DIFFPKG(1)

NAME
diffpkg - Compare package files using different modes.

SYNOPSIS

diffpkg [OPTIONS] [MODES] [FILE|PKGNAME...]

DESCRIPTION

Searches for a locally built package corresponding to the PKGBUILD, and downloads the last version of that package from the Pacman repositories. It then compares the package archives using different modes while using simple tar content list by default.

When given one package, use it to diff against the locally built one. When given two packages, diff both packages against each other.

In either case, a package name will be converted to a filename from the cache, and diffpkg will proceed as though this filename was initially specified.

OPTIONS

-M, --makepkg-config
    Set an alternate makepkg configuration file

-v, --verbose
    Provide more detailed/unfiltered output

-h, --help
    Show a help text

MODES

-l, --list
    Activate tar content list diff mode (default)

-d, --diffoscope
    Activate diffoscope diff mode

-p, --pkginfo
    Activate .PKGINFO diff mode

-b, --buildinfo
    Activate .BUILDINFO diff mode

SEE ALSO

BUGS

Bugs can be reported on the bug tracker https://bugs.archlinux.org in the Arch Linux category and title prefixed with [devtools] or via arch-projects@archlinux.org.

AUTHORS

Maintainers:

    • Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin@gmail.com>

    • Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>

    • Bartłomiej Piotrowski <bpiotrowski@archlinux.org>

    • Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>

    • Dave Reisner <dreisner@archlinux.org>

    • Evangelos Foutras <evangelos@foutrelis.com>

    • Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) <jan.steffens@gmail.com>

    • Jelle van der Waa <jelle@archlinux.org>

    • Levente Polyak <anthraxx@archlinux.org>

    • Pierre Schmitz <pierre@archlinux.de>

    • Sébastien Luttringer <seblu@seblu.net>

    • Sven-Hendrik Haase <svenstaro@gmail.com>

    • Thomas Bächler <thomas@archlinux.org>

For additional contributors, use git shortlog -s on the devtools.git repository.