'. Held packages and held versions were selected by the user and are not automatically dropped and upgraded, respectively.

Below are some examples, assuming the configuration has libfoo 1.0.0 configured and held (both package and version) as well as libfoo 1.1.0 and 1.1.1 available from source and 1.1.0 from the system.

bpkg status libbar
libbar unknown
bpkg status libbar/1.0.0
libbar unknown 1.0.0
bpkg status libfoo/1.0.0
!libfoo configured !1.0.0
bpkg status libfoo/1.1.0
libfoo available 1.1.0
bpkg status --system libfoo/1.1.0
libfoo available 1.1.0 sys:1.1.0
bpkg status libfoo
!libfoo configured !1.0.0 available 1.1.0 1.1.1
bpkg status libfoo/1.1.1 libbar
libfoo available 1.1.1
libbar unknown

Assuming now that we dropped libfoo from the configuration:

bpkg status libfoo/1.0.0
libfoo unknown 1.0.0
bpkg status libfoo
libfoo available 1.1.0 1.1.1

And assuming now that we built libfoo as a system package with the wildcard version:

bpkg status libfoo
!libfoo configured,system !* available 1.1.0 1.1.1

Another example of the status output this time including dependencies and constraints:

bpkg status -r libbaz
!libbaz configured 1.0.0
  libfoo configured 1.0.0
    bison [.bpkg/host/] configured 1.0.0
  libbar configured 2.0.0
  ?bison [.bpkg/host/] configured 1.0.0

If the output format is json, then the output is a JSON array of objects which are the serialized representation of the following C++ struct package_status:

struct available_version
{
  string version;
  bool   system;
  bool   dependency;
};
struct package_status
{
  string                    name;
  optional<string>          configuration;
  optional<string>          version_constraint;
  string                    status;
  optional<string>          sub_status;
  optional<string>          version;
  bool                      hold_package;
  bool                      hold_version;
  vector<available_version> available_versions;
  vector<package_status>    dependencies;
  vector<package_status>    constraints;
};

For example:

[
  {
    "name": "hello",
    "status": "configured",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "hold_package": true,
    "available_versions": [
      {
        "version": "1.0.1"
      },
      {
        "version": "2.0.0"
      }
    ],
    "dependencies": [
      {
        "name": "libhello",
        "status": "configured",
        "version": "1.0.2",
      }
    ]
  }
]

See the JSON OUTPUT section in bpkg-common-options(1) for details on the overall properties of this format and the semantics of the struct serialization.

In package_status, the configuration member contains the absolute directory of a linked configuration if this package resides in a linked configuration. The version_constraint member is present only if the --version-constraint option is specified. The version member is absent if the status member is unknown or available and no package version is specified on the command line. If the sub_status member is system, then the version member can be special *. The dependencies and constraints members are present only if the --immediate|-i or --recursive|-r options are specified.

In available_version, if the system member is true, then this version is available from the system, in which case the version member can be special ? or *. If the dependency member is true, then this version is only available as a dependency from prerequisite repositories of other repositories.

PKG-STATUS OPTIONS

--all|-a
    Print the status of all the packages, not just held.

--link
    Also print the status of held/all packages from linked configurations.

--immediate|-i
    Also print the status of immediate dependencies and constraints.

--recursive|-r
    Also print the status of all dependencies and constraints, recursively.

--old-available|-o
    Print old available versions.

--version-constraint
    Print version constraints for dependencies and constraints.

--system
    Check the availability of packages from the system.

--no-hold
    Don't print the package or version hold status.

--no-hold-package
    Don't print the package hold status.

--no-hold-version
    Don't print the version hold status.

--directory|-d dir
    Assume configuration is in dir rather than in the current working directory.

COMMON OPTIONS

The common options are summarized below with a more detailed description available in bpkg-common-options(1).

-v  Print essential underlying commands being executed.

-V  Print all underlying commands being executed.

--quiet|-q
    Run quietly, only printing error messages.

--verbose level
    Set the diagnostics verbosity to level between 0 and 6.

--stdout-format format
    Representation format to use for printing to stdout.

--jobs|-j num
    Number of jobs to perform in parallel.

--no-result
    Don't print informational messages about the outcome of performing a command or some of its parts.

--structured-result fmt
    Write the result of performing a command in a structured form.

--progress
    Display progress indicators for long-lasting operations, such as network transfers, building, etc.

--no-progress
    Suppress progress indicators for long-lasting operations, such as network transfers, building, etc.

--diag-color
    Use color in diagnostics.

--no-diag-color
    Don't use color in diagnostics.

--build path
    The build program to be used to build packages.

--build-option opt
    Additional option to be passed to the build program.

--fetch path
    The fetch program to be used to download resources (packages, repository metadata, etc).

--fetch-option opt
    Additional option to be passed to the fetch program.

--fetch-timeout sec
    The fetch and fetch-like (for example, git) program timeout.

--offline
    Do not attempt to download resources (packages, repository metadata, etc), instead taking them from the local fetch cache if available and failing otherwise.

--no-fetch-cache
    Disable local caching of downloaded resources (packages, repository metadata, etc).

--fetch-cache mode
    Comma-separated list of local fetch cache modes.

--fetch-cache-path dir
    The directory of the local fetch cache.

--fetch-cache-session id
    The local fetch cache session.

--sqlite-synchronous mode
    Filesystem synchronization mode for the fetch cache and configuration SQLite databases.

--pkg-proxy url
    HTTP proxy server to use when fetching package manifests and archives from remote pkg repositories.

--git path
    The git program to be used to fetch git repositories.

--git-option opt
    Additional common option to be passed to the git program.

--sha256 path
    The sha256 program to be used to calculate SHA256 sums.

--sha256-option opt
    Additional option to be passed to the sha256 program.

--tar path
    The tar program to be used to extract package archives.

--tar-option opt
    Additional option to be passed to the tar program.

--openssl path
    The openssl program to be used for crypto operations.

--openssl-option opt
    Additional option to be passed to the openssl program.

--auth type
    Types of repositories to authenticate.

--trust fingerprint
    Trust repository certificate with a SHA256 fingerprint.

--trust-yes
    Assume the answer to all authentication prompts is yes.

--trust-no
    Assume the answer to all authentication prompts is no.

--git-capabilities up=pc
    Protocol capabilities (pc) for a git repository URL prefix (up).

--pager path
    The pager program to be used to show long text.

--pager-option opt
    Additional option to be passed to the pager program.

--options-file file
    Read additional options from file.

--default-options dir
    The directory to load additional default options files from.

--no-default-options
    Don't load default options files.

--keep-tmp
    Don't remove the bpkg's temporary directory at the end of the command execution and print its path at the verbosity level 2 or higher.

DEFAULT OPTIONS FILES

See bpkg-default-options-files(1) for an overview of the default options files. For the pkg-status command the search start directory is the configuration directory. The following options files are searched for in each directory and, if found, loaded in the order listed:

bpkg.options
bpkg-pkg-status.options

The following pkg-status command options cannot be specified in the default options files:

--directory|-d

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