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DEB-WHY-REMOVED(1)

deb-why-removed - shows the reason a package was removed from the archive

deb-why-removed [option...] package...

This program will download the removals metadata from the archive, search and print the entries within for a source or binary package name match.

-u, --url URL: URL to the archive removals deb822-formatted file list. This can be either an actual URL (https://, http://, file://), an pathname or an origin name. Currently the only origin name known is debian.
--no-refresh: Do not refresh the cached removals file even if there is a newer version in the archive.
-h, -?, --help: Show a help message and exit.
--version: Show the program version.

cachedir/devscripts/deb-why-removed/: This directory contains the cached removal files downloaded from the archive. cachedir will be either $XDG_CACHE_HOME or if that is not defined $HOME/.cache/.