CHECK-SUPPORT-STAT(1) CHECK-SUPPORT-STAT(1)
NAME
check-support-status - check installed packages for security support
(debian-security-support)
VERSION
Version 1:13+2025.07.16
SYNOPSIS
Search for packages whose support is limited, has already ended or will
end earlier than the distribution’s end of life:
check-support-status
Search for packages with ended support from a custom list, reporting
each package only once:
check-support-status \
--type ended \
--status-db /path/to/status-db \
--list /path/to/security-support-ended
OPTIONS
--list FILE
Use the given file as the database of packages whose support ends at
a particular date or that is limited by specific conditions. The
file format is plain text in columns, separated by one or more
whitespace characters.
For --type earlyend:
• source package name
• last package version that will be supported
• the date support will end
• the rest (optional): details, and/or a URL for further
information.
For --type ended:
• source package name
• last package version that is supported
• the date support was ended
• the rest (optional): details, and/or a URL for further
information.
For --type limited:
• source package name
• the rest (optional): details, and/or a URL for further
information.
If no "--list" is provided, the script is run for limited and
date-defined end of support, using the lists shipped in the package.
By default, check-support-status evaluates the status of the
packages according to the Debian version where it runs upon. This
behavior can be modified using the DEBIAN_VERSION environment
variable, e.g.
DEBIAN_VERSION=9 check-support-status
--no-heading
Skips printing a headline.
--status-db FILE
Use the given file to record alerts so each affected package is
reported only once.
Default: No records, any affected package will be reported every
time.
--except PACKAGES
Do not alert for the given binary packages (comma-separated list).
Default: Alert for all packages (no exceptions).
--type TYPE
One of the following:
• "earlyend": Alert for packages whose support will end earlier
than the distribution’s.
• "ended": Alert for packages where security support has ended.
• "limited": Alert for packages where security support is limited.
--version, --Version, -V
Show the version number and exit.
BUGS
Installations with mixed distributions like half-stable, half-testing
are not supported.
AUTHOR
Christoph Biedl <debian.axhn@manchmal.in-ulm.de>
COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2014 Christoph Biedl <debian.axhn@manchmal.in-ulm.de>
This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public
License version 2 can be found in
"/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2".
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